More Geek than thou

This is Star Wars Geek inside pool---everyone else can just pretend this isn't happening.

X-Donk reviews the soundtrack.

John raises some good questions of what were the elements of Episode I & II that betrayed/screwed up the latter movies, and comes up with the Midichlorians, Anakin's virgin birth and Anakin's construction of 3PO.

These are all good, but I'd add my central beef: the material culture is all screwed up. The material culture---the clothes, the decoration of everyday objects, body language etc.---just doesn't match the simplicity and 70s cheesiness of the original movies. The presence of technology and its use is all wrong to, as their society in effect de-advances in how everyday ordinary technology looks and is used.