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Quackula said:
For what it's worth (and I've observed that I'm not alone here in thinking this), TPM was the most effective of the prequel films, and was the only one that felt at all "Star Wars-y" to me.
Unfortunately it was also the most pointless of the 3 films.
Parts of TPM, I agree. Although I'd probably say that, under this premise, ROTS feels "most starwarsy" to me, especially the latter half of it ;)
What is "Star Warsy", though? Is it the inescapable threat of death, pain and evil in grim, dark smoky environments hovering over bottomless pits? Is it wisecracking, bickering swashbuckler leads "indy ploying" their way through epic space adventures? the cheesy, but charmy dialogue? how about the wacky, strange robot / alien things doing strange, wacky slapstick stuff (although I must stress most of this kind of humor in the OT came from the resmblance to real life equivalents - fat robots getting tortured, loaded tired aliens sitting in a bar, etc.)?
Not sure if there's a thing like "starwarsy", or whether it's a quality worth mentioning at all - I guess it all comes down to the fact that the OT was a series of really good, charming and fun action/adventure films, and the PT (mostly) failed to imitate that by essentially pressing on the same kinda pedals.