i've actually experienced that same phenomenon with a friend who is an avid movie lover, and never got around to giving star wars a chance in the past. but now because of the great outcry againts the new ones, he wanted to see what the old ones were like. he ended up loving them (as any normal person should) and even got almost as livid as i am about the alterations and bullshit Lucas put in the new DVD's. he just couldnt understand why the changes were even made at all, and i replied, "no one does dude, no one does."