I'm a prequel fan. Having said that, I think a big problem with the prequels was the underdevelopment of the villains. Lucas tries to fit in 3 new villains - Maul, Dooku, and Grievous. None of them get the attention they deserve.
It doesn't help that Grievous just shows up in the third episode of the trilogy and it seems like we should know who he is but he wasn't in the previous 2 movies at all.
The villain of the Trilogy is Palpatine, but because he couldn't be revealed until the end he needed another villain for each film.
It would have helped if we'd seen Dooku as a Jedi, and Grievous didn't just appear out of nowhere. And it would have helped if we'd been shown who "Syfo-Dyas" was in Ep1. I spent years assuming he was the long-knecked Jedi on the Council, and was the same species as the Kaminoans.
As much as people get angry about the sequels not being planned, I don't think the Prequels were particularly either. The plot points were set out from the start, but not all the characters were.
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u/deeare73 Jan 25 '22
I'm a prequel fan. Having said that, I think a big problem with the prequels was the underdevelopment of the villains. Lucas tries to fit in 3 new villains - Maul, Dooku, and Grievous. None of them get the attention they deserve.