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<blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 8466845" data-attributes="member: 30438"><p>Part of me wonders what it would've been like, had Jackson started with The Hobbit and moved onto LOTR from there. Many (but not all) of the failings of The Hobbit trilogy came from trying to match the tone of LOTR to a story that called for something different, smaller.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm of the mind that prequels generally don't work. Rogue One works because it's a well-told story, but frequently prequels (Star Wars or otherwise), just aren't. I'd specifically add a fourth problem:</p><p></p><p><strong>Problem #4: Plot Holes</strong></p><p></p><p>Frequently in an attempt to write something new and exciting, or to tie the threads together, you end up getting unavoidable plot holes that damage the narrative consistency of the original works. Stuff like Obi-Wan not recognizing R2-D2 and C-3PO in A New Hope. Recently I tried reading the Dragonlance prequel, Darkness and Light. I eventually gave up because you had so many inconsistencies: Sturm recognizing Draconians before he ever saw one, healing magic when it was supposed to be gone from Krynn, not to mention the plot of the novel was so fantastical that it seemed impossible that it never was even mentioned in all the stories set after it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ralif Redhammer, post: 8466845, member: 30438"] Part of me wonders what it would've been like, had Jackson started with The Hobbit and moved onto LOTR from there. Many (but not all) of the failings of The Hobbit trilogy came from trying to match the tone of LOTR to a story that called for something different, smaller. I'm of the mind that prequels generally don't work. Rogue One works because it's a well-told story, but frequently prequels (Star Wars or otherwise), just aren't. I'd specifically add a fourth problem: [B]Problem #4: Plot Holes[/B] Frequently in an attempt to write something new and exciting, or to tie the threads together, you end up getting unavoidable plot holes that damage the narrative consistency of the original works. Stuff like Obi-Wan not recognizing R2-D2 and C-3PO in A New Hope. Recently I tried reading the Dragonlance prequel, Darkness and Light. I eventually gave up because you had so many inconsistencies: Sturm recognizing Draconians before he ever saw one, healing magic when it was supposed to be gone from Krynn, not to mention the plot of the novel was so fantastical that it seemed impossible that it never was even mentioned in all the stories set after it. [/QUOTE]
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