As a fan from way back, I guess I don't really care for some of the choices the filmmakers have made over the years...especially the prequals and new trilogy. I feel like a few changes would have made things a lot better. How would you have changed things if you could rewrite things? Here is what I would do:
IV: No real changes. Just a great introduction. My main beef is with the special edition. Han shooting first was just stupid. Really takes away from the character and serves no purpose. Also thought it was dumb to have Jabba in Mos Eiseley the way they did it...Han, my bookie.
V: I would not touch this movie at all. Perfect and one of the best ever.
VI: Ewoks were too much. Dumb decision to put a bunch of walking teddy bears in. Still, it's a good movie. I think it is right in there for 3rd best of the saga (do not count Rogue 1).
I: Could have been SO much better. Make Anakin a teenager and make the Gunguns more serious and less goofy. If Jar Jar was closer to stoic like Chewbacca, he could have been a decent character.
II: So slow. And the romantic scenes were corny. Needed a total rewrite. The arena scene riding an animal around was just stupid.
III: They had the right idea here. Just too many shortcuts. Could have made Anakin's flip more believable. The birthing scene was dumb and the final lightsaber fight was over the top. The whole thing could have been done so much better with decent writing.
VI: Total rehash of IV. There was no need for that. Characters were good outside of under developed Poe and Kylo's temper tantrums. I just wish they would have did something other than destroy a bigger death star.
VII: I honestly don't understand people who say this was one of the best. Way too many holes. The Rose/Finn excursion was dumb and unneeded. The Leia space walk...GoG and she never used the Force before? The whole "chase" was similar to BSG and why couldn't the First Order just jump ahead of them and gun them down? Didn't care for the cantankerous Luke or the trick at the end. I wish they could have given him a real heroic ending. And I wish Leia was the one to pilot the kamakazi ship and kept Laura Dern alive.
Overall, I just hate that they now have to explain every little thing when actually using your imagination for things like how the rebels stole the Death Star plans, the Kessel Run, Boba Fett's background, how Han met Chewie, what happened in the Clone Wars was one of the best things about the OT.
IV: No real changes. Just a great introduction. My main beef is with the special edition. Han shooting first was just stupid. Really takes away from the character and serves no purpose. Also thought it was dumb to have Jabba in Mos Eiseley the way they did it...Han, my bookie.
V: I would not touch this movie at all. Perfect and one of the best ever.
VI: Ewoks were too much. Dumb decision to put a bunch of walking teddy bears in. Still, it's a good movie. I think it is right in there for 3rd best of the saga (do not count Rogue 1).
I: Could have been SO much better. Make Anakin a teenager and make the Gunguns more serious and less goofy. If Jar Jar was closer to stoic like Chewbacca, he could have been a decent character.
II: So slow. And the romantic scenes were corny. Needed a total rewrite. The arena scene riding an animal around was just stupid.
III: They had the right idea here. Just too many shortcuts. Could have made Anakin's flip more believable. The birthing scene was dumb and the final lightsaber fight was over the top. The whole thing could have been done so much better with decent writing.
VI: Total rehash of IV. There was no need for that. Characters were good outside of under developed Poe and Kylo's temper tantrums. I just wish they would have did something other than destroy a bigger death star.
VII: I honestly don't understand people who say this was one of the best. Way too many holes. The Rose/Finn excursion was dumb and unneeded. The Leia space walk...GoG and she never used the Force before? The whole "chase" was similar to BSG and why couldn't the First Order just jump ahead of them and gun them down? Didn't care for the cantankerous Luke or the trick at the end. I wish they could have given him a real heroic ending. And I wish Leia was the one to pilot the kamakazi ship and kept Laura Dern alive.
Overall, I just hate that they now have to explain every little thing when actually using your imagination for things like how the rebels stole the Death Star plans, the Kessel Run, Boba Fett's background, how Han met Chewie, what happened in the Clone Wars was one of the best things about the OT.
