The thing with Lucas is that at some point in the 20 yrs between ROTJ and Episode 1, he decided Star Wars was silly. Which, well, it is! Star Wars is super silly: it’s got giant horny space slugs, characters named Mon Mothma and Chewbacca, and an ancient master of magic space wizardry who’s a Muppet. But when you treat all this silly stuff seriously in an epic space opera, it becomes fun and colorful and awesome – kids love it, teens love it, parents love it. Unfortunately, Lucas decided “no, it’s just for kids, and it’s supposed to be silly.” Happily, the folks that took it over know what makes Star Wars awesome again, and are doing a good job so far.
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