• Druid@lemmy.zip
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    8 hours ago

    Interesting and actually makes a lot of sense. Though I’m not sure how many would actually benefit from that order outside new, younger Star Wars fans since everyone knows the reveal. Still a cool concept.

    Disservice to my favourite one of them, Phantom Menace, but I get it. It’s just not really important in the grant scheme of things. It’s definitely got the coolest final fight imo, outside maybe RotS.

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      7 hours ago

      For what it’s worth, the machete order has been a thing for a long while now, but it was only more recently that the prequel trilogy was somewhat “redeemed” when the politicking became a lot more applicable and relatable to those earlier audiences who were likely very bored of it all as teenagers/young adults.

      I would say the Phantom Menace is seen as a better movie today than it was back then, even though it’s a slow burn to get started, because it shows the early stages of a collapsing democracy that underlies the events of the following two movies. Everything is weighed down by bureaucracy, there are minor conflicts which escalate into something larger, people turning a blind eye to injustices like slavery, etc.