no longer 'hate' the prequels. won't watch TPM again, but could pop in AOTC and ROTS on a rainy day like a friday the 13th sequel. better that than the transformer movies.

during the time they came out 1999-2004, i was angry at what i thought was blatant and obscene squandering of what could have been something wonderful. I was disgusted at lucas' profound underacheivement and explotation of the OOT phenomenon and goodwill. fans from the 70s and 80s know what im talking about (for those that grew up with OT but too young to see in theatres, you truly missed a phenomenon that was one for the ages).

but im not angry anymore because its obvious that there never was a 'saga' and the PT was every bit as contrived as the rocky sequels. and lucas is simply a very poor filmmaker.

So the films themselves I no longer hate. But crap like Rick McCallum saying "we don't want to make the biggest movie of all time or the most special-effects laden film of all time. Sure we want these films to be beautiful and have the best production design, but the most important thing is the story and characters".

Its like a baseball fan thats pissed about all the home run records being broken with guys taking PEDs.