![]() Anakin… well, he has all that and then some. ![]() Dooku believes he will reforge a really rusty mechanism into something good and working. Amidala sees herself as a one true beacon of lawful democracy. Obi-Wan is confident he knows best what Anakin needs. Qui-Gon is confident he sees the way nobody could’ve seen. Hubris, that sin most vile yet least evident, transcends all that happened then.Įveryone is guilty. Prequel Trilogy told us about dangers of being prideful and fighting for the wrong cause. Original Trilogy told us about neccessity of being proud and militant in our beliefs. And that is a theme very important to Star Wars as a whole. It Even Has Themes!Īnd when you look on this substance buried under abysmally bad style, you find that the Prequels actually have a theme they adhere to. And yet, if you don’t watch them but sit and recant what happened, this story starts shining through the hills of schlock. That is the true tragedy of the Prequels. Every action has a good motivation behind it, be it Qui-Gon’s desire to prove his own vision of the Force or Anakin’s readiness to sacrifice everyone only to keep what he thinks belongs to him.īut all that true gold is buried under bad directing, bad cinematography, ambitious but not yet capable CGI and the fact that all the movies were filmed right away from a treatment and with no cohesive script. You have an intimate story of a person in search of his personhood, who ultimately loses it. You have a broader picture with civil unrest, corrupt government and greedy corporations. There is a zag for every zig, there is a plant for every seed. Unlike with, say, a certain HBO series, it’s not hard to trace all storylines and see that they all wrap nicely. If you perchance decide to sit down and recant to your acquaintance a story of the Prequel Trilogy, you’d find out that it exists. The OT tells its story and does it brilliantly the PT not only tells a story, but entices to look for thousands other stories lurking between its lines.īut here lies the question… enticing is nice, but do Prequels tell any story? Yes, They Do. It told almost as much as it left unspoken: who was this man Jango Fett, where from do the refugees flee to verdant Naboo, how comes Padme has such a power in the Senate, but has to be afraid of a slightest scandal…īasically, ever since then I had hold to an unpopular idea that while the Original Trilogy was far better from cinematic standpoint, the Prequels were better as a gateway product. It was a living, breathing world with its conflicts, visible or implied, its structure, its inhabitants from all walks of life. ![]() But what was more important, it was flesh and blood to the carcass of the universe I had from books. ![]() But it was bright, it was eye-catchy, it had gorgeous scenery and I was young enough to give everything else a pass as long as the picture was enjoyable. Bless ye, o Naboo, a land of wallpapers…ĭid I see its problems? Of course I did. I had read several Expanded Universe books before, that’s true, but it was Episode II that defined for me what does “a Star Wars movie” even mean. Attack of the Clones was the first Star Wars movie I’ve ever watched. You may say, I have a bias in this discussion. I feel like right now, when a standalone graced us with big screen return of an Episode I episodic villain, it’s time to talk about the Prequels in a more friendly way. But I feel there is something more to this glorious mess than obvious failures. It’s satisfying, it seemingly does no harm and helps one to hone their (film critic) skills. Beating Star Wars Prequels is like beating a punching bag.
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