I get it when it’s folks who were around for the original releases.
Yeah, maybe some people were so blown away by STAR WARS that literally nothing can ever top it in their minds. I’m always wanting to experience the next best thing so my mindset doesn’t allow for such mental barriers
You (I’m assuming) and I grew up with an OT box set.
Not exactly. I watched the OT in it’s entirety for the first time when I was 16. I had seen TPM, AOTC, ROTS, SW and the end of ROTJ (my Mom really fucked up with this one) when I was younger) before I had seen ESB and the entirety of ROTJ.
We first saw them in rapid succession and they’ve always seemed like parts of a whole. I imagine living through a three-year gap between installments gives you a much different perspective. I can definitely see how people might only dig the original, especially since it functions so well as a standalone story.
I’m 77% to 80% sure I saw ESB first because it was on HBO.
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