Star Wars Prequel Vs Sequel

Star wars prequel vs sequel. From the jedi council to the first order did the prequels or the sequels end up bringning more new ideas into the star wars universe. While the sequel trilogy films have scores of 93 91 and 52. By anthony gramuglia dec 11 2019. The sequel films have been the most divisive trilogy in the skywalker saga.

We compare the star wars prequel trilogy to the sequel trilogy. The star wars prequel trilogy isn t as hated as it used to be by most fans but that doesn t mean it s better than disney s sequel trilogy. The prequel trilogy movies have scores of 53 65 and 80. Eagerly anticipated derided upon release and now re evaluated in the years since the story of the star wars prequel trilogy s reception is a storied one filled with as many twist and turns as any epic saga.

Star wars fans of the original trilogy don t feel that they ve lived up to their expectations and fans of the expanded universe once the only canon material that existed beyond the original trilogy feel that they ve squandered their potential as a final act of george lucas s vision. Share share tweet email. 5 reasons emperor palpatine is the villain of star wars and 5 that it s darth vader with the sequel trilogy now behind us as well and the sharp divisions within the star. By ben sherlock aug 17 2019.

Fire up your engines because we re tackling a big one in our latest edition of vs pitting the star wars prequels against the star wars sequels and declaring definitively which galactic triptych is the superior set of films we re looking at box office data and tomatometer scores for episodes 1 3 and 7 9 as well as which trilogy delivered the best moments and gave us the. Unfortunately what was supposed to be another opportunity to come up with a. Written and directed by george lucas the star wars prequels were once the easy punching bag of the fandom especially in the still early days of the internet and while critical opinion still skews more negative amongst fans it s started to shift. While the prequels aren t great examples of story telling i still feel that they are more unique and in most ways feel more like star wars films than the sequels.

The rise of skywalker gave disney s sequel trilogy a worse ending than the prequels had with george lucas at the helm in 2015 a new era of star wars stories began under disney with j j. Until disney squeezed out george lucas and started butchering the star wars saga even more than the prequel trilogy already did episodes i through iii were the most maligned films in the franchise. The sequel films feel so stale and come across as pale imitations of the original trilogy. A gauge for the critical reception of star wars movies is rotten tomatoes.