Saga Which were you excited about more?. TPM or TFA build-up?.

Only asking about which hype were you more into, not which movie you liked more .
I loved the TPM hype. From the figures, to the TV spots, the speculation about what the movie was going to be like, and seeing actual Jedi!!. It was a rush that I loved.
TFA......felt kinda muddled. Like a, "been here before, so lets get it over with", feel with advertising. Everything just felt flat with TFA.
Your thoughts?.

 

TFA, but only because I was too young to truly enjoy the TPM marketing.

 

TPM was more exciting build up for me, but only because the film was a let down and I didn't want to get all hyped up and disappointed again by TFA. IMO, the TPM trailer was much better than the film. TFA's trailers were good too; I just didn't dare to get excited again.

 

TPM. Because I actually cared about it.

 

both.

 

TFA. My disappointment afterwards was another thing, but the hype period was some of the most fun I've ever had.

They were sitting on an ebay scalper's account because stores under ordered on product and Hasbro had the bright idea of putting Constable Zuvio in wave one. The TFA toyline was full of terrible marketing decisions, unless you wanted to build an army of Zuvios and 6 inch Finns.

 

TPM. It was a much bigger deal at the time, as the OT had become legendary as both a cinematic and pop-culture touchstone - along with the fact that this mysterious 'Prequel Trilogy' had been long awaited since 1979/1980.
For many, including myself, ROTJ may have concluded the OT, but it was just as much a teaser for an even better trilogy about what had come before, with the focus on some of the best characters - and I was thoroughly disappointed when 'Star Wars: Episode I' didn't appear on cinema screens in 1986, as I'd been led to believe would happen. The announcement in the early 1990s that it was finally going to happen is what gradually got me back into SW.

TFA didn't have that buildup. Yes, the idea of a 'Sequel Trilogy' came up at the same time as the PT (1979/1980), but GL had been dismissing its relevance and existence since 1999. The PT came and went, all the yelling and screaming eventually died down a bit, then the SW franchise carried on successfully with TCW and enough books, comics and video games to keep any fans desperate for a fix happy for decades. Star Wars was done, and my ongoing interest was about how it was developed, not waiting for it to continue.

When Disney acquired LFL in 2012 and promised more SW films, including Episodes VII-IX, I wasn't exactly excited, more skeptical - what I expected was 'Star Wars: The Next Generation', not something that would carry on in the same spirit, let alone reach back to the roots of the Saga itself. I was very happy to be wrong.

 

TPM for me. When I saw Liam and Jackson in the trailer, I said to myself that they were going all out, and they didn't disappoint, other than a couple of scenes that felt dragged out. I remember the Pepsi cans, and Hut cups. The Marketing back in those days were top notch.

I really was not too hyped up for TFA since Disney bought the franchise. How they marketed the film made me have some serious doubts, but it turned out to be a good movie, but still ranked last for me in the saga.

 

TPM. Expectations were REALLY high for that one. After some people were let down by the prequels and lack of trust for Disney expectations weren't quite as high for TFA.

 

TPM. I didn't expect to enjoy TFA as much as I did.

 

TPM. I was the perfect age for it and completely susceptible to the marketing and hype. For all the flaws of 'TPM' Lucas did that part right.

 

I don't think I've ever been more stoked to see a movie than I was for The Phantom Menace. I got caught up in the marketing and have other fond memories firmly attached to that period. Namely me and my twin brother's birthday party being to go see it, and the two of us going as Qui-Gon (me) and Obi-Wan (him) for Halloween that year. And given that I was 7 at the time it was pretty much my first time experiencing something like that.

It's not thay I wasn't excited for The Force Awakens at all mind you, I will always be excited for more Star Wars on some level, but I could feel from early on that its creative direction wasn't exactly what I was hoping for.

 

TPM.

Now ask my what has been my biggest disappointment in life!

 

TPM. But my live for Star Wars was only about two years old at that point. I remember being really bitter with certain parts of the fandom when TFA was released, so my experience was kind of muddled.

 

TPM by a long way. I was a teenager, still young enough to get really into it. Plus the first trailer just blew me away, redefining what Star Wars could encompass. For TFA the pinnacle of my excitement level was that first black and white photo of the cast gathered together. After that I was increasingly turned off by the marketing.

 

I answer TFA only because the one year-old me wasn't really capable of following along

God, I can feel the hype, though, just hearing and thinking about those days in the late 90s

 

TPM and that was due to the longer gap between films that TFA didn't have. Sixteen years versus nine years and that there was a bigger hype as a result. It was treated as the second coming.

 

TPM. I wanted to see young Vader and the Jedi at the height of their power. I was pumped to see the Empire rise to power.

TFA - Yeah I was excited to see the original cast, but I wasn't as pumped for the sequels. It wasn't a story I was anticipating, you know? I was actually more excited for Rogue One.

 

Agree with the above.

Episodes 1-6 tell Anakin's story pretty much from start to finish.

RO fits nicely into Anakin's story.

I'm still on the fence about the ST as this is not part of Anakin's story (at least not yet)

 

TPM for sure.

 

TPM. I was a youngster and the excitement was naturally huge. But TFA is more important to me, because it rescued my Star Wars fandom, and I think it's the better film.