‘Star Wars’ Fans Hail Weird Prequel Trilogy Scene as ‘Peak Star Wars’
I’m not old enough to have caught the original Star Wars trilogy as they came to cinemas in the early ’80s, but I’m old enough to remember the churning, violent whirlpool of rage that accompanied the release of the prequels. Now, barely two decades on, to say that the fandom has turned over a new leaf so far as the prequels are concerned would be a huge understatement. If anything, it seems that the supposed brilliance of those films is only just dawning on us. It doesn’t matter how absurd and utterly whimsical a scene…