Honestly, they’re fairly good movies. If Jar-Jar wasn’t part of them, I’d probably say they’re better than the originals. They at least have more to say than the originals.
The originals have a lot to say when you know the Rebels are the Vietnamese fighting America and it’s actually a pretty solid trope reversal on the Westerns, samurai films, and WW2 movies that influenced it but in a way that will let Lucas make a bajillion dollars.
It doesn’t really say much though. It’s inspired by the Vietnam War, but it’s surface level. The prequels have a lot more substance, although it’s still not that much.
For all its flaws the prequels overarching story is pretty great
Honestly, they’re fairly good movies. If Jar-Jar wasn’t part of them, I’d probably say they’re better than the originals. They at least have more to say than the originals.
The originals have a lot to say when you know the Rebels are the Vietnamese fighting America and it’s actually a pretty solid trope reversal on the Westerns, samurai films, and WW2 movies that influenced it but in a way that will let Lucas make a bajillion dollars.
It doesn’t really say much though. It’s inspired by the Vietnam War, but it’s surface level. The prequels have a lot more substance, although it’s still not that much.
For me it’s Hayden’s god awful acting in the second movie that kills it