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Frey
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When did you realize the Prequels sucked?
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1-Sep-2015, 4:49 PM

In my first few years I saw the OT on tape countless times, so I did get a little bit of the pre-TPM era to form my tastes. I was in the target demographic for TPM during its theatrical release, if the whole "it was made for kids" thing is taken at face value. My elder brother, a child of the mid-80s, had me really convinced that this movie was going to be the best thing since sliced bread. When we saw the promotional materials with Darth Maul we play-dueled with lightstaff curtain rods and made lightsaber clashing noises each time they met. When he saw the movie he still clung to the Maul coolness and I thought the movie had a lot of colorful action going on but I could tell even then that something was missing that was present in the OT. I could not have articulated it at the time. It was only years later in between high school and college when I saw the RedLetterMedia reviews that my suspicions were confirmed. Before then I was convinced that there was something about it I just didn't "get". To answer OP's question, my realization that the prequels sucked happened in separate stages, reaching its full realization in 2010.