I just have to reiterate, the major problem with this sequel trilogy is, they didn’t write the complete script or outline the story for all three movies, first.
For those saying George did the same thing. That just isn’t true. When George Lucas wrote the script for Star Wars it was incredibly long (about 200 pages). So he decided to take the first act and make the first movie based off that. The first Star Wars movie is the first 3rd of his complete script or the first act.
This video sums up perfectly all the things wrong with the 3 movie sequel trilogy. Many things of which I’ve tried to explain here in this topic. It’s a good watch and goes into great detail of the “why” this sequel trilogy failed so miserably:
