My opinions have fluctuated on this topic. I used to think it might be a good idea for Disney to reboot and remake the Prequel Trilogy but then something occurred to me. Whether we like it or not, they do exist. They happened. A rather large generation of kids grew up on them as their introduction to STAR WARS. Most certainly as those kids age into adults they will probably take a critical view of those three films and largely embrace the Original Trilogy.

As I say, the Prequel Trilogy does exist, they happened. And just as much as we have all hated the changes that were made to the Original Trilogy and dearly want to have easy access to the theatrical versions of those films (furthermore, making the theatrical films THE films again would be nice); there are likely some Prequel Trilogy fans or, forgive me, “apologists” that would scoff at the idea of blowing them up and starting over. And out of respect (albeit a slight thread) for those films and their admirers, I would like them to just be.

Ideally, in another 5-10 years (perhaps much sooner), the theatrical versions of the Original Trilogy will be re-introduced to the cosmos and the ‘altered’ versions will be treated as what they should be: an alternate viewing experience. Even if having the theatrical versions as THE versions again finally means some inconsistencies with the Prequel Trilogy. That’s fine. It doesn’t all have to be nice and neat and have a through-line that makes perfect sense. If people want that, they can go watch STAR TREK.