Star Wars: 10 Reasons The Prequel Trilogy Is Better Than You Remember

The prequels expand on the Star Wars universe massively, and the scale of the galaxy is truly impressive. The original trilogy features nine different planets throughout, and while each is unique, the prequels showcase fourteen different environments each more impressive than the last.

Additions such as Mustafar, Kashyyk, and Geonosis are all unique and vary from one another, with their own feel which provides a depth to the galaxy not seen before. The dark underbelly of Coruscant detailed in Attack of the Clones really fleshes out the planet, making it feel like the densely packed, lived-in place it's supposed to be.

Kamino is another highlight, with its never-ending oceanic surface covering the entirety of the planet. It is also of course the birthplace of the clone army, and its exclusion from the Jedi archives grants it an aura of mystery and uncertainty, giving the feeling that even the Jedi have only scratched the surface of just how vast the galaxy is.

Even settings that were established in the original trilogy are fleshed out and given more characterisation. The Phantom Menace details Tatooine's seedy underworld with slavery and poverty running rampant throughout the Outer Rim. It feels like the Wild West, an unruly place just out of reach of the Republic's grasp where the only law is the criminal empire that controls the districts.

The original trilogy does deserve credit for its backdrops - the frozen tundras of Hoth, for example, have aged well - but the prequel trilogy delves much deeper in to the galaxy far far away and they aren't given the credit they deserve for this.