(Scene begin with a smartwatch screen and a finger as it taps the screen and the 1994 American Gladiators plays as the scene cuts to a hand as it taps an app on his phone as it opens a portal, and it cuts to James and the characters he’s played until it cut to his face and the credit of “James Faraci” is shown as it cuts to “The Last Of The Americans’” current iteration then slides away to different images of Paulo Fonseca, Brenda Fonseca, Rebecca Yaun and Nick Yaun and the characters they’ve played until it cut to their faces and the credits of “Paulo and Brenda Fonseca & Rebecca and Nick Yaun” is shown and it then slides away to different images of Andrew Beach, and Ed Champion as the characters they’ve played until it cut to their faces and the credits of “Andrew Beach, Ed Champion” is shown as it then slides away to different images of Eric Kurtzke, Renee Miller and Olivia Horvath and the credits of “Eric Kurtzke, Renee Miller, Olivia Horvath” is shown as the 0:00-0:21 mark of the theme song plays. Everything becomes a swirl of Reds, Whites, and Blues as the credits “Produced by First Choice Productions” “Executive Producers: James Faraci, Paulo Fonseca, Brenda Fonseca, Rebecca Yaun, Nick Yaun, Eric Kurtzke, Renee Miller, Andrew Beach, Ed Champion & Olivia Horvath” “Editing by Eric Kurtzke and James Faraci” “Written and Directed by James Faraci” are shown as the 0:21-0:26 mark of the theme song plays. We then see an image of James as he jumps through the portal and lands with half of his team on his right. The other half on his left is on a black background, and the title “THE LAST OF THE AMERICANS” is shown Lazer etched into Titanium as the last six seconds of the American Gladiators 1994 theme song plays. Cut to James in his office)
TLOTA:
I’m James Faraci, The Last Of The Americans, and the views I’m about to express are that of my own and some of yours. Well, my worries and concerns were confirmed! (Cut to the clips of the Disney “Star Wars” movies and series as James does a voiceover.)
TLOTA (V.O.):
As I watched the Disney “Star Wars” Skywalker movies, I saw the inevitable that they’d do what they had done with so many other franchises, they milked the film series for what they could get out of it and have been keeping it on life support on Disney+. But that’s not to say that their efforts have been inadequate. I enjoyed “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” I checked out “Solo: A Star Wars Story” and thought it was alright, given all the circumstances.”The Mandalorian” is enjoyable, and The “Obi-Wan Kenobi” miniseries was entertaining, especially for the kid who played young Leia Organa. But as I watched them stumble through Episodes 7, 8, and 9, it felt like they were in Lather, Rinse, and Repeat the Original Trilogy. I hoped for something better in Disney’s cinematic outings with these characters and this universe. (Cut to James physically)
TLOTA:
Then I realized that someone did something to expand the universe and help the original trilogy, and it happened twenty-five years ago! (Cut to clips of the Star Wars Prequels as James does a voiceover.)
TLOTA (V.O.):
Yes, for all of the fandom’s complaints, the Disney trilogy reminded me why the prequels, while not perfect, were better than Disney’s Trilogy. And for those wondering, no, it’s not for the reasons you think. (Cut to James physically)
TLOTA:
It’s partly because, at this stage in my career, I’ve got nothing left to lose, and I figured that after watching the prequels and Disney Trilogy back-to-back, I would have a better idea. So may the force be with me as I count down my top ten reasons why The Star Wars Prequels are better than the Disney Star Wars Movies.
Find out the ten reasons why the Prequels are better than the Disney Star Wars Trilogy
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Well, I have my complex feelings about the Sequel Trilogy, and since the dust has settled on them, I might share them in my own blog post one day.
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I’ll just say it got off to a strong start with The Force Awakens even if a lot of the plot elements were a bit TOO familiar, but then came The Last Jedi which at least TRIED to do something new but didn’t always succeed. And The Rise of Skywalker reeked of the sort of course-correction I’d only seen previously in comic books when a comic book story (such as the infamous Spider-Man Clone Saga) received such negative reaction they had to fix things.
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The prequel trilogy, meanwhile, had Jar Jar Binks and some clumsily written dialogue, but it more or less succeeded in what it set out to do, which was to tell the story Star Wars fans had been waiting for years to hear. Namely, The story of how Anakin Skywalker became a Jedi and his fall to the Dark Side.
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Both the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy are on my list of movies I’m glad I saw in the theaters, but could have been a lot better. But the prequel trilogy is better mainly because there was a plan to it written by the same writers. The Sequel Trilogy seemed more or less made up as it went along, and ended in a blatant bit of course correction. As much as I like some of the new characters introduced in the Sequel Trilogy, I think I have to agree the Prequel Trilogy was at least slightly better.