TLDR Version: Gen X’ers and Millennials will eventually phase out, and with them, so will a lot of the hate for the PT and ST, respectively.
I agree (we had this argument recently and I took some shit for saying this, but it makes sense).
One thing that’s interesting to note (interpret this how you will)…
Adjusted Box Office for Star Wars films:
- Star Wars
- The Force Awakens
- Empire Strikes Back
- Return of the Jedi
- The Phantom Menace
- The Last Jedi
- Rogue One
- Revenge of the Sith
- Attack of the Clones
- Solo
Glad to see someone gets where I’m coming from!
In regards to those box office rankings, all of them pretty much make sense to me. It’ll be interesting to see where IX ends up on that list. I would hope it could at least make it into the Top 5, but we’ll see.