3/31/2008 - Star Wars according to a 3 year old.

I ranted a while back about why the Star Wars prequels pale in comparison to the original trilogy. I neglected to mention one of the other reason: the extra complexity Lucas added to the storyline drove many to confusion about the storyline. In Episode I you have the whole "trade dispute" and political maneuvering... I have to say that any movie with political maneuvering involved disqualifies itself to being a blockbuster summer movie. Then you have the mystery of the creation of the clones and the whole separatist movement in Episode II. Episode III was a bit better, but what was with that whole midichlorian thing? Anyway, what was an almost throwaway few lines in Episode IV about the Clone Wars was enough to explain the entire prequel trilogy. The simplicity of the original movies may have been a key ingredient in what made them so great. Episode IV was so simple, in fact, that a 3 year old could explain it: