RicOlie_2 said:

Part of the magic of Star Wars was that it was enjoyable at all ages. The prequels didn't have that. TPM was a kids' movie, AOTR was less of a kids' movie, but it isn't very appealing to adults either. ROTS wasn't appropriate for young children, and it was a mediocre film from an adult perspective.

ANH, ESB, and ROTJ, on the other hand, were/are enjoyable for everybody.

This was the point I was trying to make, and it got lost as I was rambling... I can sit down and love the OT today the same as I loved the OT when I was five.

But when I sit down to watch TPM today, I cannot enjoy it even close to the amount I enjoyed it when I was nine. The rest of the PT I never enjoyed as much as I did TPM, and they're even worse today.