S_Matt said:

Online it became pretty fashionable to hate Jedi in the wake of The Phantom Menace because certain sections of fandom felt they needed to appear nonchalant about the negative reception of that film, as a way to say "we saw this coming" sort of thing.

SMatt, there has always been a level of hatred towards Jedi from people that were older then me.

I was 10 years old when I saw Jedi, and all of my friends and myself loved it at the time (We were all born from 1971-73). Most of my older brothers friends (Born around 1965-66) thought it was a joke then, the same way many fans who grew up with the OT thought Episode I was a joke.

And you would be suprised that many people older then me think ESB isn't that great either. My brothers friends who are in their mid 40's just love The Original Star Wars (as they saw it when they were around 13 years old in 1977. They LOVE the original and think the sequels are a bit much, as many of them joke with me, "Darth Vader is Lukes father??? That's a bit too much"

It is all at what age did you see the movies? Star Wars '77 is universally loved by everyone I know, and then the ESB and Jedi vary among what age you are. And as I said, I have yet to meet a person who loves the PT, but I do have friends who accept it and enjoy with a grain of salt simply because its more SW.

Don't go by what is said on the internet, because they are the extreme fans on both sides who think WAY too much about the movies.

Including myself :)