JadedSkywalker said:
Oh, we can always watch 4k77, 4k80 and 4k80 to try and recapture the experience. But i’m sick of the decades of gaslighting and being told all the changes don’t change the flavor of the movie. Or alter their place in the year in which they were released. The effects should reflect the time the films came out. Actors from the prequels should not be in them if they weren’t born yet or were 2 years old. Watching them 1-3, 4-6 ruins the experience. The 2004 edit ruins the Vader reveal in Empire.
One alternate cut that does this well is Blade Runner The Final Cut. It had digital changes done to it but they were tastefully done to at least stay true to the time the film was made. It still looks and feels of it’s time. The Star Wars Special Editions not so much.