[sovietusername]

Now before you say anything, I'm sure there'll probably have been about a dozen other similar threads but I'm fairly new and just wondered, as the Star Wars prequels attracted a lot of criticism, how you think they could've been handled better? I'll post my outline of how I think the 3 films should have turned out like later, until then I'd just to know your opinions on the films and what you'd have liked to see?.

[revolver44]

The cast not referring to a young Vader as 'Annie'.
No Hayden Christensen (see also Jake Lloyd).
No 'virgin birth' tomfoolery.
Jar Jar Binks.

That's a start...

[Vashetti]

Not having George Lucas give the actors direction with "faster, more intense".

[Armrok]

I shouldn't have been done, even with a different plot. Fans (and i include myself) will have not liked it anyway, because it would have always tainted the impression that the original three had

[Big Boy Barry]

So much was wrong with the prequel trilogy that in order for me to tell you all what they should have done would take 50,000 words and would cause DS to collapse.

[RebelScum]

Broad strokes;

Episode 1: Find Anakin as a kid (30 minutes max). Fast forward 10 years - The Clone Wars
Episode 2: Revenge of the Sith
Episode 3: The Great Jedi Purge

Stylistically, real sets instead of over use of CGI.

[DariaM]

During the publicity for the first trilogy, didn't Lucas announce that there would be three, with 4-5-6 prpduced first, then 1-2-3 and finally 7-8-9.

[killthedirector]

less CGI. recast Anakin for eps 2 and 3. have more jar jar

[revolver44]

Originally Posted by killthedirector

have more jar jar

Move along George!

[Fran Blakes]

Originally Posted by DariaM

During the publicity for the first trilogy, didn't Lucas announce that there would be three, with 4-5-6 prpduced first, then 1-2-3 and finally 7-8-9.

I seem to remember it was going to be a set of 3 trilogies...

[killthedirector]

Originally Posted by Fran Blakes

I seem to remember it was going to be a set of 3 trilogies...

think he did but after the negative feedback from the prequels he ditched the idea of 7,8,9

[marjangles]

Originally Posted by DariaM

During the publicity for the first trilogy, didn't Lucas announce that there would be three, with 4-5-6 prpduced first, then 1-2-3 and finally 7-8-9.

This is the myth that's grown up but no it's not true. There was no intention to make more than Star Wars at first. The whole 'episode' thing came in later and even then there was never any intention to do prequels, it was just to make it look like Star Wars was this massive ever continuing space opera and an homage to Saturday morning tv serials in the US. When he did Star Wars he hadn't even thought out the plot for Empire.

He never had any intention of doing 7-8-9 either. Early in the 90s he handed off what would happen following the events of ROTJ to various science fiction writers. Their books are considered to be part of Star Wars law and so unless he was to make films out of the novels then more sequels are definitely out.

As for the topic of the thread, I've always felt that the prequels are set far too close in time to the action of the original films. Obi Wan for example is in his 30s in the prequels and yet he's supposed to be an ancient old man under 20 years later. Plus the Empire essentially rises and falls in 20 years, you get the impression (or at least I do) that the Empire has been around for a long time with a wizened old Emperor who's barely alive. None of that rings true for me.

[loonattic]

the knights of the old republic would have been a better story to go with.in fact,why not make a new trilogy now with this story?

[Moony]

I'd have kept Darth Maul right through the trilogy - instead of introducing a new villain for each movie (Sidious in the second and Grievous in the third could have easily been handles by Mauls character).

Lose Jar Jar Binks (and probably the Gungans in general).

Recast some of the parts (Anakin, Padme).

Rework some dialogue - it just seemed very wooden in places - especially some of the scenes with Obi-wan and Anakin's mother in them (not at the same time obviously).

Less CGI - and less scenes designed just to show it off.

[peon]

anything that didn't have binks or "roger roger" would have been a vast improvement.

[twinkletto]

I'm not trolling but where does the Lucas endorsed cartoon "Droids" about R2D2 and C3PO fit in with all this?

[Finny Skeleta]

When I was a kid I was obsessed with Star Wars. When I'd watch the films and they'd talk about things that happened in the past I'd have images and ideas in my head about what the pre-Episode IV galaxy was like.

The prequels were a huge pile of poo obviously.

Then, last Christmas I watched the originals again and I was pleasantly surprised to find out that when they talk about Anakin Skywalker or the Clone Wars the images I have are still the same ones I had as a child. In my head Anakin is an imposing, righteous man who was slowly corrupted rather than a whiny little adolescent who switched for no discernible reason (and he didn't build C3PO).

It's almost as if there is no link between the two sets of films for me and that's a good thing. I picked up the original theatrical version DVDs so I don't have to worry about rubbish like the CGI Jabba or Hayden Christiansen being shoehorned in to the last film.

[Virgil Tracy]

Originally Posted by twinkletto

I'm not trolling but where does the Lucas endorsed cartoon "Droids" about R2D2 and C3PO fit in with all this?

I think it takes place between the 2 trilogies .