But the Ep. 1 duel looks real cool, and I can't deny that. Oh, not realistic?!?! Not a standard that I hold anything in the prequels to.
There is no way to fix them (although I've run over many things in my mind). They must simply be obliterated ... and I have no problem considering them either non-existent or not having anything to do with the real Star Wars. Lucas made that easy with such non-continuity conundrums as the Jedi Robe problem that BadAss pointed out in the O.P., and the retardness of Luke being "hidden" on obvious Tatooine (also smartly pointed out by BadAss)
Poor Alec Guiness. Saddled with all the continuity errors of George's feeble mind. Bad enough that he should be made a liar in the space between StarWars being made and Empire written, with all he said about Luke's father and Darth Vader suddenly becoming untrue. Sir Alec gives a masterful performance in that scene where he presents Luke with the lightsaber - - not a hint of lying in it.
But then the prequels make him out to be a retard on top of a liar, when he hides out on the most obvious planet in the galaxy wearing his jedi uniform. Bah, and double bah.
The P.T. can only be fixed by destroying every last print, DVD, and negative. That's my definition of fixed, anyways.
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