After finally listening to Sci-Fi Cast Episode 008 (because Ged told me 3000 times to listen to it) about some Star Wars Prequel Trilogy gripes, I’ve decided to play devil’s advocate here. Star Wars is great (all the films), and though I do prefer the Original Trilogy, it is still not too terribly fantastic either.

1. Mark Hamill’s horrific acting when discovering he’s Vader’s son and pretty much everywhere else in the entire trilogy.
2. Ewoks instead of Wookiees? Would have been much more epic with Wookiees flying from vines onto AT-ST’s and ripping Stormtroopers in half.
3. Luke’s a complete whiny bitch (excuse me): “Blah blah Toshi Station blah blah blah.” And he’s the one restoring balance to the Force? Leia is leaps and bounds more mature.
4. Stormtrooper door-to-door. If you’re looking for something as important as a droid holding plans of your planet-destroying spacestation and no one answers the door, bust down the door. This is the Galactic Empire for Sith’s sake!
5. Wampa and the ridiculousness of Luke’s inability to retrieve his lightsaber. This guy is supposed to defeat Vader?
6. The trash compactor. A vent in the cell block is a passage to a trash compactor? And what is that door doing there anyway?
7. Palpatine has a serious lack of creative dialogue in the OT compared to the PT.
8. Yoda acts like a BABY when meeting Luke for the first time. Seriously, claiming ownership of the flashlight from R2? “Mine!”
9. Space slug/Mynock cave is really bad. The mynocks are somewhat frightening at first when they seemingly jump out from nowhere, but this scene is just terrible.
10. Biggs has no story, why is he so important and why does everyone like him so much?