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Originally Posted by CroFlames
TFA felt great at first because you felt like the possibilities would be endless with how the story could go. Each subsequent movie retroactively made TFA worse. TLJ is just so bad I don't even know what to say anymore. I've often said it's like if they brought in a new director for The Two Towers and the Ring was suddenly unimportant and the movie made no mention of it and Frodo was just on a vacation in Lorien and Sam went to some Casino city with unsavory folks.
The prequels, for all their warts, had three things going for them.
Firstly, an overarching story that made sense. The rise and fall of Anakin.
Secondly, the introduction of Obi Wan and his heroics in the war, as well as a deeper look at the Jedi that fans crave.
Lastly, the utter brilliance of Palpatines schemes (and the actor's performance as well).
I'll go on to add that the final battle between Obi Wan and Anakin was singularly one of the best scenes in all nine films and other canon content.
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I've never said there weren't warts in the PT. The overarching story itself is very good.
It was the dialogue choices, and even some of the actor choices. I love Portman, she's a great actress, but I think this role was wrong for her in the end. Hayden can act, but the dialogue killed him half the time.
On the other side, Ewan was born for that role. Ian was brilliant especially in the Opera house.
I loved the concept of the Clone Wars, and how it rolled out that the Clones were the ultimate Jedi Trap/betrayal.
Its sad that more of the books didn't get into the movies. The seduction of Anakin by Palpatine was so well done in the books.