The thing is that movies in general do an awful lot to transport us to worlds we left behind for good (and for the better of millions of people) - only on the screen we seemingly cannot get enough of chosen ones, throne heirs, princesses, emperors, knieves etc. It begs the question if fantasy is really that stupid or the imaginative ones just don't catch up. Interestingly, as abysmal as the STAR WARS prequels are, Lucas addressed this very question and i found it quite interesting - it makes the formal and directorial inadequacies all the more painful.