There have been a lot of PR disasters in that time: ... Star Wars ...
The first three were great, but George Lucas really screwed the pooch with the prequels.

Damned Americans.
EDIT: Important political news just in.... Apparently the Writers' Guild of America strike is about to end. According to Michael Eisner a deal was struck last Friday with relevant information being distributed to members this Saturday.
Now I can stop watching the Republican and Democratic Dramedies and get back to some real brain-building TV.