Hello. I’ve been reading these boards for over half a year now and just decided to join. I’ve been reading a lot of posts lately about Revenge of the Sith. And a lot of them seem very much for editing the DVD release of this movie to re-insert scenes like Yoda landing on Dagobah or the scene between Qui-Gon and Yoda.

Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this site dedicated to “the preservation of classic sci-fi?” Aren’t we here at least partly out of protest for George Lucas screwing around with the original Star Wars trilogy by adding scenes and updating special effects? Why then, if we are so concerned about the “classic” trilogy, why do we encourage the very same thing from the “modern” trilogy? As it stands, Lucas has made edits to both of his other prequels for their DVD releases. Unless I’m mistaken, the theatrical version of Attack of the Clones no longer exists.

I am by no means a prequel fan and whole-heartedly agree that they could use some serious work from the ground-up! But isn’t it rather hypocritical of us to tell George to leave some of his movies alone but to alter others? Are we really interested in preserving movies, or are we just interested in preserving Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi and letting all other movies be poked and prodded at while we turn a blind eye?