Great review. I agree with your analysis. A random observation is that I really, really like the slow starting pace of Episode IV, and I think that's why I sort of like Episode I as well, because it's the slowest of the prequel movies, and I apparently like slow starts to my fiction. Anyone ever read (don't ever, ever watch) Dune?
(Random factual nitpick: Episode VI is supposed to take place a full year after Episode V ends, hence how Yoda's health has managed to deteriorate so much. Not that you'd figure this out just from watching the films.)
C-3PO isn't racist against Brits; OH meant the classic films are racist against Brits. We have a British droid of questionable masculinity and undeniable inutility and an oppressive, outlandishly-malevolent empire apparently officered entirely by British people, who are opposed by a Rebellion centred around freedom-loving [strikethrough]Americans[/strikethrough] Corellians. The only cool British person is Obi-Wan, and he dead. The prejudice is more noticeable in the prequel films where the craven, money-grubbing Neimoidians are quite clearly Chinese.
OH: Star Wars naming scheme?
(Random factual nitpick: Episode VI is supposed to take place a full year after Episode V ends, hence how Yoda's health has managed to deteriorate so much. Not that you'd figure this out just from watching the films.)
C-3PO isn't racist against Brits; OH meant the classic films are racist against Brits. We have a British droid of questionable masculinity and undeniable inutility and an oppressive, outlandishly-malevolent empire apparently officered entirely by British people, who are opposed by a Rebellion centred around freedom-loving [strikethrough]Americans[/strikethrough] Corellians. The only cool British person is Obi-Wan, and he dead. The prejudice is more noticeable in the prequel films where the craven, money-grubbing Neimoidians are quite clearly Chinese.
OH: Star Wars naming scheme?