I guess I should point out that I admit there's a possibility that the ST will be good... But I had every reason to think the PT would be too.
A terrible Sequel Trilogy won't be such a tragedy for me, a grown man whose childhood memories of the the OT remain untouched and unharmed, but a crappy new Star Wars film featuring OT characters being shown to impressionable youngsters still basking in the golden rays of an OT only youth? Such a tragedy must be avoided at all costs...