From the thread
Citadel Rescue:
CoGro wrote:
I think one of the problems of the PT, particularly ROTS, is that we don't really get to see any influential characters/military officers jump on Palps' bandwagon and oppose the Jedi way. That tension is never really established. It makes the sudden turn against the Jedi in ROTS a little difficult to swallow. It's not like we got the sense that there's a severe distrust of the Jedi galaxy-wide or even among the Republic by the time of the supposed "attempt on the Chancellor's life." We needed more of what we got from Tarkin in this trilogy.
The whole "Force vs. technology" theme was dropped in the OT after being fairly prominent in ANH.
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I also think there needed to be more of a traditional military presence in the PT apart from the Jedi as military. This could have set the stage for some very interesting clashes between "Peacekeepers" and "Soldiers" for how to best wage the war. By the time of ANH it's clear there was somewhat of a disdain for the Jedi way among the Imperial Military that came from the Clone War era ("Your sad devotion to that ancient religion..."). I wanted to see why and we never got that until now.
There would have been time for that if Clone Wars were featured more prominently in the PT (instead of showing only beginning and end). Unfortunately (IMHO), Lucas didn't go that route so we're stuck with the TV shows and EU to fill in the gap.
