My Unabashed Love for Attack of the Clones

[@quatreraberbawinner2628]

I think I was 11 when this movie came out, I was extremely confused to learn later on that there was an intense hatred for the prequel movies

[@Rishi123456789]

"I was extremely confused to learn later on that there was an intense hatred for the prequel movies" So was I and I'm convinced that the intense hatred for the prequel films are not entirely organic, especially when you consider the huge amount of money the prequel films made and the fact that the prequel films have decent audience scores. The intense hatred for the prequel films comes from a loud minority, the average normie thinks the prequel films are mostly good but flawed films.

[@Snavels]

Same here, Grew up adoring the Phantom Menace, it was my 2nd favorite after Return of the Jedi, even now it still holds a special place in my heart, in spite of the issues it does have. Young me couldn't tell good acting from bad acting, but I could recognize a good story, and I still think the prequels (in spite of their flaws) tell a good story.

[@Rishi123456789]

@@Snavels Are you me? I completely agree with you, my most favourite Star Wars film is Return Of The Jedi and my second most favourite Star Wars film is The Phantom Menace. lol

[@americansoccerunited]

Hahaha another 92 kid? Same here. I was also 11 when Attack of the Clones came out and was the first movie I saw opening night. Waiting in line, staying up to the midnight showing. It's honestly such a vivid memory bc of how amazing the whole experience was. I love this movie. Along with all the prequels.

[@Frank-Discussion]

I didn’t understand it. I loved it and still do

[@mikechris6208]

Kamino was erased from the Jedi archives to ensure the clone army remained hidden until it was crucial for his plan. He intended for the clone army to be found only when the Republic was on the brink of war with the Separatists, thus creating a situation where the Republic would feel compelled to grant him emergency powers. Discovering Kamino earlier could have jeopardized his entire scheme.

[@BlaqJedimaster]

You summed up my thoughts excellently!!!

[@kofola9145]

Yeah well, there is one problem with that. It is not just the clones. It is everything else. The equipment and most importantly the ships. The Republican Navy did not exist at the start of the Clone wars. It had to be built from the scratch. And it takes some time to build ships. Nobody noticed the shipyards getting order and churning out transports, supply and other ships. The same with walkers and Laats, adn all the other stuff. Which would have been far more expensive then the clone army. And it had to build in existing yards. You cant hide that.

[@MaxRamos8]

This is the most "Starwars" movie to exist, it has smuggling, space battles, lightsaber fighting, world building, and of course the forbidden romance. Audiences do not realize the artistic direction GL gave it, it's supposed to be like hamlet or Romeo and Juliet. I think what makes it sour to other people is the social trends. This is high fantasy whereas the OT was leaning towards modern culture of the time

[@AshtonRogers-se1zj]

It may be a small touch,but one thing I like about this film: the camera pans up once the crawl is finished.

[@genetenz]

Absolute load of bollocks. Cg saturated, cartoonish action, dumb characters, and hopeless storytelling

[@Verebazs]

@@genetenz "Cg saturated" AOTC used more practical effects than TPM did. And TPM had more practical effects than the three films of OT did, combined. "cartoonish action" Oh, yeah, because Luke being attacked by a yeti is not straight out of a saturday morning cartoon... "dumb characters" Dumb complaints. "hopeless storytelling" What's that even supposed to mean? Do you mean the story itself is depressing? Or do you mean the way the story is presented is hopelessly bad? You can't even make yourself clear, you're spreading lies, and presenting subjective opinions as objective facts. That's what I'd call hopeless and dumb.

[@genetenz]

@Verebazs the droid army vs clone army was about as practical as your braim. The phantom menace had locations and sets at least. This was all green screen shit. It had the stupidest assassination attempt I've ever seen. It had the most forced and creepy love story, the protagonist being an unlikable simp, a child boba fett saying get him dad, a cg gladiator battle with bugs and aliens where a senator rides a rhino looking thing. It's shit.

[@SpFlash1523]

I think Hayden and Natalie had better chemistry than people give them credit for.

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

Honestly, no. Hayden thrives off of bouncing off of other actors. That's why he and Ewan worked so well together. Natalie clearly didn't like the material and didn't give him anything, and it kinda shows. If Padme had been played by an actress with more ease with the type of movie they were making, then I think their scenes together could have been much better.

[@Jpaulished]

This movie is near perfect to me. I agree with what you said. I just saw it on may 4th in theaters and it stood out out of the 3 prequels and really made me like it even more than I already did. The love scenes to me are actually very well done and arguably my favorite part of the movie. It's destroying both of them and they know they can't just move on and forget each other

[@AshtonRogers-se1zj]

"One of the most underrated and over-hated movies ever created" You,sir,are a poet. Even if you didn't already know it.

[@jmorgan3977]

Yes. I love that you mentioned how well the ending music flows into each piece. From the clone army to the love theme to the credits music. I always loved that.

[@JoelakaJC]

I like how you describe the attack of the clones Calvary moment as “the on your left moment!” Very good! Yes I’m so happy to see more love for the prequels, they don’t get the recognition they deserve I believe, this movie is great and I’m happy to see another person who grew up with the prequels, I feel sorry for those who grow up with the Disney sequels: it’s just not the same!

[@Quandryification]

I was in my 30s when the trilogy started and ive never understood this hatred for the prequels in general.

[@chrishealton3830]

Obi-Wan in the prequels and clone wars series is nothing but gold lol

[@vetarlittorf1807]

The only good Clone Wars series is the original Clone Wars.

[@chrishealton3830]

@@vetarlittorf1807 again, opinion. I enjoy both of them.

[@Abdullah7536]

I think when you actually inform yourself more about Padme and Anakin, then it will become much more clear how much depth George put behind their dynamic and chemistry. It’s honestly genius and very interesting. George also mentioned that the dialogue should remind more of that of a lyric for a song, instead of conventional dialogue that we expect in our modern era. I still think it’s unpleasant, but coupled with your reasons I can appreciate and understand them.

[@austinzizzi1142]

IMO it’s the best movie of the entire saga and the one we only we get to see Anakin fully in throughout. 1st on he is a child and the 3rd one was all about him falling but the 2nd is just the life of Anakin through and through

[@donavonhoward114]

I remember being in the theatre during the Kamino cloner scenes with the Kaminoins, and there was some random dude in the audience who kept saying "sexy eyes", "mmm sexy eyes". Most of us chuckled in the audience. He wasn't disruptive, but it did make it an even better memory for me. When I went to see ROTS in theatres 3 years later, everyone in the audience clapped after the credits started rolling. Such great memories for me. I'm sure every Star Wars fan has similar stories.

[@bobbymauro3721]

AOTC is my favourite of the prequels! Agreed with so many comments here. This movie has everything and is very much a SW movie and this from a fan who was six years old when the original came out in ‘77! Obi-Wan and Anakin were amazing! Without question this was 4D Chess at its finest from Palpatine! Dooku steals the show with the interrogation scene and the chef’s kiss imo is the Jango/Boba Fett origin story! Legit flew out of my seat in the theatre when Yoda arrived to save the day with the army. Even cried when Anakin told Padme “I won’t be long” when leaving to find Shmi! MTFBWY

[@holocron_vfx]

I see someone praising Attack of the Clones, I press Like.

[@WelshPolitoProject]

I also love this film. I think Count Dooku is my favorite part, and how the mystery of Tyrannus isn't solved until we hear Sidious himself address him as such. Obi-Wan effectively succeeds in his spy mission, but it only reveals the inevitable plan that had long ago been set in motion. Jango is handled wonderfully as well, every scene with him in it is exciting, even more so than Boba who was also extremely popular in his day.

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

Jango (non force user) legit was going against a rhino and a jedi council member (one of the top 5 if not higher) with 1 blaster and a broken jet pack after getting trampled by a rhino but surviving. His death is definitely one of the worst things on Ep2.

[@tylersm748]

George Lucas is the ultimate visionary story teller. His movies are him showing you what happens in his world, regardless of conventional story structures. That’s why empire is the best because it’s George’s story but he has someone else directing for it and writing it lol. I always respect this movie and the prequels, it’s still nostalgic for me as well.

[@zoetropeguardian]

He actually wrote most of Empire before Lawrence Kasdan even came into the picture. Kasdan just polished it. Lines such as "luminous beings are we, not this crude matter", "No, I am your father", and "I am not a committee" are all George. Irvin Kershner also had to follow his guidelines in how the film was to be shot. He only deviated a few times.

[@kimmypfeiffer9130]

i'm 54 and i still have my attack of the clones movie poster

[@dianalewis3148]

I will defend the prequels until the day I die. I love this one and glad to hear someone defending it!

[@kimmypfeiffer9130]

i got to see this on a giant imax screen outside zion canyon where i was camping with my daughter...we walked to the theater and walked back to our camp...i will always love this movie

[@joshuvuh8118]

8:50 this is actually a really good point. My least favorite aspect of the film is anakin being too weird and the romance scenes and dialogue being too awkward. But he does have emotional issues and doesn’t understand romance or talking to women cuz he hasn’t had experience with that and the Jedi definitely aren’t gonna teach him how to step his game up lol

[@austinzizzi1142]

Every line in this movie was well calculated and have deeper meanings

[@inarencommander4663]

Prequel villains are underrated. Dooku is one of the best characters in Star Wars and Jango is the coolest Bounty Hunter we've ever seen in Star Wars.

[@Alice83ashla]

I love this film 🎥 it’s my favorite in SW💫 for me I saw in chronological order so I didn’t know what will happen next but in the first time watching all the film 🎥 this one is my favorite ⭐️

[@QuickPoker]

AOTC is my favorite Star Wars 🤌🏻 I’ve been saying it for years. I truly . . . deeply . . . Love it. And before we die I want you to know.

[@kimmypfeiffer9130]

i truly deeply love your comment! lol

[@CoryoPrime]

The war was always going to happen but it was not supposed to happen when it does. The only reason Padmé is a target is because Gunray wants her dead. There’s two ways the war can start: 1. The Senate passes the Military Creation Act and the Kaminoans contact the Jedi Order looking for Sifo-Dyas and that’s how the Order learns about the army. 2. Having gotten all the major corporations to sign his treaty Dooku launches a surprise attack on the Republic and again the Kaminoans contact the Jedi. I favor this option because I feel the Senate would be more open to granting emergency powers to Palpatine. If Jango had killed Obi-Wqn or Obi-Wan failed to get a tracker on Slave I then the war would not have happened. It’s like TPM; the Jedi almost foil Palpatine’s plan but he takes advantage of the situation. Palpatine did not want Queen Amidala to reach Coruscant after all.

[@Verebazs]

Not quite. The goal of the assasination attempts was to lead the Jedi to Kamino. 1: Captain Typho explicitly states they had intel that someone was going to try to kill Padmé. Where did that intel come from? Most likely Palpatine himself. Whether the attempt succeeded or not, didn't really matter, because either way, he'd have a reason to asign the Jedi to tracking down the culprit. 2: Zam Wessel was a patsy, meant to fail, Jango very clearly used her, to set the Jedi on the path towards Kamino. He could've killed Zam with a sniper blaster, he could've used a rocket or a grenade to get ridd off of both her and Anakin and Obi-Wan at once. Instead he used a relatively easily trackable poison dart. 3: The Kaminoans explicitly state, that they were anxiously waiting for the Jedi to contact them, and they were begining to think it would never happen. This very clearly implies that they were instructed to not make the initial contact with the Republic themselves, under any circumstance. 4: Gunray was a pawn the entire time of the prequels, his quest for revenge against Padmé was nothing but a convinient cower-up to hide Palpatine's true goals. That said, Obi-Wan making all the way to Geonosis and confirming Jango's contact with Dooku and the Separatists, was definitely not intended, so yeah, the war was still launched a bit prematurely.

[@CoryoPrime]

@@Verebazs Typho does not say anything like. Typho just says “I guess I was wrong. There was no danger at all.” Further the AOTC novel shows us what was going on before Padmé returned to Coruscant and in those chapters it states the Dooku is courting the Trade Federation to join his movement. This news is what prompts Panaka and Typho to go all out with Padmé’s security. The assassination plot was NEVER meant to get the Jedi to Kamino. For that to work the first attempt on Padmé would have to fail. The second attempt on Padmé would have to be foiled in such a way the Jedi could get to Zam. Zam sent a droid with deadly worms. If Obi-Wan had not jumped on the droid or had fallen and died the Jedi never capture Zam and Jango doesn’t have to kill her. And then there is the whole thing with removing Kamino from the Jedi Archives. The plan was damn likely that Obi-Wan knew Dex. Obi-Wan by chance overhears Nute talking to Dooku about wanting Padmé dead. Do you think that conversation was had when it was to throw Obi-Wan? The Kaminoans just stated they wondered if the Jedi were going to come back. You have this all wrong!

[@Verebazs]

@@CoryoPrime "Typho does not say anything like. Typho just says “I guess I was wrong. There was no danger at all.”" Huh, you're right. I could've sworn he said "I guess the intel was wrong"... "Further the AOTC novel shows us" The AOTC novel contradicts the movie a bunch of times. Even if it wasn't so, if it's not in the film, it didn't happen. "For that to work the first attempt on Padmé would have to fail. The second attempt on Padmé would have to be foiled in such a way the Jedi could get to Zam." Which is curiously exactly what happened. " Zam sent a droid with deadly worms." Which could be tracked back to Zam, a number of ways, including the one Obi-Wan did. "If Obi-Wan had not jumped on the droid or had fallen and died the Jedi never capture Zam" Oh, yeah, the Jedi lose a respected member of their ranks, the first Jedi in a millenia to kill a Sith, master of the Chosen One, on a mission to protect a Senator, and they don't throw everything they have to track down the culprit. Totally believeable. If Obi-Wan had died, they would've found Zam a bit later, at which point Jango would have still killed her. "And then there is the whole thing with removing Kamino from the Jedi Archives. " Kamino had to be removed from the Archives just to make sure the Jedi don't stumble upon the Clone Army by accident. That doesn't mean they had no means of finding it, they just had to search for it a bit harder. Dooku was a Jedi, he knew the Order had contacts all across the Galaxy, and it wouldn't be too hard for them to find Kamino, once they had a reason to look for it. "The plan was damn likely that Obi-Wan knew Dex." Oh, yeah, Palpatine knew all the way back during the time of TPM, that Obi-Wan would be the one sent to find Kamino. Eventhough Obi-Wan and Quin-Gon going to Naboo in TPM was something that caught him flat-footed. "Obi-Wan by chance overhears Nute talking to Dooku about wanting Padmé dead. Do you think that conversation was had when it was to throw Obi-Wan?" No, like I said, Obi-Wan making it all the way to Geonosis was a mistake, that could've easily ruined the plan. Nonetheless, Gunray's grudge was a convinient cover. "The Kaminoans just stated they wondered if the Jedi were going to come back." And that the prime minister was anxious to meet Obi-Wan. A clear implication that they were told to wait until the Jedi came to them, and to not go to the Jedi themselves.

[@CoryoPrime]

@@VerebazsYou’re just wrong and I’m not going to continue this.

[@kendrathompson5207]

The film I would compare AOTC to would be Titanic. They came out roughly at the same time. They both involve young love with a tragic end, and we all knew that end. I realise how much a soundtrack matters and also makes such a difference, because I love across the stars. Whereas I despise my heart will go on. I feel that AOTC has aged better than Titanic and Anakin and Padmé are more of a convincing couple.

[@tylerjahnke6549]

I was one of the first Star Wars fans to see Attack of the Clones me and my Stepdad went to the midnight show and after that he took me to Walmart and I got Obi-Wan’s lightsaber.

[@Thunder_Bird0]

This movie is the reason why Star Wars is nothing with out George Lucas if someone else directed this movie it wouldn’t have worked. George has that passion for telling a story without dialogue. George personally puts in little details that makes the worlds feel real.

[@AdrianFahrenheitTepes]

As crazy as it gets, and Jango was a nice way to get what I wished I got from Boba Fett given what I read about him. We didn’t have The Mandalorian back then, so we had Jango Fett and the Bounty Hunter video game where you got to play as Jango

[@curthagens]

I loooove the Bounty Hunter game! So underrated

[@holocron_vfx]

I was 12 when it was released and has been my favourite episode ever since with Ep.3 a close second. And it's one of the movies that inspired me to get into VFX.

[@THESHOWBOAT]

Can't wait for the next part👏

[@mikebane2866]

Palpatine sent Padme to Naboo because he set up a Force Spy Cam to capture footage of Anakin hittin’ the Nabooty

[@kimmypfeiffer9130]

i always love jimmy smits at the end hittng the bannister with his fist...subtle but i feel that!

[@BlackMaleSpirituality]

Even as a kid, I thought Hayden’s acting in terms of emotions was great in a lot of ways.

[@Hebrew_Israelite_Young_jedi]

I actually agree with everything this guy said about the movie a lot of people insulted so many scenes in this movie that mean so much to me

[@TaraCicora]

On the Tuscans...there is a deleted line in the original draft where Sidious would have said that Dooku had paid them to capture and torture Schmi. And honestly, it makes sense in the context of how it happens in the movie. It never felt random.

[@americansoccerunited]

I'm glad this was deleted. Not everything has to be because Sidious planned it. It makes Sidious better to also simply take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves over planning every single bad thing. Makes it much more believable than way.

[@theIconstable]

Oh wow, it's amazing hearing you mention Zam's transformation being scary. I didn't even think about it because I was 17 when I saw it in the theater. I showed AOTC to my 4 year old daughter back in December, not even considering that being a moment to be worried about because it never affected me, but she got really terrified. When I talked about it with her, I learned she thought the dart Jango shot turned her into a monster. From the mind of a child, that logic checks out. fwiw, for anyone curious about what do do if a kid gets scared of something like that, take some time and show them how it was made. She's been scared of Zam, Darth Vader in Empire, and Vigo/The Scoleris from Ghostbusters 2. Each time I showed her behind the scenes pictures of people making the props/puppets/costumes, and the who actors are and, if I can find them, pictures of the actors having fun on set with the main characters. It always helps empower her to contextualize/defang the fear as something that's crafted by artists trying to tell a fun story.

[@Sjcstro84]

Imo the first star wars movie you see you will have an affinity towards. I first watched return of the jedi and despite it being panned because of the ewoks its still my favorite.

[@jmorgan3977]

Honestly, that's a good point. I'm a prequel kid, born in 98, but my dad first showed me A New Hope, and it remains my favorite film of all time. In that same vein, Attack of the Clones was the first Star Wars I saw in theaters, and so I will go to bat for it. It's far from perfect, but I enjoy it.

[@Rishi123456789]

I love Attack Of The Clones for many reasons. One of the reasons I love Attack Of The Clones is because there's a dwarf galaxy in the film called the Rishi Maze and my first name is Rishi. lol

[@corneliusevazan]

I hope you've seen the clone wars episode "Rookies" from season 1 which takes place on Rishi moon. It's one of the best episodes

[@ksanbahlyngwa1998]

Old Lucas and his love of adding Asian names.

[@Rishi123456789]

@@corneliusevazan Thanks for the recommendation, I haven't seen that episode but now I will.

[@antenglish1]

Just finished this one & LOVED IT!

[@pinknoudje]

How often do people ask you 'What fictional city would you like to live?' ? I've never heard that question

[@Maedhros587]

I also never ever understood the hate. You nailed the point about anakin being awkward. Adding on that was the fact that the good guy (qui gon) who kinda had the plan for him and knew the way was suddenly murdered by maul, so his unexperienced padawan who knew nothing about the plan had to train him. One thing i dont like, is the sheer amount of jedi slain on genosis. Like that has to be over half of the jedi order in one battle. And it was unnecessary, considering the clone intervention, and the loss was never mentioned.

[@LilacSreya]

That was like 30 jedi, not that much of a big deal. And it was the catalyst of the whole war, what's the point of mentioning? Clones could not intervene unless something like that happened to begin with; as they needed a legit excuse to invade the planet. Moreover the army was probably simply not ready to deploy.

[@EnclaveArtimas]

When I think of Anakin I think of him with a Blue and Green blade specifically. To me these are how Obiwan and Anakin should have been in the Clone Wars. I think Hayden’s acting as Anakin make more sense in this film than they do in ROTS. I was 7 when this film released. Prior to that saw TPM in the theaters. So the prequels shaped my entire childhood. To me i personally feel more connected to AOTC more than any of the prequels.

[@kimmypfeiffer9130]

i love the i don't like sand admission...it was such a sweet insight into his childhood..padme's telliing him how nice her childhood was...the sand represents anakins life on tattooine...course, rough...it was a planet ruled by gangsters...and then he picks up the sand at his mom's grave and i always imagine him thinking 'and now the sand has HER.'....he made ME hate sand!

[@obiwankenobiepisodeI]

Yes I think Episode III is great but I love so many things about Episode II. I think the anakin going to tatooine is my favorite part of the whole saga

[@QuestenReese]

i didn’t see this in theaters however as a child, it was always my favorite, that is until RoTS came out. that being said my little brother and i are rewatching (he’s 14) this movie isn’t bad at all and i agree with your take. i always wondered what the hatred was and just kinda accepted it. after my rewatch, this is an amazing film

[@Silica-black]

Thank you for carving out this sode of youtube for me ❤ love the prequels and im tired of pretending that theyre bad 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@aiazic.]

Great video! What is the backround music?

[@curthagens]

Thanks! Unfortunately, I deleted the initial version of the video off my computer so I can’t remember what it was called, I apologize. But I got it from a free royalty-free background music website. If I can figure it out I promise I will come back to this comment and let you know!

[@aiazic.]

@@curthagens thank you so much! Keep up the good work!

[@BlaqJedimaster]

Palpatine didn’t send Padme away because of her disagreement of the army, he sent her away to allow Anakin to fall for her and further push him to the darkside. Sidirow’s had al his pieces set up. If he let the Separatist win then he would’ve conquered by force…but insult to injury he wanted the government to make him the ruler. This way put everyone on his side…honestly made him “the hero”.

[@DamnFineCupOfCoffee]

The movie is a vibe TPM and AOTC were better than ROTS in this regard

[@abrahamengel5768]

If Anakin had been the one jumping out the window instead of Obi Wan I would be fine w everything else

[@Jack771-69]

My favorite sw movie oat

[@mcfcxx9849]

21:15 Hey put some respect on Coleman Trebor, he was a Jedi Master, RIP,

[@UncrushableHope]

The only real trouble I have with this one is how Padme, who otherwise is very much for peace and against violence, reacts to Anakin killing the sand people. if anyone were to be horrified it would be her. Like you said she's a very moral person. I always thought there had to be some backstory where Padme did something heinous for the greater good or had some past trauma that cause her to gloss over it.

[@LilacSreya]

Yeah. That was The Phantom Menace. She waged a whole freaking war swinging a gun and caused the deaths of thousands of Gungans. And she's a politician for over a decade and a protege of Palpatine; doesn't take a genius to tell she's done all sorts of shady things. Truth be told she's not that angelically moral goddess that people are making her out to be. She's flawed and selfish like everyone else.

[@pendragonsxskywalkers9518]

Padme didn't care he killed Tuskens because they were barely considered humans - Anakin's stepfather himself described them as walking like humans but "vicious, mindless monsters". Padme never met Tuskens in her life and all things she heard about them were negative, so in her mind comforting Anakin was more important than caring for some "mindless monsters" who tortured innocent woman and killed over 20 people who went looking for her.

[@pendragonsxskywalkers9518]

@@LilacSreya "She waged a whole freaking war swinging a gun and caused the deaths of thousands of Gungans." - No, she did not. Her country was attcaked and she asked for hep. Gungans chose their fate - and also it is said Federation already attacked Gungans, that's why they left underwater city. So stop blaimg Padme - it's like blaming Ukraine it was attacked and defends itself. Blame perpertrator, not victim. As for Tuskens - Padme never met any of them, she only heard they are 'vicious mindless monsters' and saw effect of their actions: man who his leg and woman tortured until she couldn't be saved. Of course Padme gonna care about boy she loves than about 'mindless monsters' who caused pain to him and his family.

[@darthbane3937]

I know some people thought Obi should pretend to join Dooku just to get more info on the Sith.

[@pitboy6301]

“underrated overhated movies ever created” bars

[@lakernation26]

This is probably my most watched Star Wars movie lol. I love this movie mainly cuz Jango fett is my favorite character but damn I just love it

[@ericmyers0]

What I love most about the sequel mention: it didn’t make it to screen

[@26snoopy82]

If you watch the Clone Wars movie and show. Read the Legends EU books, and comics, and play LucasArts video games you will get some of your questions answered.

[@laxstrat]

Ya, this one i respect. I enjoy Anakin's very strained emotional responses. And I can understand Anakin feeling underappreciated. Even him feeling that it would be impossible for anyone to understand him...

[@morenoskindevil6027]

I love the Prequels

[@kimmypfeiffer9130]

i truly deeply love hayden chistensen

[@librapan8]

It’s a great movie for the world building and it’s full of great action and suspense. My dislikes are: Obi’s hair, the wedding, balancing on giant fleas and rolling in the grass.

[@RobertJohnson-q8t]

Hayden is awesome. He did a great job. I dont care what anyone says

[@steevrawjers]

I love AOTC

[@dogsteeves1]

thank you!

[@link1565V2]

I love attack of the clones and when I was young I used to watch the Battle of Geonosis nearly every day. I get why people don't like it. What I don't get is why THIS is hated more than Phantom Menace. PM was always the weakest in my eyes.

[@bobjordan69]

I think it’s my favourite prequel

[@jasonward8761]

Attack of the clones is my favorite of the prequels

[@mikechris6208]

The Jedi had no say in which army the Republic would use in the war. Palpatine orchestrated the Separatist crisis so that when the clone army was discovered, the Republic felt forced to grant him emergency powers to create an army for protection. The Jedi serve the Senate, not the other way around. If the Senate decides to use the clone army, the Jedi cannot refuse. Moreover, with Palpatine holding emergency powers, he had complete control over the military and likely prevented anyone, including the Jedi, from investigating the army too closely.

[@donavonhoward114]

One thing that irritates me at times is how some people mistake disliking the acting, or dialogue for bad writing, and bad acting. It's okay to subjectively dislike something without it being objectively bad. There are far too many positives, and emotion in the George Lucas Star Wars films (every one of them) for any of them to be considered bad films. At this point in my life, I actually wouldn't change any scene in all 6 films because each Star Wars film was a mark on my life, and I can't objectively point to anything that isn't functional about the films, even if certain things could have been done differently to improve the films. The Prequels reinforce the original trilogy 10x, and I do believe the Prequels rival the original trilogy in many ways. Much of the fan made Star Wars content, official video games, and television series involve concepts that were only introduced through the Prequel trilogy. The 6 Star Wars films (not that Disney crap) are the vision of George Lucas brought to life.

[@RenegadeAcre]

This is refreshing. 👏 AOTC hate is so over the top.

[@anthonygarcia8749]

And undeserved, very overstated npc dogma

[@CharlesRichelieu]

Episode 2 is the best of the prequels.

[@morenoskindevil6027]

That's why I hate TCW it contradicts the Prequels and not enhance it like many people think Lama Su tells Obi Wan that the Clones are modified to be less independent than the original host so they are totally obidient and will carry out orders but the TCW and the Bad Batch shows Clones are or mostly independent which is Canon breaking that's why I don't consider TCW and The Bad Batch canon only the novels to the movies and The Clone Wars Micro series and the EU that explained the Prequels much better than the TCW ever could

[@curthagens]

Have you seen the micro series from 2003? I like that wayyyy more

[@morenoskindevil6027]

@@curthagens Yes I love the Micro series and I love General Grievous in there so menacing, Durge, Assaj Ventres's Death by Anakin I love it

[@MJWP2334]

To each their own, when I dont touch my remote and watch the whole movie it's a 3/10 for me. When I skip all the romance scenes & dialogue on naboo....its a 6/10 which is passable for me.

[@spencerhjalseth7288]

I respect your pants about story and dialogue. But that doesn't change the fact that this movie looks like a cartoon. I like bad special effects to be practical, but maybe that's just me

[@bobsbigboy_]

Fkn love this movie ugh

[@Blue-Blazes]

If you have a daddy issue. Here's a daddy tissue.

[@blueshattrick]

Like it, love it or hate it.. at least the Prequels told one cohesive "story" That's not something the Dizney movies can claim!

[@Scottadamsfan3481]

It’s also the best

[@strangerthanfiction4014]

I remember coming out of cinema thoroughly shaken by the last 30 min. I also adore how it Bridges 1 and 3, its a huge load on this Film which it Pulls off without you Noticing how heavy the load was.

[@strangerthanfiction4014]

The final scene is just breathtaking, just behind ivs star destroyer

[@JPalazzolo31]

It had the best concept of any of the Star Wars movies. I’ll defend that forever. Unfortunately the execution was just bad

[@Kryptomi]

Wanna buy some death sticks?

[@StormyS711]

Natalie Portman should not have been padme she wasn' putting any effort into her role here while Hayden was doing he's best all he's scenes with ewan McGregor in ROTS and attack of clones are better than all he's scenes with portman yet he got all the hate despite having to deal with dialogue that no one can make sound good but in defense of the i don't like sand line its a metaphor for how he viewed he's life on tatootine it was difficult while on naboo life is nicer that was that line means

[@limegreensquid]

It's always been the best of the prequels to me... it's more personal than Sith, even though Sith is amazing in its own right. All the problems Sith has are all the same problems Clones had, both left limping from the baffling decisions and lore changes made in Phantom Menace. Qui gon will ALWAYS take my blame for the sin of the sequels, moreso than Jar Jar, by taking Yoda's place in the narrative. I believe that was entirely because they had an ugly Yoda puppet, and the cgi wasn't good enough at PM... QG felt like a placeholder from the start, someone i didn't need to care about, and I HATED him for it! YODA found Obi Wan and Anakin. YODA personally trained them BOTH at the same time! I think there was going to be a hint of force manipulation in Padme's sudden blindness to the biggest walking red flag she will ever meet, next to Palps... the way she leaned in for the kiss felt so uncomfortable and unnatural, like he was supposed to be using the force - as a real Darth Vader would - but they didn't want to add assault to a kids movie... Padme's reciprocation of his feelings would have made 100% more sense, though...

[@militaryhistoryguy827]

I don’t like sand

[@kimmypfeiffer9130]

i truly deeply love sand....

[@toddkurzbard]

This is my LEAST favorite Star Wars movie (not including the "Sequels", which as far as I'm concerned are not canon and do not exist). I HATE the speeder chase; it shows Anakin's arrogance and unlikability, and just goes on too long, like the podrace. It has ANOTHER horrendous minor character that you just want to kill (I DON'T mean Jar-Jar;...well, YES, you STILL want to kill him, too, but, again, like "Phantom Menace", there is actually a character that is far WORSE then Jar-Jar: in "Phantom Menace", it is that loathsome podrace announcer. Here. it is the diner owner (a 1950's diner on a futuristic planetary-wide city?????). Both make me want to claw my eyeballs out of my head painfully the moment they show up. But, for ME, the WORST thing? The "Scooby-Doo" mystery plot. Watching Obi-Wan prowling around, trying to find Padme's would-be assassin, is just something that doesn't belong in a "Ster Wars" story. If I want a mystery, I'll WATCH a mystery. I couldn't drum up enough interest to see it when it came out. It is the only one of all 6 movies that I can say that about.

[@Acrocanthosaurus]

It's barely watchable.

[@kimmypfeiffer9130]

most of padme's costumes are distracting ...i do love this movie but it's not perfect

[@kimmypfeiffer9130]

i hate geonosis...it plays like a video game and i hate the treatment of the animals >:(

[@RileyJSW]

I was unfortunately still a couple months from being born when AOTC released. I grew up watching the original trilogy on repeat. But prequels will forever be my favorite. Episode 1 and 2 have to be my favorites. They’re “bad” but that’s what makes them great!

[@kimmypfeiffer9130]

you watched the mustache on the mona lisa versions no doubt...han shot first...i have VHS tapes wiithout all the CGI added crap...han still shoots first in my star wars universe!

[@RileyJSW]

@@kimmypfeiffer9130 I was lucky enough to have copies of the OT passed down to me without all the cgi crap haha. I was very confused the first time I saw the cgi versions for the first time. Like I had missed something.

[@stt5v2002]

It didn’t take long for me to understand why you feel this way. It was quite perplexing for about 60 seconds until you told us that this was the first Star Wars movie you saw. You are just biased by this. I’m not saying that episode two is a bad movie. But it’s not a great movie. The dialogue is ridiculous, the plot doesn’t make sense, the pacing is off, the love plot is completely ruined by the fact that the actors have absolutely no chemistry. The entire movie reminds me of watching roadrunner cartoons. Entertaining, but there’s nothing really there. Now, of course anyone can have any opinion they want. But I think it’s worthwhile to be aware of your own biases. I have a strong bias in favor of the original series. Why? Because I’m old enough to have seen them in the theaters. In fact, I’m old enough to have seen the original Star Wars at a drive in theater. People my age generally prefer the originals. Younger people generally prefer the prequels. You prefer episode two. These all happen for the same reason. You tend to prefer the episode(s) where you got your first Star Wars dopamine hit. That’s perfectly fine. But you are confusing your own neurochemical biases for some sort of insight that only you have. The most underrated movie ever? Ever? it’s good to have insight when you find yourself wanting to make statements like this. While not impossible, it’s quite unlikely that you’re one of the only people in the world to properly appreciate a film. It’s far more likely that the rest of the world isn’t stupid and imperceptive, they just don’t have the bias that you do.

[@peterfrost377]

Hot take: I like my friend's version of Darth Vader's backstory much more. It's basically a combination of Eren Yeager & Shishio Makoto. It's very heartfelt but also tragic & insane. Her version of Padme is also very different. She starts off as Nausicaä & slowly develops into a Lady Eboshi type character. The 3rd film ends with her still alive & raising baby Leia. Due to her last injury by Anakin, Padme doesn't have much time to live. Obi Wan is ordered to hid Luke away & be his protector. Her plan is to stay alive as long as she can & raise Leia to be a strong Rebel leader with the help of senator Organa. Should something ever happen to her daughter, there would still be hope in the galaxy far away. Atleast from what I remembered.

[@mikebane2866]

I like the canon way better

[@connorredshaw5650]

It's a lot better than the sequel trilogy, that's for sure.

[@anthonygarcia8749]

No, jedi are not taught to supress their emotions or that emotions are bad, but to control them and keep in check, in other words it's about discipline especially for people wielding deadly lightsabers and force abilities. Not to mention Yoda FELT Anakin's pain on Tatooine when his mother died "Skywalker is in pain. Terrible pain." With literally a great veil of sadness in his face and expression same thing with Mace coming in asking gently, "what's wrong?" It shows they do care and are concerned for Anakin and they don't block off emotions. Literally Obi-Wan was cradling his old Master, Qui-Gon and not wishing to see him die obviously because he's a father figure to him just as much as he was to Anakin. People tend to forget that. But Obi-Wan accepts and let's go and moves on because that is what a jedi does, lets go, accepts and understands the transitional nature of life and moves on. That's why Anakin struggles because he was taken when he was older and had formed an attachment to his mother who for obvious reasons means the world to him (next to Padme) Sick of this fallacy and dumb misconception against the jedi.

[@kimmypfeiffer9130]

so for the sake of argument, i'll accept the throwaway line from yoda that luke ~ at 18 to 21 years old ~ was too old to train as jedi doctrine.. and i'll even accept the BS that babies were taken from their families when they were infants to be trained whether they wanted it or not...my contention is the jedi KNEW anakin was different, they KNEW he had that attachment to his mom, but they tried to square peg him into a round jedi training hole...if the jedi had taken his unique situation into account, treated him with genuine compassion, i'd accept your premise...but the jedi fucked anakin and the galaxy.

[@christianbell8347]

Too bad. You're not allowed to love this movie. If you do, you're NOT a Star Wars fan.

[@strangerthanfiction4014]

The diner scene is emblematic of why the sequels suck. Look at what goes on in the Diner and outside the Windows, and compare it to when finn arrives in the desert town. One is star wars. The other is shit Stuck to Extras faces.