Well, with the upcoming Episode VII I'd been watching to rewatch all 6 movies. So, today I watched I-III. And I had some thoughts. Note, I'm not going into a rant about what was wrong with them, life is too short to be negative, and there are good things about the prequel trilogy.

Lets start with, so many lightsabre fights. Probably my favorite single thing growing up with the Original trilogy was the lightsabres, I blame them for my life long facination with all things sword related. And we get duels in spades. I've always said I'd one day make a fancut of all the lightsaber duels and just watch that... Yes, they're not realistic. I don't care, they're epic.

Next, the Sith. Yes, Vader was epicly scary and evil, especially when I was 5 and seeing A New Hope in the theater. I liked that they didn't try to make the other Sith Vader clones. Maul was scarily intense, what if a being spent pretty much it's entire life studying to be a weapon, that's Maul. Count Dooku has Sir Christopher Lee showing charm, style and panache...while still being the bad guy. And Emperor Palpatine when he shows his true colors, he is terrifying. He's a monster in the way all the others are not, and radiates evil in a way you rarely see in movies. He's not cheesy, he's not insane, he's evil. Corrupting, dark and ruthless.

And to provide balance...there's Yoda. He's more than just the mentor who talks funny. He teaches the youngsters and appears to be good with kids (he is their size), which made perfect sense. He also is a bad-ass. One of my running jokes has been 'The shorter and older the martial artist, the better he is'. Well Yoda was 900 years old and less than 3 feet tall... you do the math. *grin* Also, I liked the banter between Obi-Wan and Anakin in II and II, especially III. Dry wit, sarcasm, and the kind of snark that can only happen to people who have been friends for years. Which made the final battle on Mustafar actually seem to be more than just a fight.

So that's my thoughts about the prequel. It wasn't perfect, and in some spots was quite painful, but I think they're still worth watching. I'll give the Original Trilogy a watch later on, and I'll report my thoughts. Until then, may the Force be with you.