Good answer Mr. Hoffman. However, the reason that you and I watch the movies with a sense of excitement (used to) or buy the video games is precisely because the originals were so good. We go watch ROTS because we loved the original trilogy. Not because we like the prequels. That makes the prequels a failure. Just because a bad movie might later inspire a good story isn’t justification enough for me. What I am lamenting is that the original trilogy inspired Hollywood to make a new kind of epic movie that had been lost since the early 60s. Star Wars brought a return to the Ben-Hur (the greatest movie ever) type of story that all audiences love. No Hollywood screenwriter or studio head is going to be inspired or driven by this tripe. Which is fine, I don’t want another revolution, but these movies can’t even echo the sentiments of the old.
I suppose it seems like I have endlessly criticized these movies. Unfair? Possibly. I fear the Star Wars magic has run out. Even if a future story comes out of it.
