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It is such a different mindset now for fans who werent there at the beginning. They watch The Original Star Wars as Episode IV, and many put it at the bottom of their lists, because it seems so foreign to the other 5 movies! They have no context of the original whatsoever, they are watching it for the struggle of Anakin Skywalker and the whole movie has no context for it cause Lucas didn't think it up til ESB!
The PT generation continually makes excuses for the newer films, saying I love them but... AOTC is really great, but I agree the romance is pretty bad. What? The romance is the what the whole movie is about?
TPM is really great, but Jar Jar is annoying at times, but you just have to put up with him. What? He is in your face in every scene for the first hour!
TPM is a setup for the whole trilogy, you can't just get the ball rolling in the first movie. My response, did you ever see the Original Star Wars? Besides it being filmed as a standalone movie, it still works well as a setup that got the ball rolling pretty damn quick.
ROTS is really great, but you look too much into plot holes, I not going to worry about Leia remembering her mom, or Padme losing the will to live. What? Why don't we just delete the whole Luke/Leia talk on Endor Scene all together just to get continuity.
The PT settles for mediocrity sometimes, and that is the difference. Star Wars & ESB for most of us are perfect films, that we defend as classics. I never say ESB is great, but...... I say ESB is great, now watch it and you'll understand. We are all honest that ROTJ has its faults, and we all talk about the Ewoks, Luke/Leia being siblings, and Han & Leia could have turned in better performances, but we are hard on Jedi cause we want perfection, that is what the first two movies gave us.