"Why, to me, the Prequel Trilogy feels more 'Star Wars' than" Topic

… the Sequel Trilogy.

"I've realised something – I think that the prequel trilogy is more Star Wars than the sequel trilogy.

I'm not a fan of the prequel trilogy for all kinds of reasons, but I don't switch them off when they're on. In fact, recently I've sat down and watched them again and there's plenty to like, even love, about these movies. I understand now, and probably realised back then, that these films were never going to grab me the way the original trilogy grabbed me; I was 8 when I first saw Episode IV: A New Hope and I was 28 when I saw Episode I: The Phantom Menace. I was two totally different people.

I was 44 when Episode VII: The Force Awakens hit the cinema. I enjoyed it because I entered the cinema prepared, I shed myself of the expectations I had when I went to see Episode I and watched it for what it was. It was a new, fresh take on the saga and was exciting, fun and emotionally charged. Then I saw Episode VIII: The Last Jedi and I felt severely let down; the rules appeared to have changed and characters were flat and a little lifeless, even the original trilogy characters I grew up with. Then Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker hit and it was fun but… well, let's just say it wasn't the ending I would have chosen, and spectacle appears to have taken the place of story and drama, which was a problem I had with the prequel trilogy. I'm not a huge fan of the sequel movies – apart from The Force Awakens – as it feels very disjointed to me, with a lot of things thrown in to serve the action with changes made to the Force and what it's capable of that, quite frankly, pulled me out of the saga and made no sense to me…"
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Luke turned into a drunk who ran away from his duty in Episode VIII. A completely untrained Rey able to do advanced Jedi skills in Episode VII + VIII.

The Millennium Falcon is able to take off inside of another ship in Episode VII and in Episode VIII a ship is turned into a ram and destroys a major warship. The resistance only needs to turn cargo ships into rams and the empire will be doomed.

I gave up on Star Wars and didn't bother to see Episode IX.

Glup!!!

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Armand

I'm with Gamershs!

Yeah, I can tolerate Episodes I-III, even though they could have been much better. But Episodes VII-IX just didn't do anything for me. Unoriginal, poorly written, and with ridiculous disregard for the technology established in the first six episodes. Episode IX was a bit better, but still disappointing.

Indeed, I invariably only ever watch Phantom Menace, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi, either on DVD or TV.
I used to think better of The Force Awakens, but have recently found it a bit boring.

I really like The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, and recently The Mandalorian.

Ah well, we likes wot we likes!

I liked #7. I thought #8 seemed to draaaag on midway through and felt let down by, what I would describe as, the last Jedi's lack of motivation.

I liked parts of #9 very much. Some parts were very funny and the action was good in my opinion.

I had some issues though. I felt KR's 180 degree change of heart (twice) was too abrupt. Then the big cheese puts his fleet in a position where it relies on an antenna to launch (like building the DS with a catastrophic flaw). Really? I guess some people never learn.

I'm beginning to see the prequels in a whole new light.