you just pointed out the single weirdest feeling I always have. Every time I watch Revenge of the Sith, I’m rooting for Anakin not to choose the dark side, and every time he does I feel sad and disappointed
It’s a tough watch. I always say to myself “just leave the order, Ani, take Padme and your kids and get the hell out of there, it’s not worth it.” Anakin has been my favorite character since I was a kid and seeing him lose everything when he was so close to having his family and defeating the sith is just heartbreaking. The novelization somehow makes it even worse. It’s a great movie but very difficult to watch for that reason.
9 and only 3.5 are good imo..the 2nd half of sith works...return of jedi is pretty meh for the middle half of it after jabba before the emperor but I let it slide....it's ok...new hope is meh at times...
Exactly, hence the track of the final duel in Episode I being Duelt Of The Fates. It's a duel for the fate of Anakin and because of that the fate of the galaxy.
Exactly, Obi Wan was more like an older brother. Obi Wan didn't understand that he needed to guide Anakin. Obi Wan treated Anakin as a younger brother. That's why Obi Wan couldn't guide Anakin the way he should have. Obi Wan even said so in Revenge of the Sith. He said "you were like a brother to me Anakin, I loved you" He never said he was like a son to him.
"Darth Maul does nothing except dies" He literally killed Anakin's only hope for a good and nuanced jedi master and by killing Qui Gon set up Palpy's most important win ever. He took one for the team and gave palpy the strongest jedi ever.
The first flaw you mentioned for phantom menace. Them rigging the droid to explode. They didn't know it was Jedi coming on the diplomatic mission. So they couldn't have prepared
@@MarcAlcatraz Yeah, like the reason for Obi-Wan staying of the Queen's ship in Episode I being to help fix the ship and protect Queen Amidala, even though we're not supposed to know yet that the real queen is the "bodyguard" Padmé. There's other things throughout the video but I think overall he gets the films better than a lot of SW fans.
Not to mention they be damaging their own property! That is such a stupid criticism to make honestly on saying "why didn't they.blow them up?" Well for one they very well might make a hull breach on their ship and why take such a risk?
I think episode 1 is absolutely necessary for the Prequel trilogy. Not only does it show us what the Jedi were and how they were supposed to be, but it shows us so much more. It explains where Anakin came from, shows the trauma of being separateed from his mother at a young age and shows that he didn't start out evil or dark. An impression you could certainly get from just watching episode 2 & 3. Also it explains where the Separatist movement came from, because of the way the republic treats Naboo. They did nothing but watch as a whole planet was invaded by the trade federation.
Another major important addition is the theme of the whole saga begins with Episode 1. When Qui-Gon explains what midichlorians are it reinforces why Obi-Wan believes it would suite the Gungans to work with the land people of Naboo, “you both form a symbiotic circle, without one will affect the other you must understand this” (Kenobi). Now apply that very definition of symbionts, a mutual advantage of two organisms and apply it in every battle of every film. In the Death Star trench run you have X-Wings (fighters) and Y-Wing bombers. A gold and red team. In Empire you have land troops with speeders and in Endor its ground troops and space troops that try to stop Dwath Star II. In the Prequels you have Naboo with the Naboo guards being in the palace while Gungans are the distraction for the droid army. In Episode II both Obi and Ani try to stop Dooku. Episode III is even more obvious with the fight between Obi V Ani and Yoda V Emperor. Notice that once separated Anakin is more prone to fall to his weakness and requires someone to help control his temptation for more power.
51:29 It is *definitely* not just you. I always get that same exact feeling right before Anakin cuts Mace's hand off. Every time I watch Episode 3 and get to this part, I catch myself hoping that Anakin will make the right choice this time, despite it all. But when he screams his "NO!" and unfailingly commits to the action that cements his downfall, I become just as heartbroken as I was when I first saw the movie as a kid. Maybe it's Hayden's incredible facial expression acting that creates that uncertainty in me on what Anakin is going to do. His inner conflict is so palpable in that moment. Whatever the reason though, that personal feeling you described makes the scene a highlight of Episode 3 for me.
Here’s the thing with the whole “give the sequels a few years. It took everyone a while to warm up to the prequels”. The prequels at their core, are good movies. They have good stories, with amazing world building. They suffer from over use of CGI and poor script. The sequels are flawed movies at their core. They rarely make sense as plots. They copy paste the originals. And do more pandering to social issues than telling good stories. The characters are terribly written. The action is mindless and boring. And it actively disrespects beloved Star Wars characters either to make way for their new poorly written characters, or simply to bash them.
It's funny that ppl always talk about the cgi in the prequels, when they in fact used more models and miniatures in each movie than the entire original trilogy, and have fewer computer generated shots than the sequels. The core issue with the sequels is that they are not continuations of the star wars story, they're just boring Sci fi flicks with a star wars paint job and nostalgia bait. There is no continuity between films and everything that was once important is thrown away and "useless" unless it can be used for yet more nostalgia bait or trying to overcorrect from the previous film.
@@tau-5794 while you are completely right, for me, the script issues, logic issues, and massive plot holes in the stories themselves (obviously that ties into the continuity issues) are the biggest issues for me. That’s kinda what I mean by fundamentally flawed at their core.
The prequels are better than the sequels and it’s not even a fucking question. Both have their flaws, but the sequels have more flaws. At least the prequels have a story we care about, better characters, better choreography, better world building, and better writing. The sequels have terrible writing. Their use of characters is god awful, the story is a mess, and all they did was plagiarize the OT. If you’re making a sequel/remake, then it has to have some sense of originality. Its like saying lion king 2019 is good because it copies itself, when it’s the stupidest thing said because it lacks originality and as I’ve said before, if you’re making a remake, it has to have some originality. The sequels have awful characters as well like Rey is truly the WORST character in Star Wars. No offense to Ridley, she’s a good actress. I’m blaming all the problems on JJ, Rian, Kathleen, and the writers.
Star Wars fans are so bad , because they don‘t love the franchise for the right reasons. The original trilogy was special for only 3 reasons : innovative (but now outdated) practical effects, the iconic score & Lucas‘ unique vision. Everything else is basic AF,as far as movie making is concered. And the prequels contain MUCH more of Lucas’ vision, and some of the best score ever made. You should LOVE the prequels.But no, you fans get caught up in minutia.
What exactly do you expect obi wan and Yoda to do with the security footage by showing everyone? The emperor has legions of clones, and the entire senate under his control, they won’t be able to do anything lol
Palpatine siphoned Padme's life force out of her body and into Vader. This was possible due to their intimate personal connection. He couldn't have done it to someone useless like Jar-Jar, even if he didn't want to kill Padme anyway. This is a very mysterious and dark power. It's the secret of Darth Pelagius' life-saving magic, thus explaining why such a benevolent power would be a dark side power. It's literal psychic vampirism, and it's revealed at the very end of the last-made movie in a remarkably subtle way.
"Why didn't they rig the service droid to explode?" Because the Jedi would sense something as clumsy as a bomb. They deal with weapons like that all the time. Gas is stealthier. Furthermore... "Have you ever encountered a Jedi Knight before, sir?" "Well no but I don't..." It's spelled out in the dialogue. Seriously, people overlook things that are made blatantly obvious by the script. There's no flaw in the logic. Nute Gunray was working with what little knowledge he had of Jedi and that knowledge was still enough to terrify him. Trying the stealthy approach before resorting to blasters was the smartest decision he could make, especially in a state of panic.
literally nute gunray's assistant: "have you ever dealt with a jedi before?" nute gunray: "well...no, but i...." NET Alliance: why don't you know about jedi "jar jar is the best character of all time" ok you get a pass (and a sub) "some of the theed places look so nice and realistic" yeah they literally shot a lot of them on location in italy xD literally palpatine (THE MASTERMIND BEHIND ALL THIS): "an old friend [to guard you] like...master kenobi"
On the topic of them trying to gas the Jedi, I think it is helpful to remember there are only a few thousand Jedi in the entire galaxy. A lot of novels make it super super clear that most of the galaxy really has no clue what the Jedi are or what they do. They just kind of hear second hand stories and legends and assume they are some vague monk wizards and continue on trying to make their way in the galaxy.
That's probably what also helped the Jedi fall into obscurity after the Rise of the New Order. Most people didn't really know a whole lot about the Jedi, so it was pretty easy for the Empire to control information about them, and basically write them out of history. Except when they needed to be painted as the bad guys, of course.
The reason obi wan doest force run through the lazer hallway is because he already knackerd himself force jumping 30 times his own height just to get back on the same platform as qui gon and maul. theres a reason the jedi dont just use their powers constantly, its because they are just ordinary people who have learned to tap into the force to aid them when they need it.
What Yoda meant when he said he failed is that he never allowed the Jedi Order to change in the hundreds of years that he’s been a Master. The Sith had evolved whereas the Jedi had stagnated. The Sith had been planning this for a long time, whereas the Jedi had only trained to fight the last battle. Also, Luke’s new Jedi Order will be more inclusive, and allow Jedi to marry and have children. Having attachments isn’t a bad thing, it’s just that people’s feelings need to be managed in a healthy way. Luke finds a healthy middle ground in that regard. The new Jedi will spend a lot more time among the people throughout the galaxy unlike the Jedi of the prequel Order. That way the new Jedi build connections and trust with the average people throughout the galaxy, causing people to view them in a more positive light.
The force speed inconsistency is because you drain your energy when you use that fore power. Obi-Wan likely didn't think Qui-Gon would be defeted. He assumed he would need all of the advantages he could get, and using a lot of energy for a force run, wouldn't have seemed like a good use of energy.
Plus, when they used force speed in the beginning, there was nothing but open hallway. There was a gaping bottomless pit that Obi-Wan could've sprinted right into in the final fight. When you think about it, Obi-Wan has to go as fast as he can so he can beat the laser gates, but then he has to immediately come to a screeching halt if he actually makes it past the laser gates. Looking at the boots that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are wearing, you see there is absolutely no traction on them. You can actually see Obi-Wan sliding on the surface when he stops before that final laser gate. Force sprinting in those boots on a linoleum floor with a bottomless pit right in front of you would be suicide. This definitely would've happened: th-cam.com/video/t3dI-ghYimg/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=RubenvanderLeun
@@MrZackavelli well... everyone seems to forget that Obi-Wan did a force leap when he defeated Darth Maul, also not forgetting that this was never shown, we can make these excuses but it wasn't even inferred or said, Force Speed was a cool setup that was just never paid off. It's not a flaw of the movie but it still is a mistake to introduce it.
@myniggasimtoofly8411 First of all, I don't know what your point is bringing up Obi-Wan's leap over Maul. What does that have to do with anything? Second, you can see how slippery that surface is. In the film, both times Obi-Wan gets cut off by a laser gate, he slides. Seriously, go back and watch the movie again. Obi-Wan slides both time. So we absolutely *do* see it. Those boots on that linoleum floor are incredibly slick. It's not a mistake just because it isn't spelled out for you.
The prequel are my favorite, no contest Also its kind of ironic that by trying to save padme, anakin indirectly kill her. I mean the reason he was so oppses to killing palpatine was because he beleived that he would help save her
It's like a Greek tragedy, in trying to prevent his vision, he dooms himself to it. Like with the tragedy of Oedipus, in trying to prevent the oracle's vision, he only made it come true.
I'd like to point out that Padme doesn't die of a broken heart. People think she does, because she says to Anikin, "you're breaking my heart." Later the medical droid says that for unknown reasons they're loosing her. I like the theory that Palpatine was draining the life out of her.
Harping on the initial criticism of the Phantom Menace opening and some other stuff. You wouldn't detonate a bomb inside your own ship to kill 2 people. You'd have to get the yield just right that you would maim or kill both but not damage your ship and cause any compromise or have it too high and just decide to eat the damage. Poisoned dead jedi are easier to handwave away as an accident or them getting into trouble and framing it. Exploding two emissaries is very messy and the lack of bodies cause concern and a follow up investigation. If they know Jedi are super skilled supernatural warriors then locking them behind blast doors and leaving them in a poisoned filled room for a long time guarantees a kill (the movie does a poor job of showing time passing). Even if they are not dead they are likely poisoned and the droids will finish them. Obi-wan isn't left because reasons. He's fixing the ship and protecting it AND THE QUEEN (although they don't know its Padme body double).
TPM shows why Anakin is so important, his strong attachment to his mom, why Obi-Wan wasn't right teacher to him, why he hates Tatooine, Jedi rules, Palpatine becoming chancellor, world building, etc...And of course, podracing and Darth Maul. AOTC actually tells a great story (Palpatine's rise to power by manipulation Republic and Separatists, Anakin's progression of falling to the Dark Side, start of the Clone Wars), develops characters, shows us real war, new planets, species, ships, droids, world, and has strong connection with 1 and 3. What does ROTS show us? The largest battle in the Clone Wars, deaths of Dooku and Grievous, Kashyyk battle, Anakin's conflict with Jedi and himself, his weakness (save who he loves), which perfectly works with saving Luke, Palpatine's manipulation and rise to power, Order 66, 2 amasing final battles and the creation of Darth Vader and Empire, birth of Luke and Leia, new hope. It is the most meaningful for the whole Galaxy and is the most emotional.
Lore reason for why obi wan didn't use force speed to catch up in time to save qui gon: force speed is difficult to stop and you can't change directions... so if he used it he'd probably either slam into the wall looney toons style or fall into the hole that's in his direct line of sight and die.
3:10 Except the Trade Federation clearly said in the movie they never have dealt with Jedi before and don’t know what to do to Darth Sidious, how about you actually pay attention to the movie! 7:09 Obi Wan stood on the ship to protect the Queen, whats with your terrible criticisms
@@Nick-4KYou really think everybody in the Galaxy knows the exact powers and capabilities of the Jedi, especially when they specified that they have no clue how to deal with Jedi
Because all the movies are around the Jedis, people can think that everybody in the galaxy know them and are aware of all of their powers and abilities. However, that's not the case. Most of people in the Star Wars univers never see them, and many have never heard anything about them.
@@Nick-4KHis "booty take" is common knowledge among invested Star Wars nerds (not trying to sound denigrating or snobbish, sorry). It's a given fact that is referred to with some frequency in the expanded universe (especially the books) that most people in the galaxy know hardly anything about Jedi.
so if you didn't notice the gungans specifically boss nass were actually jedi mind tricked into helping qui gon. im unsure if he had used it on jar jar beforehand but i think so
Revenge of the Sith has always been my favorite, even before everyone decided the prequels suddenly werent that bad. The execution of the story definitely couldve been better, but i still love it so much. As a kid, it was definitely just because it had the most action, and also because i liked Vader, but now i appreciate the story. Its such a good movie
I Remember as a child who never had seen the OG trilogy, all the adult didnt like it but me and the other kids , loved we were playing Tag with a character name or some other kid stuff, the same thing happened with the original trilogy, it was an at that time, a younger generetion phenomenon And with the darth jar jar theory, Ep 1 is a masterpiece
I was 13 when I saw The Phantom Menace in theatres, my dad loved Star Wars and he liked the prequels as well. It was the last movie I saw with my dad in a theatre.Attack of the Clones was VHS. Now nostalgia aside just in sheer ways of movie making they are great. Great video. 👍 (god I'm old) I should also note I keep watching the prequels over the OG trilogy because I watched the original trilogy before the "Special" special editions. Can't stand what George did to them but not every artist is perfect and I just gotta go buy it on DVD.
if there is any problem with the romance section, it's because the massive amount of very important and enriching supporting scenes that got cut out (meeting Padme's family, etc.)
PM: Maul's death is more important than one could primarily think. It's the reason why Obi Wan is made Jedi Knight with no Jedi Trials needed. AOTC: The important thing about romance scenes between Padmé & Anakin is the biblical symbolism. They're in Eden Garden (Naboo) so they eat the forbidden fruit which brings their condemnation. This is even explicitly depicted in the scene where Anakin makes what seems to be a pear to levitate. By the way thinking of Padmé being more badass than Leia is not crazy at all. Even Obi Wan says she is on top things. Pitty her character has so many deleted scenes. ROTS: The Jedi Temple recordings aren't enough proof to challenge Palpatine's assertion of the Jedi Order attempting a coup against the Senate. The Senate already was pretty corrupted by Palpatine at the time. Even Windu realized this in the end. Concerning Padmé I don't think she dies because of heartbreaking. That's not consistent with she almost swearing there still is good in Anakin in her last words. Still why is Padmé's life supposed to be stolen and not willingly given? Anyway, the important plot holes and the more merchandising approach didn't start in prequels but in ROTJ. Search your feelings. You know it is true.
The assassination attempt does make sense, though. Jango Fett told her to be subtle and blasting through the window wouldn't be. It's contrived on purpose. I do agree that the sand scene could've been more fleshed out but of course the haters love to take it out of context. The Clone Wars were also very fleshed out back then, with an entire multimedia project, not just the micro-series.
The maker of such hit films as 'Space Cop' and 'The Recovered' didn't like it so now man children across the globe try and act like they're smarter, and know more about Star Wars than George Lucas himself.
Or Yoda knows that Anakin is married to Padme tell him to let go of his fear of losing Padme key word “fear” because he never ask why or where he was when she was dying and it seem to me that Padme was completely healthy when she was pregnant and would be alive after giving birth Luke and Leia and I like the theory it palpatine giving the vision to Anakin to trick him and Anakin should have trust his wife instead of vision that doesn’t have full detail but I understand why he did it. Like Yoda said Fear lead to hate,hate lead to suffering and suffering lead to the dark side pretty sums up revenge of the Sith to Anakin his fear of losing Padme,his hate for the Jedi, suffering by losing his limbs being burn alive and Padme death and the dark side being Darth Vader.
here are my brief thoughts on the prequels episode 1: this movie makes a lot of sense in hindsight. george wanted to show what the galaxy was like before the Clone Wars. but he also wanted to include things that every Star Wars movie has like a lightsaber duel, a big space battle, and old planets so it's the perfect slow start to Star Wars, a Star Wars starter pack if you will. episode 2 is just an average summer action movie. I think many elements of the story drag and the Naboo love scenes are more boring than cringy. but I love the Obi-Wan side of the story i love the part where he gets captured by Dooku that scene is ripe for "What If" scenarios. and the final battle that kicks off the Clone Wars is really fun to watch. Episode 3: this is the only movie that is legitimately necessary. it fills in all the holes from episode 4. This movie is paced the best out of the three. the middle drags a tad but it doesn't matter because Grievous dying and the Order 66 section make it so worth it the final battles between yoda the Emperor and Anakin and Obi-Wan are top-notch better than the Maul fight in my opinion. this movie is peak star wars
I think in one of the Clone Wars episodes, Palpatine says how those hologram thingies could be faked when the pirates were asking for payment when they showed Count Dooku in a hologram so I guess against the more obvious “scar” that was left on Palpatine, the “hologram” of two Jedi claiming otherwise would just be seen as deceitful considering also how much the senate has also seemed to have a positive disposition about Palpatine proclaiming himself as emperor with thunderous applause. Although I dunno maybe it is a plothole. I agree though, these movies aren’t SUPER bad, they’re good enough and even though I’ve watched all 9 movies, as a kid who grew up with the prequels, Revenge of the Sith will always be my favorite. 😂
46:05 is nothing but a bunch of "what-ifs". What if Obi-Wan missed the droid? What if Obi-Wan lost his grip? What if Obi-Wan didn't know Grievous would be too proud to let his droids shoot Obi-Wan to death? I have some: what if Leia's transport wasn't exactly above Tatooine so she could send Artoo and Threepio out? What if Obi-Wan didn't show up in time to save Luke from the Tusken Raiders? What if Han and Chewie didn't arrive in time to save Luke from being shot down by Vader in the trench? What if Luke didn't pull his lightsaber out of the snow in time to save himself from the Wampa? What if Luke didn't make it out of the Death Star in time with Vader's body? Answer to all these questions: She/he/they/it didn't.
I don’t get the hate for Jake Lloyd, he’s a fucking kid in a movie, you should never expect kids in movies to act well, EVER, if they do then makes it even better, but they’re kids. And Jake did a great job in context, Ep 1 serves as the intro to Anakin, and he is so innocent and sweet and naive, which makes it tragic when you remember this little kid becomes Darth Vader, rarely in media do we see a villain start as a hero and see their childhood unless it’s a short flashback, mostly they are shown as adults.
The Phantom Menace is Padme's movie but the prequels are Palpatine's trilogy. It could also be argued its Palpatine's movie seeing as he is the title. The prequels are a masterpiece though. The fact that you miss the trope of the snake/insect for assassination just says you dont know enough to properly criticize these films. Not only that but if you do something that resolves the story a full film early in a six part saga then it's a shite idea and shouldn't be done. Not to mention that in a city of constant surveillance doing something over the top such as shooting into a senator's window or firing explosives then you are getting caught and suck as an assassin.
The Midiclorians are Just Force Mitochondrial cells...they are not what makes the force but what lets organic beings tap into it...I also always thought that they are cousins of Kyber ...the inorganic but alive force sensitive rocks
You know what? I don't see 100s of videos of people trying to convince us the originals are good. That's because they are. If the prequels were good we wouldn't need video essays trying to convince us that they are. lol
Good points so far. I also think Lloyd got waaay too much hate. Same with Jar-Jar. I find c-3po infinitely more insufferable, and he's in all the movies 😂
In Ep3: Utapau isn’t forced, remember there’s a war going on and the Jedi are Generals fighting it, any Jedi at any time could be called to a battle, and thanks to Clone Wars we know Obi-wan and Grievous have fought many times in the war, Obi-wan was the best choice, and Anakin is still on assignment to watch Palpatine. Plus yes it serves to get Obi AWAY from Anakin, same with Kashyyk for Yoda, thus the only Jedi he can turn to is Mace, who this film establishes well doesn’t have good relationship with Anakin, this leaves him basically isolated and open to Palpatine’s manipulations.
Boba Fett got defeated by an almost blind Han. I never understood the craze behind Boba but Maul has an entrance. He has a fight scene and sadly he's shown as a disposable asset of Darth Sideous. Kinda like how Boba was disposable asset to Vader but Maul actually posed a threat. He even tried to run over Anakin, like psychotic. Left a lasting impression on me so much I got the deluxe action figure with the speeder bike and robe. 😝 Also I got Kugan vibes from Maul. Anyone watched The Highlander?
Fuck Boba Fett. Darth Maul had far more of an impact on both The Phantom Menace as a stand alone movie and the Star Wars franchise as a whole. And that would have remained true even if he hadn't been resurrected in The Clone Wars. Heck, Jango Fett made his son look like a pansy by going toe-to-toe with no less than three Jedi in Attack of the Clones and killing one of them without any effort.
Boba first appeared as wickedly cool in an animated section of the Star Wars Holiday Special, and in Empire he was one of the bounty hunters hired by Vader to track the rebels, and then his ship is what Han was transported to Tatooine in.
The thing is republic doesn’t know that Sith exist and they not illegal because like the Jedi said they been extinct for a Thousand years and been in secret due to the rule of two one master and apprentice no more no less huh of wasn’t for the prequels we wouldn’t the bane trilogy.
Just because you think that it's Obiwan's trilogy doesn't make it his trilogy dude,he is not the main character i don't see any problem with him staying on the ship for awhile, besides it's not wise to leave the ship and the queen all alone in the desert planet with no protection of a jedi,besides that Obiwan is in all the other scenes.
I agree The Star Wars Prequels are good, but not better than the Star Wars Originals. I'm a Gen Xer in my 40's so I watched the Original Trilogy on VHS when my parents got a VCR. So I'm one of those fans who watched the Prequels and thought: "Okay, these are good, but not great, and that's fine." I had certain assumptions about Obi-Wan before I saw Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. I knew Obi-Wan had to have been a quite active Jedi when he was younger, but I got the impression that he did finish his training and became a Knight and later a Master and he trained Anakin(according to old Obi-Wan in telling Luke on Dagobah) but after seeing The Phantom Meance the first time in a theater and seen him fight Maul in a lightsaber duel and killing him by cutting him in half, I realized Obi-Wan's training must have been complete. He just killed a Sith Lord after there had been zero conflicts with the Sith in a 1,000 years! He didn't have to take the "Trials" as he mentioned in the Jedi Council scene with Qui-Gon and Anakin. What resonates with me the most is how Obi-Wan and Anakin interacted with each other in Episode 2: Attack Of The Clones. with Anakin now a young adult, he had a little over ten years of Jedi training, and even though he was "The Chosen One, Obi-Wan still gave Anakin orders and on missions, which was fine. By Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith, Obi-Wan was more like an older brother figure to Anakin, than a dad figure. Which makes sense, given Obi-Wan was 25, and Anakin was 10 when they met. I will always like the Prequels, despite the clunky dialogue, and the mediocre acting, the set designs, the visual effects and the scope of the stories were pretty damn good.
Allow me to enumerate the reasons I felt back then like the prequels were bad, I'm curious what everybody else (especially millennials who don't remember the OT but did see the prequels in the theater) has to say about my opinions. - If you hadn't waited since 83, it would be hard to fathom the profound excitement of anticipation that had built up; it was literally overwhelming. 16 agonizing years of silence, not even knowing if it would ever happen at all. Looking back, I think the greatest movie ever made would not have ended up feeling like a disappointment to those of us who waited so long. Add to that the fact that Lucas, true to his vision, "took the risk" of making it more about politics than anything else, which definitely deflated the excitement. Plus, the Jar Jar ridiculousness, overuse of silliness that would have enhanced things in a smaller dose, and the lack of danger posed by the battle droids. All this made for a lackluster feeling and set the trilogy up to be disliked by expectation. - To many of us who grew up with the OT, Hayden Christiansen just didn't feel right as Anakin/Vader. Combine that with the poor dialog he had to work with, the rushed plot, potentially bad directing, and his questionable portrayal of a deeply conflicted person. I feel like was a monumental task to portray this well; it would have taken only the best of the best actor to pull it off. Rather, it felt like he was chosen for his elite attractiveness rather than any elite acting ability. I'd love to see the audition tapes to compare him with the rest. - The new villians were not really woven into the existing story at all. IMO Dooku's role was left too ambiguous; was he really a former Jedi? How close was he actually to the Sith? We didn't really know at that time; it was all mostly implied by a few tidbits of dialogue. I'm aware that mysteriousness can add to a story, but for some reason I felt like it didn't work here. Maul and Grievous also came out of nowhere with almost zero backstory about who they were. As you said, they were there just to have sabre duels. - I can say with a fair amount of certainty that almost nobody welcomed the excessive CGI in AOTC. It just didn't feel real to those of us who grew up with the OT, who also pretty much universally hated that Lucas butchered that too. In particular it ruined Yoda, just destroyed his mystique. Back then, all of this overshadowed McGregor and Portman's mostly well done portrayals, McDiarmid's genius, and of course the brilliance of the music. Nobody back then could have imagined what it was like to not have a cohesive story; which we are painfully aware of now. For me, I've come to appreciate the generally decent writing with a cohesive story that doesn't completely invalidate so much of the original lore, now that I've seen the disaster Disney created. I thought many of the points you made here were redeeming as well, thank you.
Showing a hologram to the galaxy proving Palpatine was a Sith wouldn't do anything. The Sith and Jedi were both, at this point in history, totally irrelevant to 99.9% of people. I doubt most even knew there was such a thing as Sith, they'd probably just assume they were a split off of that weird religious order that the Senators are occasionally working with.
15:30 Obi Wan doesn't force run because the scene doesn't require it. Stop thinking about lore and revert back to a simple, cinematography mindset. Why would adding a shot of Obi Wan force running into the red blast barrier significantly change your view of the scene? The same exact situation would have resulted from it, so why insert a force move that doesn't alter the events of the action? Obi Wan is destined to helplessly watch his master die. Nothing could change that.
Obi Wan (along with the audience) expected Qui Gon to defeat the villain. Obi Wan's a PADAWAN. The sith are a feared entity that hasn't revealed itself in 1000 years. Obi Wan wasn't CAPABLE of winning without seeing qui gon die.
It would be cool to see the obi wan and anakin capture dooku instead of killing him then dooku escapes and palpatine has a duel with dooku and kills dooku so anakin later can come into place
56:15 Not really, since it only shows anakin killing Jedi (Younglings) which are now illegal. The only people informed enough to know that “Darth” refers to sith are the Jedi, so nobody would know they were sith. Even if they did, novelization of revenge of the sith has palpatine saying that the republic has COMPLETE freedom of religion, which most would assume passes over to the empire. This means that the sith wouldn’t really be illegal, just the Jedi. There is, however, a plot hole here, and it’s that the Jedi didn’t just use the security recordings to spy on the chancellor rather than anakin.
I dont know why people dont like episode 2. I think its great and i like it more than episode 1. I used to think anakin was annoying but his behavior makes alot of sense.
epise 1 also establshed the old repubolic and what it was just before it started to slowly get dismantled, the way palpatine first got into a higher position of power, and qui gon jmim was vital as it showed he talked about hte will of the force, which later cmae into play tha the learned th e force ghost thing whom he gaught yoda and obiwan to
Jar jar pissed a bunch of sweaty og fans off the 90s 40 year old dungeons and dragons guys.... But to be honest no one likes jar jar ... The prequels had alot of politics in them that people thought were boring 'especially younger crowd' at the time but looking back actually add alot to the overall starwars story as a whole.... But in my opinion the biggest redemption of the prequels war the animated series 'the clone wars' .... Single best peace of non movie star wars storytelling ever
Windu uses Vaaapad a style that is well suited to the Sith. I always thought wind is the better swordsman but Sith lightning is the trump card. And really Anakin has already given in to the dark side one before when he Massacred a whole tribe of tusked raiders. And Palpetine have been grooming him since he was a child
Honestly Windu was kind of a hypocrite and exemplified everything wrong with the jedi order. He preached temperance and controlling emotions, but during the fight against Sidious could you honestly say he didn't hate him? He used the dark side for power, which is not the way of the jedi. A jedi only fights to defend, never attack, yet he went out of his way to lead an extrajudicial assassination attempt on the elected leader of the government.
Can someone explain y the boring originals are better cuz I keep falling asleep trynna watch them and Luke is such a generic example of going through the hero’s journey I remember he was used as the example when I learned about the hero’s journey in school 😂
I actually kinda like the prequels. I'm not one of the guys who is saying that this movie are better than the original trilogy, but these movies has something special,heart. In every scene i can feel that Lucas and the Actors gave everything to make this movies great. The Phantom Menace is defenitly not perfect but it has some great aspects, like Darth Maul,the Jedi and the Action. Yeah...Jar Jarr Binks is not really great but in my opinion not that bog a deal. Episode 2: without the tomantic Side Plot it is pretty great, like kamino and Geonosis. Episode 3 is unironicly great movie because of the music,pacing and structure itself Episode 1: 7/10 Episode 2:7/10 Episode 3: 8/10
0:58 - Can you link this footage from the premiere? BTW, cool video! I don't agree with 100% of what you said, there are a ton of details important to character motivations and the plot that you missed but overall I liked the video, it's good seeing different perspectives on the prequels instead the same old hateful videos by 40 year old fanboys. If you're interested I recommend you watch Rick Worley's videos on the saga, I think you'll love them, especially since you're also a fan of the prequels! There's a ton of stuff there that you'll learn and find interesting.
You can make a “teen who doesn’t know what to do with his emotions that are out of control” much better and far more interesting. But George doesn’t know how.
Know what they should have done was put episode one and two together like you said and then actually came up with episode 2 as a live-action version Clone Wars this this one has been led into a more involve relationship between Padme and Anakin as well as letting everyone know Anakin's abilities and Obi-Wan's abilities four episode 3 to make complete sense
Really? I felt that the clone wars just kinda ruined Maul's image. He talked too much, not saying he couldn't ever speak at all but, the whole silent assassin thing was so badass
Rewatching revenge of The Sith after seeing The animated Clone Wars, Bad Batch, and Rebels really hits hard emotionally knowing the clones would never knowingly betray their Jedi comrades.
you just pointed out the single weirdest feeling I always have. Every time I watch Revenge of the Sith, I’m rooting for Anakin not to choose the dark side, and every time he does I feel sad and disappointed
Caring makes a huge difference in ones perception
@@LaneTheBraneyep, just compare that to Ahsoka.
It’s a tough watch. I always say to myself “just leave the order, Ani, take Padme and your kids and get the hell out of there, it’s not worth it.”
Anakin has been my favorite character since I was a kid and seeing him lose everything when he was so close to having his family and defeating the sith is just heartbreaking. The novelization somehow makes it even worse. It’s a great movie but very difficult to watch for that reason.
I love all six Star Wars films. They’re all incredible.
9 and only 3.5 are good imo..the 2nd half of sith works...return of jedi is pretty meh for the middle half of it after jabba before the emperor but I let it slide....it's ok...new hope is meh at times...
No matter how you spin it there are 9 films. A lot of people didn't like the Holiday Special or Ewok movies but they are still Star Wars films.
I like to call Episodes I-VI
'The Original Saga', as a way to honor both Lucas' story and the Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga game.
Yes all 6, only 6, and the only spin off movie rogue kne
@@DidntExpect Lol 😂
"What Anakin needed was the guidance of a father"
This is what made Qui Gons death so much more tragic. He was the father Anakin needed.
The love of a father you mean - I’ve yearned to see quigon hug and kiss little Anakin.
What Anakin needed was a British classically trained actor to play him.
Exactly, hence the track of the final duel in Episode I being Duelt Of The Fates. It's a duel for the fate of Anakin and because of that the fate of the galaxy.
Exactly, Obi Wan was more like an older brother. Obi Wan didn't understand that he needed to guide Anakin. Obi Wan treated Anakin as a younger brother. That's why Obi Wan couldn't guide Anakin the way he should have. Obi Wan even said so in Revenge of the Sith. He said "you were like a brother to me Anakin, I loved you" He never said he was like a son to him.
"Darth Maul does nothing except dies" He literally killed Anakin's only hope for a good and nuanced jedi master and by killing Qui Gon set up Palpy's most important win ever. He took one for the team and gave palpy the strongest jedi ever.
Also, The Clone Wars. He was f*cking dope as hell in The Clone Wars.
@@occam7382We don't talk about TCW
@@lukescrew1981, why? The Clone Wars is awesome.
@@occam7382 It's dogshit
@@occam7382 A lot of folk don't like the art style or the exaggerated animations.
The first flaw you mentioned for phantom menace. Them rigging the droid to explode. They didn't know it was Jedi coming on the diplomatic mission. So they couldn't have prepared
yeah he's really missing a lot of details through all the films
@@MarcAlcatraz That's what Prequel haters do. Prequel defenders should hold themselves to a higher standard.
@@MarcAlcatraz Yeah, like the reason for Obi-Wan staying of the Queen's ship in Episode I being to help fix the ship and protect Queen Amidala, even though we're not supposed to know yet that the real queen is the "bodyguard" Padmé. There's other things throughout the video but I think overall he gets the films better than a lot of SW fans.
Not to mention they be damaging their own property! That is such a stupid criticism to make honestly on saying "why didn't they.blow them up?" Well for one they very well might make a hull breach on their ship and why take such a risk?
I think episode 1 is absolutely necessary for the Prequel trilogy. Not only does it show us what the Jedi were and how they were supposed to be, but it shows us so much more.
It explains where Anakin came from, shows the trauma of being separateed from his mother at a young age and shows that he didn't start out evil or dark. An impression you could certainly get from just watching episode 2 & 3.
Also it explains where the Separatist movement came from, because of the way the republic treats Naboo. They did nothing but watch as a whole planet was invaded by the trade federation.
Another major important addition is the theme of the whole saga begins with Episode 1. When Qui-Gon explains what midichlorians are it reinforces why Obi-Wan believes it would suite the Gungans to work with the land people of Naboo, “you both form a symbiotic circle, without one will affect the other you must understand this” (Kenobi).
Now apply that very definition of symbionts, a mutual advantage of two organisms and apply it in every battle of every film. In the Death Star trench run you have X-Wings (fighters) and Y-Wing bombers. A gold and red team. In Empire you have land troops with speeders and in Endor its ground troops and space troops that try to stop Dwath Star II. In the Prequels you have Naboo with the Naboo guards being in the palace while Gungans are the distraction for the droid army. In Episode II both Obi and Ani try to stop Dooku. Episode III is even more obvious with the fight between Obi V Ani and Yoda V Emperor.
Notice that once separated Anakin is more prone to fall to his weakness and requires someone to help control his temptation for more power.
Star Wars Revenge of The Sith wasn't and isn't a bad movie, it is a great movie.
true. It's my favorite. Anakin is hott. :)
@@estaextrana8486i can see why padmé loves him so much
Especially when you watch it alongside the Siege of Mandalore arc from The Clone Wars.
It’s my fav tying with Empire
51:29 It is *definitely* not just you. I always get that same exact feeling right before Anakin cuts Mace's hand off. Every time I watch Episode 3 and get to this part, I catch myself hoping that Anakin will make the right choice this time, despite it all. But when he screams his "NO!" and unfailingly commits to the action that cements his downfall, I become just as heartbroken as I was when I first saw the movie as a kid.
Maybe it's Hayden's incredible facial expression acting that creates that uncertainty in me on what Anakin is going to do. His inner conflict is so palpable in that moment. Whatever the reason though, that personal feeling you described makes the scene a highlight of Episode 3 for me.
Here’s the thing with the whole “give the sequels a few years. It took everyone a while to warm up to the prequels”. The prequels at their core, are good movies. They have good stories, with amazing world building. They suffer from over use of CGI and poor script. The sequels are flawed movies at their core. They rarely make sense as plots. They copy paste the originals. And do more pandering to social issues than telling good stories. The characters are terribly written. The action is mindless and boring. And it actively disrespects beloved Star Wars characters either to make way for their new poorly written characters, or simply to bash them.
It's funny that ppl always talk about the cgi in the prequels, when they in fact used more models and miniatures in each movie than the entire original trilogy, and have fewer computer generated shots than the sequels. The core issue with the sequels is that they are not continuations of the star wars story, they're just boring Sci fi flicks with a star wars paint job and nostalgia bait. There is no continuity between films and everything that was once important is thrown away and "useless" unless it can be used for yet more nostalgia bait or trying to overcorrect from the previous film.
@@tau-5794 while you are completely right, for me, the script issues, logic issues, and massive plot holes in the stories themselves (obviously that ties into the continuity issues) are the biggest issues for me. That’s kinda what I mean by fundamentally flawed at their core.
The prequels are better than the sequels and it’s not even a fucking question. Both have their flaws, but the sequels have more flaws. At least the prequels have a story we care about, better characters, better choreography, better world building, and better writing. The sequels have terrible writing. Their use of characters is god awful, the story is a mess, and all they did was plagiarize the OT. If you’re making a sequel/remake, then it has to have some sense of originality. Its like saying lion king 2019 is good because it copies itself, when it’s the stupidest thing said because it lacks originality and as I’ve said before, if you’re making a remake, it has to have some originality. The sequels have awful characters as well like Rey is truly the WORST character in Star Wars. No offense to Ridley, she’s a good actress. I’m blaming all the problems on JJ, Rian, Kathleen, and the writers.
@@noobmaster69426 EXACTLY
Excellent breakdown.
The prequels are my favorite trilogy actually, I like episodes 1,2, and 3. They work well together and you can't have just 1 without the others.
Star Wars fans are so bad , because they don‘t love the franchise for the right reasons. The original trilogy was special for only 3 reasons : innovative (but now outdated) practical effects, the iconic score & Lucas‘ unique vision. Everything else is basic AF,as far as movie making is concered. And the prequels contain MUCH more of Lucas’ vision, and some of the best score ever made. You should LOVE the prequels.But no, you fans get caught up in minutia.
What exactly do you expect obi wan and Yoda to do with the security footage by showing everyone? The emperor has legions of clones, and the entire senate under his control, they won’t be able to do anything lol
Palpatine siphoned Padme's life force out of her body and into Vader. This was possible due to their intimate personal connection. He couldn't have done it to someone useless like Jar-Jar, even if he didn't want to kill Padme anyway. This is a very mysterious and dark power. It's the secret of Darth Pelagius' life-saving magic, thus explaining why such a benevolent power would be a dark side power. It's literal psychic vampirism, and it's revealed at the very end of the last-made movie in a remarkably subtle way.
"Why didn't they rig the service droid to explode?"
Because the Jedi would sense something as clumsy as a bomb. They deal with weapons like that all the time. Gas is stealthier. Furthermore...
"Have you ever encountered a Jedi Knight before, sir?"
"Well no but I don't..."
It's spelled out in the dialogue. Seriously, people overlook things that are made blatantly obvious by the script. There's no flaw in the logic. Nute Gunray was working with what little knowledge he had of Jedi and that knowledge was still enough to terrify him. Trying the stealthy approach before resorting to blasters was the smartest decision he could make, especially in a state of panic.
literally nute gunray's assistant: "have you ever dealt with a jedi before?"
nute gunray: "well...no, but i...."
NET Alliance: why don't you know about jedi
"jar jar is the best character of all time"
ok you get a pass (and a sub)
"some of the theed places look so nice and realistic" yeah they literally shot a lot of them on location in italy xD
literally palpatine (THE MASTERMIND BEHIND ALL THIS): "an old friend [to guard you] like...master kenobi"
On the topic of them trying to gas the Jedi, I think it is helpful to remember there are only a few thousand Jedi in the entire galaxy. A lot of novels make it super super clear that most of the galaxy really has no clue what the Jedi are or what they do. They just kind of hear second hand stories and legends and assume they are some vague monk wizards and continue on trying to make their way in the galaxy.
That's probably what also helped the Jedi fall into obscurity after the Rise of the New Order. Most people didn't really know a whole lot about the Jedi, so it was pretty easy for the Empire to control information about them, and basically write them out of history. Except when they needed to be painted as the bad guys, of course.
The reason obi wan doest force run through the lazer hallway is because he already knackerd himself force jumping 30 times his own height just to get back on the same platform as qui gon and maul. theres a reason the jedi dont just use their powers constantly, its because they are just ordinary people who have learned to tap into the force to aid them when they need it.
What Yoda meant when he said he failed is that he never allowed the Jedi Order to change in the hundreds of years that he’s been a Master. The Sith had evolved whereas the Jedi had stagnated. The Sith had been planning this for a long time, whereas the Jedi had only trained to fight the last battle.
Also, Luke’s new Jedi Order will be more inclusive, and allow Jedi to marry and have children. Having attachments isn’t a bad thing, it’s just that people’s feelings need to be managed in a healthy way. Luke finds a healthy middle ground in that regard. The new Jedi will spend a lot more time among the people throughout the galaxy unlike the Jedi of the prequel Order. That way the new Jedi build connections and trust with the average people throughout the galaxy, causing people to view them in a more positive light.
The force speed inconsistency is because you drain your energy when you use that fore power. Obi-Wan likely didn't think Qui-Gon would be defeted. He assumed he would need all of the advantages he could get, and using a lot of energy for a force run, wouldn't have seemed like a good use of energy.
Plus, when they used force speed in the beginning, there was nothing but open hallway. There was a gaping bottomless pit that Obi-Wan could've sprinted right into in the final fight.
When you think about it, Obi-Wan has to go as fast as he can so he can beat the laser gates, but then he has to immediately come to a screeching halt if he actually makes it past the laser gates. Looking at the boots that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are wearing, you see there is absolutely no traction on them. You can actually see Obi-Wan sliding on the surface when he stops before that final laser gate.
Force sprinting in those boots on a linoleum floor with a bottomless pit right in front of you would be suicide.
This definitely would've happened:
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OBI WAN HAD JUST USED A MASSIVE FORCE LEAP SECONDS BEFORE! PEOPLE FORGET THAT
@@MrZackavelli George Lucas' attention to detail would make Stanley Kubrick proud.
@@MrZackavelli well... everyone seems to forget that Obi-Wan did a force leap when he defeated Darth Maul, also not forgetting that this was never shown, we can make these excuses but it wasn't even inferred or said, Force Speed was a cool setup that was just never paid off. It's not a flaw of the movie but it still is a mistake to introduce it.
@myniggasimtoofly8411 First of all, I don't know what your point is bringing up Obi-Wan's leap over Maul. What does that have to do with anything? Second, you can see how slippery that surface is. In the film, both times Obi-Wan gets cut off by a laser gate, he slides. Seriously, go back and watch the movie again. Obi-Wan slides both time. So we absolutely *do* see it. Those boots on that linoleum floor are incredibly slick. It's not a mistake just because it isn't spelled out for you.
The prequel are my favorite, no contest
Also its kind of ironic that by trying to save padme, anakin indirectly kill her. I mean the reason he was so oppses to killing palpatine was because he beleived that he would help save her
It's like a Greek tragedy, in trying to prevent his vision, he dooms himself to it. Like with the tragedy of Oedipus, in trying to prevent the oracle's vision, he only made it come true.
I'd like to point out that Padme doesn't die of a broken heart. People think she does, because she says to Anikin, "you're breaking my heart." Later the medical droid says that for unknown reasons they're loosing her. I like the theory that Palpatine was draining the life out of her.
It’s because of the line “she lost the will to live”
But that’s even dumber the director can’t even explain
@@jandm4ever716
Heartbreak and "losing the will to live" are not the same thing.
Harping on the initial criticism of the Phantom Menace opening and some other stuff.
You wouldn't detonate a bomb inside your own ship to kill 2 people. You'd have to get the yield just right that you would maim or kill both but not damage your ship and cause any compromise or have it too high and just decide to eat the damage.
Poisoned dead jedi are easier to handwave away as an accident or them getting into trouble and framing it. Exploding two emissaries is very messy and the lack of bodies cause concern and a follow up investigation.
If they know Jedi are super skilled supernatural warriors then locking them behind blast doors and leaving them in a poisoned filled room for a long time guarantees a kill (the movie does a poor job of showing time passing). Even if they are not dead they are likely poisoned and the droids will finish them.
Obi-wan isn't left because reasons. He's fixing the ship and protecting it AND THE QUEEN (although they don't know its Padme body double).
thank you for defending him. im absolutely tired of the jar jar binks slander
ROTS is the most fun Star Wars movie to watch and I am a OG fan from the beginning....
TPM shows why Anakin is so important, his strong attachment to his mom, why Obi-Wan wasn't right teacher to him, why he hates Tatooine, Jedi rules, Palpatine becoming chancellor, world building, etc...And of course, podracing and Darth Maul.
AOTC actually tells a great story (Palpatine's rise to power by manipulation Republic and Separatists, Anakin's progression of falling to the Dark Side, start of the Clone Wars), develops characters, shows us real war, new planets, species, ships, droids, world, and has strong connection with 1 and 3.
What does ROTS show us? The largest battle in the Clone Wars, deaths of Dooku and Grievous, Kashyyk battle, Anakin's conflict with Jedi and himself, his weakness (save who he loves), which perfectly works with saving Luke, Palpatine's manipulation and rise to power, Order 66, 2 amasing final battles and the creation of Darth Vader and Empire, birth of Luke and Leia, new hope. It is the most meaningful for the whole Galaxy and is the most emotional.
Lore reason for why obi wan didn't use force speed to catch up in time to save qui gon: force speed is difficult to stop and you can't change directions... so if he used it he'd probably either slam into the wall looney toons style or fall into the hole that's in his direct line of sight and die.
3:10 Except the Trade Federation clearly said in the movie they never have dealt with Jedi before and don’t know what to do to Darth Sidious, how about you actually pay attention to the movie!
7:09 Obi Wan stood on the ship to protect the Queen, whats with your terrible criticisms
Bruh. The Jedi have been around for generations. You're telling me they know nothing about their abilities. Get out of here with that booty take
@@Nick-4KYou really think everybody in the Galaxy knows the exact powers and capabilities of the Jedi, especially when they specified that they have no clue how to deal with Jedi
Because all the movies are around the Jedis, people can think that everybody in the galaxy know them and are aware of all of their powers and abilities. However, that's not the case. Most of people in the Star Wars univers never see them, and many have never heard anything about them.
@@Nick-4KHis "booty take" is common knowledge among invested Star Wars nerds (not trying to sound denigrating or snobbish, sorry). It's a given fact that is referred to with some frequency in the expanded universe (especially the books) that most people in the galaxy know hardly anything about Jedi.
The 2-D animated microseries was vastly superior to the 3-D animated cringefest tbph.
To be fair Han and Leia also became lovers in the 2nd movie of the original trilogy, just like Anakin and Padme in the prequel trilogy.
so if you didn't notice the gungans specifically boss nass were actually jedi mind tricked into helping qui gon. im unsure if he had used it on jar jar beforehand but i think so
Revenge of the Sith has always been my favorite, even before everyone decided the prequels suddenly werent that bad. The execution of the story definitely couldve been better, but i still love it so much. As a kid, it was definitely just because it had the most action, and also because i liked Vader, but now i appreciate the story. Its such a good movie
I Remember as a child who never had seen the OG trilogy, all the adult didnt like it but me and the other kids , loved we were playing Tag with a character name or some other kid stuff, the same thing happened with the original trilogy, it was an at that time, a younger generetion phenomenon
And with the darth jar jar theory, Ep 1 is a masterpiece
I was 13 when I saw The Phantom Menace in theatres, my dad loved Star Wars and he liked the prequels as well. It was the last movie I saw with my dad in a theatre.Attack of the Clones was VHS. Now nostalgia aside just in sheer ways of movie making they are great. Great video. 👍 (god I'm old) I should also note I keep watching the prequels over the OG trilogy because I watched the original trilogy before the "Special" special editions. Can't stand what George did to them but not every artist is perfect and I just gotta go buy it on DVD.
Star Wars Revenge of The Sith is a good movie, not a bad movie and it isn't a meh movie.
if there is any problem with the romance section, it's because the massive amount of very important and enriching supporting scenes that got cut out (meeting Padme's family, etc.)
PM: Maul's death is more important than one could primarily think. It's the reason why Obi Wan is made Jedi Knight with no Jedi Trials needed.
AOTC: The important thing about romance scenes between Padmé & Anakin is the biblical symbolism. They're in Eden Garden (Naboo) so they eat the forbidden fruit which brings their condemnation. This is even explicitly depicted in the scene where Anakin makes what seems to be a pear to levitate. By the way thinking of Padmé being more badass than Leia is not crazy at all. Even Obi Wan says she is on top things. Pitty her character has so many deleted scenes.
ROTS: The Jedi Temple recordings aren't enough proof to challenge Palpatine's assertion of the Jedi Order attempting a coup against the Senate. The Senate already was pretty corrupted by Palpatine at the time. Even Windu realized this in the end. Concerning Padmé I don't think she dies because of heartbreaking. That's not consistent with she almost swearing there still is good in Anakin in her last words. Still why is Padmé's life supposed to be stolen and not willingly given?
Anyway, the important plot holes and the more merchandising approach didn't start in prequels but in ROTJ. Search your feelings. You know it is true.
The assassination attempt does make sense, though. Jango Fett told her to be subtle and blasting through the window wouldn't be. It's contrived on purpose. I do agree that the sand scene could've been more fleshed out but of course the haters love to take it out of context. The Clone Wars were also very fleshed out back then, with an entire multimedia project, not just the micro-series.
Wait, are the prequels supposed to be not good?
The maker of such hit films as 'Space Cop' and 'The Recovered' didn't like it so now man children across the globe try and act like they're smarter, and know more about Star Wars than George Lucas himself.
Or Yoda knows that Anakin is married to Padme tell him to let go of his fear of losing Padme key word “fear” because he never ask why or where he was when she was dying and it seem to me that Padme was completely healthy when she was pregnant and would be alive after giving birth Luke and Leia and I like the theory it palpatine giving the vision to Anakin to trick him and Anakin should have trust his wife instead of vision that doesn’t have full detail but I understand why he did it. Like Yoda said Fear lead to hate,hate lead to suffering and suffering lead to the dark side pretty sums up revenge of the Sith to Anakin his fear of losing Padme,his hate for the Jedi, suffering by losing his limbs being burn alive and Padme death and the dark side being Darth Vader.
here are my brief thoughts on the prequels
episode 1: this movie makes a lot of sense in hindsight. george wanted to show what the galaxy was like before the Clone Wars. but he also wanted to include things that every Star Wars movie has like a lightsaber duel, a big space battle, and old planets so it's the perfect slow start to Star Wars, a Star Wars starter pack if you will.
episode 2 is just an average summer action movie. I think many elements of the story drag and the Naboo love scenes are more boring than cringy. but I love the Obi-Wan side of the story i love the part where he gets captured by Dooku that scene is ripe for "What If" scenarios. and the final battle that kicks off the Clone Wars is really fun to watch.
Episode 3: this is the only movie that is legitimately necessary. it fills in all the holes from episode 4. This movie is paced the best out of the three. the middle drags a tad but it doesn't matter because Grievous dying and the Order 66 section make it so worth it the final battles between yoda the Emperor and Anakin and Obi-Wan are top-notch better than the Maul fight in my opinion. this movie is peak star wars
I think in one of the Clone Wars episodes, Palpatine says how those hologram thingies could be faked when the pirates were asking for payment when they showed Count Dooku in a hologram so I guess against the more obvious “scar” that was left on Palpatine, the “hologram” of two Jedi claiming otherwise would just be seen as deceitful considering also how much the senate has also seemed to have a positive disposition about Palpatine proclaiming himself as emperor with thunderous applause.
Although I dunno maybe it is a plothole. I agree though, these movies aren’t SUPER bad, they’re good enough and even though I’ve watched all 9 movies, as a kid who grew up with the prequels, Revenge of the Sith will always be my favorite. 😂
46:05 is nothing but a bunch of "what-ifs". What if Obi-Wan missed the droid? What if Obi-Wan lost his grip? What if Obi-Wan didn't know Grievous would be too proud to let his droids shoot Obi-Wan to death?
I have some: what if Leia's transport wasn't exactly above Tatooine so she could send Artoo and Threepio out? What if Obi-Wan didn't show up in time to save Luke from the Tusken Raiders? What if Han and Chewie didn't arrive in time to save Luke from being shot down by Vader in the trench? What if Luke didn't pull his lightsaber out of the snow in time to save himself from the Wampa? What if Luke didn't make it out of the Death Star in time with Vader's body?
Answer to all these questions: She/he/they/it didn't.
good question at least nute gunray claimed that he had never encountered a jedi before
I don’t get the hate for Jake Lloyd, he’s a fucking kid in a movie, you should never expect kids in movies to act well, EVER, if they do then makes it even better, but they’re kids. And Jake did a great job in context, Ep 1 serves as the intro to Anakin, and he is so innocent and sweet and naive, which makes it tragic when you remember this little kid becomes Darth Vader, rarely in media do we see a villain start as a hero and see their childhood unless it’s a short flashback, mostly they are shown as adults.
The Phantom Menace is Padme's movie but the prequels are Palpatine's trilogy. It could also be argued its Palpatine's movie seeing as he is the title.
The prequels are a masterpiece though. The fact that you miss the trope of the snake/insect for assassination just says you dont know enough to properly criticize these films. Not only that but if you do something that resolves the story a full film early in a six part saga then it's a shite idea and shouldn't be done. Not to mention that in a city of constant surveillance doing something over the top such as shooting into a senator's window or firing explosives then you are getting caught and suck as an assassin.
The Midiclorians are Just Force Mitochondrial cells...they are not what makes the force but what lets organic beings tap into it...I also always thought that they are cousins of Kyber ...the inorganic but alive force sensitive rocks
You know what? I don't see 100s of videos of people trying to convince us the originals are good. That's because they are. If the prequels were good we wouldn't need video essays trying to convince us that they are. lol
Original trilogy and Prequels that's all the Star Wars i am willing to watch. Disney and Kennedy are the worst things that could happen to SW
The Prequels were overly cartoonish toy commercials.
Anakin has borderline personality disorder.
Good points so far. I also think Lloyd got waaay too much hate.
Same with Jar-Jar. I find c-3po infinitely more insufferable, and he's in all the movies 😂
Murdering jedi with a bomb would be a bad look in the senate
I can see choking and throwing a pregnant woman to the ground as being potentially deadly.
45:59 “In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck”
30:35 I saw that little Nickleback nudge….. sneaky you….
In Ep3: Utapau isn’t forced, remember there’s a war going on and the Jedi are Generals fighting it, any Jedi at any time could be called to a battle, and thanks to Clone Wars we know Obi-wan and Grievous have fought many times in the war, Obi-wan was the best choice, and Anakin is still on assignment to watch Palpatine. Plus yes it serves to get Obi AWAY from Anakin, same with Kashyyk for Yoda, thus the only Jedi he can turn to is Mace, who this film establishes well doesn’t have good relationship with Anakin, this leaves him basically isolated and open to Palpatine’s manipulations.
Boba Fett got defeated by an almost blind Han. I never understood the craze behind Boba but Maul has an entrance. He has a fight scene and sadly he's shown as a disposable asset of Darth Sideous. Kinda like how Boba was disposable asset to Vader but Maul actually posed a threat. He even tried to run over Anakin, like psychotic. Left a lasting impression on me so much I got the deluxe action figure with the speeder bike and robe. 😝 Also I got Kugan vibes from Maul. Anyone watched The Highlander?
Fuck Boba Fett. Darth Maul had far more of an impact on both The Phantom Menace as a stand alone movie and the Star Wars franchise as a whole. And that would have remained true even if he hadn't been resurrected in The Clone Wars. Heck, Jango Fett made his son look like a pansy by going toe-to-toe with no less than three Jedi in Attack of the Clones and killing one of them without any effort.
Boba first appeared as wickedly cool in an animated section of the Star Wars Holiday Special, and in Empire he was one of the bounty hunters hired by Vader to track the rebels, and then his ship is what Han was transported to Tatooine in.
@@tau-5794 Yeah but he only got interesting for me in the EU. Or just the better vision of Star Wars.
did you see the new episode of the mandorlain
I dont have disney +
@@doubleone8368 123moviesfree.net has all the episodes except for the season 2 finale, which they'll put on there some time this weekend
Gotta say i loved ur what if scenarios with the credit rolls. good job :)
I’ve always liked the prequels.
The thing is republic doesn’t know that Sith exist and they not illegal because like the Jedi said they been extinct for a Thousand years and been in secret due to the rule of two one master and apprentice no more no less huh of wasn’t for the prequels we wouldn’t the bane trilogy.
There are 6 Star Wars movies and I like all of them.
Kenobi and Yoda didn’t go to the public because the public had a pretty negative view of the Jedi by the time of the clone wars
Just because you think that it's Obiwan's trilogy doesn't make it his trilogy dude,he is not the main character i don't see any problem with him staying on the ship for awhile, besides it's not wise to leave the ship and the queen all alone in the desert planet with no protection of a jedi,besides that Obiwan is in all the other scenes.
OT: 10/10
Prequels: 8.5/10
Sequels: 2/10
Disney 0/10.
@@Damon-xf4kt no cap
Criticism okay. Hate of this movie - not okay. It’s the path to the dark side.
Is that why all the franboys are hating the sequels, because they think they'll turn into a Sith?
I agree The Star Wars Prequels are good, but not better than the Star Wars Originals. I'm a Gen Xer in my 40's so I watched the Original Trilogy on VHS when my parents got a VCR. So I'm one of those fans who watched the Prequels and thought: "Okay, these are good, but not great, and that's fine." I had certain assumptions about Obi-Wan before I saw Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. I knew Obi-Wan had to have been a quite active Jedi when he was younger, but I got the impression that he did finish his training and became a Knight and later a Master and he trained Anakin(according to old Obi-Wan in telling Luke on Dagobah) but after seeing The Phantom Meance the first time in a theater and seen him fight Maul in a lightsaber duel and killing him by cutting him in half, I realized Obi-Wan's training must have been complete. He just killed a Sith Lord after there had been zero conflicts with the Sith in a 1,000 years! He didn't have to take the "Trials" as he mentioned in the Jedi Council scene with Qui-Gon and Anakin. What resonates with me the most is how Obi-Wan and Anakin interacted with each other in Episode 2: Attack Of The Clones. with Anakin now a young adult, he had a little over ten years of Jedi training, and even though he was "The Chosen One, Obi-Wan still gave Anakin orders and on missions, which was fine. By Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith, Obi-Wan was more like an older brother figure to Anakin, than a dad figure. Which makes sense, given Obi-Wan was 25, and Anakin was 10 when they met. I will always like the Prequels, despite the clunky dialogue, and the mediocre acting, the set designs, the visual effects and the scope of the stories were pretty damn good.
Allow me to enumerate the reasons I felt back then like the prequels were bad, I'm curious what everybody else (especially millennials who don't remember the OT but did see the prequels in the theater) has to say about my opinions.
- If you hadn't waited since 83, it would be hard to fathom the profound excitement of anticipation that had built up; it was literally overwhelming. 16 agonizing years of silence, not even knowing if it would ever happen at all. Looking back, I think the greatest movie ever made would not have ended up feeling like a disappointment to those of us who waited so long. Add to that the fact that Lucas, true to his vision, "took the risk" of making it more about politics than anything else, which definitely deflated the excitement. Plus, the Jar Jar ridiculousness, overuse of silliness that would have enhanced things in a smaller dose, and the lack of danger posed by the battle droids. All this made for a lackluster feeling and set the trilogy up to be disliked by expectation.
- To many of us who grew up with the OT, Hayden Christiansen just didn't feel right as Anakin/Vader. Combine that with the poor dialog he had to work with, the rushed plot, potentially bad directing, and his questionable portrayal of a deeply conflicted person. I feel like was a monumental task to portray this well; it would have taken only the best of the best actor to pull it off. Rather, it felt like he was chosen for his elite attractiveness rather than any elite acting ability. I'd love to see the audition tapes to compare him with the rest.
- The new villians were not really woven into the existing story at all. IMO Dooku's role was left too ambiguous; was he really a former Jedi? How close was he actually to the Sith? We didn't really know at that time; it was all mostly implied by a few tidbits of dialogue. I'm aware that mysteriousness can add to a story, but for some reason I felt like it didn't work here. Maul and Grievous also came out of nowhere with almost zero backstory about who they were. As you said, they were there just to have sabre duels.
- I can say with a fair amount of certainty that almost nobody welcomed the excessive CGI in AOTC. It just didn't feel real to those of us who grew up with the OT, who also pretty much universally hated that Lucas butchered that too. In particular it ruined Yoda, just destroyed his mystique.
Back then, all of this overshadowed McGregor and Portman's mostly well done portrayals, McDiarmid's genius, and of course the brilliance of the music. Nobody back then could have imagined what it was like to not have a cohesive story; which we are painfully aware of now.
For me, I've come to appreciate the generally decent writing with a cohesive story that doesn't completely invalidate so much of the original lore, now that I've seen the disaster Disney created. I thought many of the points you made here were redeeming as well, thank you.
Great Video Net 👍
If you go deep into the symbolism of the movie and that what Gorge actually wanted to archive than your views will change about this movie.
Showing a hologram to the galaxy proving Palpatine was a Sith wouldn't do anything. The Sith and Jedi were both, at this point in history, totally irrelevant to 99.9% of people. I doubt most even knew there was such a thing as Sith, they'd probably just assume they were a split off of that weird religious order that the Senators are occasionally working with.
15:30 Obi Wan doesn't force run because the scene doesn't require it. Stop thinking about lore and revert back to a simple, cinematography mindset. Why would adding a shot of Obi Wan force running into the red blast barrier significantly change your view of the scene? The same exact situation would have resulted from it, so why insert a force move that doesn't alter the events of the action? Obi Wan is destined to helplessly watch his master die. Nothing could change that.
Obi Wan (along with the audience) expected Qui Gon to defeat the villain. Obi Wan's a PADAWAN. The sith are a feared entity that hasn't revealed itself in 1000 years. Obi Wan wasn't CAPABLE of winning without seeing qui gon die.
The politics are what made the story in the Prequels and Originals
I actually find the love scene stuff cringe worthy yet consistent with Star Wars as well as anakin as a character
It would be cool to see the obi wan and anakin capture dooku instead of killing him then dooku escapes and palpatine has a duel with dooku and kills dooku so anakin later can come into place
I love the Nickelback reference 😂🤟🤟🤟
More from the kitty! I don't let mine play with my Star Wars toys.
56:15
Not really, since it only shows anakin killing Jedi (Younglings) which are now illegal. The only people informed enough to know that “Darth” refers to sith are the Jedi, so nobody would know they were sith. Even if they did, novelization of revenge of the sith has palpatine saying that the republic has COMPLETE freedom of religion, which most would assume passes over to the empire. This means that the sith wouldn’t really be illegal, just the Jedi.
There is, however, a plot hole here, and it’s that the Jedi didn’t just use the security recordings to spy on the chancellor rather than anakin.
Next time tackle exactly why The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy is Better Than You Remember!
I dont know why people dont like episode 2. I think its great and i like it more than episode 1. I used to think anakin was annoying but his behavior makes alot of sense.
I like the prequels and the memes are peak
epise 1 also establshed the old repubolic and what it was just before it started to slowly get dismantled, the way palpatine first got into a higher position of power, and qui gon jmim was vital as it showed he talked about hte will of the force, which later cmae into play tha the learned th e force ghost thing whom he gaught yoda and obiwan to
Have you watched the documentary film "The Prequels Strikes Back: A Fan's Journey"?
How do I watch it?
Maybe they are maybe they aren't, either way we appreciate them much more. Both options have the same answer. Disney made "sequels"
Jar jar pissed a bunch of sweaty og fans off the 90s 40 year old dungeons and dragons guys.... But to be honest no one likes jar jar ... The prequels had alot of politics in them that people thought were boring 'especially younger crowd' at the time but looking back actually add alot to the overall starwars story as a whole.... But in my opinion the biggest redemption of the prequels war the animated series 'the clone wars' .... Single best peace of non movie star wars storytelling ever
Can’t even tell the difference we live in a increasingly scary world
Windu uses Vaaapad a style that is well suited to the Sith. I always thought wind is the better swordsman but Sith lightning is the trump card. And really Anakin has already given in to the dark side one before when he Massacred a whole tribe of tusked raiders. And Palpetine have been grooming him since he was a child
Honestly Windu was kind of a hypocrite and exemplified everything wrong with the jedi order. He preached temperance and controlling emotions, but during the fight against Sidious could you honestly say he didn't hate him? He used the dark side for power, which is not the way of the jedi. A jedi only fights to defend, never attack, yet he went out of his way to lead an extrajudicial assassination attempt on the elected leader of the government.
Can someone explain y the boring originals are better cuz I keep falling asleep trynna watch them and Luke is such a generic example of going through the hero’s journey I remember he was used as the example when I learned about the hero’s journey in school 😂
The biggest reason the original movies are better is because they have actual characters in them.
The prequels are extremely comparable to the originals they were made by the same guy and only the tone is different
I actually kinda like the prequels.
I'm not one of the guys who is saying that this movie are better than the original trilogy, but these movies has something special,heart.
In every scene i can feel that Lucas and the Actors gave everything to make this movies great.
The Phantom Menace is defenitly not perfect but it has some great aspects, like Darth Maul,the Jedi and the Action.
Yeah...Jar Jarr Binks is not really great but in my opinion not that bog a deal.
Episode 2: without the tomantic Side Plot it is pretty great, like kamino and Geonosis.
Episode 3 is unironicly great movie because of the music,pacing and structure itself
Episode 1: 7/10
Episode 2:7/10
Episode 3: 8/10
0:58 - Can you link this footage from the premiere? BTW, cool video! I don't agree with 100% of what you said, there are a ton of details important to character motivations and the plot that you missed but overall I liked the video, it's good seeing different perspectives on the prequels instead the same old hateful videos by 40 year old fanboys. If you're interested I recommend you watch Rick Worley's videos on the saga, I think you'll love them, especially since you're also a fan of the prequels! There's a ton of stuff there that you'll learn and find interesting.
You can make a “teen who doesn’t know what to do with his emotions that are out of control” much better and far more interesting. But George doesn’t know how.
The boring padme scene better than a new hope 😂
Know what they should have done was put episode one and two together like you said and then actually came up with episode 2 as a live-action version Clone Wars this this one has been led into a more involve relationship between Padme and Anakin as well as letting everyone know Anakin's abilities and Obi-Wan's abilities four episode 3 to make complete sense
The force powers are nothing but plot devices!
I thought every one likes the prequels now
And btw it wasn't even the gas that was the problem... Why didn't they just leave the door closed for like a week .... Make sure they were dead
Really? I felt that the clone wars just kinda ruined Maul's image. He talked too much, not saying he couldn't ever speak at all but, the whole silent assassin thing was so badass
10:05 Correction, he drained her of her life force and sent it into Vader in order to keep him alive during the surgery
No that's not true. He killed her because he wants him to be depressed and use that anger and hatred to be his puppet.
@@itschewsday5252 Well, both are true
Rewatching revenge of The Sith after seeing The animated Clone Wars, Bad Batch, and Rebels really hits hard emotionally knowing the clones would never knowingly betray their Jedi comrades.
*Laughs in Expanded Universe*