(Make sure you still watch the original series first. As these movies do miss out a lot. However, unlike the first two, I can recommend you watch this one afterwards as it presents us with an alternate ending and some better action. And maybe watch the new scenes from the second movie but skip the rest of it too). The meeting with Axis and Haman is cut short. Char already had barely any screen time in the previous two movies, which makes this a poor choice. The second meeting with Haman is also worse as the moment of Char having to beg Haman for help iscut short, once again, making his character less developed than in the show.

Similar to most characters, Reccoa got much less time in this trilogy than the anime so her change to go simp for the Scirocco on the opposing side seems even more dumb than it did in the original. She still goes on to the conclusion of 'I hate all men, men are bad' blah blah, what a waste of a character.

There is a character who is handled better in this movie trilogy though, Fa. In the previous film, they gave her and Kamille some much-needed relationship-building moments. And in this film, they are closer than in the anime as well. This makes their relationship at the end of Zeta and during ZZ onwards a lot more believable, as Kamille is less cold to her and she is more affectionate to him. They also remove the sexist weak woman subplot in which Bright refuses to let Fa pilot things because she is bad at it, and this is a change for the better in my opinion. Along with that, Fa is given more time to shine in the action as well.

Sarah is even less of a character in these movies than she was in the anime. However, I think giving Sarah and Katz less time was intentional, as rather than taking on the task of trying to flesh the characters out they purposefully gave them less screen time. However, this does make Katz's and Sarah's deaths even more comical than they already were.

Thankfully, Zeta's epic finale is still intact, with a great showdown in the theatre and then in space. In fact, we get new animation and a longer fight that makes Kamille's final fight with Scirocco a more fun and pleasing spectacle.

After the war is finished, we are given new scenes showing us how other characters such as Mirai, Amuro, Sayla and Kai are doing, as well as all the survivors from the battle. We are then treated to Tomino's alternate happier ending to Zeta. Rather than getting PTSD, going into shock and becoming disabled for half of ZZ, Kamille is fully intact and we get him and Fa reuniting after the battle is over. An emotional happy moment of the two of them together, floating and crying in space with joy. I absolutely adore this ending and much prefer how their relationship was treated in these movies. As a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Gundam and the 20th anniversary of Zeta, I acknowledge and appreciate this happy alternate ending.