I know this topic has been discussed ad nauseum and I apologize,but I had to speak my mind. I will admit I didnt hate the prequels but they were a pale comparison to the first three. Quoting the words of G. Lucas "it is the story that makes it a good movie and not special effects" well his whole reason for deciding to go back and do these was that he saw how realistic the dinosaurs were in Jurassic Park and he could finally do what he wanted to do with SPfx, now that is the complete opposite of what he said in the past. Sure the FX were pretty cool in the Prequels but they were SOOO heavy on CG! If it were'nt for a few of the actors that brought something special into the roles like Ewan Macgregor, Liam Neeson and of course Ian Mcdiarmid the movies could have just been video games. If J.J. can bring back that certain charm combined with good acting maybe the films will fly but I'm not holding my breath. One thing more and to me this is kindof a sacrilege,cause I love the man, but I felt John Williams scores for the prequels were kindof "paint by numbers" compared the true symphonic masterpieces that he did in the past. I can sit and listen to his earlier works forever, as they play like true classical compositions where as the prequel music is mostly just background music.