luckydube56 said:
You are attempting to use logic to explain the illogical. The PT among other things lacks continuity but the bottom line is that it sucks.
The truth is there are logical gaps in the OT as well. But at least it was good. The PT was supposed to be a mystery movie + political intrigue + tragedy and loss and fear of loss. It fails on all three levels. The OT was about friendship and confronting fear and growing up and all these other very personal themes and it succeeds. The former requires logical continuity to work and it doesnt. The latter does not rely on logical continuity but emotional connectivity to the characters and it succeeded.
My post has little to do with your question. But trying to explain and understand the PT is an exercise in futility. No amount of explanation will fix it. It's as if Star Wars fandom is still attempting to find a way to like the PT.
This sums it up really well.
I feel like the reason people still try to justify it is because it's a damn shame that this is what we now have. It's forever what actually happened, Anakin Skywalker will forever be Hayden Christensen, the entire galaxy was apparently neuralized after RoTS, et cetera. As much as it sucks, it's official and will likely never change, so of course people will try to find some way to justify it so maybe it won't hurt as badly.
Also, I agree that Dooku was one of the best character concepts for the PT and also one of the most criminally underused. I would have loved to see him develop some kind of tragic hero role (because, if you think about it, Dooku was right and should have been played as more grey than absolute evil). Or perhaps developing a relationship with Anakin to draw him away from the Jedi as his apprentice, which Palpatine turns against him in some way. I dunno. There are a thousand better ways to have done it.
