Originally posted by: vote_for_palpatine
Speaking for myself, after TPM I went to the other two movies largely out of a sense of obligation.

I'd like to see an accurate poll on this matter - did Star Wars fans watch the PT because they wanted to, or because they felt they had to?

I never bothered to go to the cinema to see The Phantom Menace, I was so dissapointed with the film then I checked out of Star Wars for years but I decided out of my obligation to Star Wars to give it another go by seeing Clones but only two weeks after it opened and enjoyed it but I went only once. The only one I had interest in months before because of the story and I made a big effort to see it on the first day was Revenge of the Sith and it was the only Prequel I went multiple times to see.

Looking back I should've gone to see TPM at the cinema, because when I watch it today on DVD there is stuff I like in there and if I had I would have been more enthuasiastic about going to see Clones and would have probably gone earlier and seen that more than once, because when Ive decided to watch the films on DVD Ive enjoyed them.