Originally Posted by zenrain Originally Posted by

I recently purchased the two trilogies as boxed sets, as my originals had got a bit scratched, from lending them to my nephews and I have to ask myself the same questions that have been posed here. Were the original trilogy films that good in the first place? And how has the prequel trilogy ruined the Star Wars experience for many? In order to to try to understand my mixed feelings towards what had become a staple in my life I look at the way my five year old nephew reacts and acts out Star Wars scenerios. To him there is a dividing line between the good and the bad Anakin, and I am not sure if he understands that Anakin becomes Vader, let alone that Anakin/Vader is both luke and Leia's father, and that is fine and in no means meant to question the intelligence of the nephew who is really quite cluey, but it illustrates to me the problem of the prequels and perhaps the saga as a whole. The prequels just had too much information that they had to squeeze into three films and it becomes confusing even to adults. I still don't really understand the Sith apart from them being the bad guys and an opposite to the Jedi, but why do they want revenge. Anyway reverting back to my nephews views it would seem that the prequels had more interesting and visually stimulating characters than the originals, I am more likely to see my cousin pretending to be Darth Maul than Luke or Obi Wan, and yet these are the characters I at least grew up loving.

Anyway I have said my piece, and if all else fails watch Lord of the Rings.