Vaderisnothayden said:
CO said:

1. No Luke, Leia, and Han. Sorry guys but characters drive movies, characters connect with the audience, there was no way any of us were going to love these movies because they were missing the big 3 from the OT.

When Luke Leia and Han first appeared we didn't know them. The film and the actors sold us on them. The same could have happened with the PT's characters if they were written, directed and cast right.

Yeah, every time someone claims the PT was destined to suck because it was in some way or another "not the originals", I find the words "bullshit" uncontrollably escaping my lips.

The prequels could have absolutely been good movies, there really is no reason they had to suck for any reason.

VINH put it perfectly when he explained that we didn't know Han, Luke, or Leia when we first saw Star Wars, but yet we managed to fall in love with them. The PT had so many things wrong with it you could write a book about it. Rather than listing all the things wrong with the PT, it is easier just to sum up the reality that they really did next to nothing right. There are really no excuses for those poor films. They were just plain bad, and could have been far better than they were. Sure, maybe they never would have been as good as the first two, but they could have been enjoyable by people who were not either under the age of twelve or blinded by the euphoria brought on by the words "Star Wars" in the title.