I tried...

...but I'm still not a big fan of the Star Wars Prequels.

I love the Original Trilogy. Loved it since I first saw it, which was actually pretty late in the day, all things considered. I think I was about 20, which is the better part of 18 years ago now, and in that time I have watched A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi many, many times (the original theatrical versions, because I'm lucky enough to have those DVDs, and I think they're so much better than the updated ones). I even like the Sequels, which I know are not all that popular with some hardcore fans of the Originals, but when it comes to the prequels, I just... don't like them much. I know I watched them once, quite soon after I saw the originals, and maybe once or twice since then, but I realised the other day that I barely even remembered what happens in them, except for the obvious 'big moments' and, unfortunately, that Jar Jar Binks is there :P

The Phantom Menace was actually a little better than I remember. I thought little Anakin was sweet, I liked Liam Neeson's Qui Gon Jinn, and I always knew that Ewan McGregor was amazing as a young Obi-Wan (he does the voice so well!). I don't think I even found Jar Jar as annoying as I did before and, all in all, I was surprised to find I didn't mind it.

Attack of the Clones, also not so bad. Hayden Christenson is fine, the Anakin/Padme romance is fine, there's a bunch of stuff that's just fine about it, to be honest. Again, Ewan McGregor is probably my favourite part of the whole thing, though it's always cool to see Yoda in a lightsaber fight, and Mace Windu being Mace Windu because, you know, Samuel L Jackson. Still, it's just fine to me, nothing more than that.

Then we come to Revenge of the Sith. Well, I knew going in it was going to end badly, obviously, but I couldn't remember much of how it got from Point A to Point B Darth Vader. Oh dear. It goes dark so fast, doesn't it? Anakin just seems to declare, 'This is the wrong thing,' and then does it anyway, over and over, until it's all too late and all hope is lost. I mean, it's well acted and well done as a film, I guess, but so depressing! I just don't think I want to rewatch it again. Maybe in another goodness-knows-how-many years? I did at least like the very last part, seeing Leia and Luke put safely in the arms of the Organas and the Lars.

Well, now I just really want to fanfic the heck out of all this and give everyone a happy ending, which isn't necessarily very Star Wars, but hey, who cares, right? ;)