FinisCarnis

G&G-Fan said:

Basically, it takes two movies for Anakin to get where Luke is at the end of ANH, and that is heavily problematic to the structure of the trilogy. I enjoy ROTS, but there was just too much material crammed in as Lucas basically procrastinated the most important parts of the main character’s journey.

That hits the nail on the head. Revenge of the Sith had to cram in every last plot point to bridge the gap between the prequels and originals. Those elements being the victims of “procrastination” in the films is probably the best I’ve heard it described.

Generally I would say they’ve aged fairly well in my mind, especially compared to the sequel trilogy. I enjoyed them a lot as kid, but grew to have the “prequels are hot garbage” opinion as I grew up. Now, though, after many of the Disney projects have been so disappointing I’ve come to appreciate them again. The CGI is kinda abhorrent and inexcusable. The bad dialogue honestly fits in with much of the terrible dialogue of the original trilogy (esp episode 6). Way too much screen time is spent exploring the politics of the galactic republic v. the trade federation etc. etc. With a proper edit, they make for solid, fun movies that I would happily watch with my kids alongside the originals.

I just watched the “Neon Noir” Fanedit recently and what that abbreviated version of the prequels highlighted for me was that the Jedi were way too focused on playing politics and and getting an army together, that Anakin was left unchecked. They weren’t focusing on their own. It was a neat perspective I hadn’t really gotten before.

Monolithium said:

^ This.

Followed by “From my point of view, the Jedi are evil.”

One of my favorites. The over the top “I hate you!” is pretty bad imo.

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