I don't think it is a bad thing that your fandom for SW is dying down, cause that is different then not loving the movies anymore. The biggest problem for all of us here, or many of us here is that the whole SW thing has gotten out of control for just utter enjoyment. Do I watch the OOT which I love to death in shit quality? Do I watch the SE in great quality even though I get annoyed at 95% of the changes? Do I watch the PT to try to get the full arc of the saga now even though it didn't turn out as good as it could? Will Lucas ever put out a great quality OOT release, or will I be either stuck watching OOT bootlegs, OOT 2006 shit DVD's, or Great Quality SE for the rest of my life? These are all questions that enter my mind now when I watch a SW movie, and sadly even the ones I love.
This is a watershed year for an OOT fan, cause to me it is all or nothing for a while. There will be a Saga Boxset, it is all but confirmed on the SW 2007 Calendar last year, and after the specs are announced, many here will retire from SW talk for a long time, either happy or pissed off at George til HD-DVD rumors start. If the Saga boxset does contain the OOT remastered and everyone is happy with it, then SW talk will stop. If the Saga boxset does not include the OOT and just a new SE & PT movies, then there will be some serious bitchin up to and after the set is released, and then I think many like myself will wave the white flag. I honestly come here everyday in hopes that there is some announcement of the OOT that we have waited for, and that leads me into some SW talk.
As for SW fandom dying down Zombie, it aint a bad thing cause great movies stand the test of time, and I remember being in 8th grade in 1987, a full 4 years after ROTJ, and we would all joke at who could do the best Chewbaccas howl. SW never died, or the OT never died, it just wasn't public domain everyday and that is solely cause there are no more movies, and there is nothing really new to talk about. The TV show will have its niche audience, and I guarantee 90% of the people who watch it read the EU books, and I say that fine with me, cause I know Lucas won't fuck with the OT movies to fit the TV series. Or will he?
For a long time I wondered whether the PT would taint the OT for future generations, and we have all talked about here, but I am starting to think that the only one who got tainted was ol Georgie. People will still love the OT movies, because they are so different looking, different characters, and such a different story, it is too obvious not to notice they are seperate trilogies. Sure there will be the niche saga fans who populate TFN, but I also have a friend who loved Fast & the Furious, and I have another friend who loves Waterworld, so there is always people out there with bad taste!
A friend of mine of who is a big SW fan kinda summed up the PT to me, "Either you accept the story or not, and if you don't, it will never work. Dont' keep trying it 4-6,1-3 or 1-6, or even 3-6, either it works for you or it doesn't. ROTJ has always been inferior to SW/ESB, but everyone accepted the story, and they became OT fans, so you never had to try to love ROTJ, you just accepted the story, even though it wasn't exactly what it could have been." He also said, "I think every SW fan in some ways likes the PT movies even a tiny bit, cause of how it ties to the OT, and that expands the OT story when it was done right. But there are so many bad moments that clutter it, you almost have a love/hate relationship with the movies whereas you know there is a good movie in there, yet it just was executed to what it should have been."
For me, when the saga boxset is announced this year, and if the OOT is remastered and I can enjoy those 3 movies again, I will make a decision whether I accept the PT story or not. I think many of us are so pissed at the treatment of the OOT, that we won't accept the PT as just a backstory, nothing more nothing less, cause I think it can work if I can see Sebastian Shaw again.