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RE: Revisiting the Star Wars prequel trilogy
The prequels did have some great moments and some terrible mistakes. At least it generally did a decent job of expanding on the lore instead of overturning it. With the exception of the midichlorians misstep and the like, obviously. It seems to me in the sequel trilogy that Disney demonstrates how little they know about what came before, and make far more missteps and internal logic failures. Admittedly, I have only seen Episode VII, and was fed up with that. Its unachieved potential frustrated me.
I don't really mind the midichlorians stuff, but of course, the retcon is problematic, and more so, it was used poorly as only a plot device to show up Anakin. There have been rumours that the draft Lucas submitted for the sequel trilogy would (among other things) delve into the microscopic world. That sounds wild and new. Instead, Episode VII is basically just a rehash of the existing movies, particularly A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. The Last Jedi has no choice but to extrapolate from that, though at least it did try something different. (Which led to the backlash)
On the other hand, you got to hand it to Disney for the Mandalorian. I'm satisfied so far through episode 6. Watching baby Yoda, rumored to be 50 years old, and his interactions with the brutal bounty motivated society of the time has really expanded my view of the universe.