Ultimately, when the entire story and themes and everything previously deiscussed here were established, could there have been some filmmaker who would have accomplished it all it a far more artful and realistic level? Could someone have made that story and those characters as epic as Peter Jackson and LOTR? Obviously. In hindsight there is always a better way to do something.  The point is, George Lucas made it happen and had the vision to start this whole universe, and if for nothing else, we should be grateful and appreciate him for that much.  Do we say the Wright Brothers are crappy engineers because they couldnt invent a 787?

In a similar vein, I believe very strongly that star Wars does not, cannot, and should never exist in the solitude of the movies.  Star Wars has long been embellished, enriched, strengthened, and made infinitely cooler and deeper through the various forms of media it has experienced.  Star Wars hasn’t REALLY belonged to George Lucas exclusively for a very long time.  I know most people dont have the interest or time to do this, but Star Wars has to be understood within its continuity.  there’s 30,000 years of history in books and other media.  Taking a look at almost any of this for perspective on the Anakin Skywalker saga will reveal something that is so much bigger, more important, and infinitely more interesting than the movies alone.  Star Wars, to me, is not defined by the films; the films are a part (albeit an important and entertaining part) of a cultural phenomenon that continues through today and I dont think will ever disappear.

The reasons people have always been more favorable to the originals are these. The Originals were fun films. George had brought back the old fashioned romantic fun movies that had been missing for so long. The story was about the rise of the rebels. Who would hate fun movies with fun iconic characters? Of course it stuck. 

The new ones are more depressing and dramatic which is cool as well, but a larger audience (especially the fans) wanted another fun ride which wasn’t possible with the exception of TPM. Of course they’re not gonna think much of it.

Fans from the 70′s ruined Star Wars. They’ve been talking so much hate since 1997 and have been putting it in their kids heads and the heads of those who think they’re smarter by liking old things. They’ve started a bandwagon so strong that anyone who watches Star Wars has to at least get some blow from it. So everyone is being told this rhetoric all the time which causes them to hop on like everyone else. Even though they really have no arguments.

The hate on the prequels has kept the prequels from rising to where they could have been up there. The same would’ve happened if everyone started hating on Empire when it came out, then Jedi. The only real famous one would be A new hope. A movie can only be so great until it needs support from fans to rise.

Sorry dude, but I think you ruined your own memories of Star Wars. I think if you just take your hate cap off and watch them with un bias eyes, you won’t hate them so bad. Worked for me.

And there is another point that is very critical. Back in the 70′s Lucas was limited with what he could accomplish with his ideas. They didn’t have the fancy effects as we do today. The ability to make C.G.I. and advanced graphics majorly effected the concept of the prequel films. Had they been made back in the 70′s they would be much different.

In this generation, movie directors are all into “special effects” then the actual story. If you enjoy the prequel films, that’s fine. But I’ll never come to a point where I can say “they fit with the originals”.