Baronlando said:

The hell??

If it had all ended in 1983, it would be no different than The Godfather or Jaws or Animal House or any other well-liked movie from that era. It'd be on your shelf and you could watch it if you felt like it, life goes on. THE END.

you might want to pick better examples:

there were 3 more sequels for jaws,

2 more for 'the godfather',

and 2 tv-spinoffs, and 2 movie sequels for 'animal house'..

i doubt any of those made any impact, or created more fans for the original..

unlike 'star war's where all the new material has created a larger, bigger,

fan-following, and demand for more movies/tv shows/books/comics etc..

later

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