generalfrevious said:

I know that. I just said that the PT reinforced the flaws in the OT, rather than being just odd flukes of awfulness.

Yea, but point is, I don't get why choosing pretentious expressions like "modern day Iliad" could or should be valid at all when applied to SW.

No doubt the newer SW stuff along with the cartoons etc. somewhat sullied the popcultural reputation of "Star Wars", but it was never on par with "high literature" in the first place, esp. the hammy lyric kind.

The first film was a pulp space adventure film on par with Indiana Jones... can't it just stay in that category?