Lets ignore the ‘questionable’ disney era for the moment, and focus on the father of star wars… the Lucas Era.
What did you like, what did you hate?
For me, I think the Original trilogy was damn near perfect. AND ROTJ would have had a better reputation if they had gone with Kashyyk like they planned. Maybe the ewoks could have been child sized wookies. cute and adorable while the adults where ferocious…
About the only thing that has not aged well about the prequel trilogy is the acting. The ONLY ones who put in a decent performance where Jake Lloyd, Anthony Daniels and Ian McDirmid. Along with Frank Oz. Most of them knew what they where doing already, and the other was so young it didn’t matter. Poor kid got a bad rap in life and he was ten times better than hayden christiensan.
Everyone else, from Natilie Portman all the way down to Samuel L Jackson acted, if not weird, kind of distracted. When you do the same plot lines in the animated clone wars, with decent directors, the result improves DRAMATICALY and even Jar Jar is enjoyable.
Most of the stuff I truly hated is in the EU books. but in the LA, Animated stuff…The Zombie arc of the clone wars was stupid. the rest of the episode was fine though. just get rid of the animating worms. Why bring darth maul back, if he never actually accomplishes anything? seemed kind of pointless. I kind of got used to NICE Anakin, and almost hated when he turned evil. unlike the movies, where I Was practically begging for it.
As for the EU…The Kevin J Anderson reign of terror. Felt like endorsed fan fiction most of the time. That being said, after revisting them 20 years later, they somehow don’t feel as bad now. Although I still think Kyp Durron should not have been redeemed after blowing up a galaxy.
The Post Yuzahn Vong era. 30 years of almost no character deaths…then EVERYONE started dying. Anakin Solo shouldn’t have been killed off. he should have been emotional support for jaina and a role model to ben. The fact that lucasfilm was so surprised by the reaction shows they dind’t even read their own books when done. Killing off Mara, while not my favorite action, I was OK with since it prodded Jaina into action. and was plot wise neccesary. I also don’t hate the Vong as much as everyone else. an Enemy other than sith and jedi was needed at that point.
What I DIDN’T like was Abeloth. she wasn’t needed at all, and ruined the Ones storyline. They where the Balance (father), light (Sister) and Dark(Brother). not a family. there was no need for a mother. otherwise, the father would have been pointless. you only need one or the other to keep a balance. And for someone so terrifying, a god diety, she seemed awfuly easy and quick to kill. and never felt like a true threat. even when causing volcanoes to erupt. Eliminate her, and f ate of the jedi would have been a fine conclusion to the saga. Vestara was an amazing character and a whole planet ful or two of sith would be problem enough.
so, what are your thoughts?