Humby said:

I was in high school when ROTS came out, so I'm kind of the in between generation, where I was raised on the originals but I also just young enough to be 'wide eyed' about the prequels. I remember my dad taking me to see TPM and I loved it. Then when AotC came out, I was a little older and wiser, and I still enjoyed it but something about it didn't sit right with me. By the time RotS came out, I understood that these movies were never going to be as good or culturally relevant as the originals. I sat through it, and I enjoyed it, but in the end, it felt like an empty shell.

In the years since, I have trouble sitting all the way through any of the prequels. TPM is probably my favorite, because I think it best captured some of the original spirit and fun of Star Wars. Sure, it has a pretty bad child actor, an annoying cartoon rabbit, and seems to be packed full of plot holes and poor writing, but it none the less had a sense of discovery, and fun moments.

This is my story exactly, to the last letter :-)