Even the 35 million tapes of Star Wars out there won't last more than 30 or 40 years. A hundred years from now, the only version of the movie that anyone will remember will be the DVD version [of the Special Edition]...

Oh god in heaven, I hope not.

I have never in my life wanted to punch Lucas so hard.

Yeah, reading that made me sick to my stomach. I wouldn't be surprised if Lucas had a tracking system hidden in his basement where he could somehow find out when another VHS of the original Star Wars trilogy has been destroyed or deteriorated beyond recognition, at which point he adds another tally to his chalkboard and does a little happy dance. The author's right. Lucas is very Orwellian/Big Brother. Good thing the idiot never wanted to get into politics, or we could be in a real life 1984 right now.