“Star Wars was always poorly written” is an argument I really take issue with. If the original film were poorly written, none of us would even be here with our attachment to this franchise.
I think the dialog might be the part that was poorly written. It was full of odd technobabble that has led to several retcons. Like Kessel run in 12 parsecs.
I think the flow of the story was well done. It shows in the script and was improved in the editing room.
The dialog was partly saved because of a lot of redubbing.
and really, if you read Lucas’s writing and editing process, the original film was saved by Lucas getting a lot of input. and for TESB he turned to a very skilled writer. For the PT it was almost all on him and his flaws stand out more.
So what? Haha…just making excuses again. The flow of the story is one of the most insulting parts of the show…can’t blame just “dialog” alone. Every plot point of how people go from one thing to the next, one place to the other is ALL contrived in this show. And pointing fingers at how things needed extra help for sharpening in the past just disapproves your point further. Because OBVIOUSLY this script wasn’t gone over with a fine comb to flesh out the logistical details.