Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-30994843-20170109010227/@comment-25122143-20170414041417

I know I'm a bit late to the party, but on the topic of Star Wars, there's yet to be a Star Wars movie that I don't at least like as a movie. The Prequels are far from perfect, but I feel like alot of the complaits are just bullshit nostalgia critics (Not THE Nostalgia Critic, that guy's awesome) who don't pay attention to the actual story, and only watched the movie because it's Star Wars. E.g: One of the most common complaints I see for why the Prequels are bad, other than Jar Jar, is that Anakin's turn to the Dark Side was too sudden. Are you kidding me? All three movies had been leading up to that, with foreshadowing out the ass.

I've also seen it said that it made no sense, when it does if you pay attention. Anakin lost his mother, and began fearing that he would lose Padme too. Palpatine played his cards just right, playing on his fears and his hopes, to help mold him into the perfect apprentice. The final straw was when Mace Windu directly quoted Palpatine himself, the Dark Lord of the Sith, with "He's too dangerous to be left alive." which is almost an exact quote of what Palpatine said about Dooku, save the tense. Palpatine also implied that he could only gain enough power to save Padme by doing horrible things, which is why he was so ruthless in the Attack on the Jedi Temple. I could go on and on, but I recommend checking out CinemaWins' (Not CinemaSins. CinemaWins is his antithesis, pointing out the positives of movies, and, IMO, is much more entertaining) videos on the Star Wars Prequels. He also does one on TFA, and Rogue One is presumably coming soon.

Speaking of which, I believe there was a complaint about Poe Dameron being a badass pilot who wasn't a ruthless hunter like Boba Fett? Well, two words: Wedge Antillies. You know, the guy who assisted in blowing up the first Death Star, survived Hoth (Not to mention he was the one who used the tow cables to bring down the AT-AT), AND actually blew up the Death Star II himself? Yeah, badass pilot, not a ruthless hunter, and no complaints from you.

As for the Crossguard Saber, aside from there being a logical in-universe explaination for why Kylo's Saber has a Crossguard, involving his aggressiveness and Dark Side power, you said it was unnecessary, right? Well, neither was Maul's double-bladed Lightsaber Staff, or Mace Windu's purple Lightsaber, or, for that matter, Luke's green one in RotJ. Why did they add them, then? Because they're freaking awesome!. In fact, all Lightsabers were originally going to be white. There's also symbolism for all four examples that I could go into, but this post in long enough as it is.

In conclusion, @73.Anon.52, you need to take off your Notalgia Glasses, give the Prequels, and, for that matter, the New and Original Trilogies, a rewatch, and this time, pay attention to what's happening, instead of nitpicking all the bad things, and missing out on the good things as a result.