In fact, I would probably find the Original Cut differences as jarring as y'all do the SE's changes.
And I know--fromthese boards mostly--most of the changes in the SE. The other's I sort of picked up... visually.
And speaking of glowing toy light sabers... Man me and my friends used to play with those all the time!
Right after the Phantom Menace came out (I was eleven) me and my friends were obsessed with Jedi and actually dueled with the plastic lightsabers. Ah.. Good Times...
I have a funny story about that, actually.