DuracellEnergizer said:

Ryan McAvoy said:

Star Wars was never meant to be subtle, Lucas set out to pay with our ingrained cultural tropes (Deviating from this is partly why the PT struggled).

I disagree. A talented writer could have made the PT a pessimistic saga steeped in moral ambiguity/relativism and still made it good. George isn't a talented writer, however, and that is why the PT we got is a complete failure.

I like the Prequel Trilogy for what it is, but if it had some more talented screenwriters been at the helm, especially to re-write some of the absolutely cringeworthy dialogue, those average bordering on good films (in my opinion at least, I know some of yours is different) may of actually become great films.