What do you think is the reason why people hate the politics in the Star wars prequels but people like LOTGH despite a large part of it being about politics? (ignoring the fact that LOTGH politics is obviously more based, since normies generally don't care about that)
Edit: LOTGH=Legend of the Galactic Heroes for those who don't know
I guess consider me out of the loop, I didn't realize politics was a big complaint in the prequels.
It's been a long time, and I probably wouldn't have been viewing it through a political lens, I don't really remember objecting on those grounds; the politics were subtle enough to be open to interpretation, and in fact it touched on a lot of important concepts like the fragility of the system and stupidity of the populace and their politicians. And led to some great memes, too, of course, which is the prequels' main claim to fame anyway.
Palpatine's love and respect for Our Democracy is great to see.
The prequels had problems (as someone else mentioned...fucking Jar Jar Binks), but I don't remember politics being near the top of the list.
It starts with a trade embargo.
I'm aware there are politics, I just didn't remember that being one of the primary complaints.