Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
So for the classic trilogy it's not worth even thinking about stuff like this, but when it comes to the prequels, nothing can be left unquestioned?

No. For any movie, spelling out every little tiny action results in a movie that is bloated and poorly paced.

Case in point with respect to Empire - the inserted shots of Vader leaving Bespin to go back to his Star Destroyer. I find those inserts drastically disrupt the flow of the Falcon's escape while being pursued by TIE fighters. As a viewer I didn't need it spelled out to me how Vader got from Bespin to the Executor. Who cares? He got there somehow. It *not* being spelt out allowed for a much more tension-filled escape that had a much better flow to it.