episode 1's purpose (Score 1)

I wonder if George Lucas VERY purposefully made episode 1 a kiddie movie. Think about it. episodes 4-6 were about Luke. They start out with a rather naive feeling to them, and grow muych more mature throughout. sorta like a teenager growing up. As episodes 4-6 were (from one point of view) the story of luke, this progression is interesting to note.

now take episode 1. from that same point of view, it was the story of anakin, a kid. and what do ya know, it has the feeling of a kid movie. this doesn' seem like an accident to me.

i think george lucas knows that he made episode 1 a kiddie movie (hell, he used his own 6-year-old kid as the initial screener!). at a guess, i'd say that episode 2 will be targeted to appeal to teenagers (the way that that Starship Troopers and Varsity Blues were). if he did that, it would be a REAL interesting artistic statement.

just my $0.02 p1ggy