> really condescending and smug

I think it's strongly implied in Ep III that Palpatine used the force to "create life," and that he is probably Anakin's "father," sort of. It's one of several ideas from that movie that I actually like, and think do add a measure of depth.

> And why the hell is this so long?

I like to watch "Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark" along with "Rambo - First Blood" in an early '80s movies double feature. I usually do it while eating a pizza pie I bought with ATM machine money.

I hate hate hate when people try to tell me WHY I like the original movies, especially when they do it solely to try to criticize their quality. It's such an infuriatingly condescending line of thought.

> I'm not sure the headline does actually say that?

Disingenuous response is disingenuous. You didn't just think things, you WROTE THEM FOR THE INTERNET TO READ.

Those places where there was only one set of footprints in the sand? That's where John Williams carried you.

I don't mind the lack of dialog. It's not like they have anything to say to each other. You can say they should have tried to get info out of Maul, but really, how productive is that conversation going to be? I like the idea of Maul as a silent, mysterious menace.

Those sliding laser doors were visually pretty sweet. And making Obi Wan watch his mentor get skewered was powerful.

It's written by an exspecially dangerous [AV]Club[writer] named Jesse.

You can (I personally do not) call OT acting "bad" if you want, but those guys were having fun. Prequel acting is bad in a ponderous, wooden way, and that is so much worse.

A guy I knew once who was about 10 years older than me, and a HUGE muppet fan, said that it was pretty hard to not hear Fozzie and Miss Piggy when Yoda talked.

Is "contrarian" a subspecies of human?

I think he gave one of the most fun performances in the original trilogy. I can watch the scenes with him, Like and Vader over and over with undiminished joy.

Are you posting this as an example of bad dialog? Because I actually really like several lines from that scene. As I read them on the computer screen, I see that they are kind of corny. But James Earl Jones really elevates them. The venom he puts into the way he says "THAT name…" is rich. And I'm genuinely moved…

Off the top of my head, I can think of two worse ones: