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Originally posted by master harmax
The whole Star Wars thing has become pretty legendary in movie lore. Many critics and fans did not like TPM, and maybe they were right in a way ... something WAS missing in terms of the vibe of the OT - still I liked the movie a lot, and I think that while it's faults have been talked about a lot, it's plusses have been taken rather for granted -

So basically, the series having achieved what it has in terms of worldwide recognition, AND box office success ( including TPM ), I think it's reached a point where, right now, it is really not so important to Lucas how much money the remaining two movies make. Because, now we've reached the most delicate, important and best part of the story - the rise and fall of Anakin -
and I think it's more important to Lucas right now that he tells this part of the story EXACTLY as he meant it to be told - and not HOW he has to tell it so that the movie makes a killing at the box office.

So I think that AOTC and Ep.3 in a way will be MEANT primarily for
the people who are into the nitty-gritty of the saga - not because they will be made purposely that way, but because the very nature of the narrative that will be told in these movies can be appreciated in it's depth only be people who are really into Star Wars, i.e. guys like us.

So, who cares really if it becomes a big hit or not ? Or whether the critics slam it or not ? I believe that unless the guy whose commenting on this and the next movie is really deeply into the whole Star Wars thing , he won't really get it, so to speak; and so he wouldn't be qualified to judge; basically I think it's people like us, who are in a best position to judge the next two movies.

It's more important that the next two movies capture the feel and essence of the narrative as well as possible, even if, in the process, they make comparitively less money.