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Hello there. Somehow, Star Wars memes have returned. It's not a trap, this is where the fun begins.
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It hilarious you think you're any different from the people who shit on the prequels when they first came out.
I believe it's different, everyone knew the kids raised on the prequels would feel nostalgic because they weren't in the internet age. The sequels were invented in a post-content world where everything is shiny, substanceless, and intended to be just good enough that they can be pumped out endlessly in a drip feed. The kids raised on the sequels will have so much from this era to watch that it'll get lost in a sea of mediocrity. By the time they're old enough to be nostalgic (which is one of the only reasons the prequels made a comeback) it won't stand out enough to have more than a niche following.
However, the prequels had an idea and stuck to that idea, that's what lasts. They were full of shit acting (mostly Lucas' fault), and shit choices (also Lucas' fault.) But they tried as hard as they could to give the rise and fall of Darth Vader a proper arc. I'll never say they were perfect or even good, but they had soul and you could tell.
It's funny, I watched my two favorite franchises Halo and Star Wars fall for the exact same reasons. Every installment in the trilogy felt like it was supposed to be the first because each one failed to set up meaningful threads and absolutely shit the bed on following through.