Two movies ago, Obi Wan was disarmed hanging from a ledge down a hole with Darth Maul standing over him trying to get him to fall to his death. Obi Wan then performed a massive improbable jump over Maul's head while grabbing the slain Qui Gon's lightsaber from across the room and then slicing him in half at the waist.

It is a little dumb that the guy who pulled that move off would mention the high ground as an advantage. Though I wouldn't remove the line "Don't try it!" Because, having done that move on Darth Maul and probably taught it to Anakin, he's ready for it.

They should have set it up to where it looked more like the setup with Maul, have Anakin obviously recognize the scenario and grin, Obi Wan says "Don't try it" perhaps under his breath, Anakin jumps, Obi Wan dismembers him.

But the Star Wars prequels were written by a massive hack, so.

Yeah, right?;There should be another bit earlier on where they're sparring and the same phrase comes up, otherwise it doesn't really fit standard story telling patterns...

Or if Obi-Wan himself didn't famously flip over someone to cut them in half.

From hanging on a ledge, no less, pure upper body strength and Force magic.

You should watch it to find out!

I’ll give you a hint, one series is near universally praised and the other is defended by a small subset.

Oh god no. But that's because they were simple action movies with a standard theme. They weren't trying so hard like the rest of it.

Lucas certainly wrote some clunky shit.

IIRC his wife at the time of the originals was also someone who helped edit his scripts.

She was not involved in the prequel trilogy(they divorced)

So Lucas didn't have someone who could actually tell him how dumb some of his stuff was, in the same way, as the originals.

It would be fantastic if his unedited scripts were ever found(they probably don't even exist though)