Tyrphanax said:

And I find it mind-boggling that some people, Anchorhead, for example, would limit their Star Wars universe so severely when I think that ESB was a masterpiece and that there's a ton of really great EU out there. But at the same time, I don't fault them for it.

I talked about this in another thread, but I know alot of people who consider Star Wars '77 their true canon and think the rest of the stuff is alright.

It all depends on when you're born in alot of instances (now i am generalizing so not everyone will be lockstep). I am 38 years old, and saw SW in '77 at 5 years, so EVERYONE of my friends is an OOT fan, as we love SW, love ESB, and put up with Jedi because it completes the trilogy.

Most of my older brothers friends are just SW '77 fans. They saw SW in '77 at 12-13 years old, and by the time they saw ESB/ Jedi they were highschool and thought the Vader revelation was where the series went wrong, and kind of laugh at Jedi the same way many of us laugh at the PT.

So trust me, there are a load of fans who don't think ESB is the greatest movie (I am not one of them as I love the movie), but if you look at the re-release in 1997, the total grosses of each movie do tell you something about the OT generation:

Star Wars: 138 Million

Empire: 57 million

Jedi: 45 million