On The Force Awakens, and a Timely Reminder that Star Wars Episode III Really Did Suck

Amidst all the rejoicing that Star Wars: The Force Awakens didn't suck (even if it did feel more like a Star Wars highlight real than a stand-alone film, but more on that later), it may be helpful to remember what caused that palpable sense of relief to build up in the first place.

Last summer marked 10 years since some friends and I, on a lark, decided to attend a Monday midnight viewing of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith at the dollar theater; all of us had already seen it, we ful...