re: #209 Dr Lizardo

Of the prequel films, Revenge of the Sith was pretty decent. What saved it was a masterful performance by Ian McDiarmid (and a solid performance by Ewan McGregor) and that the script was given an uncredited polishing by the playwright Tom Stoppard. Even with that, the dialogue was a bit clunky here and there.

The fundamental problem with the trilogy that is irreparable is that Anakin never went through a character arc. We all knew he was going to be Darth Vader some day but it would have been a much more interesting story if he was a likable good guy like his son that got corrupted by the dark side of the force.

See that would have made Return of the Jedi’s ending more meaningful as well. Consider Anakin facing the emperor alone (without his father) getting the same choice Luke was provided but in his case he chose dark.

We would have known that was going to happen going in but it could have been a good story and more tragic, only to be redeemed in Return of the Jedi.

They way they tell the story now is Anakin was always kind of an angry jerk so why did he even bother helping Luke in the end? That kindly old dying version of himself never existed in the prequels so where did he come from?