Subj : TBOBF
To   : Arelor
From : Andeddu
Date : Thu Feb 24 2022 16:48:48

  Re: TBOBF
  By: Arelor to Andeddu on Wed Feb 23 2022 01:42 pm

 > The prequel had more means and better production, but I would not label the
 > writting as clearly superior myself.
 >
 > The retcon with the mirichlorians (or whatever they are called) seems weird
 > to me.
 >
 > The original series was more serious and conveyed this idea that the Dark
 > Side had real teeth. The prequel was more cartoonish, and a bit like Fast
 > and Furious in Space at times. Nothing wrong with that, but I think there is
 > a qualitative difference in the style of both trilogies and that the prequel
 > tried to have more flash at the expense of less athmosphere.

The plot was far more complex in the prequel trilogy. The collapse of the
Republic and the destruction of what was for the creation of what must be was
so clever and true to life from a historical standpoint. There are weak points
such as the Padme/Anakin romance cringe fest along with Jar Jar Binks, etc...
but the story on the whole was somewhat of a masterpiece.

Watching Palpatine pulling the strings from behind the scenes and controlling
both sides of the trade conflict via his secret order of the Sith and
thereafter enacting "temporary" emergency measures through the senate by
subverting key members of the cabinet was a stroke of genius. Order 66 and the
sacking of the Jedi Temple along with the purging of all jedi was downright
Machiavellian! By the end of Episode III we're given a glimpse of the
transformation of the Republic into the new Empire and the viewer is left
scratching their heads over how it all happened.

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