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Originally posted by: DarthAstuart
great post damon! i'm a newer member too.

i respect everyone's opinions, and appreciate that everyone has their own view of what is great about star wars, which films are great, etc.

BUT...

i am a little sick of people saying "if you really watched them, you'd like them more," or suggesting that anyone who dislikes the PT on the whole is somehow being ignorant, intolerant, closed-minded, etc.

we're not, i assure you. i know i'm not. i've given these films their chances, and they've failed me. not so much ROTS, but definitely the other two.

so i think if i did try to give them another chance and watch them again, it would probably end with large objects thrown at a perfectly good tv. your mileage varies, which is what makes this forum great--we can all discuss stuff and share ideas without (or at least, with very rarely) descending into the mindless fanboyism of "you're WRONG, no you're WRONG," etc.

That is EXACTLY the point I was trying to bring across DarthAstuart! You've watched the PT with an open mind and decided in the end that you didn't like them and that's what I was trying to bring across in my post. It's my wish that original fans can at least give them a chance where as so many original fans I know in person saw EI and were immediately turned off by the PT. Like I said earlier, I don't mind if original fans end up not liking the PT, as long as they give it a chance and realize what it's all about.

I didn't mean to start an argument, so I apologize to those fans who think I have done so, but I do hope at least a few people took notice of the post and decided to give the PT another chance even though they want the OOT preserved in its entirety as the ONLY Star Wars trilogy (at least in their minds). Once again, everyone is allowed to have their opinion and I don't discourage it in the least. And thanks for posting your views everyone, they are what makes this world full of unique people and proves how fans of a certain franchise can still be so unique and different despite their love for the same story, being Star Wars.