I was never a great Star Wars buff. I mean I've always wanted a lightsaber but tell me, who hasn't? The midichlorians thing never bothered me, it never really registered. I suppose thinking about it there is no reason to introduce this midichlorians explination to a question no-one cared about.
But no, the Star Wars prequals blew because:
- Jake Lloyd. When you've got the opportunity to introduce one of the biggest badasses in cinema history you don't give him to the whiney spoiled, (despite the fact he was meant to be a slave,) kid.
- Jar Jar. So much has been said on this guy already but I'm going to extend this to the whole "comic relief" strategy of Lucas. Every attempt at lighthearted comedy fails, Jar Jar's the major example of this but the "comical" droids in later prequels also get a big nod.
- Hayden Christensen. Another poor casting choice. I mean the cast other characters pretty well and in the original trilogy got it right for Vader, why not in the prequels? Another whiney dickhole - look I know we're not meant to like Vader but for his actions not the fact that he's a bitchy little douche-nozzle who's such a damn tool he may as well live in a shed.
- Dialogue. Characters say how they feel instead of this being portrayed in their actions. In the words of the Robot Devil "that makes me feel angry!" Seriously, "you're breaking my heart!", "well in my opinion the Jedi are evil!" Great dialogue, really. A ten year-old could do better than that.
- Too many maaaahriess!
(Kidding. Love you Tem.)
I could go on - which surprises me. I dunno, I guess overall the prequels sucked because of multiple poor choices, of the writing staff, the casting staff and Lucas himself who seemed to want to make Star Wars into some kind of deep space-drama. Thing is all he did was make it crawl up it's own arse.
