samlark said:
Yeah, but Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher made it all believable.

Ford and Fisher did great with their material.

Mielr said:
There was chemistry and sexual tension between Leia and Han which made their exchanges very amusing. There was zip between Anakin and Padme which made their exchanges ridiculous.

Exactly. We get all this over the top talk between Padme and Anakin and zero chemistry. And it's claim that one of the reasons Lucas picked Hayden is because he had chemistry with Portman. Wtf?

Moth3r said:
Even has a trope named after it: George Lucas Love Story

ADM edited the love story completely out of Pearl Harbor, and the film was much better. Wonder if you could do the same for AOTC?

I think after we petition to get Lucas to give us the OOT on blu-ray, we should petition to get him to edit Hayden Christensen out of the prequels. ;) If he put in Jar Jar as Anakin instead I think I'd find it more believable.

skyjedi2005 said:
In his own words Lucas says " I am a terrible writer" he said he "hated directing". Yet he directed and wrote the 3 prequels all on his own because he did not want people muddying his vision Like Kershner did on Empire Strikes back as he has implied but never said directly. He also was not 100% happy with what Marquand gave him on Return of the Jedi. So he decided to have things his way he would have to have all control.

He also says he only got about 20% of the movie he wanted on Star Wars. and something like 40% of what he wanted overall with the oot. with the special editions changes he now says it is closer to 55 or 60% of what he wanted. and he says being unhindred by technology he got 100% of the original movie he wanted star wars to be with the prequels.

He 100% wanted the prequels to be crap movies?

Sounds to me like he doesn't appreciate good movies and wants to make crap. I can't understand how anybody could be satisfied with ROTS. That movie was an abomination. AOTC wasn't much better.