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- Anakin was a little older.

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I'd say much older. Like Obi-Wan's age, or 5 years younger tops.

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- If the bad guy were more hashed out than a trade federation. A real outside force would have made a very in interesting plot. No gray area, instead the whole thing was a play by Palpatine. Which was fine, but the droid armies and trade guilds sucked.

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And I don't even know what they were doing there or why they are working for Sidious. What could he have offered them without giving away his identity? I don't think Palpatine would have the funds to exactly bribe an operation of their size. Really start the Clone Wars at Episode I, and make the cloned Uruk Hai that Sidious has created but are led by Darth Maul. That's a much better plot than worthless clones vs mindless droids. No tension or tragedy in those battles whatsoever, and aside from the Jedi, I don't know who was actually affected by the Clone Wars.

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That could have been such a better movie, even with the same story. IF--

- Anakin was a little older.

- If he had a father, and was not born of Force from Siddious

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Agreed

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If the bad guy were more hashed out than a trade federation. A real outside force would have made a very in interesting plot

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The it wouldn't exactly have been "The Phantom Menace." Haha.

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Then later on the third movie should have been Anakin slowly turning, until forced to fight the Jedi. The way he turned was insanely unbelievable.

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Clearly you underestimate the power of the dark side! But I'm with you there. "Oh, yeah, I know I just now promised to serve you, but you want me to go slaughter kids? Hell yes, sign me up!" Also, I think the transition was hindered by Christensen's acting...that damned whiny voice.

I think something really hilarious about the prequels is the whole "queen of Naboo" being an elected position not a hereditary title. What the frick kind of society is going to ELECT a 14 year old girl to be their world leader where she pretends to be a handmaiden most of the time anyway? And then, therefore, why is Leia a princess? Maybe I missed that somewhere about Jimmy Smits' character being a king.

Biggest issue with all of the prequels is just the lack of feeling in them. Too clean and sterile looking with all the CGI. Glad they built stuff for this one. Also, you kind of "knew" what was going to happen to the main/important characters because of the originals (i.e. Anakin becomes Vader, Kenobi and Yoda survive). So, no real mystery or "will they die?" moments.

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I think he's executive producer though on the next one.

I don't understand why Disney was so secretive with clips only to have all of this new footage the last few months. JJ even stated he wanted the full trailer to come out a year ago but Disney said no.

You might need this:
Second TV spot.

TV Spot #6

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Most-interesting thing in that spot for me - it appears that Rey is firing a blaster at Kylo, and Kylo is able to deflect the shots with his lightsaber. That shows he is pretty-skilled in the force.