
I am going out on a limb saying this but,
Star Wars: The Clone Wars was a good movie. I felt that it's character, and dramatic quality were consistent with IV-VI. It's approach to the Jedi and connected spiritual issues worked. It does have a light quality that comes with its stylised cartoon medium, and that does have to be taken into account.
It is largely an action movie, and I don't have a problem with that. It isn't set to take on any of the big-scale operaic concepts that IV-VI tackled, and I-III crashed into. Since it's in between the big events, we can just hang out and see what's happening in the 'verse. Some Jedi spirituality comes into play with Anakin and his apprentice, and it's handled well. I enjoyed meeting someone screwed up enough to be Anakin's Padawan. It's all viable Jedi material, and a far cry from the hashed out monkey-dribble typed out for I-III.
There were a few flaws, which show up as symptoms from the poor writing in I-III. They are like a disease that must be crushed, as Vader sought to crush the rebellion, or preferably blown apart, as Luke did to the Death Star, and will likely have to be done so twice, then revisited in a prequel, tabletop RPG, and associated merchandise.
* Yoda's Speech. We see the same inversions instead of a feel for a character's speech, sloppy writing.
* Mace Windu. As with I-III, an interesting character concept, but he fails to convey anything spiritually significant, as was intended. His speech, like Yoda's, follows a pattern, instead of depicting any real depth of character. I want so much more from Windu, Lucas, you give me so much less.
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