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Post #1077832

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Fang Zei
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4K restoration on Star Wars
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21-May-2017, 10:24 AM

rodneyfaile said:

When it comes to the general public, I am surprised how many people have no idea there are any changes and that the originals aren’t available,then even more surprised how little they care when I tell them.

While attending Star Wars Celebration and talking to other fans while standing in various lines, I was surprised that none of them cared to even talk about the originals or the possibility of a release.

My Harmy discs become more and more cherished as the years go by.

I can’t believe such an important movie with such a large passionate fan base has ended up like this. It’s like a Twilight Zone episode where I’m the only one who remembers the originals except for a few mysterious people I’ve been communicating with online.

Lucas pretty much succeeded in rewriting history and everyone watched and let him.

I think there’s still a not-insignificant number of people who fall between those two extremes: people who are big fans of the movies themselves but not hardcore convention goers. I’m talking about the kind of people who will leave a comment on an article about an OOT rumor or reply to someone’s facebook post on the subject.

Someone at Lucasfilm sure seemed to be paying attention to all those comments over the years about how Lawrence Kasdan should’ve written the PT when they hired him for TFA, or the frequency of posts the day of the Disney deal screaming “get Rian Johnson to direct Episode VII” when they eventually hired him for VIII. Sure, you could write off all of that as pure coincidence, but I’d like to think someone on the inside is listening.