Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-30994843-20170109010227/@comment-27082610-20170206011003

73.Anon.52 wrote: Arkantos95 wrote: Episode III is considered to be "the good one" of the prequels because something occasionally happens. I mean, it still destroyed Padme's character, showed that the greatest villain in all of cinema was actually a moody 20-something who doesn't know how to talk like a person, and oh God so much more.

Episode 1 on the other hand was so unforgivably boring that it can literally be skipped when watching the series and nothing will be lost story-wise. I disagree, 2-3 were the action/Great war we knew happened, episode one was the assasination of archduke Ferdinand... and the emotional tie-in(buy in) for the characters, that it was not as great as it could have been doesn't make the other 2 better... I honestly can't recall specifics from the second 2 movies, whereas 1 comes with it's own musical plot Summary via Weird Al.

From an in-universe perspective, yes. From out of universe though, it contributes practically nothing. You don't really need it for Episode 2 to make sense. In fact, it actually makes Anakin and Padme's relationship exponentionally worse because it shows her as a mother figure to him before she was his love interest.