That's a reason to wait. Not to formulate a silly and overcomplicated plan that's astonishinigly likely to go wrong just to pass the time.This happened because Voldemort wasn't ready yet. They had to get the potion ready, and I do believe there is something in the first chapter that hints at Voldemort/Wormtail having to do something.
What are you talking about? Take what advice? Harry was supposed to die.If "Moody" [aka Crouch Jr] had just killed him he wouldn't have gained Harry's trust, which was important so that he would take his advice.
Ding! Failed your own point. He made a portkey at the end. He could have done it any time he liked. He certainly could have arranged for Harry to touch it without putting him through the tournament.He couldn't have made a portkey to be used inside the school earlier, doesn't Hogwarts prevent that from happening? Otherwise students would be disappearing left and right. [although there is the flaw of being able to use one on the grounds].
What? What what what? Crouch was using the polyjuice potion to pretend to be Moody, to lead Harry to Voldemort. Once Harry was dead he would have been proud to rejoin Voldemort. He couldn't have kept up the masquerade as Moody.And also, Crouch had to keep Moody alive for the polyjuice potion.
It's a big gaping plot hole. But you're right. The plot was rendered totally pointless. You can't justify things not making any sense at all (especially within a series that's renowned for it's mysteries and suddenly-it-all-makes-sense plot twists) by saying "if it made sense it wouldn't be any good". It's not good because it doesn't make sense!It's not a flaw, really. What would be the point in writing the book?
Star Wars is hardly the best exmaple, is it?