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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Yeah Star Wars overall is a franchise that was driven by cool looking characters, plot twists, and state of the art production that hold up even now due to the use of practical effects.
The dialogue and acting was never the greatest (although Leia and Hans did have their moments) but it worked since the characters were likable and so original.
I feel like if anything the original movies are not as good anymore because nothing in them is a surprise anymore. You know that Vader is Luke's father, you know that Leia/Luke are brother and sister, you know Hans/Leia end up together, those surprises were so core to the experience of the movies.
Really the prequel trilogies were bad because they missed on all three of these points, it wasn't that the overall plot/story/dialogue was any worse. Nothing was a surprise because we knew where it was going, none of the new characters were very likable, and the over use of CGI made the movies age really poorly.
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It's interesting that you say it's the surprises that made the movie because since the movies came out when I was little I don't actually remember not knowing the Darth Vader was Luke's father. I have always known that.
It has me debating which order to watch the star wars movies with my kids. Do you watch phantom menace not knowing who Anakin and the emperor are or do you go 4,5,1,2,3,6. Which has better flow