I think (as it is in my case) that as a young person, I was excited to see Episode I but not old enough to show up at the theater ealry in it's release or really anytime I flet like it. I was only in sixth grade at the time. With the release of Episode I, SW did gain many new and many younger fans than me. So it wasn't until three years later, than even 3 more years later that the trilogy was starting to pick up mor fans. This younger generation, basically the one right ater mine that was basically 5 years old when they first saw these, are the ones that grew up and as teeneagers, finally got to show up at the movie theater more often. That and the decline of interest in the PT among adults makes for an obvious demographic change.

These same tings happened with the OT when it came out, except with the less significant dropout of adults because they films sucked in reality. GL achieved one goal in that the generation that grew up with the PT and the SE for the most part love them for what they are and did for them, just as we do the OT. I mean, in 10 years they may not look back and remember the PT as fondly as the OT is to those that saw it first before all the newer stuff, but they will still love the movies if they do now as 8 to 10 year olds in some way. GL unwittingly has that effect on younger people, just not an older crowd this time around.