Top 5 Things why PT worked for me!

[Darksider]

1. Episode Three
2. Commander Cody
3. Episode 3
4. Order 66
5. Episode III

Other highlights may include but are not limited to Darth Maul, Mace Windu, bad-ass Yoda and Clones.

 

[PJB-1138]

I love Qui-Gon Jinn, and Neesons performance. Probably for me the highlight of the Prequels. Trouble is I think the character was completely unnecessary and ultimately got in the way of the the more important story to be told - Anakin and Obi-wan.

This is one of the reasons I've been enjoying The Clone Wars so much, where the chemistry between the two characters is better than what we saw in the prequels. It makes Anakin's fall from grace all the more tragic than just seeing him eventually outfitted into a black cybernetic suit with a breathing mask.

 

[a-dev]

This is one of the reasons I've been enjoying The Clone Wars so much, where the chemistry between the two characters is better than what we saw in the prequels. It makes Anakin's fall from grace all the more tragic than just seeing him eventually outfitted into a black cybernetic suit with a breathing mask.

Thats the core of the problem with the PT. Too much left offscreen for the EU to deal with it. Major cop out. While some of the stuff on screen was either insignificant, ineffective or a downright waste of time particularly in TPM and AOTC. They left far too much to be dealt with in ROTS which itself wasted time with pointless characters like General Grievous - methinks Dooku would have sufficed for whatever purpose Grievous was supposed to serve.

 

[nothingface35]

Thats the core of the problem with the PT. Too much left offscreen for the EU to deal with it. Major cop out. While some of the stuff on screen was either insignificant, ineffective or a downright waste of time particularly in TPM and AOTC. They left far too much to be dealt with in ROTS which itself wasted time with pointless characters like General Grievous - methinks Dooku would have sufficed for whatever purpose Grievous was supposed to serve.

Grievous served as the precursor to Vader. He was what Vader would soon become. A warrior imprisoned by cybernetics. I know you don't pay attention to the EU but he is one badass warrior in that universe. I loved him and his guards. I'm sure he appears pointless to you because all you know of him is his 15 minutes of screen time in ROTS. That's the beauty of the EU. If you like a particular character there's so much more out there!

 

[a-dev]

I dunno, I just don't think we needed to see a precursor to Vader. Or 2 different stages of Clone Trooper evolution when one would have sufficed. Lucas just over-elaborated in areas that had no real importance to the overall story being told and glossed over the stuff that would have given these films much more good meat. But look, I'm in the wrong thread for slagging off the PT. Sorry folks.

 

[nothingface35]

It's all good man. For every person that hates it, like you, there are five who love it, like me. Everyone has opinions. I do agree about the Clone Trooper thing and that damn 30 minute pod-race wasted so much screentime.

 

[a-dev]

As time goes on it certainly seems the PT fans are growing in number, both with new fans coming on board and even older generations coming around to them...plus of course people who liked them from the beginning. But the haters always seem to turn up to try to spoil your fun. Its true I'm sorry, just get bored sometimes 'Well no new figure announcements or reveals today - oh look theres a thread about the Star Wars films and people saying why they like the PT - hmm, many of them the very reasons I don't like the PT, now I just have to-' and it goes from there. Its like talking about religion. Debate seems to be inevitable and generally futile for both sides. But hey see you in the next thread! (but seriously)

 

[nothingface35]

As time goes on it certainly seems the PT fans are growing in number, both with new fans coming on board and even older generations coming around to them...plus of course people who liked them from the beginning. But the haters always seem to turn up to try to spoil your fun. Its true I'm sorry, just get bored sometimes 'Well no new figure announcements or reveals today - oh look theres a thread about the Star Wars films and people saying why they like the PT - hmm, many of them the very reasons I don't like the PT, now I just have to-' and it goes from there. Its like talking about religion. Debate seems to be inevitable and generally futile for both sides. But hey see you in the next thread! (but seriously)

Well, haters gotta hate!!

 

[Darksider]

I have said it before in other threads, but always on this same topic. As a fan of the Pre-Trilogy i will say there are a lot of things about it that don't jive with me 100%. I could also say the same about the Original Trilogy (particularly the re-released special editions) though i will admit not to the same extent. However, I love the idea of Star Wars in general and i enjoy watching the universe grow whether it be new Movies, Comics, TV shows or Novels. So while i would prefer the newer editions to be handled carefully and respectfully i know the ideas are not always going to reflect my own. The bigger the EU gets the harder it is going to be to please everyone, so when i watch or read, i just take it for what it is, the good with the bad and enjoy it. I would take crappy Star Wars over no Star Wars any day.

 

[martyd]

Most sensible thing i've read in ages.

 

[nothingface35]

I agree 100%

 

[Darth_Fatso]

1. Jar Jar Binks
2. Jake Lloyd
3. The use of the word "younglings"
4. Jar Jar Binks
5. Darth Maul dies

 

[DiFabio]

Re: Top 5 Things Y PT = POOP

What is this PT you speak of?

 

[TheGent]

Prime Twats

 

[DiFabio]

Prime Twats

Oh, okay.

Top 5 reasons they work for me.

- Warm
- Feels good
- Other good sensations such as taste and smell
- Nice to have when you're bored
- A necessity

 

[rubio95]

1. Jar Jar Binks
2. Jake Lloyd
3. The use of the word "younglings"
4. Jar Jar Binks
5. Darth Maul dies

Okay, I'll bite:

1. Immaculate Conception
2. Midichlorians
3. Anakin The Youngling Slayer
4. "I have the high ground!"
5. Losing the "Will to Live"

 

[Broccoli Shrapnel]

1. Dogmatic Jedi are in large part responsible for Anakin's fall. I've not read it in awhile, but I recall that the ROTS novelization made this connection and Anakin's motivations much better than the film did. The difference between the high and mighty Jedi and the caring, if misguided, Anakin really paved the way for Luke's character as a middle ground.

2. The idea that fear of loss can cause someone "good" to do horrible things in the name of order and stability.

3. John Williams in all three movies.

4. The opening sequence of ROTS--a great example of how to use special effects to make compelling film (though the series as a whole relied too much on CGI).

5. The Emperor, especially in ROTS when (1) he tells Anakin he is a Sith, (2) he "explains" the difference between Jedi and Sith at the opera house, (3) he convinces Anakin to "save" him from Mace Windu.

Just as a side note: I seem to remember the novelizations of AOTC and ROTS doing much better jobs at telling compelling stories with consistent character behavior. They went into detail where the movies went for oversimplification--example: " I really like this girl, so I will kill little kids to save her." Pretty abrupt in the movie. But, I remember the book making Anakin's fall a slippery slope of justifications rather than the big leaps that the movie made from one decision to another.

 

[nothingface35]

1. Jar Jar Binks
2. Jake Lloyd
3. The use of the word "younglings"
4. Jar Jar Binks
5. Darth Maul dies

Either you're being funny or you didn't catch the topic of this thread. I can't tell!

 

[Darth_Fatso]

Either you're being funny or you didn't catch the topic of this thread. I can't tell!

Me being funny? Look at my serious screen name! I'm being perfectly serious! Jar Jar was the greatest thing to ever grace cinema and should get his own trilogy. Jake Lloyd should have won an Oscar for his exquisite potrayal of young Anakin. Truly acting at it's finest. And of course the use of the word younglings by Ob Wan and Padme shows just how spectacular a writer Lucas is. And of course Darth Maul was seriously the single worst character to ever grace a SW movie. He deserved to die!

 

[a-dev]

1. Dogmatic Jedi are in large part responsible for Anakin's fall. I've not read it in awhile, but I recall that the ROTS novelization made this connection and Anakin's motivations much better than the film did. The difference between the high and mighty Jedi and the caring, if misguided, Anakin really paved the way for Luke's character as a middle ground.

2. The idea that fear of loss can cause someone "good" to do horrible things in the name of order and stability.

3. John Williams in all three movies.

4. The opening sequence of ROTS--a great example of how to use special effects to make compelling film (though the series as a whole relied too much on CGI).

5. The Emperor, especially in ROTS when (1) he tells Anakin he is a Sith, (2) he "explains" the difference between Jedi and Sith at the opera house, (3) he convinces Anakin to "save" him from Mace Windu.

Just as a side note: I seem to remember the novelizations of AOTC and ROTS doing much better jobs at telling compelling stories with consistent character behavior. They went into detail where the movies went for oversimplification--example: " I really like this girl, so I will kill little kids to save her." Pretty abrupt in the movie. But, I remember the book making Anakin's fall a slippery slope of justifications rather than the big leaps that the movie made from one decision to another.

I'm intrigued. I never read the novelisations. It sounds like they are more successful at telling the story than the films are. I just don't know if that could make the films seem any better or if it should.