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Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
Actually, I was impressed by the fair number of responses on TFN that were more moderate, and even some expressing our views. It's probably just as easy for us to assume that they are all raving mad (because of a few loud idiots) as it is for them to think that we all subscribe to the "r..... my childhood" view.
Maybe the place has gotten better since I stopped paying attention around 2008 or so...every time I check it out though I see the same thing, and nothing interesting regardless. I guess, to be fair, that you could never replicate the discussion quality post-prequel as you could when they were coming out, but even in the classic trilogy forums things seem a bit dull these days. I think part of the problem is that the real hardcore SW fans--the first and second generation OT fans--are too old now. They don't post. If you were 25 in 2002, you'd be at least 35 now, and likely have a career, a mortgage, two kids, and god knows what other problems, so you aren't online talking about Star Wars issues. Instead, it is the people born in the 1990s, which, to take nothing away from them, just isn't the same.
