Editing Top 11 Good Things in the Star Wars Prequels

(We are shown a poster of ''The Phantom Menace'', with the images of Jar Jar Binks, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Queen Amidala covered in red-colored Xs, while the image of young Anakin is covered with dozens of Xs. A red caption then appears at the top of the poster saying "The poster's drawn nice", before the title for Top 11 Good Things in the ''Star Wars'' Prequels is shown. For each interlude, the posters of the three films are shown with the number moving towards the screen)

NC (vo): Number 11: That kick-ass sword fight. The fighting in these movies definitely got a lot better when the prequels got started. Even the most intense moments in the original trilogy mostly kept it just two people tapping swords. But the storyline and characters still kept us interested. Well, since there was shit storyline and characters in the [[Star Wars: The Phantom Menace|first film]], they at least made up for it with a pretty cool swordfight. Instead of two people, it's three, and instead of just tapping swords, they're flipping, kicking, jumping, and even introduce that Donatello Saber. (A picture of Donatello is shown near Darth Maul) Yeah, I know. I'm sure it's called something else, but I call it the Donatello Saber.

(Another scene of Obi-Wan dueling with Darth Maul is shown)

NC (vo): Number 10: Less Jar Jar as the films went on. Yeah, I know this kinda shouldn't count, seeing how making up for a mistake still technically means it's a mistake, but think about how much (George) Lucas doesn't like to go back on an alteration he's already made.

NC (vo): Number 9: Yoda kicking ass. On the one hand, I really didn't wanna see this as I always saw Yoda as that guy who had so much power, he can move a starship with his finger. I don't know, I just got the feeling a guy like that could blink and you could probably blow up or something. But I gotta be honest. Seeing somebody that small move like this is both hilarious and kind of awesome. You just don't see it coming. And it's nice how in the last film, we do see him moving big objects around as well as just swinging around the sword. So he's kinda using all his abilities to his effect, which, of course, asked the question: Why does he need that cane if he's so fit? Why couldn't he just use his powers to give his enemies a heart attack? I know, tons and tons of things that don't add up, but still, if it means watching "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Muppet", I don't give a shit. I love watching it, and it's some great action. I mean, come on. It's gotta be a lot better than this love banter.

NC (vo): Number 8: This scene.

NC (vo): Number 7: Anakin and Padmé's reaction to being pregnant.* This might be a strange scene to focus on, but I actually think it's done quite effectively. Jedi are forbidden to fall in love, get married and have kids, so when Anakin returns to his secret wife, this is the last news he wants to hear.

NC (vo): Number 6: Casting Hayden Christensen as Anakin.

NC (vo): The same kind that can turn a good actor like Mark Wahlberg into an [[Top 11 Funniest Shyamalan Moments|unfocused twit]] in ''The Happening'', the same kind that told Christian Bale his Batman voice sounded fine. "Don't change a thing."

(The scene showing Darth Vader's mask being put on his face for the first time and Vader's first breath is shown)

NC (vo): Number 5: The Intro to ''Revenge of the Sith''. Yeah, it's kind of corny and a little overblown, but people forget just how corny and overblown the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy was, too. I mean, look at this. You got the space battle, you got the swordfights, you got the lasers firing, you got the big diabolical villain. After two incredibly underwhelming movies before it, this was the first time I felt like I was actually watching a new ''Star Wars'' film. It had the energy, it had the imagination, it even had some of the comedy of the original. Some would argue this makes the film even more angering as it comes so much closer to the original trilogy, only to have the lameness of the other films show its face again.

NC (vo): Number 4: Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan. As much as I talk about how bland most of these actors are, the one who seems to be perfectly cast and even manage to make a lot of the dialogue less painful is Ewan McGregor. Not only does he surprisingly command a lot of authority, but he also has an energy that carries over from a young youth to an aging warrior. When I look at this guy, I don't see someone badly playing a role, I see young Obi-Wan Kenobi.

NC (vo): Number 3: The Emperor.

NC (vo): Number 2: The different worlds. One of the disadvantages the original ''Star Wars'' had is that while it had a decent budget, it was never so big that you could show off in great detail how gigantic the worlds could be. Now they made up for this by keeping the locations close, intimate, and having a lot of personality. With the prequels, though, you can show vast landscapes, entire cities, incredible backdrops. We can go from a solid still of Cloud City to circling buildings while flying through other ships. Now do I think [[Has CGI Gone Too Far?|there's too much CG]] and not enough hand-build sets? Of course I do, just like everybody does. And, yeah, I think one or two environments are painfully lazy. Can you say salting cracker-man? (An arrow points to one of the Podracing competitors with a big head) But for the most part, we're allowed to really see a planet from multiple different angles and several different locations, rather than just finding a desert and saying, "Oh, uh, the whole planet looks like this!" Keep in mind, too, in 1999, CG was mostly used for monsters and devices. This is one of the earlier films that created giant fantasy worlds that went outside your everyday environments. I even liked some of the great locations are obviously paying homage to other great locations. A lot of people claim the Podrace setup was too similar to ''Ben-Hur''.

NC (vo): And the number 1 Good Moment from the ''Star Wars'' Prequels is: The opera house scene from ''Revenge of the Sith''. Not only is this scene beautifully shot, not only is it dripping with atmosphere, not only is it well-acted, not only is it well-written, but this is the first time in the prequels something is given to the ''Star Wars'' mythos to make it more of a mythos. What, you may ask? Why, its own mythos. Yeah, think about it. A lot of the great mythologies often have their own mythologies within their world.