20 years ago, on May 16, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones was released in theaters. And while a younger generation of new Star Wars fans were excited to see where the adventures continued to, a generation of older fans complained online about how their childhoods were ruined. I was one of those people, and I was wrong.
I was lucky enough to see Return of the Jedi in theaters when it first came out; however, I had just turned one, so did I even really see it? My childhood memories all revolve around the original trilogy--although those movies were aimed at what we now know as Generation X, and I'm one of those old millennials. I had the toys. I bought the movie on VHS--and the subsequent rereleases, like a sucker. I read the books that expanded the galaxy lore.
My love of Star Wars was exceptionally deep until May 19, 1999, when I skipped school and saw The Phantom Menace. Every complaint you've seen abou t the movie, I probably had at the time because I felt betrayal that my "childhood was destroyed," and that pain got worse/continued on May 16, 2002 when Attack of the Clones was released.
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