[YYZ2112]

I was watching Episodes 1, 2 and 3 this weekend and I can’t believe how bad they are. When I saw them in the theater I was just so excited that we were finally getting the whole story but in a way I wish Lucas just stopped at Return of the Jedi. I don’t know what I dislike more, the acting or the story itself.

To me the original three had it all. Good acting, great story and just enough technology for decent special effects, albeit a bit bated now but still very impressive all these years later.

[TomAwesome]

Yeah, I think that's more or less the opinion most people have concerning episodes I-III vs. IV-VI.

[RickBwarn]

The acting in IV V VI ... is nothing to be impressed by really. The only thing that bothers me about I II III is watching them and then watching IV V VI.

Where did all this power that Vader had in III disappear to in IV,
The change in special effects from III to IV is numbing, you get over it eventually, but it's disappointing.

I really don't like how little power Vader has in IV V VI.

I am happy to see lucas arts is putting out the filler story in form of a video game (Force Unleashed).

[SevenDeadly]

If you fell into lava, your power would be diminished too.

[7 Strings of Hate]

i thought epi 1 was a weak filler, but 2 and 3 were pretty damn good. i dont think that 1,2 and 3 live up to the expectation of the orginals, but they never could. There are so many star wars fanboys out there that just would not be satisfied no matter how good the new ones are, simply because they arnt the old ones. I look at it as getting to continue the adventure and learn more about the galaxy. i read all the books, and to be honost with ya, the movie story line is pretty boreing compared to some of the cool books stories that let you get to experience the SW universe from different perspectives

i also like the fact that, this story is in your imagination, and yet people cant imagine that perhapse, 4 5 and 6 were made like, 30 FUCKIN YEARS ago, so they are not going to look like the new ones, so use your imagination to beef up the older ones.

And as to vaders power. if you read the books and pay attention to the movies, there is a good explanitation of just about every thing you can think of. In the 1 2 and 3 episodes, there were tons of jedi, the force was strong through out the galaxy. in 4 5 and 6, there are no jedi barley, therefor, the force was over all weaker.

[TheMissing]

Originally Posted by 7 Strings of Hate

i thought epi 1 was a weak filler, but 2 and 3 were pretty damn good. i dont think that 1,2 and 3 live up to the expectation of the orginals, but they never could. There are so many star wars fanboys out there that just would not be satisfied no matter how good the new ones are, simply because they arnt the old ones.

I didn't quite like the first one, altho Padme looked the hottest in that one... But I did like 2 and 3, a lot.

They certainly don't have the magic of the original films, because of the legacy that was in place, but they were still great films. Better than those stupid Tyler Perry movies...

[YYZ2112]

Originally Posted by RickBwarn

The acting in IV V VI ... is nothing to be impressed by really.

I'll take Harrison Ford and Alec Guinness over the dude that played Aniken any day.

[kung_fu]

I didn't see episode III until a few months ago. I thought it was great, right up there with the original three. Phantam Menace and Attack of the Clones were considerably weaker (especially Menace, Clones wasn't terrible). I wouldn't even blame Jar Jar, I'd blame Jake Lloyd ("Jingle all the Way" kid) PUT THE COOKIE DOWN!!!

[Kotex]

I guess I'm pretty much alone, but I like (love) them all the same.

[YYZ2112]

Originally Posted by kung_fu

I didn't see episode III until a few months ago. I thought it was great, right up there with the original three. Phantam Menace and Attack of the Clones were considerably weaker (especially Menace, Clones wasn't terrible). I wouldn't even blame Jar Jar, I'd blame Jake Lloyd ("Jingle all the Way" kid) PUT THE COOKIE DOWN!!!

That's pretty much how I would rank them too. I feel exactly the same way about Jake Lloyd too. He really killed that movie. It felt like a childrens movie at times and Jar Jar didn't help.

I actully really liked episode III in the movies especially when all the Jedi's are killed off but after seeing the DVD it didn't hold up to me.

I wouldn't mind if George made episode III 1/2 because I thought episode III was just getting good right at the end and I wanted it to keep going.