well when i saw the original star wars in the theater back in the 70s it was pretty rockin. the rest of the series, along with that reissue they did of the original with more effects did stink though.
I also saw the original in the theater when it first came out. I thought it was childish.
I appreciate good realistic science fiction but it reminded me more of a fairy tale, all action and drama but not much science.
star wars is fantasy, not science fiction. just meant to be fun escapism. so i dont hold it to my regular science fiction standards.
i like "hard" science fiction that is internally consistent. star wars just made stuff up as they went.
babylon 5 was a decent example of "hard" science fiction tv that actually paid attention to science..