E;R is a bit crankier and more complainy than I am. Plus, he's younger than me, which means that he only appreciates the original trilogy in a more academic sense rather than visceral one, like I do (like my own sons do, for that matter.) And, I also appreciate what Star Wars did to pop culture generally throughout the 80s, which was my formative cultural touchstone, being a little kid when the 80s started and about to graduate high school shortly when they ended.
But other than that crankiness, his commentary on various elements of Star Wars is pretty much spot on. Watching all of these is, admittedly kind of long. It's also kind of yesterday's news, if by yesterday, you mean the last several years. But Star Wars is always on topic for me. Both how much I love it for what it (briefly) was and what it reached for and how much I hate it for what it descended into being.
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