@Background Pony #C8E1  

 
Still better then CGI Slug, and Solo. I only wish I could still find the original ’77 print. Everywhere I look its always the ’97 remake.

The movie currently has 97% on Rotten Tomatoes  
_{I’m going to watch it Friday hopefully}

@Ichijoe  
>”Superior” ’77 print.
 
Enjoy your dark, blurry film with white rod lightsabers.

AFAIK: The removal only affects the ‘97 remasters / remakes. I’m not sure myself I can only surmise that Lucas must have bought the rights back, enough to ruin the classics. But the only official Star Wars (At this point in time), to officially use the Fanfare is the original, (AND SUPERIOR!) ’77 print.
 
You can read about, and listen to the new Fanfare HERE

@Ichijoe  
That sounds like something 20th could sue over.

@Darth Sonic  

 
Actually did you know that Disney removed the Fanfare from all the recent Digital Download Versions? The only work remaining in copyright to use the Fanfare is the original ’77 print of Star Wars.

@Ichijoe  
Oh don’t worry. Disney will buy 20th Century just to complete the effect.

TFW There will no longer be that awesome 20th Century Fox Fanfare before the opening. Cause Didney are doing the Films now.

I think these new movies will just end up like the prequel trilogy with half the fans enjoying them, and half of them loathing them.
 
Frankly, I’m not a huge SW fan, but I have nothing against the prequel trilogy, (Episode 3 had some issues though) so I’m willing to give the new movie/s a shot. Don’t care what anyone says.

@Darth Sonic  
Jedi wasn’t a bad movie, and it had a few great moments in it. But selecting Jedi as the first movie in the “you’re just retelling the same story” complaint is correct, because Jedi is where Lucas started rehashing motifs pretty heavily.

@TricksterWolf  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho16PDZGzDM  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkv772KqFrg  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABcXyZn9xjg
 
The Mr. Plinkett reviews line up with a few of the things you said.  
Whether or not you like the movies, these reviews are good at showing their negative qualities.

@TricksterWolf  
No love for Episode VI?
 
And I would like to point out that quality stuff like the Clone Wars Cartoons and the KOTOR series were created during the period when the Prequels were being released. It has by no means been all bad.

@MrXemnas1992  
I don’t think the prequels were awful just to be a hipster or to be bandwagony. I think they were awful because they were awful. They told a story about a convoluted political plot that made very little sense, and none of the characters were well-developed at all apart from Yoda whose development took place in another movie. Seriously, describe Anakin. Describe Qui-Gon or however he’s spelled. Describe Amidala. Describe Mace Windu. Those characters have no personality whatsoever, and there’s no interesting development except for Anakin getting angry over the course of three movies because his mom dies and he believes a vague premonition from a political figure; and his reactions and development aren’t interesting or believable.
 
So, yeah, they were very bad movies. Of course it’s okay and not “wrong” to enjoy them, but they were much, much, much worse than they should have been. They were far below average in plot, character dynamics, and storytelling, and I’d even add cinematography because having a billion Jedi or lasers or spaceships all on the screen at the same time isn’t interesting. The love story in Episode II was particularly ridiculous and had no real passion or emotion to it, and there was no reason to connect with the characters apart from being interested in them from a previous movie. Even most of the combat scenes, like Episode I showing Gungans launching electric marbles at a faceless army of limp emotionless droids were devoid of anything other than lots of stuff flying around the screen to distract you. Have you ever seen a war scene in another movie that didn’t either evoke fear, or sadness, or some kind of emotion? I’m sure you’ve heard all this stuff before, but it’s worth mentioning that some people dislike the movies for Actual Reasons.
 
And those movies and the other content which followed them are, in fact, a legitimate reason to decide to stop watching Star Wars. I’m sure friends will try to drag me to the new one, probably my fiance, and I might even end up going. But I’ll resist, I really will. I don’t like thinking about that Universe anymore because it’s been so thoroughly trashed and is now being milked dry yet again, when it would be much better to have some actual original content on the screen. The first two movies (IV and V) were amazing, but that’s not a reason to keep retelling the same story worse and worse each time.

@zippysqrl  

@ShimmeringStallion  
Lewd.

@Registered Anon  
The number of relationships that have ended with them saying that statement to me is… staggering.

@zippysqrl  
Yeah. I’d rather not jump on and end up disappointed.

@Registered Anon  
I tend to wait until rush hour is over.

@Jerkface  
Yeah. I sometimes ride the hype train, but other times I just prefer to meet up with the train at the terminal.

@Registered Anon  
One of the best things to do.

@ShimmeringStallion  

 
Screw love, I’d rather taste their fear!

@Jerkface  
I prefer to ignore hype.

@Darth Sonic  
You know what you CAN’T HAVE?
 
… Loooooooove.
 
… Meh; screw love. Where’s the cake?

@Kerion  
We’re the fucking DARK SIDE! We can have whatever we damn please.

No, her Highness has a known fondness for Cakes.