10 Star Wars Moments ONE Tweak Away From Perfection

5. Chucking In A Few Practical Pieces Of Armour During The Various Epic Battles And Clone Moments

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Returning to the clone troopers found teaming alongside and eventually turning on the Jedi Order throughout the Star Wars prequels now, it's become pretty common knowledge at this point that every single piece of clone armour seen on-screen during this trilogy was entirely digital.

And it's that fact that unfortunately results in many of the coolest clone moments these flicks have to offer looking ever so slightly cartoonish and jarring.

Had Lucas and co. decided to actually drop a few practical clone trooper outfits into everything from the epic moment the full clone army is shown on Coruscant at the end of Attack of the Clones, to those few times Temuera Morrison's face is shown sticking out of the armour, though, the Republic's army would have unquestionably looked that little bit more impressive throughout the trilogy.

The likes of Andor and Obi-Wan Kenobi eventually showed how having a few practical troopers firing their blasters at various foes very much helped make the action feel that bit more authentic, too. And if a similar approach was opted for during the creation of the prequels, perhaps some of those still largely enjoyable clone conversations and battles wouldn't have looked quite as unconvincing at times.

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