Since Eps. VII to IX are a no-go, aren't the prequels kind of pointless?

i think lucas had no intention of making 7 8 and 9 when he made jedi because he already killed off the emperor. i'm sure it was burnout he just wanted to finish the saga and sometime later, much later, he decided to make the prequels since he was that burned out from it and am sure he is utterly burned out on it again this time for the rest of his life

 

I think the backstory of Anakin needed to be told,we wanted to see who the man behind the mask was...

Besides fighting Stormtroopers can grow tiresome after a while...

 

I'm actually sort of jealous of younger kids, because they will be able to watch the series chronologically for the first time, with all the surprises and drama intact. They'll always remember the story that way, while we "old folks" will always remember it the other way around.


That's sort of my opinion on the whole thing. As awesome as the prequels are(IMO), they really weren't made for our generation of viewers. Lucas is completing a saga, and we just happen to be watching as he puts it together piece by piece in the wrong direction. In a way it's neat that we view the prequels in a way that no other generation ever will, but our way isn't the truly intended way IMO.

I will always be happy the prequels were made, however.

 

the key events of 7 8 and 9 were all condensed into ROTJ, so its not like that part of the story is missing it just happens sooner.

 

exactly LordRevan

-Mel

 

Good Stuff

 

Yeah, just to reiterate a little: Lucas has publicly stated that he realized he could wrap up the story with episode 6 so he had no desire to do any more.

At one point there were actually rumored to be 12 parts to the the Star Wars saga. This was very early and was changed quickly to 9, with Lucas saying the last three would focus on a character introduced in "Star Wars 3" (whether that means episode 3 or ROTJ no one knows). Lucas has since said that the 9 part saga was more of a marketing thing than anything that had to do with the story he wanted to tell.

As he said in the recent 60 Minutes interview, there is no question for him: "There is no episode 7."

 

thank god.
he might have turned the EU upside down...

-Mel

 

To me Eps one, two, and three will never be pointless. For me they inrich Eps four, five, and six. They add more to the story and just make it bigger then it was before. I have really enjoyed the prequels so far. But for me I don't really look at it as the PT and OT much any more. To me it is the Star Wars Saga.

 

excellent

-Mel

 

Lucas has since said that the 9 part saga was more of a marketing thing than anything that had to do with the story he wanted to tell.

Also the fact that ROTJ had pretty much disintegrated his marriage and his private life as well as putting Lucasfilm in the debt-red-line (during production) again. Everytime he made a SW movie back then it took another chunk out of his life, chewed it up and spat it down the drain. The films were killing him.

 

And now he's getting his revenge against them



LOL, sorry too hard to resist.

 

heheheheh

The Revenge of George Lucas

-Mel

 

I figured that events in Episodes I - III must a) have a close connection to the events in Episodes VII - IX or

What can we say? You were wrong. There was never anything to make us think the PT was setting us up for a Sequel Trilogy. Unsubstantiated rumors, yes, but by all accounts Lucas has been pounding it into our skulls from Day One that the Prequels were to show how ANakin fell and set up the Original trilogy. The PT has done this (pretty well, I think), so THAT is the purpose.

 

Wow. So I read this great response, and I look at the name -- could it be my old friend Gomer?!

"The prequels are half the story of one full story.

Without them, we end up seeing the redemption of someone we never met.

I think the classic trilogy wasn't as meaningful without the prequels."

Well said my friend. That is exactly what I think.

Let me add some extra perspective. Lucas was asked to describe the entire Star Wars Trilogy, the OT, in one word. He said "redemption." If that's what it is really about, and it makes since that it is, who would care about this redemption all that much if you never even knew the real person, the good person? In ANH, Vader isn't even a character, he is just a stereotype. He becomes a character in ESB and then more in ROTJ. With the prequels as back story, now it's meaningful. It really adds so much to the OT, if you can't enjoy the OT more after the prequels, something is seriously wrong...

 

<i>7, 8, and 9 were condensed into RotJ</i>

I would think that would be great to see in three different films. There would have to be additional side stories added though, wouldn't it?