Gomer the point is that your intital assertion that the OT and the prequels were both highly criticized by the public is just not true. The handful of people who did not like the OT when it was released are just not comparable to the raging debates and polarization that have been present since the release of the prequels. If you didn't like the OT when it came out, you would have been a bit of a freak. That is not the case with the prequels; millions loved them and millions hated them.