If the OT was released in today’s climate, it would receive the exact same level of ridicule as the prequels and sequels.

Please don’t mistake my comments for hating or trolling. I love all of Star Wars and I do prefer the originals to the prequels and sequels. I’m just saying the originals are often given a pass on certain criticisms. A lot of it has to do with them being well established before social media was prevalent. They are more engrained in our brains. I think a lot of classics would suffer similarly if released today.

This isn’t to invalidate the movies themselves. This is to put in perspective the amount of criticism being handed out regularly to almost everything.