Zetetic Elench

Returns and Strikes back! An idea I had for consistently re-booting the "prequel" Star Wars trilogy-is to completely forget what was filmed!  Although it starts of similar to the phantom menace the main thrust of the plot is that the Jedi believe the Sith have returned and are concerned about the sect targeting Anakin Skywalker.  Anakin is a baby at this point. But everything else....the Jedi try to battle the Sith grand master but he is such a formidable foe that they are forced to create a clone army just to fight him. They end up provoking a rebellion in the outer rim territories and a sizable anti-jedi movement in the senate. The rebels then create their own clone army and are actually invited to conquer the Jedi Centre by the senate. The sith grand master is actually Palpatines former teacher. Palpatine was rejected by the Sith when he became a senator for various blah reasons. The senate are an advisory body and two thirds of its members ...

Obvious Plot Points Which "Revenge of the Sith" Missed and Some Changes Which Make the Narrative Better. 1. The Jedi know Padme will die because of Anakin's visions but they are resigned to her death. 2. Anakin suspects Qui-Gonn and Dooku conspired to create the clone army. 3. Anakin suspects Qui-Gonn and Dooku conspired to start the clone war. 4. Anakin therefore suspects Dooku is communing with Qui-Gonn. 6. This is based o n Anakin's vision which shows Qui-Gonn being able to communicate with his wife, despite being dead. He is actually killed by the "clone progenitor (CP)", not Darth Maul, who is in turn killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi in slightly altered version of Episode Two. 7.  Qui-Gonn Jinn was once Dooku's master, not the other way around. 8. Anakin thinks Qui-Gonn Jinn is still Dooku's apprentice. 9. This "chain of command" leaves Anakin suspecting his own former master. 10. Padme is actually able...

I was going to title this  "In Defence of the Preludes", but if three films made over a decade ago have to be re-explained then either they were not very good in the first place or the people watching weren't really paying attention. And reference is made also to The Force Awakens. Soooooo, well the first critique of the Star Wars prequels is that Lucas keeps reinforcing the... Hang on, what message is he trying to say? In each film Palpatine gains more power at the hand of an ineffective Galactic senate. I understand the point about sacrificing liberty for efficiency but did this really need to be repeated three times? To underline the point that the senate will be dissolved later? It gets repetitive and it turns people off. The Father is the Hero and not the Son. When the original saga was completed, with the final release of "Revenge of the Sith", one could make the case that Anakin was the true hero after all by defeating the elitist Je...

It has been suggested that it is Luke Skywalker's intention to end the Jedi Order before it can be restarted. Perhaps this is true, but I believe this refers to fan criticism of the preludes and the Jedi participating in the Clone Wars.  I think it is far more likely that the title/phrase "The Last Jedi" refers equally to both Luke and Rey, but more specifically to Luke's relationship with Leia and the political situation in the galaxy. Luke disappeared because the Republic used Jedi as military officers. Considering Leia's position in the Resistance and the tensions between the Republic and the First Order it is likely that the Republic would either come to some kind of arrangement with the First Order  or would assume the Resistance's role in defeating the  First Order. Both scenarios would be tragic as far as Luke and his role in re-establishing the Jedi Order are concerned. In the first, it is likely that, in return for peace, the  First Order ...