scottLobster

I’d say his biggest mistake was thinking Star Wars should be “for kids”.

That’s his primary justification for making Han shoot second and Jar-Jar. And I’ll admit, being in 7th grade when Episode I came out I thought Jar-Jar was freaking hilarious!

That whole line of thought permeates the prequels, and unfortunately leads to them being dumbed down to bad saturday morning cartoon levels when it comes to story and script. It just looks like Lucas didn’t take his own universe seriously. Or perhaps he was more focused on “teaching” kids something and thought he’d have to dumb things down to get his message across to 7 year olds.

I’m surprised to hear some people like the prequels more than the TFA/R1. Sure they haven’t really gone anywhere new yet, but I’d rather have filler with decent characters and writing than a “new story” that makes no sense and makes cringe multiple times.

Saw the original three in order on VHS at a friend’s house in 3rd grade (grew up in the 90s). Pretty sure it was one of the last pre-special edition VHS releases, because Han definitely shot first. It was a sleepover party right when the 90s Star Wars Renaissance was taking off, so as a result of that party my parents and relatives were constantly spammed for Star Wars Action Fleet toys and various Star Wars-based video games. 😃

Then it was the prequels in theaters as they came out, then I refused to buy the blu-ray editions on account of Lucas’s modifications (the CG blinking Ewoks were just too much…), and consequently discovered Harmy and later Team Negative1.