dclarkg said:

.Mac. said:

I sense a great deal of pessimism in this thread.

And it's totally understandable, if we could imagine that this thread is happening 15 years ago before TPM came out I bet that everyone would be in a orgasmic joy since all the reasons to think that the PT is going to be equal or better than the OT are there: Same guy who created SW is behind the PT... what could go wrong?? Then 15 years later, here we are wondering what the f*** George did. I think that we all disagree at some point on how bad the PT was but we all agree that the PT IS worse than the OT.

It's funny if you come to think that the fact that Lucas isn't behind the ST is actually what creates a good expectation because we don't know if it's going to suck or not, if Lucas were the man behind the ST as he was on the PT we would be far more pessimistic.

I understand that many people are bitter about the PT, and rightfully so. After years of disdain towards them, though, it should also be understandable that the people who are currently involved with the SW films know what's at stake here. JJ Abrams, who is a huge, life-long SW fan, certainly gets it and has tried on occasions to reassure us of this. Even certain "leaks" have been promising.

At least to me, I feel anyone who's a fan of SW would try to look forward to this optimistically, be open-minded, and have enough faith that JJ, Kasdan, Williams, the old and new cast, and everyone else involved are genuinely trying to make something as comparable and exhilarating as the OT.

Not saying it has to be or will be loved by everybody, because inevitably it won't be (same is true with The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, or ANY film), but give it a fair chance if you truly are a fan.

Don't let the PT get in the way of you wanting to enjoy any more SW that you loved so much before...