SwissArmyTin did a quick mockup. This is still the un-revised text.
Dear Disney and Lucasfilm,
Today is the 40th anniversary of Star Wars, the film that started it all. Yet, where is that film? No, not the special edition, but the original 1977 film. The one we grew up with. The film that changed our lives and world cinema forever.
It’s not hyperbole to say that. Those of us who were there that incredible summer of '77, as well as those of us who watched the original, Academy Award winning version on television and home video in the decades that followed, had never seen anything like it. Watching Star Wars was a major event in our lives. Etc. Etc.
Two things:
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I think the letter should be more inclusive and not specific towards people who watched Star Wars in theaters when it first came out. There are those among my generation who watched the OOT on television and home video in the 1980s and 1990s. There are also younger millenials who prefer the OOT or would simply love to watch it alongside the SEs.
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I would try to edit down the text and make the point as concise as possible. I think it’s a bit long, but a few good opening paragraphs to establish who we are, what we want, and why we should get it, followed up by the important message that the OOT and the SEs can both exist together in the same universe, would be a powerful message.
All in all, I like the letter and the layout. Good job Wook and OOTers!