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Kinda covered that, but ANH (which wasn’t ANH on release…) gets full marks for being first even if it is kinda silly at times. ESB is great. Darker, more serious, the cast and writers hit their stride. ROTJ is pretty much of the same vein as TLJ or TROS. A rehash or retread of already done themes with fluffy happy critters perfect for toy sales. I don’t want to get into the weeds over some absolutely ridiculous plot contrivances they used, but ok…temporary suspension of reality I guess. What really killed it for me (and I’m sure everyone is different) was the wandering plot (the casino planet stuff), space fairy Leia, the shoehorning in of the children as some sort of “you can be a rebel too” useless scene, all the dumb merch stuff like Porgs…. Ugh. The actors were ok, just overacting as directed and written. It went from “OK” with TFA to worse with progressive films.
Ok, sorry, I'm not much of a star wars fan and I didn't recognize the abbrevations.
No worries.