I appreciate your interaction with my post, but have you heard the expression, "missing the forest for the trees"? I think that's what you're doing with my post. Convincing you that 1-6 comfortably belong together in one saga isn't my point.

At the risk of sounding like I can read your thoughts... I can't help but sense that your hatred for the prequels is motivating you to respond to my post the way you are, which I find odd because I probably hate the prequels more than you do! Going along with my post doesn't require you to set aside any of your hatred for 1-3, if you truly understand where I'm coming from. When you read my post, keep in mind that I think the prequels are atrocities.

You're getting hung up on the part of my post about how episodes 1-3 require the ending of episode 6 for their plot to be resolved (which really isn't debatable). This is not the same thing as saying that 4-6 need 1-3, or saying that 1-3 are legitimate, which is what you seem to be railing against. Since that part of my post was only building up to the main points, you're missing those points.

I think you're having a slightly different conversation than the one I'm trying to have. In the one you're having, you and I are on the same side.