Re-watched the Star Wars prequels.

[Bruce Banner]

Well, they were supposedly progressing well with script writing, concept design and even preliminary casting, but then in May of this year Lucas said that the series was pretty much "on hold" until they could figure out a way to do it properly on the reduced budget of a TV show.

[Nostalgiabuff]

yeah but the show was supposed to be on the fall schedule for this year wasn't it? I have heard more talk of the comedy series being co created with Robot Chicken than I have about the live action series

[Bruce Banner]

He never had anything written beyond or previous to these 3 movies.

Yeah, in interviews Lucas says he only ever had broad outlines in mind for the events covered by the prequels era, not a detailed story. He only started writing a detailed treatment for the "beginning" around the mid 90s or thereabouts.
And he says he never had anything in mind for anything after Jedi.

But yeah, in early interviews around the time of the release of the original Star Wars, Lucas definitely did claim that the whole thing was intended to cover three trilogies, nine episodes in total.

All that being said...isn't there supposed to be a Star Wars TV series already??

Yes, it will be set between Episodes III and IV, and will focus on ancilliary characters, not the main characters from the movies.
(Rumours persist however that Boba Fett may feature to some extent).

[wayne foundation 07]

thanks Lonnie that was quick

[Blue Meanie]

He should have made more sequels while the original actors were young enough to replay their roles instead of the prequels!

I completely agree with you Lonnie.

I was just talking to my bro the other day about the prequels...he and I came to the same conclusion...The original trilogy you can watch over and over again. Loving them even more with every viewing. I think I must have seen each of the original 3 about 30 - 40 times each...maybe more. I remember cutting out of school to go see Jedi the day it was released....2nd showing of the day with my bro. The love for the originals will never be matched by the prequels. I think I've seen the prequels maybe 2 times each...that's it. Maybe someday I will watch them a little more intently...but I think they suffer from a lot of what has already been described...unlikeable characters and a lot of plot flaws. I remember an interview with Lucas back when the originals came out...how he said that the original story was supposed to be fleshed out in 9 parts. He said it had all been written....now we know it was never meant for 9 parts...IMHO he blew the whole thing in the Star Wars - Jedi movies. He never had anything written beyond or previous to these 3 movies. That's why the prequels suffer in my opinion.

All that being said...isn't there supposed to be a Star Wars TV series already??

[LonnieFisher]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDCjIjsZp_Y
Patton Oswald

[wayne foundation 07]

I haven't seen anything past Return of the Jedi,just couldn't grasp the change.Patton Oswald does a great skit about meeting with George Lucas and the prequal movies,its really hardcore humor.Worth a listen.

[Godzilla]

While I don't hate the prequels, they aren't very much fun either. At least the Clone Wars Tv show injected fun back into the Star Wars universe.

[The Toyroom]

Whatever happened to the originally proposed Episodes 7-9 that Lucas later said he never intended to make when he originally did?

[LonnieFisher]

He should have made more sequels while the original actors were young enough to replay their roles instead of the prequels!

[Werewolf]

Reflecting a little more on the prequels... I can see why Lucas made Vader non-likeable.

I have to respectfully disagree with that.

The audience is supposed to like Anakin. But he is done so poorly (acting/direction/dialogue) you just don't. Unlike in Clone Wars where you actually do like the character. Same as Jar Jar was supposed to be funny and likable. But the character is so annoying people don't. Now, I do like the Ewoks in Jedi. I love those little things. They're cute little teddy bears or tiny Wookies. Jar Jar is just an annoying imbecile.


Back to the jaded thing that keeps getting brought up. It really annoys me. It's used as some kind of weapon to try and silence anyone who has issues with any of the flaws of the prequels.

The problems I do have with the prequels is actually because I am not jaded.

If I was jaded I would have no problem Anakin is a jerk. If I was jaded I would have no problem that Sith was way too dark in tone for the age group Lucas aimed the prequels at. Anakin killing all the little kids should have NEVER made it into the movie. It was not needed (you already hated the character) and in VERY poor taste considering how heavily Darth Vader is marketed to children. Action figures, bobble heads, plush toys, bed sheets, t-shirts, video games, Legos, Galactic Heroes, etc.

Again, I don't hate the prequels. I'm in the middle on them. I think they are okay. They do have legitimate flaws and could have been/should have been a lot better.

[jimsmegos]

Reflecting a little more on the prequels... I can see why Lucas made Vader non-likeable. The modern sensibilities would see the tragic fall of a hero as too shocking for our modern children. I think that's stupid but I really believe that had something t do with the character's development... you weren't supposed to like. Weak but whatever his movie.... The bigger problem for me is the final Vader "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" scene. That is inexcusible. To spend all that cash on making the flicks to then have the formerly most memorable big screen villian degraded to nothing more than a bad local theater actor.

[The Toyroom]

Kind of like Stephan King's It. It's awesome until you see the crappy spider.

Love that movie until that spider scene.....

[The Toyroom]

Besides the bad writing, bad acting and bad directing .... The worst thing I couldn't stand was the much too complex plot ...
All this trade federation vs this and that ....
Maybe i'm an idiot, but it was just too hard to follow.
Instead of enjoying the movie I found myself trying too hard to understand what was happening.
To this day i've seen each movie about 3 times (from being played on TV and nothing else was on) ... and I still only understand about half of what was happening.

Yeah I really didn't care for the political manueverings that were going on in the plot....I understand WHY Senator Palpatine/Darth Sidious was doing it but there could have been an easier, shorter way to get there....

[LadyZod]

The main reason I was disappointedin eps 1-3 is I came into them with preconceived notions.

I knew the backstory in a hazy sort of way, and was disappointed that the actual playing out did not meet with the awesome movies I had formed in my head.

Kind of like Stephan King's It. It's awesome until you see the crappy spider.

The new trilogy was the crappy spider. We'd all heard how awesome the clone wars were, and how there was a time with millions of Jedi fighting for good, and that the stormtroopers wore mandalorian armor, and we'd finally get to meet Luke and Leia's mom... the hype was Pennywise. The actual flicks were the crappy spider.