Octorox said:
No offense but I completely despise TheoOdo's idea. The point of the prequels is to show the glory day's of the old republic and how they came to an end. There needs to be a huge but gradual shift in attitude and style from TPM to ANH. To have the Jedi and the Republic already laughable Day 1 does not show that.

Well, like Monroville said...the TF are implying this...not that they actually ARE (think about Tarkin's statements in ANH).

Here's my take on this glory day/hey day of the republic/Jedi dialouge that's always thrown about. Guess where we all got this particular wording/thought process? That's right. Lucas himself. Remember those web docs they released before each prequel film?

And when you look at each film with those thoughts already in your mind-...

It's kind of like if Lucas had said "In the PT you'll find that 2 + 2 = 4." Then, after hearing this, you go see these movies and on screen it's showing that 1 + 1 = 4! And we are trying to make it all fit in our minds: "But Lucas SAID it was the other way...so...it MUST be there SOMEWHERE in the films!" And it's simply not there but we don't want to give up on making it work-...hmmm...that's what this whole forum is about isn't it? ;)

The Jedi ARE in their prime...I think that's what Lucas intended, but it's not on screen. If they were in their prime, they would have found "alternatives to fighting" and the like.

Forgive my rambling...I'm still figuring out my take on the PT. I think I just contradicted myself a few times! ;)