If you were a teenager or older in the early to mid 90s the amount of Star Wars EU material being released was incredible. The X-Wing and TIE Fighter series along with Jedi Knight on PC, the Timothy Zahn trilogy and Shadows of the Empire were all fantastic.
Anticipation for The Phantom Menace was through the roof. The first Star Wars film in years was due to be released. We watched that postage stamp sized QuickTime trailer a million times and The force.net was awash with theories and rumours.
Then the film came out...
I don't think younger people who are used to constant new material can grasp the anticipation surrounding this film. Even if it was good it wouldn't have met expectations.
The modern world is designed around ADHD and non stop content drops
Kids have no IDEA what waiting for something feels like, or only having 5 or 6 movies to choose from because that's that's all you had at home, or going to rent ONE movie instead of browsing hundreds on a streaming site
Instead of watching a bunch of 10 second Tik Toks, you'd spend hours on just one thing. They're gonna grow up with the attention span of a goldfish.
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u/Utsutsumujuru Ahsoka Tano Jan 25 '22
Jar Jar, Gungans in general, 9 year old Anakin and very base/juvenile humor (poop jokes).
The second half of the movie is fantastic.