Originally posted by: Jumpman

But CO, you have to see the trap Lucas was going to fall into if he kept it the same. He keeps it the same, he gets crucified for not doing something new and original. Now, he's getting crucified for straying too far way from what made Star Wars, Star Wars.

I agree with this fully Jumpman, and that is why I will always say less is more. Lucas didn't have to do the PT, I was fine in 1985 with the OT, just as I was fine in 1995 with the OT. When I found out about the PT, of course I was excited, which SW fan wasn't?

But that doesnt mean they had to be made, and I believe cause Lucas never envisoned a linear 1-6 story, it would be alot tougher to marry when finally seeing them. That is the ironic thing, is I was a PT fan before 1-6, when it was 1,2,4,5,6. After buying the SE in 2004, with the exception of turning my face when Anakin would appear as a ghost in ROTJ SE, I actually enjoyed the saga thinking of what would come in ROTS. Then ROTS came, I watched them 1-6, and all of the sudden it didn't work, and I thought it was me, maybe I was being too hard, maybe I was older, all the things the PT gushers had said. Then I thought, wait a second, this a story of Anakins character arc now, that is why I don't love it, I am just not a fan of the Anakin Skywalker story as to the macro story of the PT, and that is the backdrop to Anakins story, rather than the main story.

Now of course, if Lucas kept doing the same thing with the PT, he would have been exposed that way by the fans, but it is a lesson to me about Prequels, or even more movies, DONT DO THEM!!! The more movies you make in a series, the more chance you have of dilluting the product except for the real real diehard fans who love everything.

I feel ROTJ is where Lucas started running out of ideas, and if you look at the big picture now, I think he definitely should have stopped after ROTJ, cause the flaws IMO are very apparent in 1983, and they continue with the SE, and the PT. The dialogue started getting a little shoddy in ROTJ, alot of the humor seemed forced in ROTJ, the characters seemed to be going through the motions in ROTJ, and the way Lucas tied things up makes you question if it even makes sense in ROTJ? This all continued with the PT, all these problems on a larger scale, cause Lucas was the only one making decisions now.

Not do take a shot at my beloved ROTJ, but does Lukes plan to save Han in Jabba Palace make any f***in sense?

That is where I feel Lucas started to go through the motions, and I just think he lost his hunger as an artist that he had with ANH & ESB, and being a corporation, he knew if it was good enough, it would sell, and he was right. But that doesn't mean many fans don't notice the quality drop.