Originally posted by: DorK313
well, the time difference for starters. Over the length of time anyone can change. What if the PT was made first or what if it was made soon after ROTJ was finished, would it have been better?

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That is an interesting question, and I believe the two trilogies would have meshed together more fluidly if filmed in 1986. I think the advancement in technology has actually hindered trying to combine the two trilogies visually. You have one trilogy where there are mostly real sets & models, and the actors are in real settings: Endor in Califonia, Hoth in Switzerland, and Tatooine in Tunisia. Then you have the PT loaded with Blue Screen settings that look almost cartoonish at times, just watch the whole Geonosis battle in AOTC, it is like one big videogame with real actors. The only real scenes that mesh trilogies is Tatooine in TPM as relates to ANH.

I think the 16 years between trilogies was a big mistake cause people do change, and I think lucas kinda lost the focus of his main audience with the PT, especially TPM. The OT was made for teenagers, that kids can love the movies too, but so can adults. TPM for me is made for kids to love along with teenagers, and to me talks down too much to them in the attempts at humor with Jar Jar, etc.

I look at the Godfather III, it was filmed 16 years after Godfather II, and most fans think that is the worst of the three. Did Coppola lose touch with the audience? Was 16 years too much between movies? Or maybe was it just not as great material as Godfather I & II?

Maybe that is our answer, maybe was the PT just not as good material as the OT? Maybe the character weren't as lovable? Maybe it was never going to meet expectation right from the start?