Why I Love The “Star Wars” Prequels (And You Should, Too)

The fact that there were redeemable characteristics in the prequels only makes it worse.

They were terrible. Even forgetting the older three movies they were just bad. yuck, awful.

poop.

They should have at least kept Darth Maul alive so he could reappear later. But NO, bam he is dead. gone.

Nerd rage to warp speed!!!
 
I dunno, I liked them. 2 and 3 have some really bad editing on the lightsaber scenes with too many quick cuts and massive closeups but they do have good points. They're not my favorite movies and they're quite different from episodes 4-6 but taken by themselves they're ok. I definitely like them more than the Mission Impossible franchise.

I think most people put the original Star Wars movies on a pedestal and venerated them for so long that they've forgotten that they had flaws. Nothing can match up to that remembered perfection that never existed. Sure, there are some issues I have with the newer 3 movies, but they're not the worst movies I've seen, or even really close to it.
 
Quix said:
I dunno, I liked them. 2 and 3 have some really bad editing on the lightsaber scenes with too many quick cuts and massive closeups but they do have good points. They're not my favorite movies and they're quite different from episodes 4-6 but taken by themselves they're ok. I definitely like them more than the Mission Impossible franchise.
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That's true. I'd definitely take the Star Wars prequel trilogy over the Mission: Impossible movies. Although the first Mission: Impossible did have Emmanuelle Beart - what a fox she is.
 
SeymourGore said:
That's true. I'd definitely take the Star Wars prequel trilogy over the Mission: Impossible movies. Although the first Mission: Impossible did have Emmanuelle Beart - what a fox she is.
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I'll take the Mission Impossible movies with JJ involved over the prequels. The last one wasn't quite as good as the first 2, but definitely more enjoyable than the prequels, but again, with proper editing, the prequels might have been in the ballpark for me.
 
I really like all of star wars and have for years. Having just watched all 6 in preparation.. I like episodes 1, 2, 3, more than 4, 5, 6. And worst of all.. I like them in this order. 3, 2, 1. With episode 3 being my favorite of them all..general grievous is my favorite character and his battle with obi-wan is the absolute best.. ending with the death of my favorite character. I'm glad Anakin turned and filled the void general grievous left.. serves obi-wan right for killing grievous.
 
HardUp4HardWare said:
They should have at least kept Darth Maul alive so he could reappear later. But NO, bam he is dead. gone.

Nerd rage to warp speed!!!
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Darth Maul didn't die, and still hasn't been officially declared dead.

According to the Clone Wars TV show declared canon by Lucas and Disney, Maul stayed alive at least another 12 years through sheer force of will and dark side magic. His lower body was remade with cybernetic parts. He was eventually found by his brother and they went on a short reign of terror before getting their asses kicked by Obi-wan and then later by Palpatine himself who killed his brother and imprisoned him. I'm guessing there are comics and books that described what happened after this, but he still isn't declared dead.

What's so sad is that the Clone Wars animated movie, Clone Wars TV show (100+ eps), and now Star Wars Rebels on Disney are lightyears ahead of all 3 of the prequel movies in writing and acting. Fortunately, they also fill in all the plot holes of the prequels with very little attention given to Jar Jar.
 
The prequels just had so few memorable scenes (I mean 'good' memorable). Even the big fancy explodey stuff just trailed off my memory so fast. It's bad enough I really can't remember much about the pod race, or the end of TPM, but the second and third movie are just one big blur of "there was a thing on a rooftop in rain.. with Boba Fett I think?" Which movie that was in, I don't really remember.

One thing I do remember clearly, I remember in the theater watching TPM, when they rolled out C3PO I was like "oh jeez.. *facepalm*"
 
SuperSubZero said:
The prequels just had so few memorable scenes (I mean 'good' memorable). Even the big fancy explodey stuff just trailed off my memory so fast. It's bad enough I really can't remember much about the pod race, or the end of TPM, but the second and third movie are just one big blur of "there was a thing on a rooftop in rain.. with Boba Fett I think?" Which movie that was in, I don't really remember.

One thing I do remember clearly, I remember in the theater watching TPM, when they rolled out C3PO I was like "oh jeez.. *facepalm*"
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The only things that stand out to me as jaw dropping amazing happened in Ep. 3.
1. The first 30 seconds of the battle of Coruscant. No acting, no dialogue. For that 30 seconds I was in absolute awe as you watched the two starfighters zip around massive starships to get a sense of scale and the insane amount of detail put into them and then you almost cream yourself with nerdgasm as the two tiny starfighters make a turn and you see hundreds of massive starships blasting each other. Then Anakin opens his mouth and the rest of the movie shits the bed until...
2. Final battle between Obi-wan and Anakin with the duel of fates music. Once they stop bitching at each other like little girls and the actual fight starts, it was pretty damn cool. But then the buzzkill ending with a 1/2 second blur of Anakin getting his limbs chopped off ruined it.
 
Yea the opening scene of 3 is so awesome.. I can look past bad acting. If ur watching star wars for acting you are doing it wrong :)
 
farscapesg1 said:
God this gets old. Yes.. at that point in his life. I'm turning 40 next year.. and I was a completely different type of person when I was 16. That's the nature of getting older, you mature and your outlook on life changes.

The Darth Vader that everyone knows from the 1st trilogy is what, 16-20 years older than the last scene we have of the "whiny emo kid"? That is plenty of time to take that whiny, emo attitude and cultivate a calculated, terrifying personality bent on the destruction of all that is good.

I'm sorry, but how many of you can say that your viewpoints, outlook on life and society, and a multitude of other things haven't changed over the last 15-20 years? Are you still the "happy go lucky" person you were? The self-centered know-it-all most teenagers are?
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Unless I'm mistaken, your experiences may not be relevant to the fictional experiences of potentially the most powerful Sith, who was right hand to the Emperor of an entire galaxy.

If you're an incredibly powerful space wizard who controls billions of lives and immense responsibility, I'm sorry to offend.

Picturing Vader crying himself to sleep listening to The Cure is entertaining, though.
 
What a pathetic way for a site to get clicks. Any movie watcher can see they are objectively bad movies.
 
CaptNumbNutz said:
Darth Maul didn't die, and still hasn't been officially declared dead.

According to the Clone Wars TV show declared canon by Lucas and Disney, Maul stayed alive at least another 12 years through sheer force of will and dark side magic. His lower body was remade with cybernetic parts. He was eventually found by his brother and they went on a short reign of terror before getting their asses kicked by Obi-wan and then later by Palpatine himself who killed his brother and imprisoned him. I'm guessing there are comics and books that described what happened after this, but he still isn't declared dead.
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That sounds retarded. Dude got chopped in half, falls down a hole to China, and somehow survives? How'd he breathe with his torso chopped in half? Vader needed a ventilator even with an intact diaphragm.
 
DeathFromBelow said:
That sounds retarded. Dude got chopped in half, falls down a hole to China, and somehow survives? How'd he breathe with his torso chopped in half? Vader needed a ventilator even with an intact diaphragm.
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I kind of agree, that should have been a killing blow.
If you watch the clip again, he is cut at the waist line, not diaphragm. A lightsaber would have immediately burnt the wound shut so he didn't bleed out. At this point any normal person would immediately be dead...but this is Star Wars. Combine that with dark side powers he would have been able to keep himself alive. If you recall, even Palpatine knew of dark side powers that could keep someone alive which he used to trick Anakin, and Maul was Palpatine's apprentice. There are also several non-canon references in video games, books, and comics of how dark lords could extend their lifespans by leeching off the life force of others.

Yes, I agree it's kind of stupid to be able to just drop random stuff like this into the lore to make something happen. But Star Wars is full of that stuff. If they can locate Anakin/Luke's lost lightsaber from Bespin in Empire Strikes Back to show up in a trailer for Episode 7...then surely it isn't too much of a stretch for Star Wars lore for Maul to survive getting cut in half.;)
 
DeathFromBelow said:
That sounds retarded. Dude got chopped in half, falls down a hole to China, and somehow survives? How'd he breathe with his torso chopped in half? Vader needed a ventilator even with an intact diaphragm.
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The Force works in mysterious ways.
 
DeathFromBelow said:
That sounds retarded. Dude got chopped in half, falls down a hole to China, and somehow survives? How'd he breathe with his torso chopped in half? Vader needed a ventilator even with an intact diaphragm.
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Anakin was human. Maul was...I don't know what he was, but he may be more resilient than a human.
 
My future dream for this product.

Luke and Rey save Kylo, Leia is the new emperor, kills Luke and turns Rey to the dark side. Kylo will reform the Knights of Ren to hunt her down and save Rey. Lando will return to take back the Falcon since it was his originally and fly it as the lead ship to destroy what ever plot device they put in place for the last movie.
 
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