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You have to remember that Landshark is the same poster who believed that every movie would be better if the Joker were a character.

Anyway, to counter some of his points, Star Wars is about the Hero's Quest. THAT is the appeal to me as an adult. As a child, it was the cools space stuff and lightsabers and blasters. But now, the overarching themes and yes, the story of the rise, fall, and redemption of the hero (with the story of the rise and fall of another hero) is the hook.

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You have to remember that Landshark is the same poster who believed that every movie would be better if the Joker were a character.

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That was like one of my first posts on here 2 years ago. Time to let go and move on.

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Anyway, to counter some of his points, Star Wars is about the Hero's Quest. THAT is the appeal to me as an adult. As a child, it was the cools space stuff and lightsabers and blasters. But now, the overarching themes and yes, the story of the rise, fall, and redemption of the hero (with the story of the rise and fall of another hero) is the hook.

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I agree with this, and as a kid, the Phantom Menace was my favorite one because it was so flashy and had awesome lightsabers and whatnot, and I'm sad to say that I found Jar Jar funny at one point. Also at the time the original was my least favorite. Now I can appreciate the substance over the style of the film and can see the films for really what they are.

George Lucas very much succeeded at the Hero's Quest in the original, but he wasn't able to that with the prequels because its more of a tragedy. The Hero's Quest is easier to do since it generally has the more generic hero, you just have to come up with a good supporting cast. A tragedy, particularly one for a character like Anakin, you need to have a much more complicated character than Luke. Luke's motives are simple, while Anakin's aren't at all since he has to betray his people completely and become a sociopathic a-hole. Lucas should have done a rough draft, had someone else write it, and surrounded himself people who challenged him instead of just sucked up to him.