It's interesting hearing people talk about growing up with the prequels, now that it's over, It makes me feel like they missed out growing up on "real" Star Wars, because back in the late 70's early 80's everything was so much different than it is today, everything was much more limited back then, especially in cinema, I think it would have been a difficult task in any sense for Lucas to duplicate today the same effect the OT had on kids imaginations growing up in that period, when everything by todays standards Is so much more visually stimulating for kids.

I've heard the argument that I'm using my old expectations of the OT to compare the prequels with, so I've set my self up to be dissapointed, which is complete bullshit. I enjoy movies from all generations, and don't judge films based on if they are black & white, have outdated special effects or outdated acting or if it has 5.1 THX stereo surround or not, I can recognize weither a film I watch is enjoyable, has a good story and acting and overall is of good quality or not...I can say without hesitation, the prequels lack all the essential qualities the OT had, other than effects/technology, they just don't have the quality depth of story, enjoyable characters or imaginative dialogue including humor. It all just comes off as forced creativeness.

Lucas is a great storyteller, but I think since and partially during ROTJ he's lost touch with alot of essential qualities, which made his other films so classic.

And If anyone was wondering, I was 6 when I saw ANH for the first time.