[CaptainCrunch]

The Sequels and Prequels


Phantom Menace - I thought was a weak entry, saved by Palpatine in the background. I wish they would have made Anakin older and more jaded, and really emphasized the slavery aspect. Over reliance on CGI made things muddled. Ewan and Ian were stellar in the movie. Natalie already looked checked out. Maul was amazingly cool.

The Force Awakens - A decent but not stellar movie. Was basically a retelling of a New Hope with a bigger Death Star. The acting performances were strong. What hamstrung the movie was the villains. Kylo was more a angsty teenager with Daddy issues. Hux was actually good in a limited role as was Snoke. Had a lot of interesting questions around Ray.



Attack of the Clones - Went off of the rails, too much CGI, also some just horrific dialogue around Sand. I liked that we started going down the path of Anakin's fall. You didn't get a lot of Palpatine, but you could really see him maneuvering things behind the scene. Chris Lee was excellent as Dooku. Ewan was great. Hayden was wooden as was Natalie


The Last Jedi - As a stand alone movie it could be passible. Instead we got a muddle mess with really bad scripting, bad knock knock jokes. A stupid disconnected Rose story that felt Forced. They killed the big bad and left Kylo as a pretty weak villain. Luke was completely out of character til the end. Rian tossed out a lot of story lines, like who were Ray's parents. Phasma looked cool and went out like a punk.


Revenge of the Sith - I for the most part liked the movie. We got the high points of Sidious and the fall of the Republic. Some bad dialogue choices. Padme lost the will to live. But I expect that they couldn't have Anakin slaughtering his wife, though they'd already had him as a kid Killer. Again too much CGI reliance. This is a movie that should have been split into two movies and it would have been better.



The Rise of Skywalkers - Completely awful. They tried to fix Rian's choices and instead thought that bringing back Sidious and ramming a stick up his butt would re-engage the fans. Tremendously bad dialogue and nonsensical creations like Force Diades or whatever the F that was. And Sith Wayfinders Killed Hux as a stupid throwaway. The ending of Palpatine was awful, if only Luke had thought about crossing the streams in Return of the Jedi. The acting wasn't great. It felt like most of the cast read the script and went WTF, and just went with it.



To me, when they come on TV, I'll absolutely watch the OT. With the prequels I'll make time for ROTS, and I will still watch Phantom Menace for the background stories, I'll watch AOTC because Clones man. With the Prequels if they come on, I'll watch TFA. I can barely get through TLJ, and I've watched TRS twice and have no interest in seeing it again.


While I think the Prequels are incredibly flawed, I love the over arching story. I think the Sequels were a unoriginal opening movie story followed by two pretty terrible entries.



Original Trilogy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Prequel Trilogy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sequel Trilogy.