The Star Wars prequel trilogy is famous, and not for all the right reasons.
The prequel trilogy did good and bad things, and it wouldn’t be a terrible idea for Fantastic Beasts to take a page or two from Star Wars on how to avoid the biggest missteps.
The films were hated by fans when they first came out thanks to bad writing, acting and directing that made the movies a slog.
As time has gone forward, the vitriol for these prequels has died down considerably, but that doesn’t change the fact that there are lessons to be learned from these movies.