What's really funny to me is this: my kids didn't grow up with the original trilogy like I did. I tried an experiment with them to see reactions. They saw Episode I and the other prequels before the ones we grew up with. We've seen all the new movies together in the theatres. They liked Rogue One and Solo more than Force Awakens and Last Jedi. That was telling to me as I felt the same way. We'll go see the next one in theatres too, family outing and all.
I also did the same with the Hobbit/LotR movies, only we haven't gone through them all yet. They are taking turns reading the Hobbit now. Can't wait to get their perspectives on LotR movies vs. the books when they get through them all. They'll have a perspective I never will have and I look forward to their reasoning.
Edit: to be fair, they are seeing the extended Hobbit and possibly the extended LotR films first. I don't own the theatrical cuts of the Hobbit movies, so when we watch the last one it will be the extended like the other two. For LotR I may have them watch the theatrical cuts first followed by the extended versions, much like we did Harry Potter.
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