The Phantom Menace at 20: Where did it all go wrong for the Star Wars prequel?

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The Phantom Menace at 20: Where did it all go wrong for the Star Wars prequel?
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Fans camped out just to buy tickets for George Lucas’s fourth Star Wars venture, writes Al Horner, but the film left fans confused, disappointed and angry

The prequel trilogy has lived on in infamy, but the true low point of this low point in the Star Wars franchise must be Attack of the Clones, the dry, crusted middle of the cinematic sandwich. While Revenge of the Sith has some sense of completion and The Phantom Menace has some sense of wonder, all Attack of the Clones has is a CGI Yoda bopping about the screen like an unswattable fly while battling Christopher Lee’s Count Dooku.

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