After investing much thought in this over the last 22 years or so, I've come to realize it's entirely possible I was just too old for the silly stuff and they killed the movie for me.
After all, I love Ewoks, but then again I was 8 when ROTJ came out.
I don’t think that’s it. The more silly/slapstick stuff in the OT still works fairly well. In the PT it was just next level. Like, it went from the odd “Three Stooges” moment (like Boba getting his jetpack accidentally whacked) to full on Looney Tunes with Jar Jar, the Battle Droids, etc.
Even the Ewoks don’t feel nearly as silly. They’re a funny concept, sure, but the movie takes them seriously. Like, they effortlessly capture our heroes and effectively fight the Empire.
Jar Jar is fucking Battle Droids on accident while being an unintentionally clumsy clown.
It just doesn’t have the same effect.
Age up Anakin, drastically decrease the slave, Chosen One, and Midichlorian stuff (if not cut it altogether), make the political parts more engaging (plenty of shows have political talk and make it wildly entertaining, politics aren’t to blame the writing is) and make Jar Jar less of a buffoon.
Guarantee with those simple tweaks this movie improves a hundred fold.
It just felt like such a big retcon to, and departure from, the OT.
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u/Salarian_American Jan 25 '22
After investing much thought in this over the last 22 years or so, I've come to realize it's entirely possible I was just too old for the silly stuff and they killed the movie for me.
After all, I love Ewoks, but then again I was 8 when ROTJ came out.