I loved Star Wars(basically based on the Japanese movie—The Hidden Fortress) and especially the Empire Strikes Back but after those two, those movies , George Lucas destroyed the series especially with the stupid Ewoks, casting of Anikan SkyWalker in the second trilogy and the horrendous dialogue that crippled some of the well casted actors in the second trilogy—Ewan Mcgregor, Natalie Portman etc...
PIERS said that he never watched any of the movies except for 5 minutes and yet he claims they suck?
BTW - The Empire Strikes Back is the apex of the entire Star Wars series, it’s the best! I would put it as the greatest sequel to any movie other than Godfather Part II