Clone Wars doesn't really add anything plot-wise that's required to understand the universe. It adds depth to the prequel characters, but the movies are understandable without it.
Danger's my birthright.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
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Dana - Jan 07, 2016 10:43:33 am PST #29651 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Vonnie K - Jan 07, 2016 10:47:38 am PST #29652 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Oh, excellent. At some point, I'll probably need to read up on what happened on prequels, but I could just wiki it.
The Rogue One cast seems like a dynamite. Could do with more women, but colour me intrigued.
Dana - Jan 07, 2016 11:25:35 am PST #29653 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Seriously, as far as the prequels go, it's mostly three movies of Anakin turning to the dark side, Palpatine brilliantly manipulating the Republic and executing a power grab, and...Luke and Leia are born.
Una - Jan 07, 2016 1:37:13 pm PST #29654 of 30000
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
...But what Dana neglected to mention is that all of that is terribly written and directed.
Dana - Jan 07, 2016 1:37:40 pm PST #29655 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I thought that was a given.
Una - Jan 07, 2016 1:41:49 pm PST #29656 of 30000
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Just checking; maybe there were one or two people left in the universe who don't know that?
Dana - Jan 07, 2016 2:05:43 pm PST #29657 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I do feel a bit like a prequel apologist. No, really, they could have been good! There were moments!
SuziQ - Jan 07, 2016 2:30:17 pm PST #29658 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I discovered today that I actually own Episodes II and III. I could have sworn that I never spent a dime on those. And since I apparently did, why not Episode I? Meh, whatever. They will likely continue to gather dust at the bottom of the DVD pile.
Una - Jan 07, 2016 3:43:34 pm PST #29659 of 30000
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
No, really, they could have been good! There were moments!
I have those same thoughts sometimes. Aaaaand then the next scene happens and I throw up a little in my mouth.
(I will fight people over the amazing swordplay in TPM, though. Amazeballs.)
Suzi, I only took my prequel DVDs out of the shrink wrap this summer (after many a year) in some fit of "hey, let's get ready for new SW".
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 07, 2016 4:20:07 pm PST #29660 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
And since I apparently did, why not Episode I?
Too much Jar Jar?