Hahahahahaha
You thought there were characters in episode one. Hahahahahaha. :-P

Ep 1-3 were meh, but when considered as a part of the whole story - they work. Could have been done better, especially Ep 1. Trying hard to understand how this supposed mechanical genius falls in love with a Senator or whatever she was at that point, and she in turn falls in love with him later on, though it seems they don't see each other for a span of years. And she's quite a bit older, and really only knew him as an 8-10 year old.

Or maybe I missed some details. Could be.

Also, pretty sure they need to come up with a schtick other than Giant Ball O' Planet-Killing Destruction, Designed With Giant Ball-Destroying Weakspot That Anybody Can Figure Out On-The-Fly. TM

Exactly the word, why bother. Endless lists of top xyz, best 5 xyz of all time. All pointless. Or do you think George will see this and think, oh they don't like that one, I will remove it from sale?

How about a giant planet killing badger?

It's obviously just for fun, how could you think otherwise? O_o

I actually think they are even worse when considered in context of the original trilogy. Not only do many things simply make no sense or contradict each other, but I just liked it much better when Vader was not supposed to be space-jesus, and seeing him as an annoying kid and a whiny teen really weakens the character.

The only thing that, at least in concept if not execution, works well for the saga as a whole is how Palpatine manipulates everyone and engineers a civil war to take over and become emperor.

As a proud resident of The Badger State, I find this suggestion to be COMPLETELY REASONABLE AND PLAUSIBLE.

A wolverine kicks the shit out of a badger any day of the week! :D

I guess I come at it from a different direction. On their own, the first three movies - to me, anyway, who is not a die-hard canon-following fan - are individually a bit of "what was the point of that movie?" But as preludes to the following Ep 4-6, they at least have a purpose: to set up "the good ones".

Anyway, I'm a casual fan so don't put too much weight on my opinion of the matter.

Lol at "space jesus"

I completely agree.

Killing off HAN SOLO in the movie was a bad move.

He was a major character.


The original Trilogy by George Lucas were, are and still remain the best.

I loved this as well. I thought having the "bad guy" being on BOTH sides of the conflict was just flat out brilliant. Even more so when Dooku reveals the entire plan to Obi-wan (and Padme later questions if they're fighting for an idea / Republic that no longer exists).

As far as the Vader thing - I HATED The Force being reduced to blood bugs and I didn't like the Space Jesus aspect. Seeing child / teen Vader didn't bother me so much (and I don't possess the total hatred of the angsty Anakin character that most do - certain aspects I like).

To this day, one of the events I'm most conflicted about in Star Wars was the unmasking of Vader at the end of Jedi. He had been this indominable, evil monster of a villain... and at the of the day he's just a frail old dying man in a black suit. It's a fantastic moment in film that sort of shook my young Star Wars world LOL.

As far as my favorites:

Jedi, A New Hope, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, Menace. On any given day I might flip flop Clones and Sith, mostly because I felt the start of Clones. Actually on any given day I might even bump A New Hope above Jedi, or even push it below the Clones / Sith. I'm a bit ADD with my Star Wars rankings. I probably like the characters as they're originally presented in A New Hope far better than anything else (Obi-wan, Solo, Tarkin, Vader, Leia are all fantastic) but I do like the large naval battles in Jedi.

Empire isn't my "favorite" because it is undeniably, unquestionably simply "the best" - so it can't be subjected to my "opinion." Anyone who disagrees is simply wrong, and no opinion you have RE: Star Wars is valid ;)

I'm still not sure where I put the new movies. The Force Awakens felt almost like the first few new Star Trek movies - sci-fi with a Star Wars theme slapped on them. Though I sort of HATE The Phantom Menace, it "felt" like Star Wars to me. I'm not sure if Awakens does or not. I haven't "digested" Rogue One enough yet. I felt like the characters were fairly weak but I enjoyed the setpiece battles. I'll echo what many have said here though - Tarkin was perfect. I would have liked to have seen more of Galen, but had the movie "trimmed" a little bit more overall.

I REALLY liked the bounty hunter in the rebel cell on Jedha (he seems like the main guy's lieutenant) - I feel like I've seen him before (or another character on which he was modelled?). The alien looking guy with the embedded eye pieces and face mask. That species / design has appeared before yes? I'm not just imagining this?

I wish that the director could fix some problems (generic characters, weird scenes) in an extended edition..
That epic last hour really deserves an improved movie.

He wrote the original Trilogy but only directed the 1st one, which worked for the first one. A lot of people (myself included) think that a lot of what fell short for the prequels was his directing all of them.

I'm not taking anything away from the man but if god forbid he had been in charge of Empire that movie might have been awful.

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I think the director agreed with the assessment that the characters were weak, which is why s(he?) flushed the toilet at the end LOL.

I think it's telling that of the three I felt were strongest, only one is an actual human being. Tarkin, the droid and Jyn.