5: Lightsaber Combat
Look me in the eye and say the lightsaber battles in the original trilogy are better than the ones in the prequels. Lets face facts: While the lightsaber battles of the originals could be emotionally impactful, they were kind of boring to watch. I'm not saying those aren't bad things. Its a universe without the skill of the original Jedi or Sith for the most part. The prequels took advantage of the fact that this is the prime of the Jedi and Sith and as such should show off some of the techniques that made them so legendary. The prime example of this would be in episode one with our two Jedi going up against Darth Maul. They're movements are so much more fluid and action packed than the lightsaber fights of the original trilogy. Where the plot maybe thin, the fights were certainly pretty to look at.
4: Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan
If there is anything people say about the acting in the Prequel Trilogy, it is very wooden, stiff, and just plain bad. However there is one actor who was able to pull of his part extremely well making it a reason to watch. Ewan McGregor played Obi-Wan throughout the prequels and not only did he perform extremely well, but we actually see an arc for him. In Episode 1, we watch him being reckless and you begin to wonder what happened to turn him into the warrior we first meet in Episode 4. Over the course of the prequels we see him grow both as a character and as a Jedi, only to have it all fall apart at the end of Episode 3, which by then you find him as the war-tired veteran he was destined to become.
3: Clone Wars and Rebels

2: The Villains

1: New (and Interesting) Worlds
Desert, Forest, Tundra, Swamp, Space Station. Those five settings are basically all we got in the Original Trilogy. Sure we got some neat looking architecture on occasion, but they were relatively simple...Look at the planets that came out from the prequel trilogy. These planets just seemed so much more fascinating, well thought out, and relatively more pretty than the originals. Coruscant is a planet that is one giant city, and has layers all the way down, each serving a different function. Kashyyyk not only is a forest, but the trees are on their world are huge, on islands, and the perfect mixture of native and scientific. Then of course there is the planet of Naboo, where you can find beauty in the plains outside the main city or in the hidden Gungan City. Where The Originals introduced us to the universe, the prequels opened up the rest for the imagination.
That's it for this weeks Top 5 Friday! Hopefully I opened up your minds a little to the prequel trilogy! Now stop reading this and go see Star Wars. May the force be with you!
I'd like to put the music up for consideration. "Duel of the Fates" became the official sword-fight theme music of the early 2000s.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that would be #5.5
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