| Samus Aran said:
The third movie in the prequel is far better for me than the original 3... Where the Jedi/Sith fight on the level of 6 year old kids... That breaks immersion for me. |
Opposite for me. The fight in Episode 3 felt overly choreographed, giving a sense of watching a ballet rather than a fight. It also suffered from being bloated in addition to no emotional investment because I never bought Annakin and Obi-Wan as friends.
Compared to Luke's two fights with Vader that have great narrative drive with the fight teaching you about the characters and feel genuine. Luke laying into Vader and cutting his arm off is far more visceral than flipping and spinning around around stuff that premeated the prequels. The low point being seeing the great philosopher and master Yoda degraded to jumping around completely missing the point of the whole character.
Battles are meant to drive stories and characters, devoid of emotion and context they feel sterile and bore me. To me the prequel battles feel like intended for 6 year olds while the old ones feel mature and nuanced in their construction and execution. I'll never forget Vader toying with Luke with the lighting and mood and then hammering him with the revelation that changed the whole series. That makes Empire not just a great Star Wars film, but an honest great work in film making.
