Talk:Not-Quite-Essays/@comment-4423292-20170801065711

Pre prequels rewatch
I'm writing this now because I plan to rewatch the Star Wars prequels, and I want to remember why I liked them the first time around, in case this runs that.

I watched Star Wars when I was 6, maybe 7. At the time, I remember basically liking the prequels better than the original trilogy. I didn't care about any of the main characters; I'm not sure to what degree I was following the plot. I think it's probably accurate to say that I was judging each scene on it's coolness, with little to no though about how they fit together.

I liked the prequels because the planets were cooler. The originals have a desert planet, then a snow planet, then... ok, Endor was admittedly highly awesome, but it's only one planet. But the planets in the prequels were stranger and more fantastical. They're in an underwater city, in domes beneath a lake. Then they're in round capsule building above a great ocean. Little me thought this was cool. Valuing the universe and world-building over the story is just how I am.

I liked the prequels because there were more Jedi. By the time of the originals, they're kinda extinct. Jedi are cool, and more Jedi > less.

I liked the prequels because there were Jedi children—children who were my age at the time. I liked finding out I was still young enough to become a Jedi. It's like you're still young enough to get your Hogwarts letter.

I liked the prequels because I thought Padmé's hair was cool. I suspect she reminded me of Ozma, from the Oz books. (On one of the covers, Ozma is shown with some sort of headdress that has two metal pieces coming down from either side, and then her hair wrapped around those like vines on a trellis.) Yes, little me liked young queens with implausibly awesome hair.