• GladiusB@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Hell no. The prequels are more ambitious in terms of world building but god awful in character development. They are all show and no go. There is close to no reason to buy into any of the characteristics of any of the main cast other than Obi-Wan. And even that is spotty depending on who he was interacting with on screen.

    There is no compelling emotional attachment to any story or their struggle. It’s a bunch of “it was the history of the original” novelty built in. It’s cool. I still watch them.

    But there is not a single fucking scene that is close to Luke looking out into the sunset wanting more from his life and the audience knowing what that’s about. There is no “I love you” and “I know” moment where they have done actual things within the story to believe they actually love each other. There is no moment where the good in a person redeems themselves for all the bad they have done to save their son with the evil that they have always had to just be better for one moment.

    There is no goddamn way the prequels will ever be better than the original in any universe.