(Last note) I think Lucas is an inventive writer. After working in the film industry for 5 years, I have come to the conclusion that no writer should have free reign over a script. Because any writers, especially inventive ones, have just as many bad ideas as good. However, writers love their ideas like babies and have trouble hating the bad and loving the good, they just love them all equally. So, that's were you get great pieces like Qui-gon next to a bin piece like Jar Jar.

Behind every good writer sits a good editor. With a good editor JK Rowling would've cut a good bit out of the Deathly Hallows, or at least spiced up the time Potter spend in hiding, those months took way too much time in the book with nothing much happening to show some urgency.

With a good editor and publisher Robert Jordan wouldn't've released a complete WoT book that spanned 24 hours of nothing happening at all.

And in the end hats what the PT lacked. Heart.

I still think the ships and walkers were super cool though!

Part of the reason GL made the PT so terrible was because he was in love with poetic repetition. Spherical Trade Ships = Death Star. It even has a trench run with Proton Torpedo hit. And Anakin's "acting." Sure, he was only what, 12, but they should have hired someone other than for their blond bowl cut. There was also some whole theme going with regards the Dark Side and saying no to drugs? Really, GL? Really? We got that fine with the deathsticks guy. Cigarettes bad. Probably the best **** line in the PT and, well, it's not that awesome a line. Then there's C3PO and R2D2 being the foolish Kurosawa peasants. Really, GL? Again?

I wanted the PT to work. I really did. But making Ewan McGregor say "younglings" just destroys everything for which SW fans have fought and suffered.

As for Yoda, imagine CGI Yoda trying to pull off:

"I'm not afraid."

"You will be. You. Will. Be."

"This is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause" Is the best line, let's not kid ourselves.

We'll just ignore that it was a political jab at the US govt of the time.

Just to be an advocate devil, some things that went right with the prequels.

Ian McDiarmid reprising palpatine was fantastic.

Liam Neeson in Ep 1.

Ewan McGregor in Eps 2 and 3.

Christopher lee as Dooku.

Natalie Portmans abs.

At least someone didn't photoshop Hayden Christiansen over the original Anakin in ROTJ's ending...

Oh.

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"This is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause" Is the best line, let's not kid ourselves.

absolutly.

What, better than 'Yippee!'?

It's strange, Ep 2-3 seemed to have been commenting on topical politics but the entire story arc of a Republic becoming an Empire comes from the 70s when George was mad at the U.S. for the Vietnam war. I guess history rhymes after all.

What, better than 'Yippee!'?

It's strange, Ep 2-3 seemed to have been commenting on topical politics but the entire story arc of a Republic becoming an Empire comes from the 70s when George was mad at the U.S. for the Vietnam war. I guess history rhymes after all.

I guess war never changes, right?

... Only the enemy.

Ian McDiarmid

Liam Neeson

Christopher lee

Enough for me to consider the PT good.

...and an excuse.

Liberate anyone?

Too literal, diplomacy is it's own form of warfare.

There is always war, the real variable is the opponent.

I think I successfully derailed this topic again. Oops!

I never read any of the books were the solo twins were grown, the Jedi academy books was as far as I got. They just kept pulling out crappy trilogies and series and I just couldn't bring myself to buy or read any of it, it just didn't feel like Star Wars. Of course when someone told me they squashed Chewie with a moon because one of Han's kids was piloting the falcon killed any desire give a crap about the post ROTJ era. It was even worse than Salvatore was the one to write it. I'm glad the roughly 25 years of post OT pulp is gone.

If any of that is ever important in the future there's always the wiki.

I think I successfully derailed this topic again. Oops!

I never read any of the books were the solo twins were grown, the Jedi academy books was as far as I got. They just kept pulling out crappy trilogies and series and I just couldn't bring myself to buy or read any of it, it just didn't feel like Star Wars. Of course when someone told me they squashed Chewie with a moon because one of Han's kids was piloting the falcon killed any desire give a crap about the post ROTJ era. It was even worse than Salvatore was the one to write it. I'm glad the roughly 25 years of post OT pulp is gone.

If any of that is ever important in the future there's always the wiki.

Well

I think I successfully derailed this topic again. Oops!

I never read any of the books were the solo twins were grown, the Jedi academy books was as far as I got. They just kept pulling out crappy trilogies and series and I just couldn't bring myself to buy or read any of it, it just didn't feel like Star Wars. Of course when someone told me they squashed Chewie with a moon because one of Han's kids was piloting the falcon killed any desire give a crap about the post ROTJ era. It was even worse than Salvatore was the one to write it. I'm glad the roughly 25 years of post OT pulp is gone.

If any of that is ever important in the future there's always the wiki.

Well

What, better than 'Yippee!'?

It's strange, Ep 2-3 seemed to have been commenting on topical politics but the entire story arc of a Republic becoming an Empire comes from the 70s when George was mad at the U.S. for the Vietnam war. I guess history rhymes after all.

Let's not forget that Lawrence of Arabia was a huge influence on Lucas. Literally, the first drafts of SW were Lawrence of Arabia in space. The samurai elements came a bit later. Chewbacca's character design comes almost straight out of Analog SF which featured... creatures like Chewbacca fighting on a forest planet. Which we got in SW. THREE TIMES. A whole lot of stuff has gone into the melting pot that is Star Wars. Good riddance to OT pulp as well. There is some seriously hackneyed stuff out there, and you can always keep the few gems.

Good composers borrow, great composers steal.