Well since O'Bannon isn't around, it's not really possible to have him write it, is it? Alien, the film, doesn't much reflect his original screenplay anyway, without offense to him I wouldn't want him writing another Alien film. Alien wasn't his baby, it was a collaborative effort that began with his original storyline, but that storyline was pretty different in execution than the film.

Again, I think it's reaching to compare Brandywine to Lucasfilm, just because they are making sequels. The original film was never a one-man-film in the auteur style, and the guy who was in the drivers seat--Scott--was in the drivers seat for this one. It's as close as one could get without bringing Giger back onboard.Comparing it to the prequels is just searching for criticism. There are no Jar Jar dolls and podracing video games here, you can't get a Taco Bell prometheus combo, it isn't being marketed to or pandering to kids, and the marketing scheme they did use is one of the most sophisticated and intelligently done ones in movie history.

So, other than being a prequel--a sort-of prequel--to a film from the 70s, no it's not really at all like the Star Wars prequels, other than the fact that you didn't like both.