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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdavis" data-source="post: 1327081" data-attributes="member: 8704"><p>Star Wars was a big risk stand alone movie (it wasn't made to start a trilogy it was made to stand alone, sequels were just wishful thinking during production), Phantom Menace was a sure thing sequel (prequel). By Phantom Menace there was no cloud over Lucas head, there was no studio to please and no need to worry about his career (it's almost over now). What makes me wonder is whether the studio pressure on the original Star Wars didn't make it a better picture and how much better Phantom Menace could of been if Lucus had felt similar pressure (Phantom Menace was a no-brainer to become one of the biggest grossing movies ever, he could of intercut scenes from Howard the Duck and still made $300,000,000). I also wonder which parts of Phantom Menace are storyline from the original outline and which parts are stuff he came up with later. There are several moments in Phantom Menace that are as good as anything ever in Star Wars, and there are several moments of pure crap. I like the story of Phantom Menace, it's the details that I dislike. A good script could of been written from his story but instead he decided to write the script himself. Just like Endor was orignally supposed to be full of primative wookies and we got Ewoks, I wonder what the original plan for the Gungans was? Whatever it was it had to be better than how they turned out, how did the pod race turn into a cartoon? Every alien in the pod race looked like a digitized muppet show cast member instead of a hardened creature involved in a deadly race (and don't get me started on the announcer). Instead of rooting for Anakin anywhere in the movie I hoped he would die a painful death. And what can you say about Darth Maul exept what a waste of such a very interesting character, they could of done so much more with him (and so much less with Jar Jar). The idea behind the Trade federation was fine but the actual leaders of the trade federation came off looking and acting like comic relief more often than not. They were not presented as figures anyone would fear or respect in any way, they were just goofy. Midichlorians has already been mentioned (the shame of it was that that was a throw away line the movie didn't need, Midichlorians haven't been mentioned since). I think Lucas's biggest mistake was that he misjudged his target audience here. He made a movie that was so much for kids that it was hard for a adult to enjoy, the original Star Wars had a much broader appeal to it, it wasn't a adult movie or a kids movie or a guy movie, it was a everybody movie.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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