Oh...don't get me started on "Ooops!" .... "Ooops!" Anakin just randomly accidentally launching the fighter, accidentally blowing things up (I think the intent was to imply either he's so powerful he 'wins' on accident or that The Force is really controlling what is happening. Sadly, that same Force lets him down when he decides to "save Padme" which somehow turns inconsistently into "choke Padme" because I want to rule the galaxy all the sudden, which never really came up before other than a comment after riding a bucking alien animal thing.
Anakin, the most powerful "midichlorine" (what a great idea George!) guy ever created gets over a decade of training and still SUCKS enough that his own son kicks his butt. And Obi-Wan (because he has the 'higher ground' and despite the fact Dooku took him out in like 10 seconds and Anakin beat Dooku like he was nothing this time and yet CANNOT beat Obi-Wan at all (because he MUST become Darth Vader and Obi-Wan MUST be uninjured--the result of having to write something after the fact to fit something that comes later even when your writing for the previous movies implies Anakin should be able to kick Obi-Wans butt in about 2 seconds).
God, the writing was awful and I don't just mean the sad sad dialog (We're coming in too hot! Oops. WTF....), but these implications of creating "the SON of the Force" and then having him ultimately get his butt kicked (twice, after losing his arm). That took Darth Vader, the bad ass of bad asses and made him into a whiny sniveling two-bit Jedi (and after Obi-Want told us how great he was! But then Obi-Wan also told us how 'civil' the old Republic was when we see that it's not even remotely civil and its falling apart due to a form of government that is so easily corrupted that it's a small wonder anyone would think Democracy is a good idea.... (actually one of the few plot points I really liked from the prequels as it mirrors how a certain current democracy(ies) is (are) a corrupted shell designed to support corporations and the rich and the hell with everyone else who yet cheer their own crappy future because they're idiots that believe everything someone like Palpatine says).
Let's face it. The original trilogy on its own stands up fairly well. But once you start delving too deep, it all falls apart. Maybe this is because Captain Blood didn't spend a lot of time examining
why the King was bad, only enough to let you know
why they became pirates. Ultimatley, that's all the new trilogy needed was just enough to let you figure it out on your own in your head. The original trilogies did this. You know there was an Old Republic. You know that it was overthrown in part because Darth Vader betrayed and killed the Jedi. You learn the Emperor isn't just a leader holding Vader's leash (that was Tarkin's job it seems), but his "master" that could kick his butt with lightning if need be (and when you're in a life-saving electronic suit, lightning bolts are BAD). I didn't need to know Anakin was the best kid ever who when trained suddenly turned into an utterly spoiled brat for no discernable reason whatsoever and whose memory forgets R2D2 and C3PO and everything else that seemed important at the time but no longer does (let alone Obi-Wan... "I don't seem to remember ever owning a droid" so the prequels make sure he has multiple droids and that they play key parts in the story because you know, fans will like seeing familiar faces more than having a consistent plot!
Perhaps they should have gotten Joss Whedon to make Star Wars.
Buffy the Sith Killer....
(You're a bad Sith! Why do you Sith have to get all temper tantremy with your flamey swords when you know I'm just gonna kick your butts anyway? "
Who are you?" I'm Buffy!