Why the Star Wars Prequels Aren't As Bad As Everyone Says (Video Essay) 

Mine to

Omg mine to

Mia Amidala it pulls heart strings

Yes

Me and my brother liked revenge of the sith.

Anakin*

@Sheldon Cooper Wat, how? lol

I think palatine found his own way to influence stuff even when dead

Eternal Lion ya I agree they really ruined anakin's entire character ark by doing that

He did though. They never really went deep on exactly how palpatine is alive again. I've only seen it once but didn't he say something like he's died before? Anakin did fulfil the prophecy as far as I'm concerned

Episode 1 through 6 plus the clone wars is easily one of the best stories ever told. I couldn’t imagine myself skipping any of them. I could never understand why some people think prequels are detrimental to the OT. The fact that they made Anakin’s sacrifice so much more tragic and meaningful justifies their existence

I think story wise the prequels are better then the OT. Dialogue wise not as much. Still good movies tho.

I love your comment

@Daredevil Lebron I will read them episode 1and2

People had massive expectations i think because of the greatness of ESB and the other two (but everyone knows TESB is the best)

Andrew Lambert I heard someone talk about how his acting, seeming bad at times, fitted his character, who had been through so much and was confused and felt out of place in the Jedi or whatever, he comes across as cold, but I see where your coming from

Agreed. ☺💜

@Andrew Lambert In AOTC Hayden didn't perform very well, paired with those awful lines. However in ROTS I think he did a great job, and I think he redeemed himself in that movie. And to be fair I can't really imagine any other actor play Anakin.

His whole acting was one of the many reasons the prequels failed he just didn't portray anakin the way he should've his acting was terrible and he deserves what people say he did a bad job and ruined the back story of darth vader Even the clone wars anakin was way better

@@Kingdecca George Lucas said he portrayed him perfectly. It's just that people don't like the character. They say he's whiny, of course he is frustrated with no real outlet. They say he isn't what they pictured, well if they remember Darth Vader was always meant to be viewed as pathetic under the mask ever since ROTJ. If these people and you stopped for one second to consider his circumstances you would realise he portrayed him very well. Very precisely.

Yeah dude I was born in 99 and I grew up with them, you get older and start to see the flaws but you overlook them to see the things it got right

I disagree. I'm an '02 baby, and even after watching this video all the way through, I still prefer the originals.

Harris Rashid i am one of them...i Love prequels!!!

I was born in 96’ and honestly love both. Both have their pros and cons

Harris Rashid I was born 1994, and I stilled enjoyed the prequels

Ewan Mcgregor Is also amazing

@@mespartacus they both are amazing!

Not to mention Ian McDiarmid... His acting was godlike.

DEW IT

I adore the prequels!

Agreeable

Old Republic is my personal favorite but you are right the Clone Wars era truly is amazing

Jessikah Thurmond Hayden Christensen was a fine role for Anakin. The true failure was how George Lucas wanted to portray Anakin that was the problem. He was always complaining and being arrogant when Anakin is so much more than that

The first two movies dont even focus on anakins turn to the dark side. Then the last movie wanted anakin to look good but its supposed to be the movie that shows him becoming darth vader. Along with bad writing lifeless dialouge and incoherent plot, it doesnt matter that the prequels have original ideas. I hate the prequels.

DilPikle 24 kinda does, in episode 2, he killed all of those sand troopers

Totally agree about the harassment point. You can like or dislike any movie all you want, but to actually attack the actors is bullshit.

Except for the sequel actors.. they deserved it for taking part in RUINING our childhood.

@@bauer0788 Honestly, what the sequel actors got was kind of tame compared to what the prequel actors got. Not saying ANY of it was every deserved, but the effect on them was clearly worse in the prequel era

@@officialmonarchmusiclol

@@watchforever1724 It isn't just a "lol". What happened to the sequel actors, in most cases, was not even comparable. None of them had their lives marked. None of them (at least yet) have changed careers. None of them were minors, either. If you ask me, the fandom has only gotten less toxic over the years. More people are realizing and calling out the terrible behavior. There are is a simple reason why everybody is saying the fans are getting more toxic: The media THEMSELVES took part in the bullying when it came to the prequel era. Now, they just disagree with the other side, so they paint them as "toxic" while ignoring their own, and arguably MORE TOXIC actions.

Inaren Commander Yeah those horrific films did something right after all.

Flatheads Rebuked they did nothing right which is why it’s fucking funny. The sequel trilogy is wayyyyyy better than it will ever be

@Internet Gamer It is though. The prequels are the worst and roughest patch in all of Star Wars. But I'm curious in how you will defend them

@Torrey Hachey I never said it was a fact. And what do you mean by it wasnt my opinion?

@@colonelstarsandstripes5379 It's my opinion so don't bash me please, but the prequels were a planned out trilogy and thought through. The sequel trilogy wasn't really planned and was made up as the trilogy progressed. The force awakens is in my opinion the best sequel film. The last jedi ruins lore and TROS is rushed.

Milaniac Yeah, I watch them every now and then, but there's still parts that I enjoy out of the whole.

Big Boi the I like sand is my favourite scene in attack of the clones

jer ry Statement: I hate sand.

Duel of the Fates for life. Episode 2 is 100% skippable.

@@biggochungboi9346 You like it so much you've got it totally backwards. Word.

plus Attack of the Clones shows this turn very clearly happening

Same

@@steevrawjers just wish they kept the deleted scenes they truly would have made the movie amazing

It had a dark ending but a new hope to come. That’s what I love about it as it bridges the gap between the prequel and original trilogy

Hello there!

@@ethancbaker2002 General Kenobi

@@Ajaws bro stfu no one asked

@@aminoor6257 its his opinion bro. U like it (i guess) i like it (except ep.1 it was kind of slow and boring just my opinion) he didn't like it end of story.

@@pr.productions2183 why

only one of the prequels I own

Except for the dying in childbirth part. Its like George Lucas forgot that it was said in the original trilogy that she died when Leia was a small girl........

@Declan T Actually it’s heavily implied that Palpatine took her life force to give to anakin so he could live long enough before he got to his suit

Same

Mr. Smith same

And then Avengers: Endgame came out...

@@moviegeekman1666 Endgame was shit, but marvel fans will swallow it like always

Steel Bear What exactly did you not like about it, out of curiosity?

@@steelbear2063 How was it bad? I do remember enjoying it in theaters?

@@moviegeekman1666 Return of the King men ! I mean, I love Star Wars and Endgame was correct but seriously... A better climax than that is impossible ! Episode 3 has still a very good climax, but the best... No. And Endgame climax is good, but because the Russo brothers aren't very good directors, the film lost himself in the battle and you just don't understand what you are seeing.

Same

yeah that is what I said who the heck is everybody? it ain't me lol The Prequels are awesome

I love the sequels

@@steevrawjers I couldn't believe the things they wrote about the prequels it was BEYOND I didn't like it

@@ryanbarth6691 classic

i really recommend the animated series named clone wars, it depicts so much more screentime for war, relationships, and characters.

Same I first start looking into star wars because of all the prequel meme

@@somethingforyou345 Clone Wars is a nice addition, but let's be honest.. it's nowhere near as good as episodes 1-3.

Revenge of the Sith is the best star wars movie. and the empire strikes back is not the best movie ever made. the best movies are made by wes anderson, such as The Grand Budapest Hotel, or Isle of Dogs.

@@fundhund62 Objectively, the original and the prequel tell different stories, and both are equally good. A lot of the prequel haters are just nostalgic, for me, I saw the prequels when I was 10, and I'm still fascinated by the world building and the characters. The prequels tell the story of the fall of a republic, the decay of its institutions, and how one of the greatest villains in cinematic history manages to rise to power by manipulating all parties. The scope is just bigger than the original, the prequels are a gigantic expansion to the entire universe, and they introduced Star Wars to an entire new generation.

Max Ramos ayeee me too

I always skip the Naboo scenes when rewatching Attack of the Clones

Ur acting like thats the only criticism the writing is shit the actors are doing a bad job the story and lots are all bad

@@bigboifatboy5993 Most people who grew up with the prequels prefer it. Most people who grew up with the original trilogy prefer them. We are all influenced by nostalgia...

@@bigboifatboy5993 cause thats all that was bad the love scenes and padme dying

Yeah even if I understand why people hate the prequels I don't see anything wrong with the prequels

Qui Gon:Are you challenging me??

Not the Jedi.

No, it's an incredibly terrible film. You only like it because of nostalgia.

Mutiny Is The Best Map Ever may you explain why the movie is terrible? I’m not mad I just want to have a mature conversation about it. I’m interested.

@@MMMatth Every character is a idiot. Anakin's turn is utterly confusing, Padme is insufferable. Fight scenes go on for too long, Bad Dialogue, bad acting, General Grevious isn't really a character, the whole film is basically always a blue screen, and Palpatine's plan is also really dumb.

@@somethingcomedy9437 How the fuck is Palpatine's plan dumb?

Lucas tried to get better directors to help in dialogues without much success.

Its treason then

@Simon Wells The themes, actions, acting, and messages. Not all of the dialogue was even bad, it just wasn't realistic.

Andyroo Brick-a-Brack "i don't like sand" "MEESA JAR JAR BINKS"

@@monke1599 I didn't say all of it was good. The prequels aren't perfect, but they aren't horrible films, especially not Episode 3.

I definitely agree with that! Such a good show, i reviewed it a while back after it ended if you want to check it out!

The Clone Wars really show how great of a job George did on setting up a truly epic world full of heroes and villains and political intrigue. If only his dialogue in the movie had been better maybe more people would be looking back fondly on the prequels now. And if Padme's death hadn't been so lame. =/

I now feel sad for Anakin. He is just trying to serve the republic and be friends with chancellor and save Padme while not disobeying the jedi order

i saw the OT in 1977 starting at age 10 I watched the Prequels in theaters in 1998 starting at age 32 I love The prequels

Yeah I know

I also grew up with all 6 of the Films. Episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. They all play a huge part of my childhood and I never understood why the Prequels were hated, I don't think they are as objectively good as the Originals, but I personally still think they're good movies. George Lucas' has never been great with dialogue and that's really one of the only issues that the Prequels have, saying that I've seen videos that defend lucas' "wooden" dialogue if you so call it. The whole point of the Prequels objective was to build upon the lore and foundation of the Originals which they did perfectly, they were supposed to show the traumatic and difficult life of Anakin and how he was manipulated, not trusted and ultimately turned to the Dark Side. We got see the cool galactic conflict of the Clone Wars. The political aspects of them were always interesting to me, even now as a young adult I find myself actually sucked into it more. The hate Hayden got for his portrayal was undeserved, you see him in Attack of The Clones as an immature Teenager who has been told to not feel emotion who of course is very emotional and doesn't understand and hates why the Jedi are supposed to be emotional, his whole creepy vibe with Padme is precisely because he has no idea how to talk to women because he's been raised to be this monotone person who seeks no emotion even though he very much does. When his Mother dies, you can see the sadness, rage and hatred boiling through him, a feeling that only people who have losed loved ones will understand. He begins to blame Obi-Wan and himself and he starts to think and mentally believe he can become the greatest Jedi ever to save loves ones from death. In Episode 3 we see him as a mentally struggling Young Adult, at this point in the timeline he's already lost Ahsoka, a padawan which was wrongfully expelled from the order by the Jedi Council that didn't trust her, like the Council didn't trust him. I understand this is CW Lore and it built upon Anakin but I personally believe it's one of the many things that justified his turn. Here we see Anakin seek's Palpatine's comfort as he always had, Palpatine the only person that truly believes in him and he manipulates his feelings as he can sense them. All the dreams he had of his Mother, he now has as about Padme. He knows he can see things before they happen so he begins to panic, he doesn't want to lose the love of his life so in doing so he snaps, he begins to realize how the Jedi are responsible for a lot of bad things which they were. So when Palpatine tells him there's a way to save his wife from certain death, he listens, he ends up turning to the Dark Side. He completely snaps and doesn't care if the Jedi were Men, Women or Children. The most heartbreaking thing was towards the end when he eventually is suited up as Vader, who Palpatine tells him in his anger he killed her which was a lie and ultimately the last glimmer of hope he had. The love for Padme is what turned him to the Dark Side, now he sees he has nothing left so he spends 20 years under Palpatine as he is the only thing he has left until he realizes he has a Son and a Daughter. His feelings of love return after 20 years now for his son and when he see's Palpatine killing his Son in Episode 6, whom at this point he already realized he was technically indirectly responsible for Killing Padme who had powerful feelings for. He makes the right choice and furfills the prophecy of the Chosen One. This is what Star Wars was all about, all 6 of those movies was about the Tragic fall and Redemption of Anakin. Luke was the cataclyst for Anakin furfillign the Prophecy, he was The BALANCE because he wiped out the Jedi and THE SITH. Lucas in my eyes was a genius when you think about the story he crafted. Star Wars was never just about lazer swords and politics and space battles, he said it himself, it's a space opera. It was about Family, the Skywalker family. Anakin, Padme, Luke, Leia, Shmi. Something Disney didnt really take on well, something Disney through down the drain completely ignoring the point of Star Wars. Making Palpatine Return, making Anakin's redemption in Episode 6 completely pointless.

TundraL5Z very true

indeed!

Except for the latest instalment idk why but I like rise of skywalker

Just episode 8. Both episodes 7 and 9 were better than anything in the prequels

@@wsmc14 visually, yes, plot-wise, no :b

True. I don't know why people hate them tbh

KTN-Chaotic because they are a poorly written, acted cgi mess of a trilogy

@SS. Failure I would assume you grew up with the original trilogy, am I correct?

@Sir Handel I grew up with both (Ep1 came out when I was ten), and the prequels are objectively terrible movies. How do I fit into yours and @Elite Fishy's brilliant theory?

@@szeddezs Same, but in reality objectively the prequels are amazing films.

animovie1 the clone wars is what got me into star wars, and because the clone wars was arround the prequel trilogy I enjoyed it

Statement: If it weren’t for those films, KOTOR video games wouldn’t have happened.

I was in 4th grade when Phantom Menace came out. I was so disinterested in it, that I didn't see episodes 2 or 3 until I was nearly done with high school. And even then I only went out of my way to watch them because I was home sick from school. I didn't truly become a Star Wars fan until 2015.

Damn you must really like politics

I love all 123456. Just wanted Anakins Force Ghost. Needed his Force Ghost!

Isn't that kinda with the sequels as well?

Yes many people are very jaded and Jar Jar didn't help his character is too foolish. I believe Darth Jar Jar could have been a thing at the start, Or he was meant to be the new 3PO but 3PO humor is not slap stick.

No, it's the other way around. The Prequels are terribly written, incompetently directed, blandly shot and have acting that is awkward and mechanistic. People like them do it because of nostalgia, not the other way around.

infinite alot of those problems also apply to the originals

I honestly started watching Star Wars, the OG trilogy is great, but I'll check out the prequel trilogy

He would have been a better mentor for Anakin than Obi Wan was.

Indeed

He did know better. He was probably the closest to being a true Jedi in the Prequels

@Neo's danger he's what a Jedi is supposed to be

@@maffy715 Qui-Gon's influence had a huge impact on Yoda and Obi-Wan even Luke, you can see it with Qui-Gon's "Keep your focus here and now where it belongs" to Obi-Wan foreshadowing by Yoda to Luke that he isn't grounded in the present in ESB

Pearls before the swine. Prequels are far to sophisticated and complex to be understand and appreciated by typical viewer.

Some of those are extremely petty and superficial complaints signifying small mind oppressed with irrelevant minutia. Really if you are companying abut quality of camera you are scarping rock bottom of frivolous shallow bitching. Other complaints are on anther hand ridiculously false. Main characters of Anakin and OB1 had massive arks and character development, pacing is actually excellent, i would complain only that some combat scenes get a bit to long on multiple viewings, but otherwise rest of the moves are paced exactly as needed to establish the setting, characters and circumstances they are in. It is your problem you suffer form ADD and cant' concentrate on anything for a significant time. And Jar Jar Binks is one of the greatest and most original villains ever created in history of cinema, it is only that most viewers are to stupid to perceive his actual nature.

"If you wanna keep being condescending and insulting you can count me out of the conversation." Never counted you in as you had nothing to comment on other then frivolous superficial trivialities.

ZoneofA Says someone who is incapable of properly forming a sentence...

The haters are _so uncivilized_

Mychael Lytvyn I’m sorry for you if you can believe something so illogical.

@@anduinWrynn980 That's literally what happened dumb ass. What the hell are you talking about?

@@anduinWrynn980 Hes talking about the stupid sequel trilogy...

Yes. Ben needed to be the main villain of 9 u til he got redeemed

Kids: prequel trilogy Men: sequel trilogy Real Legends: original trilogy

@@scotchwhisky6094 Absolute mad lad legends: Holiday Special

@@scotchwhisky6094 ok tlj fan

Legends: Clone Wars

.....Uh no? Kids: Sequel Trilogy Redditor Teenagers: Prequel Trilogy Legends: Original Trilogy

Diediediediediediediediediediediediedie

Same here😎😎

cus its boring and bad

True that love scenes and drama was a bit too long, but the battles were incredible.

Well me too. Though maybe the acting? Some of the scenes doesn’t feel natural.

Watch Mr Plinketts review, he goes over why. I don't think it'll make you hate them if you live them. I like plenty a bad movie with potholes, nothing wrong with that.

​@@annnee6818 There's a reason why Mr. Plinkett/RLM's reviews aren't looked at very lightly by the prequel fanbase. Let me make this clear. Let me be as mature as I could POSSIBLY be. *I don’t “hate” RedLetterMedia.* As content creators, I respect them. I haven’t watched their videos on the Prequels (I refuse to), but I have heard enough about them to know that they are informative and educational videos that tell us why the Prequels don’t work on a filmmaking level. I can agree with that slightly. I’m willing to admit that dialogue scales from asinine to mediocre, the editing feels claustrophobic and less concise than the originals, and characterization (while not bad in my opinion) drives the plot to ludicrous points that could have been resolved much better. I could spend an entire day taking apart Attack of the Clones piece by piece and show you why it doesn’t work with any basic narrative theory. RLM ultimately did the one thing that everyone in the fanbase had wanted: reach a verdict. Before 2009, perception of the prequels was EXTREMELY divided, and it was unclear which side had the better point. RLM took all the negative complaints and made sense of them; they compiled all that hate into one video (with a length that I approve of, btw) and were able to filter it through a rational, fair, and funny standpoint. So, in that sense, hats off to you, Stoklasa. But…I can’t forgive the fanbase that RLM fostered. If you’re reading this and are apart of this fanbase, that’s fine. I don’t mean to insult you individually. But I’m taking issue with the fanbase you contribute to, and being a bystander to this carnage is absolutely despicable. So let’s begin. RLM is known to make tons of insults in their videos, which is equally balanced with a really well thought out analysis. But the way they use those words is different to the fans' use. Where Stoklasa is being funny, the fans are being serious. See, allow me to break down why RLM’s use of those insults works on a mass-appeal level. There’s another RU-vid Critic that I enjoy. His name is JobbyTheHong, and he is an immensely talented…toy reviewer. His style is incredibly similar to RLM on a surface level. Jobby’s style of comedy usually involves self-deprecation humor and antagonizing his audience, which would normally seem offensive and rude. But Jobby’s style also has him wearing a malformed Batman mask and a thin undershirt, complete with a shaggy-haircut and exposed boxers (he also has the creepiest grin if he’s trying). He’s presenting himself as a low-life who hates what he does, and he uses that with exaggerated editing to essentially say that his opinion is probably different than ours. He’s encouraging a sense of disbelief that encourages us to take what he says with a grain of salt. When RLM makes similar antagonizing jokes, he’s trying to showcase how much of a low-life he is and how his opinion isn’t the defining arbiter of all things movies, but that style doesn’t detract from the points he’s making. But the problem with that style is that it also encourages hatred or a general sense of stupidity. Coming back to JobbyTheHong, Mr. Hong had created a running gag in his videos…the Swivel Gag. As a toy reviewer, obviously Jobby has to complete the basic convention of the articulation test, where the reviewer fiddles around with the toy and tests the strength of joints and how poseable the figure can be. When he does those segments, he likes to emphasize when joints “swivel” by aggressively rotating the joint in question. It was a funny gag that emphasized how Jobby was fetishizing something so small and nonsensical that highlighted his low-life status. But the joke, once meant to only be a joke, began getting out of hand. Fans of the channel began to shitpost the “Swivel Here” gag all over related channels to the point where Jobby himself had to take responsibility for his fans’ stupidity. Eventually, Jobby had to abandon the joke altogether…the joke that he felt defined his sense of humor and the joke that he poured so much effort into…reduced to an embarrassment. It’s the next of kin to the Pickle Rick and Szechuan Sauce craze that occurred with the release of Rick and Morty Season 3; fans started going apeshit over something so simple and stupid that they began using it as a means of harassment. RLM’s fanbase is no exception. Good, valuable, and insightful points of constructive and satirical criticism amounted to people insulting and offending each other over subjective opinions individual to the viewer, as if RLM’s points were meant to be taken seriously. And while they certainly were, those watchers ultimately missed out on that grain of salt that RLM gave us. But the difference between RLM and Jobby? RLM hasn’t taken responsibility for the fanbase’s aggression! They’ve only encouraged it! That’s not acceptable, Stoklasa! You’re one of THE faces of online movie critics, possibly the only credible one since the Nostalgia Critic was proven to be an asshole, so why are you sitting by and letting people harass each other ENDLESSLY? And the way this has impacted other RU-vidrs is increasingly disturbing. Spoony’s quote of saying the Prequels haven’t been bashed enough is only a microcosm of this toxic environment that RLM had a hand in creating. Linkara’s response to a vocal prequel lover named Kurvos is proof that prequel hate isn’t as trendy as RLM had once made it out to be and is actually quite serious. For the latter argument, I bring up a case where TGWTG commenter "Kurvos" was told to die for liking the prequels, and when he defended himself, the site’s creators said he was bluffing! Granted, I have heard things about Kurvos and that he was a…bit of a drama queen, no offense, but if someone was saying he should die for having a different opinion, IT SHOULDN’T BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. Linkara’s response is the worst of them all, honestly. He talks about how Kurvos should “grow some nuts and deal with it” and completely denies that someone told him that he should kill himself for liking these movies. I can’t believe this…one of my idols, one of my inspirations fell to the hate in Star Wars and ended up saying something COMPLETELY OUT OF LINE. Can you imagine if Linkara had said this to *Ahmed Best?!* The Ahmed Best that nearly took his own life because of the intense hatred for a character that, quite frankly, pioneered motion capture before Andy Serkis could take it by the rains, and was played by Best with such an indiscernible passion?! You might as well go make fun of the fact that Jake Lloyd suffered several emotional breakdowns and was recently admitted into a psychiatric ward because of the intense bullying he was dealt! But no. Keep dishing out the insults. Jake Lloyd and Ahmed Best should ‘be burned at the stake’, ’they haven’t been bashed enough’, and people don’t tell you to die for them except when they do. Why? ‘Because it’s the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy. We can make fun of them as much as we want because RLM backs us up. After all, it’s not like the crew of these movies are actual people, right? And if they are, it’s only the internet and people aren’t harmed by the internet, right?’ *THIS!* This is why I refuse to even touch RLM’s work. This hatred may be the handiwork of the fanbase, and Stoklasa is more than probably innocent in all this, but when a toy reviewer has more professionalism than you and your friends, there’s seriously a problem. It's why I refuse to watch his content. I don't want to fall to the hate others have fallen to. So! RLM, if you’re reading this, thanks for being insightful critics. I may not agree with you about the Prequels, but you boiled down opinions into facts; facts that as a prequel fan, I can accept. But please be MORE than insightful critics. Be inspirers, be role-models that make smart and genuinely funny parodies…instead of living in your own parody or the fans’ parody of your parody. But to the group of RLM’s fans that have weaponized their videos, I have no sympathy for you.

Plinkett's review is bullshit. I'm working on a rebuttal and reaction to those smears to show why they are. Now with that said the Prequels are flawed imperfect films.

Thank you so much

@@JuicyTobacco Thank you :) that took a really long time to write. What's also really funny is that I’ve heard many negative things about RLM’s take on the Sequel Trilogy, with seasoned fans saying that the videos are bad, unfunny, and just not as well made as the first three. I can only imagine what those fans think: *"this new set of Plinkett reviews is just annoying to sit through because it is so lame and so half-assed after three amazing works which I enjoyed so much (even if the third one wasn't quite as good as the first two)."* Oh…the irony.

Jelte Mikkelsen No it's not

Jelte Mikkelsen I most definitely agree.

Revenge of the sith is 10000000000 times better than the force awakens, heck Force awakens and last jedi make Phantom menace and attack of the clones look like perfect masterpieces. the disney trilogy should never have happened, unlike the prqeuels they aren't naturally occurring, they were contrived as a business strategy to make more money out of the franchise, thats why they are so poor, there is literally no creativity, originality and realism in them, they are fake movies, the real star wars are episodes 1-6 both clone wars series, rogue one and rebels, but force awakens and last jedi did not happen, they are terrible fanfictions.

+Hyperrunner You could've made episodes 7-8-9 following Lucas' outline for the trilogy. Unfortunately Disney fucked him off and Kathlyn Kennedy is shit at choosing directors. One is a cockless coward with no imagination and the other, a pedantic bootlicking smartass who things subversion equals content.

Well the entire sequels are just rehashing the same status quo as the original trilogy, and with even more lame characters.

Same

I didn't even realise that Lucus based Akakin's turn to the dark side, on the story of how lucifer tried to over throw God.

@Sheev Palpatine Lucas made something specil

Objectively wrong opinion

yep me too

Visual One Studio Idk man... i think it’s just due to the execution George gave that made people not see the secret brilliance behind the Prequels at first.

It’s a great story but meh trio of movies.

Brian N I really enjoyed them. I'm not a film critic here but they were highly enjoyable.

The originals told a tremendously compelling story, the prequels expanded it and the sequels burnt it all up. Period.

Disney: I'm rey skywalker

I'm glad you brought up Othello cause Anakin does the same thing with Padme

Julian Pesantes true comment

Agreed

I actually agree the fight scenes were lit 👌

No hating here! You're absolutely right.

Julian Pesantes I fucking agree with you!!!

yeah the prequels and great vision and ideas but poor dialougue with a little it of dry characters

@Mustiboi Salman yep

@Fidel RMZ same. No rational reason for it. I just love these movies

@Mustiboi Salman not really. Some poor dialogue but still over all good.

@Darth Vader I personally think stories are what matters. Unlike the sequel's witch even saying they have a bad story is an insult because you can't even call those movies stories. They are that bad.

King Ramesez I agree with you, I prefer the prequels and the clone wars series over the originals and sequels.

more thought out and detailed story Jar Jar Binks

@@monke1599 Well, what about the Wookies of the first trilogy? Or Jabba the Hutt and his obnoxious minions? I think that as Jar Jar appears very little is not as annoying as the first trilogy minor villains and filler characters (Wich are really annoying XD)

Same with me

The ending of the pod race scene almost always has me in tears and I can't quite place why.

@@manz7860 me too. Anakin risking his life to help strangers. Jake Lloyd portrays Anakin's purity and innocent like no other could. I really enjoyed his acting.

Same.

I love that Prequel defenders constantly have to make clear that their defence of those deeply terrible movies are just their opinion, because they cannot actually put a good defence of them. One would have to be very stupid not to realize that if you say something and it comes from you, it's your opinion, you don't have to tell me in every sentence, people. The fact is that people only like the Prequels because of nostalgia.

Mutiny Is The Best Map Ever The prequels aren’t terrible though, but they do have some terrible things in them. Return of the Jedi was kind of flawed too bro.

@Mutiny Is The Best Map Ever just like how prequel haters like you are blinded by nostalgia for the original trilogy

@Mutiny Is The Best Map Ever I love how you say prequel defenders can’t put up a good defense of them while prequels haters have invalid reasons for why the prequels suck

And yes, prequels were great. They get us great world of the Republic and Jedi, told the arc of Anakin Skywalker which gets more sense to OT. And they did the univerce more serious and mature. Of course, the epic star battles and saber fights...If you don't like it because of stupid reasons (Jar Jar, midichlorians, love dialogues), it is such your problem. Without George would be no Star Wars.

I don't understand the problem with cgi. The story is great

If it wasn’t for Star Wars and similar series pushing so hard with CGI, we likely wouldn’t have the advanced CGI we have today. Besides, no special effects age well. Certainly not Lucas’ fault. He was ahead of his time

the PT cgi hating is pretty much the same for all movies with CGI. people hate cgi. but not me. i think CGI works in PT coz it showed more planets. unlike the OT and ST (except cloud city) which feels like it was made on earth planet.

Lucas also used A LOT of practicals

Episode 3 has more practical sets and effects than the entire original trilogy combined. These movies has way more practical sets and effects than people think.

I disagree as the phantom menace is not about Anakin and is completely unnecessary and boring except for duel of the fates while attack of the clones anakin is already evil but revenge of the sith is good

@@Isaac-ym8kq without the phantom menace we won't have a beginning. Qui Gon Jin is also an amazing character who I think should get his own movie.

Pumpy//RonaldRump_ I was sorry for Qui-gon. Oh and don’t forget John Williams! The prequels have wonderful tracks meanwhile the sequels give nearly no tunes you can remember.

Saji Nair and the last jedi? (I'm quoting nute gunray)

The sequel trilogy was unnecessary. In fact its ruining the franchise.

Kyle Phantom the sequel trilogy is a rehash of the same status quo as the original trilogy. I would just want a movie series with functioning jedi order. I mean we could do multiple jedi knights or a functioning jedi order, and that's what I am interested in at this point. Or just play the now discarded video games.

Kyle Phantom And you don't see how the prequel trilogy paved the way for it?

@@Stephen64138 No, I don't see what you mean. You have a very loose grasp of the English language and your thoughts are therefore difficult to follow.

In Episode 2 there is only 1 bad scene

@@DonGius1 which one do you mean

I must say you're wrong. The Prequels are good and a part of Star wars. And yes Episode 3 is lit and also episode 2 is very good. Episode 1 ist just horrible. I'm annoyed during the whole damn movie.

@@samdraper5817 When you use the word "lit" to describe something you lose all intellectual credibility

Samurai x fuck you ur opinion doesn’t count when you use words such as “lit”

prequels* than*

Literally no one disagrees with this.

Nah, only ROTS is better

LeXyZ ROTS is just as bad as the other two prequels and the the expanded universe and Disney canon the original and sequel are the only good Star Wars movies

Marko Zlatkovic no the new kovies are awesome

Thanks so much Carla! You're seriously the best :)

And he was also a vegetarian, anti-smoking. But great video, to be on topic.

We can agree that both were masterpiece sagas that revolutionized film making. George Lucas pioneered two ages in cinema history. Absolute LEGEND

@@manz7860 lucas changed the movies and changed the world twice thrice if you count Howard The Duck

Can we all agrees that the sequels stink though?

True definitely in my top 5 all time

Makes my top 5 ,don’t know where

Top 10 for me

Top 12463 for me

Willem Cahill-Chiaroni Top 1 you mean

I think the entire line was "fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering". His fear of death for his loved ones is the reason for his suffering. Just a thought. :)

@@sda00Great Job Haters Now We Suffer Under Disney.

Blair Waldorf-Bass But it actually went both ways: Anakin’s hate toward the sand people after what happened to his mother led to them suffering (physically) as well as him (internally)

Oh yeah people argue that palpatine coming back negates Anakin's sacrifice, that's not true Anakin DID bring balance to the force it just wouldn't be permanent a new conflict would always arise

@@ryanbarth6691 😆 Rey, having never held a lightsaber, beat Kylo in Force Awakens. She must be a goddess or something. Now she somehow has force-healing ability out of nowhere and easily kills the most powerful Sith ever with his own lightning. Palpatine could have easily stopped shooting lightning to not kill himself. In Revenge of the Sith he intentionally lost to Mace Windu in order to influence Anakin to turn to the Dark Side. 🙄 JJ Abrams then craps all over George's creation by having a Palpatine take the Skywalker name.

@@ryanbarth6691 so we have a thousands year old prophecy only for the outcome to last for 30 years? That’s dumb

Same thing happened to Disney

@@harrys1173 George Lucas wasn’t a part of it .It didn’t happen til 2017 for the last Jedi

Imo, TPM is decent, AOTC is actually bad please don't rewatch it unless you're looking for a laugh, and ROTS was pretty good.

@@bartsussygaming487 I mean there was still the battle coliseum moments that I still remember

Hello There

ROTJ has “It’s a trap!”

That's why I'm here

You underestimate my power

“GENERAL KENOBII”

Also a lot of "what if" in the prequels.

thanks so much I'm so glad you liked it!

my favorite is "have you heard the tregedy of darth plagueis the wise ?"

my favorite is "have you heard the tregedy of darth plagueis the wise ?"

yes

Agreed.

@@fundhund62 the prequels are awesome

How is it the best 😂😂

@@lukedawson4872 for starters because The Prequels are awesome The prequels are better than the OT the prequels make the OT way better Oh and jar jar is The key

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I love episode 1 - 6. Episode 7 - 9 are garbage. Rogue one is fantastic

@@darthmaul3226 7 isn't garbage it is not the worst but 8 and 9 are certainly garbage

Same here. Love the complete Saga on Blu-ray (I-VI), Rogue One and The Clone Wars.

sure they might have lots of references but the plot and screen writing are ass

Tell that to sequel fans

@Jeremy Brown "Oppressed" what an overstatement. I think you are completely forgetting what it was like to be a prequel fan prior to 2017. Stop acting like people ran over your dog for liking some corporate movies.

@Jeremy Brown It's also pretty frustrating when sequel fans say that disliking their movies makes us "fake fans" and believe, I see crap like these each day. The toxicity is off the rails.

Facts, I see a lot of shit towards prequel fans, which I am, and even more so for the sequel fans. I really really don’t like the sequel trilogy but to bully and try to argue someone out of their preference in movies is childish.

Your just as bad for generalising a part of the fan base, for being a toxic fuck and being hypocritical

@Zac Irvin I remember watching the prequels and liking them. When I was a child. And I had no taste and would pour a mountain of sugar in my breakfast cereal or a mountain of ketchup on my burger if I could get away with it. Is it nostalgia, collective amnesia or idiocy that’s causing these folks to all come out in support of movies that were widely derided in their time and have not aged well?

jcmauzé I think it’s hindsight, Since the new trilogy is debatably worse. The prequels are only bad because the writing was awful. Otherwise they (now) aren’t so bad

EXACTLY. No one states the story isn’t a compelling one at its core. That’s not enough to make a movie good, a good idea.

@@cwn41 makes sense

The Dom Bomb eh, I’d put the trash Jedi even lower. I mean spaceballs is a better Star Wars movie

@@minecraftmechanic1 yeah for sure. I'm not a fan of the new Star Wars films at all. However, even if they were good, nothing would top ROTS.

David Cunningham I remember before the prequels came out watching a program about the problems with the original trilogy. What is interesting is that a lot of the issues people critics had was similar to the criticism of the prequels. Bad acting, bad dialogue, and bad editing. In fact, there was a scene in Return of the Jedi where you clearly see Han Solo kneeling off to the side waiting for the other characters to finish their dialogue. I believe that they edited that out for the special editions. I always think of it when people mention how great the original series was. Then there is the Ewoks, I remember adults complaining about them as much as people complained about Jar Jar Binks.

Phantom menace and Attack of the clones are fucking boring And have not needed politics and trading bullshit with terrible directing and way too many plotholes Anakin and Padme talking about how they love eachother for a third of the FUCKING movie Most of the villains are bland and one dimensional I mean tell me one line you remember from darth maul If they fixed these out of the many many problems with this trilogy it could be really good

Anikan Skyguy Skywalker/Darth Vader is my favorite character too