Eh. Having been born in the late 90s and growing up with both Trilogies, I don’t feel like the whole ‘product of the generation’ thing is entirely accurate.
Then again, most people I talk to around my age defend the PT to some degree, even if they don’t like them much. Most of them think they’re mediocre but watchable.
In fact, there’s an old former friend of mine that loves them purely out of nostalgia and knows that they’re bad movies.
Maybe I’m just a hipster.