Awesome post there - however, I clearly remember seeing the original Star Wars (oot) around 97 when I was 9 or something, or maybe it was earlier, on a TV broadcast, having no idea what it was, and I can pretty much say ESB left the strongest impression on me.

And being a Russian immigrant in Germany, I didn't understand the language at that time, so everything that was said was basically a lot of gibberish to me.

So how come I liked it most (remember the shocked feeling towards the end, like "wth happenin, the main heroes all get frozen to death wahaat?"?"

Maybe because it wasn't just a lot of "clever dialogue", but was CONVEYED in such a convincing, connecting matter through the acting, tone, settings and music, that actually.. even a child would understand it?

Anyway, I'd have a much shorter reply to that parent (and I'm glad it's not going to be published) - wow shut your festering hole you nerdy pathetic manbaby.

Jesus H. Christ, this guy's like "omg SW is so GENIUSS, THE BEST MOVIE IN HISTORY!!!", and then "my kid should like it too, oh show me how to make him like this!!!". Just fucking pathetic. What an idiot.

And yes - look at ANY of those cheesy cartoons the Nostalgia Critic rips apart... there is so much more unbearable awfulness in one single scene of "Care Bears" or "Ferngully" than in the entirety of the PT, it's not even funny.

Or how about them cheesy, hammy, stupid game-card animes like Pokemon? Or Digimon?

Also see the Cinema Snob for a different brand of utter awfulness that the prequels don't even begin to touch.

So yea, nerd parents, whoever you may be - if you're gonna let your kids watch that horrible pig slop on TV, you have a duty, yes, a DUTY, to go personally buy a DVD box set with the entire prequel trilogy as a birthday present. :D

So it "ruined Star Wars"... who cares??