I love the Star Wars Prequels!!!!

Am I the only person in the world that actually like the Star Wars prequels? I mean it seems like everyone on the internet universally hate the star wars prequels. Okay granted episode I was kind of dumb, but II and III were great. I mean I love how the story was much more politically driven with different factions seemingly fighting for control all at the same time. The Jedi, the Republic, and the Separatist all struggling for influence and for their ideals. I mean sure Anakin got a little whiny at times, but still the moral dilemmas that he was struggling through were deeply engrossing. Also I like how the supposedly "evil" seperatist were right all along about the Republic being rife with corruption, and the fact that they were unwitting pawns that Chancellor  Palpatine used to further increase his power. Its pretty ironic that the Republic ultimately caused its own downfall rather than the sepratists themselves.
 
Many people say George Lucas ruined Star Wars once he created the prequels, but I honestly think he did a great job at expanding the Star wars universe....but he should be ashamed for creating Jar Jar Binks.

Dude, no you don't.

Man this thread is gonna get destroyed by Star Wars nerds
 
Anyway, I agree with you man, I even considered starting a thread like this a while ago
 
The old ones are alot better, but the prequels are pretty damn entertaining, and I even liked Jar Jar Binks :D
 
It pisses me off that some people, like the post above mine, don't let you like the movies and say that our opinion is wrong

The first two films are muddled pieces of film with the third being a decent set up to the three better films. Though, personally, I've never particularly cared for the Star Wars films myself.

It's not like they're the worst movies in the world, but they aren't up to par with the original three either. They're not even close.

Plan 9 From Outer-space is better! ;-)

I used to believe this, and didn't understand why people hated the movies so bad. And then I watched Episode III again, and about ten minutes in I still hadn't heard a single line that wasn't cringe-worthy.

The original trilogy will always be better, but at least the prequels are something nice to look at. I really liked Ewan McGregor, but Hayden Christiansen (sp?) and Natalie Portman got really dragged down by horrible scriptwriting and a shitty romance story.
Basically they aren't bad movies, they're just bad Star Wars movies.

Taken on their own merits, they are quite enjoyable fantasy/action movies. But compared to the original trilogy they are very, very poor. But I'm OK with that. I never expected them to be up to the standards of the original films, and I can enjoy them for what they are.

The original 3 are of course better, but Ive always been of the opinion that Episode 3 is damn close to their level. 

Compared to the original they're not that good, but I enjoyed them too and I'm a huge Star Wars geek.  
Only thing different about me is that I don't have to lie about it just to be popular among the so called "fans" that don't even have the original cuts on the VHS'. 
 
 
Also, hating on Jar Jar is like hating on Deekin.  
Then again what do you expect from a community that has a page for Jar Jar and not Deekin. 
Fucking teenagers

third one was good, other two are not star wars film but are kinda ok

" Man this thread is gonna get destroyed by Star Wars nerds  Anyway, I agree with you man, I even considered starting a thread like this a while ago  The old ones are alot better, but the prequels are pretty damn entertaining, and I even liked Jar Jar Binks :D  It pisses me off that some people, like the post above mine, don't let you like the movies and say that our opinion is wrong "

Episode III is OK. I and II are...well, how about we just say that I have seen SyFy channel originals with better acting, plotting, character development, and action sequences.

I thought Ep. 1 and 2 were weak, but generally what I expect from a movie (i.e. something that sucks).  Episode 3 was actually a fairly engaging story, though, and although it didn't exactly have a "happy ending", I still thought it was worth seeing.

Problems I had with Episode I: 

• The Plot 
• The Characters 
• Midi-chlorians  
• Jar-Jar Binks 
• Jar-Jar Binks 
• Jar-Jar Binks 

The battle at the end of Ep.2 is good and most of Ep.3 is pretty good too if you skip past all the Anakin/Padame bullcrap.  The story was good but it was delivered so poorly, especially Ep.1 where you could see Lucas thinking about all the money he'd make from toy sales so he felt the need to dumb it right down.

Re title this thread: Hey Guys I Have Horrible Taste!

Episodes 1 and 2 were very badly written and poorly planned out.  Episode 3 was a lot better because it had clear focus and Lucas knew what needed to be done with it.  Overall, I think they would have benefited greatly if Lucas had simply written the original script.. and then passed it off to others to make changes and input their own idea.  It's all been said a thousand times before, but it was plainly obvious nobody on the production team wanted to question Lucas or even point out things that might be a bad idea..  And the movies clearly suffered because of this. 
 
And this is part of the reason I think the Clone Wars TV show has been much better.  Lucas has involvement in it, he comes up with many of the ideas and is even responsible for creating some of the new characters, like Cad Bane.  But he doesn't write the actual scripts, and that's lead to some of the best moments in Star Wars ever.

Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith are at least decent. Attack of the Clones is unwatchable.

"  And this is part of the reason I think the Clone Wars TV show has been much better.  Lucas has involvement in it, he comes up with many of the ideas and is even responsible for creating some of the new characters, like Cad Bane.  But he doesn't write the actual scripts, and that's lead to some of the best moments in Star Wars ever. "

" Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith are at least decent. Attack of the Clones is unwatchable. "

" @WinterSnowblind said:

"  And this is part of the reason I think the Clone Wars TV show has been much better.  Lucas has involvement in it, he comes up with many of the ideas and is even responsible for creating some of the new characters, like Cad Bane.  But he doesn't write the actual scripts, and that's lead to some of the best moments in Star Wars ever. "

Some of the best moments in Star Wars? Damn the new cartoon series is really that good? "

"  And this is part of the reason I think the Clone Wars TV show has been much better.  Lucas has involvement in it, he comes up with many of the ideas and is even responsible for creating some of the new characters, like Cad Bane.  But he doesn't write the actual scripts, and that's lead to some of the best moments in Star Wars ever. "

Revenge of the Sith is tolerable. I wouldn't watch it again in a hurry, but I wouldn't be pissed if it was the only thing on TV one night either. Its still riddled with awful lines and plot holes, but its not that bad as a whole.
 
Phantom Menace and Attacks of the Clones on the other hand are horrible, horrible movies, even without being compared to the original trilogy. Their plots literally make no damn sense. 

I have to agree. The 3rd (I haven't seen it in English though, maybe that's what made it good) is the best of the 6, the beginning is great and the old ones are just overrated.

"Am I the only person in the world that actually like the Star Wars prequels? I mean it seems like everyone on the internet universally hate the star wars prequels. Okay granted episode I was kind of dumb, but II and III were great. I mean I love how the story was much more politically driven with different factions seemingly fighting for control all at the same time. The Jedi, the Republic, and the Separatist all struggling for influence and for their ideals. I mean sure Anakin got a little whiny at times, but still the moral dilemmas that he was struggling through were deeply engrossing. Also I like how the supposedly "evil" seperatist were right all along about the Republic being rife with corruption, and the fact that they were unwitting pawns that Chancellor  Palpatine used to further increase his power. Its pretty ironic that the Republic ultimately caused its own downfall rather than the sepratists themselves.  Many people say George Lucas ruined Star Wars once he created the prequels, but I honestly think he did a great job at expanding the Star wars universe....but he should be ashamed for creating Jar Jar Binks. "

I grew up watching the prequels and I don't think they're that bad, but the original trilogy is way better.

 I say the same thing about the star wars prequels as I do the matrix sequels - "wow, those are some really well-produced fan films." 
 
gather from that what you will.  
 
also-   

I think this question depends a lot on how old you are."

 I mean, for new fans it's a non-issue that Qui Gon Jinn and Obi Won Kenobi are wearing Tuskin Raider outfits all throughout the first film, "

 I've only seen season 1 and a few eps of season 2 of the clone wars, so I can't say where it goes there.   
  
But I still don't know why he doesn't blame the people behind the war for what happens to him and those around him.  And if it is his padawan (or something happening to her) that turns him darkside, I really can't see any event that would turn him to Palpatine more and make sence, so that after he finds out the Emperor is behind everything.
Well there is one thing; which is Anakin killing her, however I struggle to find a good reason for to do that when he has sent out of his way not to kill people previously, and it would take major character development, or out of character behavour for it to work. 
 
And if that happened, and even if Anakin covered it up, you'd hope they would have an investagation team and some sort of support network to make sure he was ok, should pretending to not have feeling not work out in the stressful emotional time. 

I do too!

I liked them when I watched them, but in the long run all I really wanted was just loads and loads of robots being sliced up by lightsabers and other such cool CG destruction but they didn't have enough of it.

i thnik episode 3 is far better than the other two

They are better than most people say IMO, but there's so much in them that is really bad. I think the Ep III book is a lot better since it explains Anakin's actions more and it omits all that stupid droid humor that was made for kids "I shoot myself in the foot because I'm such a stupid droid hahaha" gets old really fast. 
 
I think the prequels are actually better than the old ones in theory, I mean they have more jedis alive, the birth of Darth Vader, Samuel L Jackson etc but somehow George Lucas managed to fuck that up by focusing on stupid droid jokes and making Anakin into a spoiled brat that you cannot not hate. Not to mention Jar Jar. If you take out everything with Anakin or Jar Jar and his people then Ep I is a great movie, but since that is about 70 % of the film there won't be much left.

" @JazGalaxy said:

I think this question depends a lot on how old you are."

That has nothing to do with it. I'm 21 and I saw the prequels long before I saw the original trilogy (which was last month). The original trilogy is irrelevant. The prequels are just terrible, terrible films. Awful writing and an over reliance on CGI. Thats all they are. Tech demos. 
 
@JazGalaxy said:

 I mean, for new fans it's a non-issue that Qui Gon Jinn and Obi Won Kenobi are wearing Tuskin Raider outfits all throughout the first film, "

... what? "

" Man this thread is gonna get destroyed by Star Wars nerds  Anyway, I agree with you man, I even considered starting a thread like this a while ago  The old ones are alot better, but the prequels are pretty damn entertaining, and I even liked Jar Jar Binks :D  It pisses me off that some people, like the post above mine, don't let you like the movies and say that our opinion is wrong "

I still think Episode 1 is the best Starwars in Series. Especially if you have a decent sound system.

" i thnik episode 3 is far better than the other two "

Three still had terrible dialogue, terrible acting, the terrible CG sets and every single scene had CG in it with no exception.  Every single one. "

When I can't sleep at night I watch the podracing scene from episode 1.  That usually does the trick and puts me to bed

No, just no. 
I will elaborate.  Fuck no.  I will explain what is so fundamentally wrong with these movies.  Both as movies and part of the Star Wars saga. 
 
Episode 1)  This happens in all 3 but we get barely any character development.  I dont really get a sense of what kind of person Qui gon is beyond being wise, I guess, until he gets his ass handed to him by Darth Maul.  Darth Maul, terrible name, yes we get he looks vicious.  The whole decoy thing with Padme was fucking retarded.  Because hardly anyone tries to kill her.  They are not trying kill her, they are holding her hostage.  If anything, they get to the decoy queen but kill her servants, of which the real padme is hiding among.  A young Anakin.  Good way to show how Obi Wan and he first meet but the personality is stupid.  And he saves the planet?  WTF man.  And the kid is a terrible actor.  Then the gungans.  Oh my.  Stupid species that just are too comedic, if you can call it that. 
Episode 2)  The love story just seems way to rushed.  I dont see how they fall in love one bit. Anakin has a mad crush and hardon, understandable, that bitch be pretty.  But why does she love him?  They hardly have any real interaction by the time its obvious she loves him.  Obi Wan still only seems like a complainer who doesn't believe in Anakin.  We dont see any of that badass Obi Wan from Episode 4 where he fucks up a guy in a bar.  Anakins rush to anger is good.  But then you have the stupid droids who just make the deaths of jedi and clone troopers seem inconsequential when they make it out better than before. 
Episode 3)  You have Anakin show signs of anger but then thats not what drives him to the darkside.  Its his fear of losing Padme.  What the fuck?  WHen we see Darth Vader choking out a guy on his Super Stardestroyer and then cut off his own son's hand, we see a badass.  Now we learn he only went to the darkside because he was in love?  WTF?  In the other movies they make it clear, it is a lust for power, for greatness, for adventure, revenge, anger, hate, that turns people to the darkside.  Not volunteering to it.  You can still see he has a hesitation about going after Obi Wan, in fact, Obi Wan ignites his lightsaber first.  You have to read the books about right after episode 3 to feel a better conclusion about that.  Then they subject us to hearing James Earl Jones scream, NOOOOOOOO!  We then have Padme lose the will to live.... Obi Wan riding a lizard... A cyborg with a stupid name running shit...  Oh man... 
 
But here is what is really wrong with these movies...  What was so cool about the first movies, other movies that have the adventure theme to it?  You have the trio.  The best friends.  The totally good guy, the badass guy and the girl who is both.  Luke was idealistic and only hope for the galaxy.  Han Solo was the badass and Leia was badass and totally good because she used guns and wanted to save the galaxy.  But in the first 3 movies, the trio is never really together.  Or interacting.  We have Obi Wan and Qui Gon and Anakin.  But who is who?  There is no chick in the trio.  Obi Wan is not badass yet.  And Qui Gon is totally good just like Anakin.  They are hardly different.  In Episode 2 we have a more clear trio with Anakin and Padme and Obiwan, but again, their roles are not clear.  Anakin is the good naive boy but he has anger, though whiny.  Obi Wan again is not badass and just as whiny, but more about superficial things.  Padme fills leias role well.  But the three are hardly ever together and Obi Wan doesn't care for padme more than anyone else unlike Han Solo.  Episode 3, again they are the trio but dont share any screen time together at the same time.  In the original trilogy, there are many times when the three are together that lead to great moments.  And what is great about all those times?  We get to see who the character really is.  Characterization is important and because we never get to see the trio really interact, we dont get a good feeling of who they are except for their role in the whole conflict.  All I am saying is that these movies were really missing one thing.... 
 

" Taken on their own merits, they are quite enjoyable fantasy/action movies. But compared to the original trilogy they are very, very poor. But I'm OK with that. I never expected them to be up to the standards of the original films, and I can enjoy them for what they are. "

I very much enjoyed them.

The first and original trilogy is still the best. The newer 3 I can't say that I am a big fan of.