Let’s add The Force Awakens to that as well. People were really hyped by the trailer and what they thought it would lead to. Only for it to be a mediocre opening to an even worse trilogy.
I think people got really attached to the idea of a new direction for Star Wars that they thought they were getting from the trailer, and then were disappointed when reality inevitably fell short of it.
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (episode 1)
I remember being so hyped for this trailer. Then the movie came out and it was awful/dull/wooden/juvenille/poorly written.
Let’s add The Force Awakens to that as well. People were really hyped by the trailer and what they thought it would lead to. Only for it to be a mediocre opening to an even worse trilogy.
I think people got really attached to the idea of a new direction for Star Wars that they thought they were getting from the trailer, and then were disappointed when reality inevitably fell short of it.