[Jstotlar]

I completely agree, the flaws in this film were atrocious. However, I enjoyed watching it, which is good enough for me. That being said onto the major critiques. As a former fan boy (and i was pretty hardcore) I think the one comment that really hit home with me made here was that the films lacked "A sense of adventure"

Lucas lost track of what really made them feel special. And more importantly why people connected to them so much. The beautiful thing about fantasy and sci fi is things happen that could never concievably happen in this universe; at least not in our lifetimes. And lucas forgot how to create that magic. The magic that makes people wish they could be there. The magic that makes you say, "Wow, if I were in this universe, who would I be? What would I do? What adventures would I go on?" I think Lucas thought that since these are prequels any innovation in the world is something that he couldn't have, nothing new could exist beyond the scope of the three original films. He had to bring in boba fetts daddy i hopes Jango could be as cool as boba. But no. he had to include innumerable racial atrocities in the name of humor. Basically he lost touch with his own Universe.

I was also sorely dissapointed with the "Order 66" sequence. Yes order 66 is a lame name, and Lucas might as well have called it order 666, sith are satanists. As a child, the jedi extermination was one of the parts of the history that most intrigued me. I imagined a black cloaked anakin hunting down the jedi on all kinds of planets and locales and having epic duels with them. Honestly, what difference does it make if Anakin was with Sidious or not, Lucas made it obvious none of the Jedi's could even hold there own against a small platton of Stormtroopers (and boy, did they forget how to aim for the sequels or what?) And the jedi deaths seemed rather, well for lack of a better word, lame.

I mean seriously, Padme's death is perhaps the lamest of the lame. "She has lost the will to live." This completely destorys what is at the root of Padme's character. Yes she loves Anakin. Yes she was betrayed by Anakin, but regaurdless, the root of her character is that she is a strong woman. She stands up for herself. And someone like that wouldn't give up easily like that. Especially with a baby (or two) on the way. Someone like Padme would choose to go on and live life and try to undo the wrongs the sith have done. Not keel over and orphan her babies.


I completely agree with Raven in everything he said. There are major continutiy issues with the sequels. This is how I think it went down in Lucas' head. "Well, I already had these prequels in my head, but since this is a new generation, I think i'll bastardize my old movies and add in a bunch of filler stuff so I can add in these different conflicts and hope people don't notice."
Anakin succumbs way too quickly as others have noted so I won't comment on that. Raven nailed the reasons why it is awkward. The movie doesn't deserve it's title, as there is no Revenge to be had, only a half hearted attempt at completing this trilogy. I enjoyed it the most of the three prequels, simply as an entertaining movie experience, which, alone, it is. In the big picture though, It seems like Lucas, much like Anakin, fell to the dark side. He took the easy way out.