Nowadays, Gen Z can post anything they want about Episode III, and it's fair to assume that a majority of those reading or watching those posts will also be part of that generation. Chatrooms, YouTube and MySpace were around when Revenge of the Sith premiered, but most children of Gen Z were too young to truly comprehend these sites. While Gen Z is marked as the generation that's grown up with excessive technology, for those born earlier on, they were yet to be part of the online world when the prequels came out. RELATED: The Rise of Skywalker Had a Major Callback to Revenge of the Sith The prequels were the earliest pop culture event for many Gen Z fans, so with Star Wars once again taking the world by storm, these fans remember fondly when they got to experience this level of hype for the first time however, they can now talk on a greater scale about movies like Revenge of the Sith via social media. While some Gen Z fans may have been introduced to the original trilogy at a young age, the prequels are the films they experienced first hand, with them having gone to the theater opening night to see what was, at the time, the last installment in the Skywalker Saga. This renewed interest in Episode III may be due to the fact that fans who grew up on the prequels are feeling nostalgic for them given how Star Wars is dominating most forms of entertainment nowadays. RELATED: Star Wars Reveals Luke Skywalker's Epic Dark Side Moment There are thousands of videos on the site featuring fans recreating moments from the third prequel, and these short clips are receiving an abundance of likes. While there are millions of videos on TikTok, Revenge of the Sith is one of the bigger trends on the platform. It's reminiscent of the defunct platform Vine, and, like its predecessor, allows thousands of content creators to go viral with videos that last only a handful of seconds. These clips have taken the internet by storm, providing viewers with comedy they can easily share with friends. TikTok is one of the latest social media platforms, going public with its app in 2017 and allowing users to post short videos that can be viewed online by millions.
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RELATED: RUMOR: Next Star Wars Movie Saga Features Young Yoda, High Republic Era Children who saw the prequel in 2005 did not have easy access to the internet at the time, now can revisit the climactic movie and post memes about it on things like Twitter, discuss their rewrites on sites like Reddit and, more recently, share videos quoting the film on TikTok. Revenge of the Sith specifically has been the subject of much admiration on social media in recent months. These films are seen as lesser compared to the original trilogy, but it seems a resurgence of love has occurred in light of the Disney era of Star Wars. This set the stage for the remaining two prequels, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, which were also met with similar criticisms.
After a 16-year hiatus, Star Wars came back to the big screen in 1999 with Episode I: The Phantom Menace, a film praised for its technical achievements but criticized for a convoluted plot, weak dialogue and a lack of character development.