ben_danger said:
i agree with that, tpm is much better in that respect, and i do think it isnt given as much credit as it deserves. BUT it does just seem to lack that ephemeral ingredient which is star wars for me.:P

CGI, matte paintings, models, sets and actors are just means to an end (telling a story).

I wouldn't mind if everything in Star Wars was CGI, if the story was worth telling and told well.

The first thing that needs to be fixed is the story and then it's a case of tweaking the elements for making that story work.

With Jedi and the prequels the biggest flaws come from the story elements.

If we can find a way of fixing the story everything else becomes a matter of applying the tools at our disposal to the repaired story elements.