Amazingly enough, there was a thread on the forums of sw.com back in 2004, posted by fans who also wanted the theatrical versions on dvd. Sure, you had a lot of bashing and naysaying in there - and it got very rough at times.

Alas, the thread managed not to get locked back then. And it got more civil over time... when the trolls got tired and retreated under their bridges, there really was some sort of "live and let live" agreement among both sides.

I remember being really fond of that moment, seeing people finally realising we all share the love for the same thing - even if it's for different reasons - we still do. And quite a few of the hardcore Special Edition fans admitted that they would welcome the possibility to have the theatrical cuts on the same disc with the special editions. To see how it all evolved and for nostalgia.

So it is possible to have that kind of unity among the different kinds of SW-fans - once in a millenia - I guess.