Easterhay said:
If you deny the prequels (which is pretty outlandish, a bit like those three monkeys with their hands over their eyes, mouth and ears) then by extension you have to deny The Clone Wars - and, I imagine, anything else that doesn't meet your specific standards of what Star Wars is and should be (again, pretty outlandish). Funny, though, how some will practically give themselves a hernia pointing out how "flawed" the more recent parts of the Star Wars story are while completely ignoring how your limb can be severed by a lightsabre and yet still bleed. "Sigh" indeed.
I'd have to disagree with that. I think it's totally possible to completely disregard the PT, yet still be able to be a fan of the Clone Wars series. The Clone Wars series is superior to the PT in so many respects and many episodes have more in line with the OT than they do with the PT. In fact i think you could enjoy this series even if you have only watched the OT.
before i moved a friend came around to mine while i was watching the season 2 blu-rays. Now he was not a big Star Wars fan ( he once was). As he put it, he grew out of the movies around the time the SE's came out. He had never watched the prequels yet became engrossed in the Clone Wars. He was only popping around to drop off a DVD he was lending me, but stayed for a few hours. Now after this he wanted to watch the prequels, so i lent him the DVDs. Next day he came back and handed the discs to me and , in his words, said "Fuck me, those were shit. How the hell can you still be a fan after these?". Yet he still wanted to borrow all the seasons of the Clone Wars that i had because they felt more like the originals.
The Clone Wars, for me, attempts to tie in with the OT in a way that the PT just never did. The tech seems more "used" along with weathered ships, environments etc. The PT just seemed too clean, even after a war is supposed to be ravaging the galaxy. Plus you can actually care for these characters. They are fleshed out heel of a lot more than George even attempted in the PT. You can see why Obi-Wan called Anakin "a good friend", whereas in the prequels this was lacking.
But to say that someone is outlandish for denying the prequels and comparing them to the HNE,SNO,SNO monkeys has only made you sound like those you claim that jump on anyone who likes the prequels. ( It still surprises me that anyone is shocked at how many here dislike the prequels, even though the site is called originaltrilogy.com).
And people here DO see the flaws in the OT and pick them apart, it's just that there aren't as many in the OT as there are in the PT. At least the OT has good stories and not just flashy video game effects to try to hide the flaws in the storytelling. As GL once said " A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing"