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Originally Posted by keirarts  Phantom menace was dragged down by all that trade federation nonsense. Not to mention the awful ear stinging dialogue. |
Well George Lucas had to start somewhere. Though I wasn't too keen myself on the trade federation backstory, but somehow it dovetailed into the story of The Phantom Menace fairly well. There needed to be a starting point also for the political intrigue of Palpatine, and also how Palpatine and the two Jedi's assigned to investigate why the trade federation were blocking the trade roots to the planet of Naboo.
Lucas isn't fantastic with dialouge at times, but he's proved himself many times with how he's been able to position himself with telling the story through "continuity" and a fluid story arc that gives substance to the Star Wars universe that he created and developed. Even in Attack of the Clones we have ingtrigues as an undercurrent to the story. Lucas does slightly fail in places, but does a two story narrative rather well. Revenge of the Sith is the closure, and the story delivers on all fronts. Dark and cutting to the bone. The narrative is exceptionally well rounded, with Lucas' unique vision shaping the fall of Anakin with an old style menace that harks back to the European fairytales of old. Johnson with the Disney take on Star Wars couldn't even deliver a thoughtful or dark story that reflected Luke's past. Sloppy and just one dimensional in execution, Johnson took the easy route. And it shows. A five year old child could come up with a better story outline to The Last Jedi.
Lucas once again gives decent developement to all the characters, and once again that word "continuity" rears it's head, and shows what a complete mess Johnson did with The Last Jedi. Jar Jar Abrams will have such a mess to sort out, that I think he might as well just have an endless space battle to compenstate for what little story of understanding Episode 9 will have.
The film will be another mess, and another kick in the teeth to Lucas.
At least all six Star Wars films Lucas made have an expanding narrative of substance and logic behind them. With solid "continuity" and well developed and believable characters.
I raise my glass of hot chocolate to George Lucas, the master storyteller of the Star Wars universe.
Cheers George.