Should The Prequels been one movie?

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I have noticed that the majority of SW fans think ROTS is the best of the three prequels. I feel the reason for that is it is the meat of the PT story, and has the PT plot points everyone wanted to see, plus Lucas even admits ROTS has about 60% of the PT story he wanted to tell.

I am throwing out a theory that the PT should have been one movie, a prologue to the OT, that should be watched AFTER ROTJ. Throw away the roman numerals from Episode IV-VI, the SW saga is of 4 movies now.

This movie could have been about 3 1/2 hours mostly covering the main plot points from ROTS, but given the extended time, it wouldn't have given the movie more time to breathe.

Now many will counter you need certain aspects of I & II to setup everything in Episode III, and I say you can have the first half hour with various dialogue through the main characters talking about the events of Episode I & II. For instance, Kenobi & Anakin can talk about how he was found as a young boy and he was the chosen one, and that is big responsibility for him.

The main aspect would be that the PT would have been one event in lets say the summer of 2000, and I believe all the bashing and gushing that had gone on over the years wouldn't have existed cause there would be only one movie and it would be done. Sure there would be fans that love and defend it and fans that would hate it, but there would be a huge section who just enjoyed one more SW movie to give all the answers to the OT we wondered since 1983. By have 3 movies over 7 years, it just made many fans chose a side, and either enjoy the ride and not look at anything critically or become disgusted that they couldn't see anything good in the movies.

I think 2 hours is fine for a movie. I just think ROTS should have taken two movies.

Yes, but what an epic movie a 3 1/2 hour ROTS could have been if it were the only one seen by SW fans. Think about all the comments you hear about Jar Jar, Jake Lloyd, the AOTC romance, all of that wouldn't exist.

We waited 16 years, and our first shot is ObiWan & Anakin flying in this huge space battle, I mean that could have been iconic! I agree with ya that ROTS should have been 2 movies, but I know I wouldn't have any problem watching a long SW movie if it is not a setup movie like TPM & AOTC, and I just think one prequel really could have done the trick.
Although Lucas wouldn't have made as much money as three prequels.

I don't have the cheek even suggest the changes needed, and if I did, I'd hardly know where to start. If I say ROTS should have been two films, I'd have the nagging feeling that that many plot points spread could in fact make it worse. What I did think ROTS done very well was cover all the plot points and tie up loose ends, and for this reason you could say that the prequels could have been one movie: ROTS. However, as an interesting watch, I don't think it stands up.

What I have said before though, is that TPM was not neccesary for the PT. Sure, we were introduced to a young Anakin, just to see what he was like, but a young Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon Jinn and a small skirmish between frogs and robots; these simply weren't neccesary.

Originally posted by chewy16
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Re: Should The Prequels been one movie?

yes and no.

i think the story of anakin should have certainly coincided with the fall of the republic for ep3, but with eps 1&2 focusing on the beginnings of the sith. i think that while palpatine was an awesome character, the elements which contributed to his story were completely weak.

so eps 1&2 should have focused on jedi vs. sith, with anakin being introduced in ep2, birthed from other jedi. ( i hate how they were turned into buddhist monks)

i really just dont like the backstory at all, and find it trite and tedious. all i find redeeming about the PT at this point is the action as well as emotion driven by our pre-attachment to certain characters already seen the OT. without the OT i feel the PT would have just popped and fizzled away.

2 movies would have been good for ROTS, they could definately have shown so much more.

No, the PT is fine as is.

One movie? Eek.

The PT should have been all about the Clone Wars. TPM should have been what AOTC is. AOTC should have been the war and hunt for Sidious and Dooku. ROTS should stay pretty much the same.

Only certain actors, dialog, characters and annoying visuals should be reformed or removed.

Originally posted by Tangible God
The PT should have been all about the Clone Wars. TPM should have been what AOTC is. AOTC should have been the war and hunt for Sidious and Dooku. ROTS should stay pretty much the same.

Originally posted by chinabing
How ya gonna have Luke & Leia if Anakin & Padme don't fall head over heels? How they gonna fall in love if they don't meet? You have to set things up. You don't just jump into the Clone Wars, hey, people complained TPM jumped too far into the Tray-Fed battle moments into TPM! You need Qui-Gon to teach Obi-Wan how to fade in and out. You need the pod race, come on it's the pod race! That would be like cutting out the speeder bike chase in RotJ!

Originally posted by queeq
I just think ROTS should have taken two movies.

ditto

Originally posted by General G
2 movies would have been good for ROTS, they could definately have shown so much more.

That would be great, or 1 movie of 5 hours, i wouldn't mind, it being so long.

Lucas would.

Originally posted by ~JP~
ditto

But then stretched more in the Clone Wars era and have the seduction of Anakin much much better than it is now.

Originally posted by Count Makashi
That would be great, or 1 movie of 5 hours, i wouldn't mind, it being so long.

A movie that long would be hard to keep people's attention, although, I am sure it could be done.

The PT should have been 5 or six movies. I don't know what the hell Lucas was thinking cramming it into 3.

Originally posted by queeq
and have the seduction of Anakin much much better than it is now.

Like it was in the novels. ✅

Which novels?

Originally posted by ~JP~
Like it was in the novels. ✅

It was a lot better there. I believed that.

Originally posted by General G
Which novels?