They Say Star Wars Sequels Will Age Like Prequel Trilogy - MY THOUGHTS ON THIS 

Ironic that the sequels tried to strike down the prequels, but ended up making them more powerful then they could possibly imagine.

The difference is the prequels had a theme and coherent story while the sequels was a Frankenstein's monster of a dumpster fire.

You said perfectly. The sequel trilogy was Disney’s attempt to milk Star Wars for all it was worth. Milk does not age well.

A big thing for why the prequals aged so well is because the kids that grew up with them absolutely LOVED them. I really don't see this current generation of kids absolutely obsessed with the sequels like how I was with the prequals TBH

The prequels have something the sequels will never have; a well-crafted narrative, written by an inimitable artist who truly cared.

The prequel’s had a plan from the beginning, but the Sequels didn’t, JJ even confessed it in his apology. One of the reasons was because he, Rian and Colin didn’t want to go the other ones direction and wanted things to be done their way.

As someone who is 31 and grew up watching the prequels (I was 8 when episode 1 came out) I can safely say everything you said in this video is exactly how I feel. My father sat me down and showed me Star Wars for the first time when I was like 5 or 6 on cassette tape and that was a major highlight of my childhood and we still watch the originals and prequels to this day. We watched Boba, that was a letdown but Mando we both liked a fair bit. I have grown distant from Star Wars ever since Ep.7-9 due to my feelings on those movies, however I do and will always be up for a watch party or just sit down and put on 1-6 at any time. Disney may have hurt my soul (figuratively) by making such crap movies but they never could take my love for George Lucas's Star Wars.

The prequels had some problems when it comes to the dialouges and the writing at times. But they followed a goal, from the start it was clear that its purpose was to show how Anakin became Darth Vader. But the sequels purpose seemed to change from movie to movie, which is why they definetly wont age like the prequels

The writers of the ST took the OG trio, handed their legacies, possessions and even one of their names over to Rey. Then killed off the entire Skywalker/Solo family. I saw this comment not long after the ST ended that said, " The sequel trilogy can be summed up in one sentence, 3 generations of Skywalkers fought , suffered and died so that the descendant of their enemy could take their name" It will never recover from that.

The prequels have something the sequels doesn't have, world building

The big difference is that the prequels flaws are something that can be overlooked over time: execution. It was a consistent story that expanded the world based on what was already there, adding it's own story, heightening what came before. It was a great story executed with many flaws in the Skript and directing. Over time, it's possible for people to recognize the bigger story it tried to tell us, which they did. The sequels, while sharing some of these flaws, lack a consistent story that has a clear goal of what it adds to the mythos. The prequels, while being mocked for being bad, we're accepted as a story that is part of the saga, partially because they really expanded the world of star wars. The sequels didn't really add much new stuff to the mythos that works the same way. Most of the things they added, like a bunch of new things regarding the force, clash with what was established before, so people can't just include it in the bigger picture of star wars. This really is where them not having a clear vision screwed them over.

I rewatched the prequels this week and one the things I think really helps them is Episode III is an amazing ending. Also, it pays off things set up in Episode I and II that makes those movies look better retrospectively (for the record, I think Episode I is criminally underrated, while Episode II is a good, although far from great, movie). In comparison Episode IX is such a poor movie that it makes Episodes VII and VIII look worse retrospectively because nothing seems to payoff from those movies (and both are bad movies on their own). So I don’t see how the sequels will become loved because it is not like you get to the end and see some great setup; you see a clear cash grab

Being born in 1990, the prequels were my childhood. Obviously saw the original trilogy but being a kid during the prequels and watching them in theaters was incredible.

The fact that Disney is plowing ahead with this Rey trilogy is baffling. That is the last thing that would bring me back.

As a millenial I LOVE the prequel trilogy. There are still somethings that can be done better but over prequels are my favorite. I do also love the OG trilogy, thanks to my mom introducing me to star wars via episode 4.

The creative decisions of George Lucas in The Prequel Trilogy were charming and inspired … the narrative decisions of Disney’s Corporate Entity in *The Failure of Skywalker Alternate Dark Timeline Where Ahsoka is Slain by Vader* also known by some as “The Sequel Trilogy” were soulless and somewhat mean-spirited

When the prequels are on, I’ll want to watch them. When the sequels are on, I find something else to watch. That’s the biggest difference to me. The sequels feel completely disconnected to the Star Wars first 6 movies.

The truth is that the prequels were never that bad. A tremendous amount of effort was put into every one of those movies. It changed technology and storytelling in cinema forever. Now, the prequels also had the best choreography. Just watch those fights, they not only hold up incredibly well, but they're also extremely unique. The prequels also expanded the universe and made the story bigger and better on so many levels, and unfortunately, very little Disney made came close to this. The sequels have no cohesion, they destroy the classic lore and we also have a lot of bad scenes. The fight in the throne room (Snoke's room) is insanely bad. I mean, I can go on and on, but the sequels WON'T be loved. Only those who aren't really fans can enjoy the sequels, that's my 2 cents. If you never loved George's Star Wars, you probably will enjoy the sequels. It's brain-dead, there's no real substance to it. No myth, no themes or real motifs, most of it is mindless action that tries to emulate the classics.

There is something that I feel a lot of people don't consider when they say things like "The Sequels will be like the Prequels in the future": The issues people had with the prequels are completely different from the issues that people now have with the sequels. The sequels are more fundamentally flawed than the prequels ever were, because no matter what your opinion on any Star Wars is, the fact is the prequels were properly thought through and were a cohesive story that didn't contradict itself, the sequels weren't planned out fully, handed from writer to writer and director to director with the Actors themselves confirming that no solid plans were made for the story they tried to tell. These kinds of fundamental issues don't fade away with time. One of the big complaints about the prequels was the overuse of CGI; at the time this was a big deal since that hadn't been done before, but now, CGI is incredibly prominent in all mainstream movies, and while the prequels are definitely guilty of overusing CGI in some aspects, they don't feel out of place today since so much of cinema is made with CGI. In 20 years time, making disjointed film projects that contradict themselves and are poorly managed internally isn't going to become a widespread practice, and it isn't going to be an accepted standard by the masses. A disjointed story with no clear plan will always be a disjointed story with no clear plan. That isn't even getting into the other flaws with the sequels that many fans have, some on a more subjective basis than others, but I have only spoken about the objective issues here since nobody can argue back that I'm being a fanboy or a hater because Disney, the actors, members of the creative teams and more people who worked on the Sequel Trilogy have openly admitted to the entire project being poorly managed and misguided internally.

The prequels had flaws but overall, they are still fun movies to watch. Great Lightsaber duels, world building, and each episode adds to the overall story of the Skywalker saga. The sequels were just a mess

The sequel trilogy will never age well unless it’s rebooted with a competent crew and writers

Wishful thinking. Not to mention part of the newfound love for the prequels was because the sequels were so awful. People looked back at the prequels and thought, "Perhaps I treated you too harshly."

I feel the biggest tell that even Disney has chosen to sideline the sequels, or at least drastically underplay them, is that by a few years after ep III we had the Clone Wars animated series and a bunch of books filling in the clone war years, but here it is 4 years after the last sequel movie and they haven't done much with that time period. There were a few books and an ok-ish animated series trying desperately to make sense of the plot. By not fleshing out this portion of the story, admittedly because sales of books and merchandise etc. were far lower than projected, Disney has shown it was all about making quick money and that's sad when you consider the potential stories we could have had to further the Skywalker saga.

I think a lot OT fans who grew up with those movies, reading comics and books, playing the old games, toys, etc. grew such an attachment to the characters in the OT that nothing else mattered. I even think so far as the extended universe legends stuff some view that as far more important than the prequel stuff to this day. Us as kids being there for the prequel ride yet still having a love and appreciation for the OT got the unique experience that in my opinion was the best way to experience the story Lucas had in his head. Anakin and Obi-wan were the glue to both trilogies and I guess somewhat the sequel trilogy for what its worth. But no the sequel trilogy will not age like wine as so many previous SW titles have even things like KotoR and the Force Unleashed have age incredible well. The only Disney Era movies things I would consider having that effect are Rogue One and maybe even Solo. I still think Solo got the short end of the stick coming out after The Last jedi, had it come out before I genuinely believe it would have gone over a lot better with the fans

I was 9 when TFA came out but I still always liked the prequels better than the sequels…

I remember reading an article online asking if the sequels will get the same treatment at the prequels currently do. I honestly doubt it.

The very first Star Wars movie I saw in theatres was Revenge Of The Sith opening night. I was 9 years old and dressed as the emperor. It was a night I’ll never forget. The early and mid 2000’s was the best. I had my PS2 And remember getting the Revenge Of The Sith game for it and this was before the movie had came out and when I saw that they had clips from the movie I freaked out and ran and told my mom because of how pumped I was because I was a huge Star Wars fan.

Talented people writing well written star wars stories. It shouldn't be this difficult

I grew up loving the Prequel Trilogy, and I still love them to this day.

I loved the prequels and episode 3 hit me personally, I always felt outcasted and my cerebral palsy ruining my body over the years, kinda made me relate to anakin as his body was burned and having felt he was betrayed by the jedi and in my opinion if the jedi accepted him and not made him a black sheep, he probably wouldnt have fell and palp preyed on that.

Sequels?? .. What sequels??

One of the first problems with this theory is the narrative itself. The prequels certainly had detractors when it came out but they did not make up most of the Fandom. That's why much of the prequel related lateral material sold very well and had lots of popularity. We didn't have social media at the time so mainstream media panned the prequels and assumed they spoke for Star Wars fans. Once social media took off, the harsh reality that they were the ones out of touch hit them in the face. That's why they ran with this false narrative about aging well and prequel fans coming of age.

I do not think the sequels will age like the prequels. The prequels were hated on cuz it didn’t meet what the ot fans wanted to see. They weren’t bad films. The sequels however not only don’t meet the expectations of the fans, but they are also objectively bad films. No amount of time will fix things like the weapon dissapearing during the fight in TLJ, or the Death Star wreckage lining up with the dagger carving.

Unlike the sequels, the prequels don’t take characters we love and shit on them. They took Luke Han and Leia and replaced them with inferior characters.

Episode IV used to be my favourite, however it’s crazy that when I became a father, Episode VI became my favourite and hits so much harder 👍

I was a bit younger when the prequel trilogy came around. I had already watched the original trilogy at the time, but I was 4 when TPM came out and 7 for AotC. I'm pretty sure I first watched and grasped both around that time, and I really loved them. RotS came out when I was 10 and it was *the* hype film to watch, and it did not disappoint. To this day, it remains my favorite Star Wars film. I cannot speak for the sequel trilogy. I have yet to bring myself to watch it after initially seeing the pandering that was TFA trailers, but I can say that it feels like a byproduct of the "boomer age" of Star Wars. The ones convinced that the original trilogy (particularly ESB) will always be the best, and that while the sequel trilogy had its faults, "You weren't there, man! You weren't an adult getting your childhood ruined by Jar Jar and Jake Lloyd!!" as if us former prequel kids had no room to say anything. And in turn, TFA had been made for *them*. Still, I do like some of what's come out of the Disney age of Star Wars. Having played Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Jedi: Survivor recently, I can see the development of going from a pretty alright game and story to something I can consider great, and it all fairly consistently flowing through like before. All with some cheesy dialogue, heartfelt moments, and memorable characters: much like I appreciated back in the day with Star Wars.

The sequels don’t even tell a story. What is the trilogy even about? There’s no real cohesive story at all

The difference between the prequels and the sequels is take away all the VFX and CGI, clunky dialogue etc fundamentally the story of the prequels is top notch and follows the heroes journey perfectly in a new refreshing way, the prequels do everything in terms of story completely wrong, Rey practically never fails, knows how to do everything & on top of that the sequels are completely directionless.

Nah, the prequels turned into a fine wine. The right things were added after, it had consistency, respected it's audience as well as their intelligence (children and adults alike) and it added to the original story. The Sequels is more akin to milk, first one not too shabby and a fun reintroduction to the universe (until you realize the amount of Mary Sue mess that could of been shrugged off if they handled the other two right) and then the other two come in like sun and bacteria making an unholy mixture and instead of using almost any of the canon they added hogwash. Even the fact that they barely had any success with things related to that timeline says a lot. Honestly, I know part of it was Disney's deal with EA, but how many games could you honestly make with what they provided?

I was a kid when the originals came out. I didn't think the prequels were good movies but I still found a way to enjoy them because I loved Star Wars so much. I kind of feel the same about the sequels...I dont really like them as movies but I found a way to enjoy them because I love Star Wars. I do think that that Rouge One, Solo and Mando season 1 are great Star Wars.

They aged well because they kept to the core principles of the originals. I watched them with my brother, father, and grandfather.

Highly doubt the sequels will age well like the prequels. People may ease up a little over time with the sequels, but they will never be beloved. The prequels at the end of the day still have a great story regardless of the execution. The sequels will never have a good story, nothing can ever change that.

as someone who doesn't read books or comics, they need to pull out another TCW to flesh out a lot of characters. i would like to know more and maybe get attached more to let's say kylo, maz, snoke, phasma, dj and so on. finn maybe will get explored more with the new movies. but with only the 3 sequel movies, there's not much to get attached really. i still think there is a little bit of potential but let's see.

Even during the time, no one really shat on Episode III. The prequels as a whole were hated, but it had at least one killer movie. I remember seeing Episode III promos for years after the movie debuted. It got a book, a video game, etc. The sequels didn't have any movie like that on release. They were all divisive on release, yes even TFA but granted, much less. The internet meme'd the movie into being ANH ripoff. All the sequels had going for it was the mystery around Rey was. It was pure division after that. So I think you're right, they won't age as well because they didn't have one movie that started as well. People watch the prequels now and the rationale is "alright we're gonna watch 2 meme filled movies to get to the one that SLAPS."

All of the worst issues of the Prequels were, if my memory is serving me, unrelated to the narrative. There are things that make us roll our eyes, but nothing that literally takes the narrative out back and shoots it with dirty bullets. That, is what the sequels did. removed any potential for interesting enemies going forward, ruined the end of the OT cast's stories, and insulted the intelligence of the audience. I'll never be able to look at the sequels as anything other than a cash grab and a failure.

If you don't know why the sequels are hated you could think that they will age positively. If you know better though, it is clear they will be forever hated as the destroyer of real (George Lucas) Star Wars. Pretty sure some day when Disney loses the rights to it or Disney changes for the better, this first Disney Star Wars fan fiction will be put in the trash and rebooted starting after "Return of the Jedi".

Also I liked your point about the sequels. If they would have made the story about Luke and how he continued on past ROTJ, and then do the passing of the torch to rey. Give us time to see who she is, what her struggle is, and then see Luke to choose to have her become a leader

Their's no time skip between The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker takes place a only a year later , and the trilogy over already .

I was born after the release of all three prequels. My first exposure to Star Wars was seeing Episode VII in theaters (so, in a sense, I would call folks like myself the 'sequel generation' of Star Wars fans, similar to the way Star Wars Theory is a member of the 'prequel generation'). I watched the prequels after seeing Episode VII, and then the original trilogy after that. I haven't seen Episode VII since 2015 (and don't plan to watch it anytime soon) and didn't bother with VIII or IX. I think that says a lot about the way the sequels will likely age.

I love this new Star Wars Theory! I feel that you are more you and no holding back.

Prequels did something, they took existing source material and built on it and in some ways even improved the original trilogy, if you watch it in chronological order it makes sense. Characters had a backstory that made sense, you could understand why Yoda forced himself into exile, why Obi-wan (Alec Guinness version) seemed traumatised. It made sense. There was substance. The sequels were all about projecting disney's ideals and PC views on the world whilst trying to grab as much cash as possible from cute alien merch. They destroyed a lot of lore, a lot of the characters had just been completely changed without any reason being given as to why. Where the prequels had done such a good job making the transition to the OT, the sequels was anything but a seamless transition. I think the first movie wasn't that bad. It left a lot of character development and intrigue up to be made for the following movie, it set characters up and they were somewhat interesting, they had motivations and I could have seen it going in a positive direction. However, Rian Johnson came in and destroyed everything, that movie was a s*** show. Killed off beloved characters, destroyed every bit of source material it could get its hands on and was all in all just something that a disney exec with a brain should have just deleted off the hard drive. Taken the production cost loss and rolled with it.

I'm 35 and I was the same way. And I feel similarly. I have been questioning my dislike of the characters of the Sequels as perhaps something like the critics of the Prequels. But I doubt they will grow on me personally. If I was 17 now perhaps...

The prequels actually added multiple things to the universe of star wars that we love to this day like clone wars content, darth maul, music, pod racing and sooo much more. The sequels added nothing but confusion and hate

I think another thing you didnt mention is the kids. Like how we were into the prequels as kids, kids today dont seem to be into the sequels the same way. Whats the first thing that comes to mind when you think of what kids love about star wars? Mandalorian. Thats what kids are into nowadays, not the sequels. And Im honestly glad for that.

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It's quite possible, because as they do things worse and worse, the older things will be seen in the future as not being so bad.

I think Rogue One and Andor will be remembered fondly. I don't think anything else will really gain a resurgence

I hope George comes back somehow and helps restore balance. I think even just as the first man to come to for ideas and have brilliant minds/directors to realize his vision. It’s a pretty simple fix imo. But idk. We’ll see what happens moving forward 🤷🏼‍♂️

I always liked Dave and John's concepts. They've been great. I just think they really need someone like Tony Gilroy as you said, to keep things making sense.

The prequel trilogy is my favourite star wars trilogy, it has the best lightsaber battles in my opinion and I liked the story they were telling overall of Anakin's fall from grace.

I believe the only Disney Star Wars project that will age as nice as the prequels will be Solo since the film isn’t as bad as people made it out to be at the time.

Revenge Of The Sith>>>>>ST. Still the best Star Wars movie, in my honest opinion

I've also seen a post saying "Well, Palpatine returned in Legends, so therefore Rise of Skywalker is good!" Sure, Dark Empire wasn't the best, but it was executed far better than Rise of Skywalker ever was.

In my version of the sequels, I would have Ahsoka’s videos of Anakin teaching her at Luke’s Jedi Temple. Anakin as a ghost would guide both of them as they teach. I would have Grogu speak to Yoda as a ghost and Leia and Ahsoka would get on very well because Ahsoka knew Padmé well.

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It all depends on the new trilogy. Whilst I think episode 8 is really bad. I think 9 can have a better view based on the next steps of Rey and Finn.

I think their aging will depend on what Dave and Jon can do to fill in the missing back stories

I know I will get a lot of hate for that but hear me out, I believe they will age great, maybe not like the prequels, but great. I am now 16 and I was 8 when the force awakens came out and it was an event everybody was counting days till the movie, we were exchanging collectable cards, on one day we were dressing up like Star wars characters and had little fights with our lightsaber, and it was not just me and my friends, no literally anyone at my school boys and girls. As the movie got out, we wouldn't care if it was good or bad, because it was the first memories and feelings we collected with Star wars weeks before the movie and we all thought and still think it's an amazing movie, we know it is the plot of episode 4 mostly but we could live through this amazing time as well, like all the older generations watch episode 4 all together or episode 1. The hype around episode 8 wasn't that much, but still everyone was talking about it, and again no complaining, probably because we were to young or we just didn't want to complain. Episode 9 was a bit of a different story cause we were older, and I personally don't like episode 9 and parts of episode 8 as a fan, however people aren't huge fan but still love Star wars were often enjoying the movies. I believe when my generation gets older the sequels won't be hated that much.

Prequels are SUPPOSED to age. They were set a long time ago! That's the idea of things set at an earlier time. They are supposed to feel old, because they are actually from an older time!

I have a feeling in a few years we'll start to see a lot of younger people come out in defence of the sequels, very similar to what's happened to the prequels, but I think what the difference will be is that all these people will rewatch the movies as young adults and realise how disconnected and disjointed that whole trilogy is. I've tried rewatching them myself, but it's so hard. I feel like none of the characters have really earned the love and respect that disney wants the audience to have for them. All of the characters of the sequel trilogy feel like an afterthought. I think people will try to put it on the same level as the prequels but will fail because of all the problems the sequel trilogy brought to the franchise. The prequels had that Star Wars vibe and Filoni, for the most part, has maintained that vibe throughout The Clone Wars and other shows. The sequel movies don't have the same vibe, they feel kinda faux Star Wars, in my opinion. You could even completely delete them from the franchise, and they wouldn't even make a dent. I've been thinking for a while. If they released everything disney related differently, it could have been better. If they released the shows before the new movies or focused on smaller things like TV shows and Video Games that slowly showed, the genisis and built up to the first order, basically what a lot of the Disney+ shows are doing now and lead into the sequels, it could've been better. I would've much rather waited 15/20 years since Revenge Of The Sith for a sequel trilogy. Rather than releasing a sequel trilogy 10 years after ROTS without any planning, even allowing George Lucas to have some input to make it more cohesive and some what connected to the films before, rather than Disney just being money hungry and having the movie released 3 years after the acquisition of Star Wars. All in all, if they took their time, planned out a story and made an effort to connect it properly with both the OG and Prequel, it could've been a better move.

Age like the prequels? - What fight scene did the sequels had that was remotely good that many can look years from now knowing ALL this star wars content and say it was good? - What character did the prequels bastardize? - Palpatine somehow coming back is never going to be forgiven. - Random force powers being shown with no build up whatsoever. - High level force powers happening unearned. - What cast member has stated their greivences with their characters treatment in the story during the prequel trilogy? Cause John Boyega had alot to say about his character. - I cant even remember a single....music track...from the sequels that i liked. Original or otherwise. No duel of the fights or battle on mustafar equivalents.

I wish that they had made the last 3 films about Luke and Layla instead of new characters I hope they come out with a series about Luke and Layla

The Prequels only got good after The Clone Wars. I grew up with them too. I never felt a need to rewatch them, but I was super excited and happy when they came out. It was really Rebels and The Bad Batch that really made me care about the Prequels

We need the sequels to be rebooted.

I always LOVED all Star Wars movies. I saw all of them as a kid. Attack of the Clones was and still is my least favourite, because of the Anakin/Padme romance, which was always a total cringe fest, but the world building and the overall story of Prequels is amazing and on par with the OT. The fights and battle scenes are some of the best in Cinema, and the artistic design as well. OT did a lot of things better, especially the dialogue, hehe, but Prequels were never bad in my opinion.

Even when people didn't like the prequels I think few will doubt that they had iconic moments and characters. Whether it's Maul (and his fights in ep1), Slave1 with the depth charges, light saber duels in general, even jar jar 😂 It's these moments that allow the prequels to age gracefully. Nothing in the sequels comes close. I cannot remember any defining moment in any of them.

I dunno, not a fan of the sequels but I think they’ll resurge in popularity in a few years when Gen alpha grows up

The prequels was always amazing to me. The new trilogy may hold a place in the new generations heart.

Another major thing to consider: The OT created a global fan base that lasts to this day. The Prequels, although heavily criticized, STILL created a new generation of fans. Has Disney SW created a new generation of fans? Has that trilogy created new fans? New fans that intend to pass it on to their younger siblings & children as the OT & Prequels fans did? Nope! The drop-offs at the box office alone speaks clearly for itself. TFA only brought in 2 billion dollars because of the hype from the first trilogies that had aged well. Ep 8 & certainly 9 dropped paying customers since TFA in an insane rate. That is no sign of anything aging well already here & now in real time. There's no need to wait a few years, the result is already crystal clear. Where is the new & next generation of SW fans that saw the sequels first? I know they exist but they are few & far in between compared to the previous trilogies. The differences are palpable. If this new trilogy had sparked a new generation of fans we would constantly hear, see & feel the excitement & the buzz for SW. But we don't. No one watches the new shows. Everything is going down. The Galactic Starcruiser hotel, based on this new trilogy, barely lasted a year. Because there are no fans of it (& the insane prizes that gives you no real SW). Everything being said online is negative, if anyone says anything at all. Where are these new fans? Fans that love & support this new trilogy & its characters? And are willing to pay for it? Where are they? I don't see or hear them. If they were there this would be aging well. But it's not aging well, it's not even aging at all. It is dead. If it has no loyal fan base it is dead.

I personally think Attack of the Clones is pretty mid outside the Yoda duel at the end but overall I agree episode 1 and 3 were great films and I watched them around the same age as you. That said I think you are spot on with the new sequels just bad writing to cash in on an Ip.

Rey Skywalker is the best Jedi ever no other Star Wars character holds a candle to her 🔥

Here's the thing: People keep insisting the Prequels have a Coherent Narrative--the truth is, that really wasn't the case until Filoni gave us Clone Wars, and the other spinoffs to follow. Remember, there was SO MUCH set up in Phantom Menace and Attack Of The Clones that wasn't really paid off in Revenge Of The Sith (SEE: the whole Master Syfo Dyas mystery)--and lest we forget, Revenge in particular seemed to completely contradict a lot of the established backstory in the Original Trilogy ("Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough"). All those issues have long been cleaned up for the most part, of course...again, via spinoffs. Give it time, the same can happen for the Sequel Era.

Yo crecí viendo las secuelas en el cine, fue la primera trilogía que vi completa en el cine, tenía 12 cuando salio el Despertar de la fuerza, 14 cuando salió los últimos Jedi, y 16 cuando salío el Ascenso de Skywalker, y como parte de la generación qué creció con las secuelas te digo, yo también prefiero las primeras dos trilogías, la diferencia es que los que crecieron con las precuelas empezaron con la menos buena y terminaron con la mejor de las tres, los que crecimos con las secuelas empezamos con la mejor y terminanos con la peor, y eso que a mi me gustó mucho los últimos Jedi, y la prefiero antes que el despertar de la fuerza, las precuelas fueron elevadas por su final, mientras que las secuelas fueron destruidas por su final, lo digo en serio, recuerdo que antes de que se estrenará el episodio IX no había tanto odio por las secuelas, pero cuando terminaron se volvió un meme odiaras, el episodio IX fue el único que no he vuelto a ver desde que se estreno, recuerdo que fue la mayor decepción que tuve en una sala de cine, incluso hoy en día. Crecer con las precuelas fue como crecer con la trilogía del Spiderman de Tom Holland, empiezas con dos películas regulares, y termianas con una genial. Como parte de la generación de las secuelas te digo, no me molesta que desprecien las secuelas, hasta yo lo hago, prefiero defender las precuelas, en unos años no defenderé esa trilogía, tal vez un poco las primeras dos, pero hasta mi generación terminó decepcionada por El Ascenso de Rey Palpatine.

I agree. The only possibility of one day looking back on the sequel trilogy with anything resembling fondness is if even greater abominations follow, and even then they will only by juxtaposition.

Objectively speaking phantom menace and attack of the clones are still kinda hard to get through but no one can deny the greatness of revenge of the sith.

Since the lack of overarching vision in the ST is what highlighted the value of the PT having one, I think the sequels will only truly improve in hindsight if a hypothetical X through XII have their own set of problems completely different from the previous trilogies'.

The main thing I didn’t like about the originals was the whole Luke and Leia thing. I get that Lucas had planned more films to introduce the sister but he should have kept Leia as the love interest and ditched the whole twin thing instead.

I think the 4 and 6 were well made, costumes and all. I'm nit picking think 6 could have used a little more environment rather than serving as the back drop to a short scene to be reused for a fight. Also alot of sharp page turn cuts for traveling rather than letting moments breathe enjoying characters but the movie is more about moments and interactions, than the characters.

I NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOU GOT THOSE PURPLE STAR DESTROYER LIGHTS IN THE BACKGROUND THEYRE SO COOL!!!

The reason why I believe the sequel trilogy won't age like the prequels is, that the merchandise never sold like the prequels and the originals. Despite how you feel about the prequels the merchandise sold and added to the SW universe. The other reason is it was competing with the other franchise..."MCU." So, children were more in tune with the MCU than SW. That's my opinion at least. Also, they had no planned story as well.

We have to remember though that the kids who grew up with these films, will love them as much as we love the prequels, we can’t degrade their opinions and love because we didn’t grow up with the same Star Wars.

If I could Reboot the Sequel Trilogy, I would do the following things. 1. Make the Legends Skywalker Kids Canon. 2. Not make Finn a Joke. 3. Not make Rey look like a Mary Sue. 4. Make Snoke the full on Main Villain. 5. Make Various Media set between the Second and Third Movies, Like Legends did. 6. Luke isn't a Dpressed Hermit. (Much.) 7. Uh... Have Han, Luke and Leia live and reunite... (This could be an Iffy situation.) 8. Anakin Skywalkers Ghost appears. 9. Reinvent the Knights of Ren as something complelty different from the Sith. (And by extension, Most Dark Side Users.) 10. Kill off Rose Tico. (Sorry Rose Fans... If there's any.) 11. Boba Fett. 12. Admiral Ackbar replacing Holdo. 13. More Captain Phasma. 14. Scrap Star Wars Resistance. How does all this sound?

I mean the way we could predict this is to analyze whether the kids today who are between like 10-18 who grow up with sequels like characters like Rey, Kylo, Poe and what are the sales numbers of toys related to the sequels compared to the originals and the prequels. I think the answer is no but obviously I don’t know that many kids but what is 100% sure that when I was a kid, everyone was obsessed with the prequel themed Star Wars games, Lego’s, action figures and we were excited to watch the Clone Wars on Cartoon Network. People also have to remember that a lot of the characters in the prequels are the same characters which we see in the originals so it was easy to like them because if you liked Obi-Wan, Yoda or Palpatine in the originals then why wouldn’t you like them in the prequels? However, this is not true for the sequels because Han was barely in it, Leia wasn’t as like-able as in the originals and Luke wasn’t treated with the respect he deserves.

For anything to age well over time it needs to have a loyal following. A positive following. That's it. And that alone should tell anyone that the sequels, unlike the OT & the Prequels, is ALREADY not aging well! We have still fresh & brand new SW content out right now in Ahsoka. No one is talking SW, unless it is to criticize it or speaking far more fondly of the Lucas era of SW. No one, not even those that claim to love it, even shows that trilogy any attention, positive as negative. That means it is not aging at all, it is already a buried corpse that no one remembers, & certainly not with fondness. Is anyone excited for the Rey movie that is the sequel to this trilogy? I don't even hear any anticipation from the insane Reylo's! Why? Because they never cared for Rey alone, they wanted Rey to rescue Kylo. Kylo is now gone. And Rey on her own appeals to nobody. If this trilogy was aging well like the older stuff we would want a continuation with its lead protagonist with all sense & reason. But since this trilogy 100% lacked sense & reason nobody cares. And when nobody cares nobody remembers. And when a story is forgotten it is NOT aging well. So the answer is already, even since Ep 9 came & immediately went, that this trilogy will never age well because no one even wants to remember it, not even those that claim to be fans of it. Because where are they? Things can bomb at the box office & yet become super classics later on, like Blade Runner. Because the few who saw it kept it alive & passed it on, because it was worthy to remember. And the effects & passion going into it was so good from the beginning so even if the film is old it holds up, in particular since it created its own style & vision & sound etc. Disney SW is only copying & pasting. Besides for Grogu's baby sounds, what new sound effects have they given us? Not a single one! SW sounds effects used to be legendary & revolutionary. Now they can't even give us a single new sound to anything at all. Not one. And, trust me, my sharp ears have listened for it & found nothing. Things can not age well if they don't bring in something new that appeals & that people want to remember. And speaking of Grogu, he is a brand new character that worked & appealed to many... BUT! He was not a new design. When he peeked up underneath his blanket in Mando Ep 1 season 1 all our love & admiration for Yoda was projected on to this little guy. It took 1 1/2 seasons for us to even finally learn who Grogu really was, that he has a name & identity of his own. And his arc has now been cut short since he was taken from Luke way too early. So, no. This is NOT aging well. They don't create anything new that lasts & even the stuff that do work they don't protect & care for as they should. And all the old they humiliate & destroy. Have they created any new score music worthy of the SW past? TFA had some stuff going but the rest ever since has been really bad. Some themes for Rogue One, Mando & Boba Fett were good & stood out but ever since Kenobi the new "music" has been crap. I don't see what people say is so special about the score in Ahsoka, I hear they are playing music but I can't feel it because it doesn't reach out to me like SW scores used to. The new music is discrete. The scores for the first two trilogies were characters of their own basically & one could play any track & immediately identify from what movie, scene & moment it was from! Who can do that with the new? No, it is NOT aging well! It has no identity. It has no meaning. It has no professional passion. It has no respect. It will never age well. Because it is already dead.

The prequels enjoy mythological level storytelling behind spotty execution. Sequels expel bizarro isolated modern politics with terrible execution throughout. Kylo Ren at least had an Arthurian/Mordred level character. Finn was unforgivably wasted. My kids have three Grogu dolls, Mando and Bo Katan toys, and my daughter loves Daal from, “Screecher’s Reach,” for some reason. Nothing about the sequel’s stuck with them… okay, maybe BB-8, but that’s it.

The best way to tell this is what the kids think. Older Star Wars fans were quite critical of the prequels, but the kids loved them. Do kids today love the sequels? Do they have the kind of attachment to Rey, Poe, and Finn that prequel kids did to Anakin, Padme, and Obi-Wan? If not, then today's kids probably won't have any kind of adoration for the sequels when they become adults.

Man i remember watching your channel years ago before the sequels completely disconnected me from star wars related content. Probably around a year or so later I stumbled on Mauler and Jay exci then realized there was a podcast called efap and started watching that. Now with the recent happenings Im back here and ngl i missed this channel. To many more years with you my good man keep doing what you do

My biggest problem with the sequels (there's so many) is that it doesn't make sense as a trilogy..the 3 films feel like people fighting eachother

I had a ten movie Star Wars marathon with a friend recently who had somehow reached 31 without ever having seen Star Wars. She enjoyed the prequels aside from making a few comments about how cheesy some of it was, she loved Rogue One, she absolutely loved the original trilogy, her comment on TFA was "I mean, it was okay but forgettable", TLJ was "...did they actually watch the previous movie before making this? Or any Star Wars movie?" and ROS was "This movie feels like it was directed by someone on crack on their last day at work who wanted to ruin everything before they left."

Every time i watch the sequel trilogy, i literally find a reason to hate it more than the previous time i watched it. Their is an endless amount of things wrong with it.