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10 Dec 2015, 11:13 pm

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As much as I can harp on about all the bad qualities of the prequels, I actually do still like them. The main issue with them, really, is that Lucas had too much control over them and no one seemed to try to reel him in a bit. Admittedly, some of the heavy uses of CGI can be justified, and also has aged well, but it still could have been toned down in favor of more practical effects in some cases.

They are also the ones that came out while I was growing up, and so are a part of my childhood. I don't want to see them remade anytime soon. Besides, I think Episode Three made more sense in novel form than in movie form (I read the book version long before I actually sat down and watched the film, since I didn't get a chance to see it in theaters).


Wow really!? They were novels versions of the Prequels!? I'd like to read them! :)


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10 Dec 2015, 11:29 pm

The_Blonde_Alien wrote:
Violetvee wrote:
As much as I can harp on about all the bad qualities of the prequels, I actually do still like them. The main issue with them, really, is that Lucas had too much control over them and no one seemed to try to reel him in a bit. Admittedly, some of the heavy uses of CGI can be justified, and also has aged well, but it still could have been toned down in favor of more practical effects in some cases.

They are also the ones that came out while I was growing up, and so are a part of my childhood. I don't want to see them remade anytime soon. Besides, I think Episode Three made more sense in novel form than in movie form (I read the book version long before I actually sat down and watched the film, since I didn't get a chance to see it in theaters).


Wow really!? They were novels versions of the Prequels!? I'd like to read them! :)
I just know there was one for Episode Three. And even then, I just found it by chance at my school library. Only Star Wars book I've ever read.


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10 Dec 2015, 11:33 pm

Violetvee wrote:
The_Blonde_Alien wrote:
Violetvee wrote:
As much as I can harp on about all the bad qualities of the prequels, I actually do still like them. The main issue with them, really, is that Lucas had too much control over them and no one seemed to try to reel him in a bit. Admittedly, some of the heavy uses of CGI can be justified, and also has aged well, but it still could have been toned down in favor of more practical effects in some cases.

They are also the ones that came out while I was growing up, and so are a part of my childhood. I don't want to see them remade anytime soon. Besides, I think Episode Three made more sense in novel form than in movie form (I read the book version long before I actually sat down and watched the film, since I didn't get a chance to see it in theaters).


Wow really!? They were novels versions of the Prequels!? I'd like to read them! :)
I just know there was one for Episode Three. And even then, I just found it by chance at my school library. Only Star Wars book I've ever read.
I read the book for Episode 1 when the movie was coming out.


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11 Dec 2015, 12:25 am

I actually read the novelizations of the entire saga before I saw it, and yes the prequel novelizations are actually very good, unquestionably better than the movies. I have always maintained that the core underlying story of the prequels was great, and this is very apparent in the books (possibly even more interesting than the books of the OT), especially Terry Brooks' ep. 1, which fleshes out Qui-Gon's character a lot more, explains midi-chlorians better, etc.


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15 Dec 2015, 12:29 am

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I actually read the novelizations of the entire saga before I saw it, and yes the prequel novelizations are actually very good, unquestionably better than the movies. I have always maintained that the core underlying story of the prequels was great, and this is very apparent in the books (possibly even more interesting than the books of the OT), especially Terry Brooks' ep. 1, which fleshes out Qui-Gon's character a lot more, explains midi-chlorians better, etc.


Actually Now that you've mentioned midi-chlorians, I've mentioned that the prequels... Well They kinda ruined the idea of the force...

This was my initial reaction when I found out about mindi-chlorians:


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15 Dec 2015, 1:23 am

The_Blonde_Alien wrote:
SaxNerd wrote:
I actually read the novelizations of the entire saga before I saw it, and yes the prequel novelizations are actually very good, unquestionably better than the movies. I have always maintained that the core underlying story of the prequels was great, and this is very apparent in the books (possibly even more interesting than the books of the OT), especially Terry Brooks' ep. 1, which fleshes out Qui-Gon's character a lot more, explains midi-chlorians better, etc.


Actually Now that you've mentioned midi-chlorians, I've mentioned that the prequels... Well They kinda ruined the idea of the force...

This was my initial reaction when I found out about mindi-chlorians:




Haha, I never said I agree with the concept of midichlorians, just that the novel did a better job of explaining it, I probably should have thought of a better example...


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17 Dec 2015, 4:31 pm

Violetvee wrote:
As much as I can harp on about all the bad qualities of the prequels, I actually do still like them. The main issue with them, really, is that Lucas had too much control over them and no one seemed to try to reel him in a bit. Admittedly, some of the heavy uses of CGI can be justified, and also has aged well, but it still could have been toned down in favor of more practical effects in some cases.

They are also the ones that came out while I was growing up, and so are a part of my childhood. I don't want to see them remade anytime soon. Besides, I think Episode Three made more sense in novel form than in movie form (I read the book version long before I actually sat down and watched the film, since I didn't get a chance to see it in theaters).

As the originator of Starwars I believe Lucas has every right to make his movies any way he chooses. For what it's worth I don't think the prequels are really that bad, but whenever I read about them in the media, the media tends to put them down. So if the media puts them down, is that the reason people don't like the prequels rather than on their merit? In the same vein if you read the reviews of The Force Awakens, they could have written by a machine. Platitudes after more platitudes. I wonder if the media is paid off to write good reviews? People should judge The Force Awakens on its merits, not based on what the media says. Then we might get more movies like Frozen rather than the propensity for endless franchise reboots.