My tale would be very similar to DominicCobb's. At 15, ROTS was a big experience. The first thing I did when I got the DVD was to rip it and start tinkering with it. But in the theater at 2:30 AM, James Earl Jones as Darth Vader expressing concern for Padmé's safety was chilling. Even at that time, I was aware that Ep3 would probably not seem as good after the initial viewing, so I told my mom and chauffeur, "Before I hear what anyone else says about the movie, I enjoyed it. The Emperor stole the show."

Since sequels are what we really wanted in the first place, hopefully the existence of the prequels allowed for all the mistakes to be made and catalogued in order to have an amazing sequel trilogy.