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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  How was The Phantom Menace not coherent? It plays out perfectly well. It may not be to the Star Wars police liking - too much about trade relationships - but it sets up Palpatine's rise to power very nicely. Oh and Darth Maul is a fine villain.
Sure Jake LLoyd was shit as was Jar Jar but the duel of the fates was the best sequence bar none since the end of Jedi. |
The plotting and world building in the prequels is actually great, with an ambitious scope, but the problems with the trilogy comes from how mostly everything else is executed.
The Clone Wars CGI animated series redeems this era of the franchise, and makes
Revenge of the Sith a more rewarding viewing experience, although it was already easily the best of the three films.