"had"?
"which says to me, lots of 'I'm too old for this shit' gags. Yawn."
"Ah, you mean like Obi-Wan in ANH? I didn't mind seeing an old Obi-Wan in ANH myself."
I believe the reference is from "Lethal Weapon".
"Because THEY ARE INTENDED BY THEIR CREATOR to be seen before ANH, ESB, and ROTJ. Sequels, on the other hand, are intended to be seen afterwords."
Then Lucas' failure has been complete for the past 30 years. Either he shouldn't have filmed them that way, or he shouldn't have released them until, say, May 20, 2005.
"(And, BTW, the Young Indy series serves as proof that Indy will not die in Indy 4, as he was shown as an old man of 93 in the Young Indy series.)"
And if film chronology is this end-all-be-all that you claim it to be, then I have to ask: Do you watch "Temple of Doom" before "Raiders of the Lost Ark"?