I do have to take you up on your apparent presumption that you speak for an entire generation of fans. I was five when I saw Star Wars in 1977 (although it's been called A New Hope since 1980 so I think we can get over that now) and I didn't care much for its sequel at the time, believing it to be dull - indeed, it still sticks out like a sore thumb in the series as it has little of what made the first film so great. I have always preferred Jedi to Empire and I think you're kidding yourself if you think Empire is the only film without flaws; all the films are flawed but so what, no film is perfect.

That might not be the popular opinion here but I'm not too bothered about that :)