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theprequelsrule
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What was the "fatal flaw" of the Prequels if you think they sucked? (aka. Let's take a break from hating on the blu-rays)
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23-Sep-2011, 10:41 AM

Zero said:

But if I were in George's shoes, I wouldn't have made the prequels at all. Maybe that's the most apt fatal flaw criticism. This whole prequel stuff started when he re-titled Star Wars as A New Hope. Calling that film "A New Hope" still feels weird in my mouth. Regular folks (non-fans) who are my age or older still call it "Star Wars". Oh, sure, I was all psyched up about there supposedly being nine episodes in all. But in hindsight, I would have just left it as a trilogy and gone on to make a beach party sequel to THX 1138. Or something.

Yes. It really was amazing that we got three very good to great films (yeah, yeah, some people don't like Jedi).

I kind of wish George had stuck with his original 12 film plan following The Adventures of Luke Skywalker - which were envisioned more as a kind of James Bond series in space, rather than proper sequels/prequels. Sure, we would never have gotten ESB, but then ESB is why we are in this mess in the first place...