Lucas tried his best at making a plot heavy on political intrigue, but he failed on the most important part: the execution. Everything about those movies was horrible on top of a pile of garbage.
the big problem with the prequels is the same problem with the special editions and every edition of the original trilogy since...lucas' ego got too big.
with the original trilogy, he relied heavily on consultation with other filmmakers, many of whom were far more experienced than he at the time.
problem was, star wars took off like a rocket at the box office, and made him an overnight sucess. it's a rare man or woman who can be called a "genius" after his first big movie and not get a swelled head about it...
Every bad writer can be pegged by noting how often they spend exposition dumping and world building instead of letting things speak for themselves or the audience piece together bits as they happen organically.
Its also why older games and movies and the like came with extra material in the manual, trailers, or other booklets that would be available to supplement if someone wanted without forcing it on those who didn't.
Feige is all washed up. He had his moment. Just like Lucas had his moment and then served us the execrable Prequels.
funny you mention that, have you ever heard alex jone's take on the prequels?
I was just thinking about this, and for a man that often goes off the rails, he has surprisingly coherent takes when he calms down, lol.
Lucas tried his best at making a plot heavy on political intrigue, but he failed on the most important part: the execution. Everything about those movies was horrible on top of a pile of garbage.
the big problem with the prequels is the same problem with the special editions and every edition of the original trilogy since...lucas' ego got too big.
with the original trilogy, he relied heavily on consultation with other filmmakers, many of whom were far more experienced than he at the time.
problem was, star wars took off like a rocket at the box office, and made him an overnight sucess. it's a rare man or woman who can be called a "genius" after his first big movie and not get a swelled head about it...
Every bad writer can be pegged by noting how often they spend exposition dumping and world building instead of letting things speak for themselves or the audience piece together bits as they happen organically.
Its also why older games and movies and the like came with extra material in the manual, trailers, or other booklets that would be available to supplement if someone wanted without forcing it on those who didn't.
I like exposition dumps but not the stilted anemic kind that Lucas delivered.
He should have kept Jar Jar as the surprise villain for episode 3 instead of count Doocoo or whatever his name was.