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Post #1694468

Author
Vladius
Parent topic
Addressing prequel revisionism
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Date created
1-Nov-2026, 2:40 PM

I have no issue saying that aspects of the movies are masterful. The John Williams score, the sound design, some of the visual design, costuming, and props, some of the sets, some of the choreography, and some of the performances especially Ewan McGregor and Ian McDiarmid.

But people take all of those things out of context and pretend they’re the whole thing. Duel of the Fates isn’t a fart joke or Jar Jar babbling. Palpatine with some nice subtle dialogue isn’t Palpatine with “Unlimited Power” or “Darth Plagueis the Wise was so powerful and so wise.” “You were my brother Anakin, I loved you” isn’t “Chancellor Palpatine is evil!” A cool asteroid chase sequence isn’t Anakin talking about sand or saying very weird stuff to Padme about how she’s in his soul tormenting him. The good CG doesn’t outweigh the amount of weird, blobby, highly noticeable bad CG. And on and on.