Only after the criticism do people realize how good the prequels actually are.
There is a whole generation that is growing up with the sequels. Soon they’ll be online talking about how much those movies mean to them and how they kinda like the other six that came before, but the sequels are the best.
Exactly. I bet this will be the argument:
The OT is good but old, the effects are really bad and everyone just keeps praising them because of nostalgia. The PT isn’t good and the only reason people like them now is because of nostalgia. The ST though combines both the good graphics of the PT with the good story of the OT to make the best story. It doesn’t deserve all the hate it gets by boomers, they’re just annoyed it didn’t live up to their unrealistic expectations. It doesn’t matter if the movie is similar to the OT because comparatively the OT had bad effects so they took the old story and made it look actually realistic (plus the stakes were so much bigger this time around). Last, JJ and RJ were clearly working together and anyone who thinks they had disagreements is obviously just a hater.
That said those new movies nowadays are terrible! Worse than the OT and PT by far, just disgraceful and shows how much Disney has lost its way since the glory days of 2019.