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Well, i figured he was full off shit anyways. But, it's good to finally get a solid answer.
Thanks a bunch guys.

These are big apples and oranges.

The changes PJ made were (mostly) due to book-to-film transition. You really thought going to LOTR you'd be getting an exact copy of the book...? You have 2 DVD editions: theatrical, and extended. He didn't add needless effects, he didn't force any musical numbers (and now...the king of the dead tap dance!) down our throat, or add a "no" in the third film just because someone said "no" in the first film!

Then you have GL. You have a perfectly fine trilogy for thirty - that's 30 - years. All of a sudden it's not good enough. He changes 'who shot first.' He adds a musical number, which of course we all found missing. Han steps on Jabba's tail. He puts R2 behind a rock to...? gives strange vocal abilities to Ben Kenobi and of course, the creme de la creme - Vader's "D'oooooh!"

Anyone hear of the Revisited Fan edition? Once you play that one (assuming you own a legit copy to start for legal reasons, which 99.9% do), its impossible to go back to any Special Edition version.

If you haven't its on FB

1. NYorker's sums up my thoughts on the matter.
2. No one is "hating" Tolkien or Jackson because the changes aren't nearly as invasive and arguably as insulting than those that exist in the SW SEs (and continue to change for the worse).
3. I am not afraid of change and actually liked some of what was done in the OT. I only argue that the classic versions be made available at some point for the fans that grew up with the movies in their original form.
4. I just realized I'm responding to a suspended member :(
I've seen Ep4 and it is a damn good job overall. I'm definitely looking forward to Ep5: Revisited.

Blade Runner The Final Cut = My favorite movie of all time.

What George Lucas has done to Star Wars is the exact opposite as what was done to Blade Runner.

George Lucas seems to be okay with milking the franchise except for making episodes 7-9. But, since we have all of the original cast (except Alec Guiness) still alive, why not do a DC animated thing. Like have the original cast do a direct to video animated films that adapt some of the fan favorite novels like the Thrawn Trilogy. I think it's a wasted opportunity to not do anything like this. They could even do old republic movies, and not have to worry about the budget/box office.

if Lucas does give us the originals as they were released then that means giving us Star Wars, not Star Wars a New Hope, the most idiotic of the subtitles.

I don't want episode 4. just Star Wars, the great movie going experience of all time.

and while we're wishing for the impossible how about Paramount giving us Star Trek the Wrath of Khan with out the numbers the way it was initially released.

Best example I can come up with is Anakin at the end of RotJ. It's stock footage from RotS and comes off awkward because his actions don't fit with the scene. Not to mention that a young Anakin's presence doesn't make any sense, especially to Luke who likely has no idea who he is.

Wasn't Anakin's youth in that scene explained by the theory that only the proponents of the good side become force ghosts? Meaning: Anakin is in the same state he was in just before he turned evil and became Darth Vader.

Oh, goody, this discussion again.

Show me one recent change GL made to Star Wars that implies "care and work..."

I think the digitized Yoda in the Episode I bluray improved things considerably.

Apology, owe you I may... ;)

I forgot about that one. I didn't get a chance to see it, though, and probably won't, in the foreseeable future.

... other than that, I cannot think of anything else, off-hand. ;-)

Hey, there are raped childhoods here! :p

He got plenty of others, so I'd guess not. ;)

NOTHING can improve TPM other than burning the negative.

I actually like TPM ...

Me, too. :)

I do like Episode 1 TPM . TPM is not that bad of a movie everyone says it is. Sure it has it's faults but it's still a enjoyable star wars film.