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Originally posted by: The Bizzle
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It will instead be long remembered for how vulgar the mass marketing tie-ins became.

how vulgar they "Became?"

I was speaking of the whole Star Wars timeline - 1977 to 2005. I should have been more clear on that.

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chances are... you were like, 8 years old and wanted to buy the stuff.

No, I was 16 and had no interest in it.

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The prequels don't do ANYTHING to the first films unless you LET THEM.

Yes, I KNOW that. That's WHY I didn't SEE any OF them after TPM.

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the prequels are their own movies

That's not the way Lucas sees it. He's doing everything he can to make sure that future generations(as well as the current fans) can't seperate the two either.

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But to claim that these movies didn't get over-merchandised until 1999 is ridiculousness.

I didn't make that claim - you assumed I did.

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you can ignore the prequels. It's real easy.

Yes it is, and I have.

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You're telling me TPM, AOTC and ROTS somehow made Star Wars and Empire LESS GOOD?
Don't buy it.

When viewed as a single entity (as Lucas would like people to), yes - the last 4 films weaken the story and taint the history of the actual films because most people won't single ANH or ESB out - and Lucas is working as fast and as hard as he can to see to it that they can't.