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Message: <blockquote data-quote="driver8" data-source="post: 2098943" data-attributes="member: 17559">Dang mojo..you beat me too it.I have to say..I have been prone to Lucas bashing myself..and Ive also got caught up in the hyperbole fueled attacks on rumors and second guessing that surrounds the  prequels.As Ebert says in his review, telling the story in the prequel is harder. We know how the story eventually ends. And we are now all familiar with the universe and its rules that have been established-theres less of a "wow" factor now. Lucas may not be John Ford or even Steven Spielberg when it comes to narrative or storytelling but...Alot of the problem with the prequels is with us the fans.We expect certain things. Star Wars is "ours" now. And when we dont get it(whatever that is), we're mad.Is the prequel acting somewhat woody? Yea IMHO.Does there seem to be less of an emotional center than the Original trilogy? Sure.But there's still so much to me that was cool in these movies so far:Seeing the Jedi Order in its late flowering.Qui-Gon JinnThe battle with Darth Maul.The entire battle opening the Clone Wars in Ep II.Anyways, Im hoping Ep III brings alot of holy crap moments and is more Empire Strikes Back in tone than Return of the Jedi. And I;ll be seeing it on opening night <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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