ep 1 and 2 are just excuses to get to ep3. i think if he had made ANH be ep 2 or 3 it wouldve worked better. i dont get why he thought he needed 3 films to tell this story, even as far back as 1981 when ANH was retitled ep 4. this is about my only gripe with the prequels, i just wish the first two were shorter. and because of that they have horrible replay value