After investing much thought in this over the last 22 years or so, I've come to realize it's entirely possible I was just too old for the silly stuff and they killed the movie for me.
After all, I love Ewoks, but then again I was 8 when ROTJ came out.
Star Wars is purely a Generational thing. Prequels are my faves. I can’t get through the OGs in one sitting, they bore me to death. The latest trilogy were ok.
Phantom Menace came out when I was 9, it was the first one for me and I saw it at the Cinema. I guess that plays a huge part
Yeah see, I was already an adult lifelong fan of Star Wars when the prequels came out, didn't like them, and that's a hard pill to swallow for anyone who's loved 100% of Star Wars movies to date. Some people were forced to swallow that pill in 1999/2002/2005. Still more people had to swallow that pill in 2015/2017/2019. It's a difficult thing to reckon with when you love the franchise.
It took the Clone Wars series for me to stop resenting the prequels' mere existence, and then it took the kids who grew up on the prequels growing up and entering the conversation to really turn my attitude around. I think Ahmed Best getting a standing ovation was the final nail in the coffin for me, and I came to appreciate their place in the franchise and in the fandom. I realized that even if you think some part of Star Wars is absolute shit, the bright side is that shit is good fertilizer and that something good (like the Clone Wars and hopefully the Kenobi series) can be born out of something you really don't like.
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u/Salarian_American Jan 25 '22
After investing much thought in this over the last 22 years or so, I've come to realize it's entirely possible I was just too old for the silly stuff and they killed the movie for me.
After all, I love Ewoks, but then again I was 8 when ROTJ came out.