Every time I try to discuss my disappointment with Disney Star Wars I’m met with the argument that I’m just the sequel version of the prequel haters… Except I literally never met or heard of a single OTs fan that hated them. The closest I ever heard was criticism of the clunky dialogue between Anakin and Padme. I’m sure it happened but I never even heard anyone gripe Midicloreans… until after episode 7 came out.
I think it’s an age thing. If you were a child when the prequels came out you probably enjoyed them and everyone around you enjoyed them. If you were in your 20s when they came out you probably hate them and everyone around you hated them. If you were in your 40s when they came out you probably didnt care one way or another and probably still dont…
I question that to though. I was in my teens when they came out. Maybe it was because the church community I was in generally like Star Wars… but I seriously have never met a single person who “hated” them.
I don’t doubt some people did. But I just think its a huge false equivalency to compare the criticisms of the sequels to those people.
Everyone I know except for children (at the time of release of ep1) hated the prequels. Like… HATED… (again, except for those who didnt care at all) I’ve never met someone who thought they were good.
I was about 19 when the prequels came out and I don’t know if it was hate. It was definitely confusion and a distraction with the hyper lightsaber fights. The acting was definitely horrible but when was Star Wars ever about the acting? I feel it was more about the mythology and storytelling. Now with the Disney Star Wars, it’s all about the churning of material and having no clue on a storyboard. They had zero clue what to make the Disney Trilogy about and it was all Mad Libs.