It's Okay To Show Your Love For The Star Wars Prequels
With the upcoming release of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ and the press tour now in full swing, interviews with Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen are shining a light on the prequels once again. While the trilogy has never really left the media zeitgeist over the years with constant discussions and memes, it’s fascinating to see them revisited from a critical perspective by the two actors at the centre of it all.
They spent years making these films with George Lucas, and were likely well aware of the negative reception from critics and fan backlash from those who grew up with the original trilogy all those years ago. But as the above interviews state, these films were made for a new generation of fans and sought to pioneer technology that, at the time, was in its infancy. Star Wars was pushing boundaries, and in recent times we’ve seen The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith adopt a new lease of life.
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Now I’m not saying these films are good. From an objective perspective they aren’t. Countless scenes are poorly shot, the effects are garish, and the acting is horrendously wooden. Now, given the script they were working with, I think everyone involved did the best they could to bring this world and narrative to life, with the finished product being a clear labour of love from all involved even if the overall vision was far from cohesive.
Fans have spent decades recommending specific ways to watch these films in order to lessen their mediocrity, or coming up with outlandish fan theories to justify plot points that on the surface make absolutely no sense. Star Wars has become a fundamental part of our identities in certain ways,
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