Overall, it generally seems to be the most fondly remembered of the prequel-era games, with some even declaring it the best thing to emerge from The Phantom Menace. I’ll admit to finding a reasonable degree of enjoyment with over half of the prequel-era games, but one title stands out more than others in my mind: Star Wars Episode 1: Racer. I had a lot of fun with Star Wars: Bounty Hunter and Star Wars: The Clone Wars on the GameCube and found some satisfaction with Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Starfighter on the Xbox. The only issue with that is quite a number of them were average at best, with many being almost instantly forgettable. Oh, how about those games…the many, many prequel-era games! Of the one hundred or so Star Wars games in my collection, a fair proportion were set amongst and released during the prequel-era. Lifelong friendships were forged with local fans, much disposable income was expended on toys memorabilia, and numerous tie-in video games were released. As a somewhat lapsed but still unabashed fanboy, I enjoyed the time leading up to and during the release of the prequel trilogy. I’ll admit to still being able to ‘enjoy’ watching the prequels, albeit rarely and in small doses. Whether that mark was just skirted or missed by a mile depends on the individual’s fondness for the Star Wars universe, a critical eye for movie making, and / or their level of cynicism. Something was a bit off though whether it was the stilted dialogue and direction by the creator, the contrived verboseness of the ‘talky’ scenes clunkily joining the action together, or the inevitability of the fall of Anakin Skywalker leading to the ‘birth’ of Darth Vader, the consensus remains that the trilogy missed the mark. The world-building and simmering galactic conflicts were all positioned reasonably well, the CGI and visual effects pushed the limits of what was possible at the time, the lightsaber battle choreography was often at another level from what we’d previously seen (who still wants more Darth Maul?), and the various John Williams helmed soundtracks remain spine-tingling to this day. If you remember ‘enjoying’ the Star Wars prequel trilogy in cinemas (some of us are very creaky and watched the originals in that format too) you’ll probably also recall a degree of disappointment with the three movies.
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