Current Events > Who was the most wasted character in the "Star Wars" prequels?

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Rewatching the prequels is painful because there are many great ideas and characters that are victim to horrific dialogue and poor writing in general. Which character do you think was the most wasted?
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Dooku, Jango, or Grievous.
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Voted Maul, but Grievous was also pretty underwhelming.
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Grevious went out like a bitch
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Grevious
He was scarier than fucking Darth Vader in the cartoon that debuted him. The Jedi were terrified of him. Then he was just kind of there in the movie.

Maul was underutilized too but at least they sort of fixed that in Rebels.
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Jiek_Fafn posted...

Then he was just kind of there in the movie.

Having him cough every two seconds ruined him

They really should have had Windu fuck him up in the movie, not the damn cartoon.
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Jar Jar. If it were up to me I would've had Jar Jar start off as a rebellious outcast who becomes a renowned Gungan warrior and eventually a senator. Also would've gotten rid of their stupid dialects.

Darth Maul and Darth Jar Jar.
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Yousa thinking yousa people gonna die?
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Tbh, all of them - mostly felt like everybody was "Hello, I'm X! Arrg.. I'm dead"

I wanted to see more of Qui-Gon but it wouldn't fit for him to continue on after Episode 1 if the story is supposed to be focused on Anakin and his master, not his master's master.
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They could have made Maul a villain through out the Trilogy
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Maul is still the most badass looking character in the franchise. Total waste.

I still dont know what Mace Windus purpose was, other than being the token black guy on the Jedi council.
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Maul
Mace Windu
Grievous
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Watto

A better question would be if any character is actually well-realized in the Prequel trilogy.

au_gold posted...

I still dont know what Mace Windus purpose was, other than being the token black guy on the Jedi council.

Mace was the strongarm enforcer archetype who had to be an obstacle to Anakin's desire for a seat in the council since Yoda wouldn't create enough friction.
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weapon_d00d816 posted...

au_gold posted...

I still dont know what Mace Windus purpose was, other than being the token black guy on the Jedi council.

Mace was the strongarm enforcer archetype who had to be an obstacle to Anakin's desire for a seat in the council since Yoda wouldn't create enough friction.

He also sort of embodied the flaws in the Jedi order, being all about order and justice without fully understanding human emotion (which might have led him to recognize that Anakin should have had someone to counsel him before going to arrest his friend Palpatine). Or maybe his lack of emotion was just from bad directing, dunno.
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As far as I remember, Mace was just a stoic guy who talked to Yoda and stroked his chin a lot. He did nothing significant to the plot whatsoever until five minutes before his death. Lucas really had no idea what to do with that character.
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Darth Maul... coolest character replaced by one of the lamest.
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Dooku. Guys like Grievous and Maul are for fight scenes and underdeveloped outside of that role, but Dooku played a central role in the plot of the whole prequel trilogy and gets treated like he was barely more than some jobber who's nameless until they make a toy for him. If the trait all the characters in the movie assign to Dooku is that he's a "political idealist," his politics and ideals need to be expounded upon.
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Darth Maul.
...(his story continued in the animated series)

Wished the expanded content featured more Jedi Masters like
Aayla Secura
Quinlan Vos
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Kit Fisto.

C'mon, a name like that? It's perfect.
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Jar Jar.

Dude should have been a sith lord.
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Jiek_Fafn posted...

Grevious
He was scarier than fucking Darth Vader in the cartoon that debuted him. The Jedi were terrified of him. Then he was just kind of there in the movie.

Maul was underutilized too but at least they sort of fixed that in Rebels.

They started that return sub plot in the clone wars 3d series, too. So if nothing else, yay for continuity to resolve a loose thread.
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Yeah, I'll have to say General Grievous. He was made out to be really intimidating and feared, but...yeah. Not much was done with him until the Clone Wars cartoon.
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People sure do watch the prequels a lot considering how much they hate them.
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marthsheretoo posted...

Jar Jar.

Dude should have been a sith lord.

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Maul and Grievous kind of filled their roles as big scary bad guys that had to be fought and defeated. They were like scene bosses in Diablo that you had to beat to get to the act boss. I'll admit I was always disappointed by Grievous though after seeing him wreck shit in the Tartakovsky cartoon.

Mace kinda filled his role too as the bad cop to Yoda's good cop but he seemed pretty bland outside of that.

I would have liked to see more of the political maneuverings Dooku had to do to build up the CIS but the way the trilogy was made didn't really leave much time for that.

Jango was kinda pointless and should have just been cut, especially since he was just fanservice anyway.

Qui-Gon, Shmi, and Yoda all did what they were supposed to.

Jar Jar wasn't that bad outside of the stupidity of his antics in TPM. His stupidity being taken advantage of to issue the emergency powers decree was perfectly in character but was also kind of dumb.

I'll probably give the nod to Grievous because, while Maul was scary and imposing, Grievous was a bitch and had no buildup at all as to how or why he was so important. All he did all movie was look incompetent. Maybe that's how he was supposed to look since he was an expendable part of Sideous' plan anyway, but it still felt lame that he was such a target of the Jedi's war effort. He was like Jar Jar an droid form except we were supposed to take him seriously.
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If even one of the villains besides Palpatine carried over all three prequels, they could have been fleshed out and interesting. Dooku and Grievous kind of just materialized after Maul as Replacement Baddies #1 and 2.
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If we're talking about straight movies then it's a toss up between Maul and Jango.

but Maul is hardly wasted in the full scope of the prequels
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stoltenberg11 posted...

I would have liked to see more of the political maneuverings Dooku had to do to build up the CIS but the way the trilogy was made didn't really leave much time for that.

They barely had enough time to cover the needed politics <_<
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Bump.
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Maul should have been in two movies. He kills Qui-Gon in Ep. 1, gets away, and Obi-Wan is obsessed with hunting him down. So much so that he neglects Anakin's training. This, combined with his quest for vengeance, may have some influence on Anakin's fall. He kills Maul in Ep. 2, learns that revenge is bad (Anakin doesn't see this part), and becomes a Jedi master.
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Should have revealed at the end of Revenge that Jar Jar is Palpatine's spy. He is among those Vader silenced in Mustafar.
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Darth Maul definitely. I don't think the guy had any lines (from what I remember) and they ruined a lot of continuity by killing who was basically the main villain from the very beginning.
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whats with all the votes for darth maul? i thought he returned in the disney animated clone wars series

huh, i didn't know disney brought him back

i also didn't expect to hear kevin michael richardson voice his brother

maybe i should. guy voices everything. he's the new tony jay.
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Tbh the list of characters who live up to their potential is probably a lot smaller. Obi-Wan, Yoda, Palpatine and Mace Windu are probably it.
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Darth Maul should have had an actual personality and been one of the primary villains throughout all three episodes. Imagine a rivalry being set up between him and Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan would even flirt with the dark side a bit, determined to avenge Qui-Gon.

Dooku should have been in all three episodes as well as a Jedi council member turned gray Jedi turned Separatist revolutionary turned Sith Lord.

Grievous should not have existed.
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The prequels didn't need both Maul and Dooku. They should have combined that role to give ample time for character development.

Also, Grievous had so much potential and should definitely have been introduced a movie sooner.
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Banjo2553 posted...

Yeah, I'll have to say General Grievous. He was made out to be really intimidating and feared, but...yeah. Not much was done with him until the Clone Wars cartoon.

No kidding, in Vol. 2 he was a friggin monster against the Jedi and following his live action transition in RoTS he's nerfed immensely.
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Jagr_68 posted...

Banjo2553 posted...

Yeah, I'll have to say General Grievous. He was made out to be really intimidating and feared, but...yeah. Not much was done with him until the Clone Wars cartoon.

No kidding, in Vol. 2 he was a friggin monster against the Jedi and following his live action transition in RoTS he's nerfed immensely.

Windu nerfed him when he fucked him up..
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LethalAffinity posted...

Darth Maul should have had an actual personality and been one of the primary villains throughout all three episodes. Imagine a rivalry being set up between him and Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan would even flirt with the dark side a bit, determined to avenge Qui-Gon.

Dooku should have been in all three episodes as well as a Jedi council member turned gray Jedi turned Separatist revolutionary turned Sith Lord.

Grievous should not have existed.

Good post.
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ledbowman posted...

Jagr_68 posted...

Banjo2553 posted...

Yeah, I'll have to say General Grievous. He was made out to be really intimidating and feared, but...yeah. Not much was done with him until the Clone Wars cartoon.

No kidding, in Vol. 2 he was a friggin monster against the Jedi and following his live action transition in RoTS he's nerfed immensely.

Windu nerfed him when he fucked him up..

That battle is the kind of thing we should have seen, in place of monologues about how rough and messy sand is. Windu was absolutely horrendous as a character in the films.
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Maul for sure.

He was a cool looking villain with a mysterious (at the time) backstory. He should have easily been a recurring antagonist. He should have filled the role that eventually became Dooku's, with Anakin killing him as part of his fall to the dark side.

Maul leading the separatists could have also been an easy public explanation for the Empire's justification of racism against alien species.

Grevious was just a pointless character really. He was just there to have a flashy boss fight. Same with Darth Maul. Maybe it would have been better if these roles were combined into the one. Hell maybe Grevious should have just been Robo-Maul.

Dooku is so strange in hindsight. It might have meant more if we saw him as a Jedi in TPM. But he was just sorta...there. His betrayal didn't really have any impact.
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Darmik posted...

Grevious was just a pointless character really. He was just there to have a flashy boss fight. Same with Darth Maul.

"Stop having fun"
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