Warbler said:

so you don't think ESB and ROTJ should have been made?

Wouldn't have bothered me one way or the other. Plenty of other stories to tell. I liked Empire when it was released. After a while, I saw it for what it was. The beginning of the shrinking universe via Lucas' writers block.

a children's bed time story? is that what you regard ESB and ROTJ?

Empire - only the I am your father bit.

Return - very much a childrens bedtime story, complete with plush toys and a happily ever after ending.

but you claim to no longer like the first trilogy.

Have we met before? - I haven't been a fan of anything other than the 1977 story for about 20 years.

If you can ask me, those things are no more or less a part of the OOT than they of the NPR.

I addressed that in the quote you posted immediately after.

What were once interesting and somewhat mysterious parts of the story became the very over-explained primary focus of the franchise.

sounds like to me, you might prefer the Star Trek universe over that of Star Wars.

I read one book about 15 years ago and liked it. Lost Years I think it was. Not sure why I'm not a Trek uber-nerd. I imagine there might be some very interesting books alright.

but the NPR is basically the same story, just more detailed. When you say the NPR, do you just mean the NPR of the first movie or all three?

NPR Star Wars. Whenever I mention Star Wars - I'm speaking of the first film\story only, unless I specifically state otherwise.