Hey, it's me. said:

Ryan McAvoy said:

Hey, it's me. said:
I, for one, will never own any version of 'that' trilogy so long as I draw breath. They're an absolute train wreck. No amount of editing can redeem it. None. ;)

Interested to know. What is the single worst thing (Or things) for you about the PT?

Well, off the top of my head ill give you three Ryan.

1. Lucas's whole idea and vision of Vaders and Obi Wans backstory

2. The shameless shoehorning of OT characters (3PO, R2, Chewy)

3. The dreadful continuity between it and the OT.

1. Absolutly. Obi-Wan should have started Ep.1 as cocky young Jedi adventuring round the galaxy and he bumps into slightly younger Podracing kid. Much bro-mance and high-adventure ensues

2. Chewie didn't need to be there. But if you watch the films in crono order as GL intended it doesn't feel like R2 and threeps are shoehorned in. Bit odd that Anakin created 3po but thats a different issue. A kid now who watches them for the first time isn't gonna know who the droids are anyway.

3. Yes continuity is ridiculous. GL must have been doing it on purpose. There is no reason in the world why Bail shouldn't have been a King instead of a senator.

For me it's the seperation of Anakin and Obi-Wan across the 3 films that is the unfixable part. No amount of fan editing can fix the fact that in the first two films they probably spend about 15-20 mins together. It felt obvious to me that the extended buddy action at the start of ROTS was to try and undo this damage.

If I could change one thing, it would be having the Neimodeans shoot Qui-Gon Gin in the back of the head during the first 5 minutes of TPM. Every other problem in the PT can be traced back to his presence.