Quote from: Local Trouble on Jan 18, 2020, 06:22:53 AM
I think the entire PT is shit and this is the All Star Wars thread, so discussing it is hardly off-topic. Feel free to vent spleen about it. Please.
OK, I also rank the PT pretty low. Here is my ranking of all the Star Wars live action films.
1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. A New Hope
3. Return of the Jedi
4. The Force Awakens
5. The Rise of Skywalker
6. Rogue One
7. ROTS
8. AOTC
9. TPM
10. The Last Jedi
* For me the PT doesn't hold up very well.
I believe when the PT was done that Lucas had declined as a filmmaker in terms of casting, editing & dialogue.
Also, by this time Lucas had much more control of these later Star Wars films where he did the writing and directing where no one could stand up to him.
- Compare that to the OT process which had a strong producer (Gary Kurtz), his first wife, Marcia, doing editing & providing story ideas, different writers like Lawrence Kasdan & other directors such as Irvin Kershner.