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Originally posted by: adlai
you know, I think that the series would have been much better off if it had started with AOTC.
I agree, and the biggest problem Lucas has in these prequels is an inability to "get to the story". In Star Wars, we didn't spend a movie with Luke as a young child, we were whisked right into the action. We also didn't have to wonder who the main character was, as Luke was fully grown, and the movies took place over a small amount of "movie time".
The Prequels are less real movies than they are an "A&E Biography: The Life and Times of Anakin Skywalker" where Lucas takes us through a 6-hour, mostly boring, biopic of the entire life of Aanakin, from his early years, right up until he became Darth Vader. It's really creepy how much movie-making ability Lucas has lost over the years, falling back on a tired "autobiography" TV format.