I for one don't really mind some added CG sfx, but some things are just too much to swallow (Greedo shooting first, and RotJ has a new music scene or something?) ...
I think I'll borrow the set from a friend or something and have a look, it would make me feel *very* bad to pay for something as terrible as this new set *could* be, so I don't want to rush out to the shop and buy it the day it becomes available.
From GL's point of view, I kinda understand the changes, though - he's bringing the old trilogy to a new generation on DVD (and wants to spice up the films nearer to the 21st century's standards level), but I seriously think he should have stopped adding sfx and changes already. The SE set already had lots of changes, I haven't read any reviews about this new set but I'm really fearing the worst... Yes, I know - the "new generation set" was the SE set, but you know Mr. Lucas, he's never turned down a good opportunity to squeeze cash out of his favourite film concept... I guess the fact that he (at this point) doesn't want to distribute the old, original editions is that he quite honestly feels that those weren't the versions he intended to make in the first place (for some reason). What I would like, though, is an official, original edition set on DVD. No added stuff, even if the picture quality is not superb. Period.
Anyway, I'm happy to notice that people aren't flaming each other on this forum, everyone seems to appreciate the fact that people's opinions differ. I like that, seems most of us aren't teenagers here
Bottom line: I really wish I have the balls to boycott this new set, *if* it is so bad that I need to.