Thread: Which Star Wars Prequel do you hate the most?

I saw the Phantom Menace when it first came out and thought "well, that's quite enough of that." I have absolutely no interest in seeing the other two.

The one with the Anakin's most EMO!: II

Questions for Lucas
1 What on earth made you think that kid could act?
2 What on earth made you think that your any good a writing dialogue?
3 Why do the Gungans act so stupid and yet have a very technically advanced society?
4. Is Naboo a dead planet? You sent Qui Gon et al. through the planets core but there was no sign of a molten ball of iron.
5. Was it your intent that Jarjar be funny? He's not.
6. Is Anakin Jesus or was his mother just pulling our leg about him being a surprise with no father?
7 Where you desperate for an idea when you invented the midichlorians?
8. If the force is just a powerfield produced by life, how can it have a will for the midi-whozits to tell us?
9. Why did you mispronounce Coruscant?
10. What practical purpose do those energy baffles serve in the fight with Darth Maul?
11. If these people aree so advabced that they have faster than light travel, why have the not invented guard rails?
12. Let me get this straight, Darth Maul is cut in half and falls down a seemingly bottomless pit and survives. Qui Gon is run through with a light saber and dies. Maybe Qui Gon is just too wimpy to be a real jedi.
13. The trade federation space stations have such good shields that they are impregnable, yet Anakin flys right in?
14. If the Republic is such a democratic institution, why is there still royalty who still rule?
15. Why does Anakin grow older but Padme does not?
16 Anakin is a mass murderer, a child killer, a sadistic torturer etc. YET, one good act and he is all of a sudden a good person?
17 Anakin seems to be breathing just fine while on the operating table yet once in his suite he cannot survive without it.
18. Would you trust a medical droid that can't tell the difference between a boy and a girl?
19. Why did 3po need to have a mind wipe but not R2D2?
20.If Qui Gon found a way back from the where ever he went, does that mean he is the first ghost in galactic history?
21. Would it not have been more interesting to have seen Qui Gon back from the dead rather than to just hear about it?
22. When did the Empire change from New Zealand clones to real people?
23. Are accents genetic so that they are tranfered in cloning like eye color?
24. What exactly does all that white armor protect against?
25. Particle weapons fire at the speed of light, the only bullets we can see are tracers, how can we actually see blaster shots?

Attack of the clones was one of the worst films I have ever seen.

Phantom Menace was just not great

By Revenge of the Sith it was too little too late

And everyone knew it was going to be impossible to please with these anyway.

All prequels should never se the light of day.

I can see once in a while the Phantom, but the rest...

I have recently started watching these movies again with my son, who just turned 7 this past summer. I got a lot of enjoyment from the original movies when I was his age so I wanted to share that with him. So far we've seen episodes 1 and 2. I went back and forth on whether or not I should introduce the movies to him in the order they were released or in episode order. I finally decided on episode order mainly because doing it the other way, we would end with the 3rd episode which was by far the darkest and most gloomy of the 6 movies. I'd rather have the story end for him on a positive note with Return of the Jedi. Anyway, when I was a kid I didn't really follow the plot of the original series too closely other than to keep track of who was good and bad, and I didn't really expect him to at this age either. He just likes the action and special effects. Honestly we could probably watch them in any order and it wouldn't affect his enjoyment too much.

When I saw the prequels in the theater when they originally came out I was disappointed. I'm not sure if it would have been possible to meet my expectations after waiting so long for them though. After watching it again with my son recently, I still found TPM pretty annoying, although I do see how Lucas might have been trying to hook a new young audience, like my son, as well as attempting to satisfying fans of the original movies. I think my son really liked that the main character was a boy about his own age. That was probably a good hook to get him into the movies.
While watching AOTC, I tried to put myself in my son's place and see it through his eyes, and I actually did kind of enjoy it in that context. The fight scene with all of the Jedis with drawn light sabers was visually stunning. And the fight scene between Yoda and Duku was pretty cool too (I've always been a sucker for special effects). My son jumped out of his chair and started cheering for Yoda at that point, and I admit I got a little thrill too, if for nothing else than for seeing my son get such enjoyment from it.
I do wish Lucas had downplayed the political part of the story somewhat. That is probably my biggest complaint about the prequels. There were long scenes where nothing interesting happened other than political machinations. That's not really what I want to see in a Star Wars movie, and the original movies weren't like that at all. The political aspect of the story was almost an afterthought in those movies.

We will be watching Revenge of the Sith this weekend. It will be interesting to see if my son's insterest will be sustained through the longest and most gloomy movie of the series.

Originally Posted by drpraetorus

Questions for Lucas
1 What on earth made you think that kid could act?
2 What on earth made you think that your any good a writing dialogue?
3 Why do the Gungans act so stupid and yet have a very technically advanced society?
4. Is Naboo a dead planet? You sent Qui Gon et al. through the planets core but there was no sign of a molten ball of iron.
5. Was it your intent that Jarjar be funny? He's not.
6. Is Anakin Jesus or was his mother just pulling our leg about him being a surprise with no father?
7 Where you desperate for an idea when you invented the midichlorians?
8. If the force is just a powerfield produced by life, how can it have a will for the midi-whozits to tell us?
9. Why did you mispronounce Coruscant?
10. What practical purpose do those energy baffles serve in the fight with Darth Maul?
11. If these people aree so advabced that they have faster than light travel, why have the not invented guard rails?
12. Let me get this straight, Darth Maul is cut in half and falls down a seemingly bottomless pit and survives. Qui Gon is run through with a light saber and dies. Maybe Qui Gon is just too wimpy to be a real jedi.
13. The trade federation space stations have such good shields that they are impregnable, yet Anakin flys right in?
14. If the Republic is such a democratic institution, why is there still royalty who still rule?
15. Why does Anakin grow older but Padme does not?
16 Anakin is a mass murderer, a child killer, a sadistic torturer etc. YET, one good act and he is all of a sudden a good person?
17 Anakin seems to be breathing just fine while on the operating table yet once in his suite he cannot survive without it.
18. Would you trust a medical droid that can't tell the difference between a boy and a girl?
19. Why did 3po need to have a mind wipe but not R2D2?
20.If Qui Gon found a way back from the where ever he went, does that mean he is the first ghost in galactic history?
21. Would it not have been more interesting to have seen Qui Gon back from the dead rather than to just hear about it?
22. When did the Empire change from New Zealand clones to real people?
23. Are accents genetic so that they are tranfered in cloning like eye color?
24. What exactly does all that white armor protect against?
25. Particle weapons fire at the speed of light, the only bullets we can see are tracers, how can we actually see blaster shots?

You make some good points here; some that I wondered about as well. But to be fair, there aren't too many movies these days that would stand up to that kind of scrutiny. At some point, a suspension of disbelief has to occur for the sake of entertainment.

Originally Posted by drpraetorus

12. Let me get this straight, Darth Maul is cut in half and falls down a seemingly bottomless pit and survives. Qui Gon is run through with a light saber and dies. Maybe Qui Gon is just too wimpy to be a real jedi.

Darth Maul survives? I thought that killed him...

Originally Posted by drpraetorus

questions for lucas
1 what on earth made you think that kid could act?
2 what on earth made you think that your any good a writing dialogue?
3 why do the gungans act so stupid and yet have a very technically advanced society?
4. Is naboo a dead planet? You sent qui gon et al. Through the planets core but there was no sign of a molten ball of iron.
5. Was it your intent that jarjar be funny? He's not.
6. Is anakin jesus or was his mother just pulling our leg about him being a surprise with no father?
7 where you desperate for an idea when you invented the midichlorians?
8. If the force is just a powerfield produced by life, how can it have a will for the midi-whozits to tell us?
9. Why did you mispronounce coruscant?
10. What practical purpose do those energy baffles serve in the fight with darth maul?
11. If these people aree so advabced that they have faster than light travel, why have the not invented guard rails?
12. Let me get this straight, darth maul is cut in half and falls down a seemingly bottomless pit and survives. Qui gon is run through with a light saber and dies. Maybe qui gon is just too wimpy to be a real jedi.
13. The trade federation space stations have such good shields that they are impregnable, yet anakin flys right in?
14. If the republic is such a democratic institution, why is there still royalty who still rule?
15. Why does anakin grow older but padme does not?
16 anakin is a mass murderer, a child killer, a sadistic torturer etc. Yet, one good act and he is all of a sudden a good person?
17 anakin seems to be breathing just fine while on the operating table yet once in his suite he cannot survive without it.
18. Would you trust a medical droid that can't tell the difference between a boy and a girl?
19. Why did 3po need to have a mind wipe but not r2d2?
20.if qui gon found a way back from the where ever he went, does that mean he is the first ghost in galactic history?
21. Would it not have been more interesting to have seen qui gon back from the dead rather than to just hear about it?
22. When did the empire change from new zealand clones to real people?
23. Are accents genetic so that they are tranfered in cloning like eye color?
24. What exactly does all that white armor protect against?
25. Particle weapons fire at the speed of light, the only bullets we can see are tracers, how can we actually see blaster shots?

you underestimate the power of the force.

Originally Posted by drpraetorus

24. What exactly does all that white armor protect against?

This is my favorite. I especially enjoy watching Ewok arrows pierce right through with no problems.

I just posted this on my Fb...

^^^^^
I just did the same, after you of course.

Yeah, he shows up in the Cartoon clone wars. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Maul This has the whole, entrancing, story.

The Phantom Menace sucked so hard.

The only good thing is the lightsaber fight with Darth Maul. That movies had so much potential, Lucas should have made a darker movie, he should have shown the suffer from the people from Naboo.

For God's sake, their city was occupied by the Trade Federation and the only thing we see is stupid and uninteresting Queen Amidala and her outfits. Yuck.

Also don't get me started on Jar Jar Binks.

Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith made me uncomfortable with all those cheesy scenes between Anakin and Padme.
Again, what was Lucas thinking? The only good thing about the third movie is the darker atmosphere.

My favorite Star Wars movie is The Empire Strikes Back because I didn't like the Ewoks in Return of The Jedi.

Overall, this is the order in which I liked them: 5,6,4,3,2,1. With 1 being the absolute crap.

Originally Posted by Carpenoctem

The Phantom Menace sucked so hard.

The only good thing is the lightsaber fight with Darth Maul. That movies had so much potential, Lucas should have made a darker movie, he should have shown the suffer from the people from Naboo.

For God's sake, their city was occupied by the Trade Federation and the only thing we see is stupid and uninteresting Queen Amidala and her outfits. Yuck.

Also don't get me started on Jar Jar Binks.

Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith made me uncomfortable with all those cheesy scenes between Anakin and Padme.
Again, what was Lucas thinking? The only good thing about the third movie is the darker atmosphere.

My favorite Star Wars movie is The Empire Strikes Back because I didn't like the Ewoks in Return of The Jedi.

Overall, this is the order in which I liked them: 5,6,4,3,2,1. With 1 being the absolute crap.

I agree with most of what you said. My order of likeness is: 5,6,4,3,1,2
When I watched Episode I, I was 12 years old, so I liked it!