The only people that hate the Prequels are Millennials.

I have spoken to a few millennials who think the prequels or at the very least RoTS are pretty good.

I've never met any fan over the age of 50 who have anything good to say about the prequels. I myself am 30. It was my Dad who got me into Star Wars to begin with as he and his friends were big fans.

Saying that, my Grandfather likes the prequels just fine, but he's not a fan, he just likes movies for what they are. Always called Obi Wan, Obi Kenobi by mistake.

I'm sure the prequels are fine as sci-fi movies, but it seems to me that those who were invested in the OT years before the prequels were released are the ones who feel they're no good more often than not. They don't work well with how they saw the Star Wars Universe.

For me, they tie things together for no good reason which makes the galaxy seem small (despite making the universe rich with locations).

Like 3PO and R2 are no longer random droids who got caught up in Luke's adventure but are instead his Father's previous droids, one of which he actually built.

Boba Fett is no longer just some badass looking bounty hunter but is instead tied directly to the clone wars on a genetic level.

Chewbacca is no longer just some Wookiee that owed Han a life debt and became a pirate smuggler but is instead an ex general who worked alongside Yoda during the Jedi massacre (but stayed dead quiet when Han claimed The Force was nonsense).

Yoda is no longer just the Jedi Master that instructed Obi Wan but is instead THE Jedi Master and head of the entire Jedi council.

Darth Vader is no longer just another Jedi who turned to the Dark Side for greed and the quick and easy path but is instead a victim of falling in love (something that didn't seem forbidden for a Jedi previously).

The Skywalkers are no longer one of many families naturally gifted with the Force but are instead THE family that are gifted with The Force as Anakin is now Space Jesus, which has formed the ridiculous notion that 'Only a Skywalker can be X strong with The Force'.

... and so on.

These are some of the reasons many fans of the OT didn't gel with the PT. That's not to say no OT fans can like/love or even prefer the PT, but its definitely not a millennial thing. They're more likely to be more forgiving in my experience as its their era.

You're right in just about everything, I feel. None of my friends who were there in 1977-1983, and even some slighlty younger who saw it on VHS, think much of the prequels.

A big problem of the prequels, as you suggest, is that the story feels like a soap opera.

This is best exemplified by your example of the droids. I can't even begin to imagine how many millions of droids exist in the Galaxy Far, Far Away. But of all the droids in all the systems in all the galaxy...

I remember The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles , although I never watched much of it, and wasn't a fan. But it shares one common feature not only with the Star Wars prequels, but say, with Don Rosa's outstanding The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Times_of_Scrooge_McDuck)

In both cases, Indiana Jones & Uncle Scrooge have been almost everywhere, have known almost everyone, and have taken part in almost every major event in history in their youth, so to speak.

I can accept it in the the Young Indiana Jones, because it was clearly meant as history lessons to children. I was too old for that sort of thing, but I could appreciate that at least. And Rosa's work on Uncle Scrooge is of course simply magnificent. I not only accept it, but love it. This is just a duck, after all! 

Not so with the Star Wars prequels. The wish to have as many characters from the first films be as prominent as possible earlier in life is just too much. It feels exactly as what it is: fake.

Take "General Chewbacca." I liked Chewbacca the Smuggler. But I can only pity Chewbacca the Fallen General Turned a Lowlife.

Curiously, TFA does the same, but inversely: where the prequels made people more important in the past (General Chewbacca, Grand Master Yoda, etc.), TFA makes people less important in the future.

So I choose to disregard the latter. Just like I choose to disregard the former. Where in the prequels was the great Anakin, the good friend Ben told us about in the first film? I never saw him. All I saw was the insecure, emotional wreck of a stupid boy.

Much like in TFA, I might add.. What does that say of our times?

I agree that George tried a little too hard to tie the prequels to the originals. Boba didn’t need to be tied to the imperial army, 3PO and R2 didn’t need to have as big roles as they did, Chewie didn’t need to show up, and so on.

But I didn’t mind seeing Yoda in his prime, it’s pretty cool in hindsight to see how drastically things change for characters like him over the years. I also didn’t mind the Skywalkers being elevated to messianic level, the movies were always about them and were almost biblical in a way, like how the Bible hyped up Jesus but there were other important people too.

No unfortunately not, I am a time traveler trying to spread the word aboot the perils of hating the prequels. I think millennials are anyone born after 1990 and grew up with computers instead of playing outside. Millennials hate the prequels because its cool now to hate them and its always cool to love the OT.

I always find it interesting that bad graphics, stop motion animation and muppet puppets always gets a free pass. So you basically proved my point. You grew up and found out the majority of so called fans dislike the Prequels.

I give you a lot of credit for recognizing that. TONS of people who were kids when they came out vehemently defend them to this day. They are a healthy chunk of the force behind this recent prequel worship. And like you said, if someone likes them, who cares? I like plenty of bad movies. But this running around and screaming about how great they are and trashing the sequels has turned into a bizarre obsession. Hell, look at the OP. We're on a sequel board and he's talking about prequel love.

RLM hates pretty much everything.

I wouldn't bash on the Plinket Reviews; they were funny and accurate. That doesn't mean they are the end all be all only review of the movies. If people love the prequels, then that's great. I hated the prequels before I even saw the Plinkett reviews...I didn't see them when they were first made so when I found them, they were just a supplement that helped me better understand what my gripe with the movies were. I saw Phantom Menace in the theaters maybe 2 times and were all up for them because I was 17 and Star Wars was a big thing at the time in High school. by the time Attack of the Clones came out, I just had no interest or energy for that movie. I preferred my VHS Originals and I was completely not invested with Revenge of the SITH at all. But to be fair, we had LotRs out and completely taking over the space in my head. What made me detest the prequels more than the movies themselves were the aggravating forced injection in the OT. and the fact Lucas was so adamant that we would NEVER see the original versions as we knew them again. I still will not watch any version when it's on TV because I can't stand some of the extra scenes and prequel mentions in them. Its the same reason I don't care about the sequels since Disney is so set to erase every thing before it. When you respect fans and the media these spin offs are based on, you win their hearts. When you try and erase their feelings and their value, you get push back. There were some good things about the prequels but they are easily overshadowed by the arrogance of the production/marketing/corporate teams.