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That's a pretty big generalization of fans of the Prequels. You can't really make that statement. Everyone has their reason for watching and enjoying the Prequels as they do with the Originals. The difference is time in which the Original Trilogy was released to the masses. A New Hope was something nobody every experienced before...period. And you can say the same for the film industry. It was a film that changed EVERYTHING on numerous levels.
As you stated, the Prequels were going to be unfairly compared to the Originals. It's impossible to live up to the standards set 16 years prior. Everything about our culture, when it comes to films and the film industry, is totally different.
Also remember, the Original Trilogy was not widely praised upon their releases as some would like to think they were. It is only when critics took a step back and saw them for what they were that the praise came. Some critics were ahead of their time. Others were not. Star Wars isn't the first film to have that happen to it. De Palma's Scarface is a great example.
Will this happen to the Prequels? It just depends. They won't get the almighty praise the Originals get but I think, when time passes on, they'll be looked on more favorably.
Forget the critics, I really don't care about the critics, I am talking about the fans. The PT is criticized by the fans, and I agree the critics have been taking shots at SW for years.
You guys missed my original point, ANH or SW '77 is the easiest movie to sell to ANY type of moviegoer. It is a basic story of good vs evil, and you really don't have to be a scifi/fantasy fan to fall in love with it, and you really don't have to be a SW fan to love it either. Everyone of us saw that movie first and fell in love or really liked it enough to want to watch more SW movies. Everyone I know in my family loves ANH, but none of them ever loved ESB & ROTJ, cause that was more for the diehard fan who wanted more, so of course the popularity has never been the same even since 1977.
By watching the saga 1-6 now, you throw away ANH as a standalone movie to get the mass viewer into SW, cause now they are watching it in saga terms, or Anakins story, and the movie will not be the same as just renting ANH on a Friday night as a standalone movie that technically has an ending.
I am just saying that the 1-6 saga fanbase in the future has to love Anakins story to be fans, cause they are just not going to just pick 4-6 like I can do, cause they won't see the saga that way. To me it is either take the story or leave it, and I think many fans will think the saga 1-6 is OK, but not want to watch 8,000 times like we did cause there was not that one film to grasp them like the OT did.
There is a reason Lucas made the OT story first, even he says it, it is an easier sell to the mass public, cause the PT movies are not as funny, not as much action in terms of the rebels constantly on the run, and the characters don't appeal to the average moviegoer cause the PT contains all political people: Jedi, Senators, Chancellors,etc.
The bottom line for me and this is what made the OT great, is does these movies have replay value? For replay value, the PT movies don't come close to the OT movies,, but I say forget critics, just think of what the SW fans say, and that is what really counts.