I think the problem is that you&#x27;re talking past the critics you claim are missing the point. The usual criticism of SW isn&#x27;t about the main storyline (particularly of the first trilogy, which you summarized here), as the people who find that plot thin and uninteresting were never SW fans in the first place.<p>By the way, I was 10 when the Phatom Menace came out, and I can tell you that I found it very disappointing. For a film supposedly targeted at children, it has a lot of scenes involving politics, both at the Senate and at the Jedi Council. And no, Jar Jar wasn&#x27;t funny, not even then.