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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TiQuinn" data-source="post: 1306399" data-attributes="member: 4871"><p>First of all, Lucas' success in other films has been as a producer, first and foremost, not a writer or a director.  And second, I haven't missed anything about the plot.  You are missing my point.  Lucas' execution sucks.  The plot is muddled.  I know what is going to happen.  I know that the clones are the stormtroopers of tomorrow.  I know that Palpatine is actually Darth Sideous.  I know that this is all a setup to eliminate the Jedi.  The point is, without the original movies, this plot would NOT be obvious.  It would not be engrossing in any way, shape or form.  It wouldn't be some big conspiracy/mystery.  It just wouldn't make sense.  Without the prior knowledge of what is going to happen with Vader, Palpatine, and the destruction of the Jedi, this would be a big confusing mess.  That is my criticism.  The story only works because we know what happens in Star Wars, Empire, and Return of the Jedi.  These movies don't stand on their own.  They are crapola.</p></blockquote><p></p>