“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is just around the corner now, and it seems like one of the reasons everyone is so excited for it is that it feels like a return to the proper form of the original trilogy, and a rejection of the much-maligned prequels. Tie fighters and stormtroopers and Han Solo! No Jar-Jars or Midichlo-whatevers to be found again from here on out, and good riddance. But while it’s easy to find faults with the prequel trilogy (because let’s face it, there are tons), or dismiss the movies outright, it’s not like they weren’t without their diamonds in the rough. So before we look ahead into the future of the galaxy far, far away, let’s look back a long, long time ago, and acknowledge 10 things from the prequels that were actually good.
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