I'm 15 years old, and I prefer the OT over the PT. I also prefer the OT over the SE versions. All of my friends (or at least the ones that like Star Wars) prefer the OT over the PT, and they ranged from ages 13 - 18.

You also post in this forum, which sort makes you a little biased. The claim was never made that all young people would prefer the PTs, I'm sure many kids who grew up bacin the 70s and 80s never got the OT either and they are the ones writing those long diatribes against the entire franchise. The only claim made is that younger viewers are in a different position to enjoy the films and their judgement would be different and not stuck in some idealized version of their youth.

Here's an interesting article on RottenTomatoes over how the OT was reviewed and viewed by the 'established' press back when they were first released.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=197859