I don't dislike the PT. I think it's entertaining. Some parts are even great. However, some parts are completely cringeworthy. Revenge of the Sith made me laugh at the deaths of children, which means that something was horribly wrong with that scene. But I find the movies enjoyable enough. I didn't, however, ever think that we were "supposed" to watch them in numerical order. That thought never entered my mind, and I can't believe that's the view that George is trying to press. Once again, if he'd wanted them to be watched that way, he would have made them that way. As it is, it makes no sense. The two trilogies are two separate stories, and the PT is totally dependent on having seen the OT first. The PT is backstory. It is there to explain the past of the OT. That's its only purpose. I mean, he can deny it all he wants, but it's very obvious in the way he made the prequels. He was obviously trying to cater to fans of the original movies, which just doesn't work if these are the first Star Wars movies you saw. All those useless, jarring, and unncessary cameos and allusions are there only because Star Wars fans will know what they are. Jango Fett and little Boba? Because we know of Boba Fett from the OT. The droids? Because we knew them from the OT. Chewbacca? Because we knew him from the OT. Binary sunset? Because we saw it in the first movie. I will argue that all that stuff sucks, but the point remains that it's only there in the first place because we should have already seen the OT. The 6 part tragedy (when, in reality, it doesn't even fit the classification of a tragedy to begin with) of Anakin Skywalker just doesn't fly. The PT is Anakin's story. But the OT is Luke's story. It always was. And saying it's not doesn't change anything.