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Originally Posted by Ghost
While I do agree, the acting and character development which are the paramount requisites of any movie are far superior in the old trilogy than the new.
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No way. I hear this all the time, and it's nothing more than waxing nostalgic about the good ole days when men were men and Star Wars was perfect. The acting, the dialogue, all of it was infamously wooden. The actors complained about it on the set. Watch the extras and listen to Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher talk about it. It's famously a problem with Lucas. The guy doesn't write crisp dialogue. He wants his characters to blurt out his rushed lines so he can cram as much film in as possible. Personally, I think the method behind the madness is that the story is so huge that he felt rushed. He's famous for directing his actors to "say it with more emphasis and
faster.
Empire slowed down a bit. Jedi was a train wreck. Easily the worst of the three, and possibly the worst of the series if it weren't for Jar-Jar. Attack of the Clones is far superior to Jedi, but that's another discussion entirely.
Personally, I think people wax too nostalgic about the old ones, and expected way too much out of the new ones in comparison.
Of course, nothing has touched Empire yet... That's a high bar.