I was just wondering about all of y’alls opinions about the PT in general, specifically Episode III.

Lucasarts made full use of the technology now available to them in creating droids, action sequences, battles, and so forth. As a result, we have much more epic battles, with more people, which allows people to die, which in turn allows for realistic accuracy (i.e. the stormtroopers hit their targets and so forth). In the OT, we had so few people in a battle that no one could get hit. This makes for a much more realistic battle tone, but also makes for a disconnect in the tone and style of the films.

Likewise, the space battles have gotten more complex with each iteration. This makes for (what I thought) a beautiful and exciting space battle in Ep. III, but at the same time there’s a disconnect in style and tone.

Again with the Aliens, vehicles, and droids. Most everyone agrees that Episode I was too big for its britches and should have used puppets, but I feel that Episode III pulled it off appropriately, minus Yoda’s facial expressions, which still fell short of the puppet (though they were far, far from a disappointment).

So, the question - do you think Lucasarts did the right thing to use all the technology and cinematic advances from the past 20 years to make a more realistic, more visually exciting film, and in general make what they felt (note: not what you felt) was the best film they could make with the given resources, or should they have limited themselves to the original style for the sake of continuity and faithfulness to the 80’s SciFi genre?

As a note, I have always felt the latter. But after seeing Episode III, where I feel the film actually grew into its shoes, I’m contemplating admitting I was wrong and supporting the decisions that were made.