I first saw TPM in the theaters when I was 10. I had already seen the O-OT numerous times (the Special Editions in the theaters once, and never again, because we never bought them), and after I came out of the theater, I thought it was the best Star Wars movie ever. It was my favorite of the Star Wars movies. Then it came out on video, and I watched it again at home, and it hit me: Man, this movie isn't as good as I thought it was.

Then Attack of the Clones came out when I was in 7th or 8th grade (so I suppose I was 13) and I remember groaning multiple times in the theater. I thought that it had good stuff in it, but the bad stuff (like the cheesy love dialogue) far outweighed the good.

Then ROTS came out last year, and my friend had to grab my shirt to keep me from walking out of the theater. When the "NOOOOOOO!" scene came, I just buried my head in my hands and sighed. To this day, I have only seen this movie once. I have it on DVD, but I've never sat through the whole thing. To be honest, I can't even make it to Dooku's decapitation before I just have to turn it off.

What sucks is that I wasn't predisposed to hating these movies; quite the contrary. I wanted SO BADLY for them to be great, and they just, quite frankly, sucked. I realized how badly written, badly directed, and badly acted they were. I can still watch the O-OT (I own the 2004 DVDs, but I'm not sure if I've watched any of them all the way through), but I can't even remember the last time I watched an OT movie.

So there you have it. If the kids are smart enough to figure it out, they'll realize that the PT is just a passing fad while the O-OT will remain cinematic classics (or at least the first one will). I came to this conclusion on my own, and I'm sure they can too.