Hello all! I am a long-time lurker but just had to join in on the discussions as of late. This site is GREAT and I am happy there are others out there I can discuss all this with.

Anyway, my story is really no different than all of you: I LOVE the O-OT and have many fond memories of seeing ESB and ROTJ in the theatre, playing with and collecting the toys, etc. (I am 28 yrs old btw). Then when the news came out in the mid-90s that Lucas was going to do the PT I got really scared and worried, as I thought that some of the back-story would not jive with what I had made up in my head to fill in the gaps. Also, I was afraid these new movies would ruin some of the "tone" set in the O-OT, one that simply CANNOT be replicated! Sadly, I was right on the money and the PT (and all the versions of the OT since) have ruined a lot for me.

I disliked EPI, but I never totally hated it and it still had some of the SW feel to me. It wasn't all about CGI sets which helped keep some of the "warmth" of the old movies, Darth Maul was pretty cool and the lightsaber dual was one of the best IMO. I must say that it is ironic to me, though, that as time goes on EPI is starting to be the one I just might like the most?!?!?!?!? [that is if I simply HAD to pick one LOL]

EPII - I left the theatre thinking it was really boring but picked up at the end. I left not liking it but not hating it either...until I got a chance to see it again and again and I became COMPLETELY bored by it and thought it sucked pretty bad. There were so many dumb parts and Lucas wasted a whole chapter of the saga on silly, pointless things. Also, the whole Jango/Boba/Clone Army thing was a TOTAL joke IMO. Lucas missed yet another good opportunity and could've added some really cool Fett battle scenes in the Clone Wars and/or some back-story, complete with the hunting of Wookies (now THIS would've been a good time to add Chewbacca and do a sub-plot about where he came from).

EPIII - Like a few have stated, I left the theatre LOVING it (especially towards the end) but the more I watch it, the more I dislike it. How can you cut the Rebellion scenes?!? How can you add such silly things like Chewbacca and Yoda knowing each other?!? *yawn* These are just a few examples but you catch my drift I am sure. I now rank EPIII like this: good only for the last 45 min. or so. If I HAD to pick a favorite, then maybe, just maybe this movie would be it.

Originally posted by: DorK313
I also liked that he was named Vader before the suit. I just would have liked to see the man in the suit do some Jedi killing like we've dreamt about seeing for years. Instead we saw him get the suit, scream no, and look at the death star. Boooring.

We've waited all these years to see the the suit on the big screen again and that's all we get. It seems to be a re-occuring theme for Lucas. Make them wait forever for what they want then give them just enough to piss them off.

I COMPLETELY agree and this is how I pictured it too. If I were Lucas, this is how I would've done it:

--Anakin turning to Vader and being out of the suit for a bit and then the battle with Obi-wan, then Vader into the suit.
--Vader in the suit, where he fights with and kills Jedi like Mace Windu. Just imagine a battle between these two, where Vader could make comments the whole time about Windu/the Council not granting him the rank of Master when he was "...merely Anakin. Thanks to your foolishness, I have grown more powerful than any Jedi; you don't realize the power of the Dark Side!"
--Vader killing anyone he supects being part of the Rebellion (again, paramount on LEAVING THESE SCENES IN!!!)

I can go on and on. Too bad this wasn't reality.