The first half should be the beginning of the second movie, the second half should be the last half of the third movie, and there should be a whole movie in-between exploring Anakin’s turn, having him gradually be seduced by the dark side via the usage of Sith holocrons or something. Have him lose himself more and more in the war. Then have him turn.
Yes. Plus you need two full movies to develop a really close bond with Obi Wan, otherwise what’s the point of wading through all that lava in Episode 3. I really wanted ROTS to break my heart. But instead it just sort of made me mildly sad for a few seconds.
Right, exactly. The prequels tried to do a bunch of things at once, and somehow, the Obi-Ani friendship got pushed to the backburner at some point, which is a huge missed opportunity. A lot of this problem would be fixed if Obi-Wan and Anakin had time together in TPM, or if AotC didn’t split them apart for most of its runtime.
And I agree, G&G-Fan, it would have been cool to see Vader truly become a Sith in a more complete way. Maybe the Outer Rim Sieges lead him to Korriban, and he sees all the evidence of the Sith’s power for himself. It really ought to be a full seduction, not just Palpatine tricking him.
I do enjoy RotS a lot. But it definitely suffers from the problem that every third Star Wars movie suffers from: stuffing too much into one movie. Something that was clearly avoidable, in this case.