billd91
Not your screen monkey (he/him)
1 and 2) Darth Maul and Qui-Gon Jin, the only two interesting characters in the prequels
3) the lightsaber duel in Phantom Menace
4) the introduction of new but still relatively minor Jedi abilities in Phantom Menace
5) as boringly as a lot of it was written (with a lot of exposition), the idea of the Republic crumbling under political infighting over relatively minor things like tariffs and a bureaucracy out of control was interesting - it wasn't so much going out with a bang as much as it was dying without enough in common to hold it together.
And, for me, that's about it. The lightsaber dueling peaked with Phantom Menace, becoming increasingly Star Porny as far as I was concerned. Jedi abilities just got more sillier as Lucas kept trying to top himself. Anakin just got whinier without really showing us why. The Jedi seemed to get dumber all the time. Characterizations were really mixed up (if Obi-Wan is always getting on Anakin's case about being to impulsive, why is it Obi-Wan that leaps through the window to grab the assassin's droid?). Believe it or not, even with the too long pod race, Anakin showing up Luke with virtually everything he does, and the extremely annoying Jar Jar, I actually like the Phantom Menace a little better than the rest of the prequels.
3) the lightsaber duel in Phantom Menace
4) the introduction of new but still relatively minor Jedi abilities in Phantom Menace
5) as boringly as a lot of it was written (with a lot of exposition), the idea of the Republic crumbling under political infighting over relatively minor things like tariffs and a bureaucracy out of control was interesting - it wasn't so much going out with a bang as much as it was dying without enough in common to hold it together.
And, for me, that's about it. The lightsaber dueling peaked with Phantom Menace, becoming increasingly Star Porny as far as I was concerned. Jedi abilities just got more sillier as Lucas kept trying to top himself. Anakin just got whinier without really showing us why. The Jedi seemed to get dumber all the time. Characterizations were really mixed up (if Obi-Wan is always getting on Anakin's case about being to impulsive, why is it Obi-Wan that leaps through the window to grab the assassin's droid?). Believe it or not, even with the too long pod race, Anakin showing up Luke with virtually everything he does, and the extremely annoying Jar Jar, I actually like the Phantom Menace a little better than the rest of the prequels.
