Oh_riginal:
Well, it is a trilogy! Sure, Lucas didn't direct ESB, but he still had a heavy hand in making the movie. I'd say ANH and ESB back-to-back doesn't necessarily make him a one-trick pony.

And ROTJ has its moments, as does the PT. I completely understand why people bash the PT, but it DOES have its moments... otherwise why would a lot of us own them or at least know them so well?

American Graffiti and THX 1138 weren't exactly custard pies in the face of cinema, either. Both fine films (of course, the original version of THX 1138, not the CG 'enhanced' version).

As for the PT, I would venture that hope is why some of us know them so well despite not liking them. After Episodes I and II, I was certain that I wouldn't enjoy Episode III either, but I went along out of hope that it might be, and wanting completion either way. And, personally speaking, I don't know that the PT does have that many 'moments'.