Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back: Admiral Ozzel (Michael Sheard)

Comments for death : Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back: Admiral Ozzel (Michael Sheard).

from my theory, ozzel was a clumsy,stupid-headed,idoitic, big-fat jerk-head fool who deserved to die. because I hated him so much!

Ohh, he has feelings too you know...

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Bruno! Yes, yes, Lovely to hear from you too! No, no, ze vitness? Do not worry! I haff taken care of ze vitness. Yes, yes. Shoot him? What, ar-are you stupid? No, no I am not going to blow ze plane up! I... haff put snakes... on ze plane.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/03/2007 11:17PM by Mr. Briggs Inc..

what i mean is, to me, He's the Worst background character in star wars history, probably worse than that sucker jar-jar binks!

How are he and Jar Jar background characters? Background characters haven't got lines or a role in the story. I think what you're looking for is supporting character. Ozzel and Jar Jar are supporting characters. Yeesh.

Sorry, I was confused, since I don't like Ozzel, I'm making of Coolest and Lamest "Star Wars" characters, and I'M Putting Ozzel on the Lame list.

He's supposed to be stupid, and we're supposed to dislike him. That's the entire point of his character. Your feelings towards him are what the scriptwriter wanted to elicit in the viewer. With that in mind, Ozzel does everything he's supposed to do as a character, so how is he "lame?"

A character really only becomes lame (in my opinion) if they fail at eliciting the audience response the writer wanted. For example, Jar Jar. He's clearly intended to be funny and lovable, but most people hated him, thereby making him, as a character, a failure.

Anyway, regardless of whether or not we're meant to dislike him, the sheer amount of hatred felt towards Ozzel by a lot of people bothers me. For a guy with only two brief scenes and little impact on the plot, Ozzel sure doesn't deserve to be on a lamest characters list.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/06/2007 03:22AM by Kooshmeister.

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Kooshmeister
Your feelings towards him are what the scriptwriter wanted to elicit in the viewer. With that in mind, Ozzel does everything he's supposed to do as a character, so how is he "lame?"

A character really only becomes lame (in my opinion) if they fail at eliciting the audience response the writer wanted.

I believe Andy was just cementing this statement, saying the screenwriter was good because he succeeded at making Ozzel lame

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Bruno! Yes, yes, Lovely to hear from you too! No, no, ze vitness? Do not worry! I haff taken care of ze vitness. Yes, yes. Shoot him? What, ar-are you stupid? No, no I am not going to blow ze plane up! I... haff put snakes... on ze plane.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/06/2007 12:09PM by Mr. Briggs Inc..

Well, I like Ozzel, if only because he's an Imperial and therefore cool by default. Not as cool as, say, Tarkin or Piett or Veers, but definitely better than that snot-nosed creep Motti.

EDIT: And for the benefit of casual Star Wars fans, Admiral Motti is the fellow who didn't believe in the Force in A New Hope and subsequently shown it existed by getting telekinetically strangled (although he survived).



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/08/2007 06:24PM by Kooshmeister.

Oh, and speaking of Ozzel and Force-choking, check out his action figure:


"I think something went down the wrong tube... ack..."