Originally posted by: TheCassidy
Yeah, I get that - but by that rationale where is Jabba in Episode V? Where is Boba Fett in Episode III? At some point, trying to make the different episodes dovetail in people's minds become ridiculous. I'm content to enjoy them in their historical context without trying to ascribe to much meaning to them.
It's entirely possible to enjoy the Prequels as the Prequels, and the Original Trilogy as the Original Trilogy.
And to his original point about not liking the PT because of no space battles? The opening of EP III was thrilling! I think it's high time Star Wars fans unclenched their assholes for a while.
Yeah, I get that - but by that rationale where is Jabba in Episode V? Where is Boba Fett in Episode III? At some point, trying to make the different episodes dovetail in people's minds become ridiculous. I'm content to enjoy them in their historical context without trying to ascribe to much meaning to them.
It's entirely possible to enjoy the Prequels as the Prequels, and the Original Trilogy as the Original Trilogy.
And to his original point about not liking the PT because of no space battles? The opening of EP III was thrilling! I think it's high time Star Wars fans unclenched their assholes for a while.
I agree about overanalyzing the films, but the Emperor is a main character where Jabba & Boba Fett are just secondary characters who can come and go. I honestly believe that all the PT hate you hear is solely from the treatment of the OOT, or the lack there of a great quality release of the OOT.
Of course you will always have the section of fans who hate the PT. But I honestly believe if Lucas put out a great quality OOT DVD set this year with the PT movies & SE movies, I think alot of fans will finally have a choice in what movies they want to watch in great quality and what movies they don't want to watch. I know so many SW fans who were not big fans of ROTJ, but never hated the movie, but I guarantee if Lucas would have changed ANH & ESB back in 1980 to fit in the ROTJ story, and never release the original versions, you would have the same split amongst fans. And then you would have had threads that say, "Do you like ROTJ?"