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Originally posted by: jimbo

Similarities between Attack of the Clones and The Empire Strikes Back

Both movies involve a love story between the male and female lead

Both movies flash between different charcters in different places

Both movies involve charcters being kidnapped

Both movies have a rather dark ending compared to all the other movies

Yoda rocks in both movies

Attack of the Clones is definutly closest to The Empire Strikes Back then any other movie of the series. In story and feel. The Phantom Menace is closest to Return of the Jedi in look and feel which is why both Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace are the underlings of the series.

Similarities between Attack of the Clones and The Empire Strikes Back and The Vanishing

All three movies involve a love story between the male and female lead

All three movies flash between different charcters in different places

All three movies involve charcters being kidnapped

All three movies have a rather dark ending compared to all the other movies

So what?

The difference is that in The Empire Strikes Back and The Vanishing it WORKS because the direction is top notch, the characters are fully realised and the situations are interesting and compelling because there is "something at stake".

Whereas the similarities in AOTC only serve to underline how inferior it is in comparison.