Anchorhead said:

To me, the Indiana Jones franchise is heads & tails better than Star Wars because Lucas is kept in check by Spielberg & Ford. He doesn't get his way, so the films and stories are much better.

This is an interesting point, and I look at the SW movies and Indy movies a bit differently.

Each Indy movie can been seen as their own standalone movie, with a beginning and an ending. There really isn't a continuation from the first movie, other then the characters.

Other then the original SW in 1977, each sequel IS part of a larger story, or a continuation that forces you to look at every movie as one entity.

So essentially you can like any Indy movie and really don't have to recognize all 4. I personally love Raiders, but enjoy Temple of Doom because it is so dark. Crusade is OK, and Crystal Skull is horrible, as I haven't watched Crusade since the early 90's on HBO, and Crystal Skull I will never watch again.

For SW movies, you are forced to pick on being a SW'77 fan, and OT fan, or a Saga fan. It is very hard to be a SW & ESB fan, because Jedi is the ending of the story, so you have to take that in context. But if you think Jedi sucks, then you almost have to be a SW'77 fan. Same goes with the PT, if any of the PT movies blow, you are forced to being an OT fan.