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Post #165127

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Which did you prefer, the SE or the 2004 DVD edition?
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23-Dec-2005, 8:11 AM
Probably the DVDs. I didn't really mind the changes back in 1997 (might be because I never had a chance to watch the originals in anything other than borrowed taped-off-TV VHS') and I don't mind them very much now. I can live with Morrison doing the voice of Boba Fett and Hayden as Anakin's force ghost (although I do think the latter was exceptionally sloppily done. I mean that I don't mind the general idea. It certainly worked better after I had watched ROTS).

The new changes and the restoration job might be a little dodgy, but I think this is something that we have asked for ourselves. It angered me to watch people on forums complain how half-assed the new DVD's were, cause it was their own fault; weeks before the release, people were happily sharing DivX's of all three movies. Lucas would have lost incredible amounts of money had he not released it earlier. Because just a few people were greedy, every single SW fan now has to watch muted lightsabers, blue shirts and sunburned rebel officers. If they had waited, we could have had a much more polished version, but somebody didn't like it that. Because Lucas had to rush it in order to avoid losing money, the quality control was too loose. So I would blame these internet pirates rather than Lucas and Lowry.

Overall, I'm just very grateful that we even have the movies on DVD, but I am also quite glad that I have my old SE VHS' and the ability to download those beautiful LD transfers.