Star Wars Prequels

  • NewsIndiewire

    Memes Are Helping People Learn to Love the ‘Star Wars’ Prequels

    Does the maligned trilogy finally have the high ground?

  • NewsGregory Wakeman

    Rogue One has a surprising connection to the Star Wars prequels

    The release of the novel ‘Star Wars: Catalyst – A Rogue One Story’, a prequel to next month’s ‘Rogue One’, has revealed that there is a surprising connection between the latest addition to the ‘Star Wars’ universe and the prequels. Speaking to The Verge about his book, writer James Luceno revealed that ‘Catalyst’ begins just after the beginning of the Clone Wars, and it sees the Separatists having teamed up with the Confederacy of Independent Systems. This conflict and these baddies appeared i

  • NewsYahoo Movies UK

    20 Star Wars Prequel Moments That The Fans Hated

    How did we hate the ‘Star Wars’ prequel trilogy? Let us count the ways. George Lucas took everything that was great about the Star Wars movies and flushed them down the cinematic toilet: these are the moments that made fans furious…

  • NewsJen Chaney on Tumblr

    Darth Maul Inspires Impressive New 'Star Wars' Fan Film

    Fan-film 'Darth Maul: Apprentice' is giving 'Phantom Menace' baddie his moment, to the applause of followers on Reddit, and other media attention

  • NewsRyan Leston

    Leonardo DiCaprio Turned Down Star Wars Prequels Role

    Did you know that Leonardo DiCaprio could have been in ‘Star Wars’? It’s no secret that the ‘Star Wars’ prequels are considered some of the worst films in the galaxy far, far away. Often derided by fans, it looks as though Leonardo DiCaprio dodged a bullet – after all, he almost took the role of Anakin Skywalker.

  • NewsMike P Williams

    Opinion: Is The Phantom Menace More Ambitious Than The Force Awakens?

    Unless you’ve been in a vacuum in 2015, you’ll be aware about the release of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’. The critics are on board, as are the fans, as a majority have praised director J.J. Abrams in his achievement. Many have noted that, while it’s not a big criticism, the structure of ‘The Force Awakens’ closely follows that of ‘A New Hope’ in several obvious ways.

  • NewsUK Movies Group

    Star Wars: 10 Things The Prequels Got RIGHT

    During the publicity tour for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’, the director JJ Abrams has been at pains to point out that the film will return to the spirit of the original trilogy. The implication being that the prequel films are something everyone connected with ‘Star Wars’ would like to forget. Most remember ‘The Phantom Menace’ for all its tedious trade dispute negotiations, cringe-worthy exchanges between the Anakin and Padme (“Are you an angel?”), and Jar Jar f***ing Binks, but it’s hard