I will never stop being a Star Wars fan. I can directly trace some of the most profound decisions in my life to the influence of Star Wars. I was five in 1977 and Star Wars had strong themes about honor and standing up for what is right, which influenced my thinking. I began to see that there were real people in this world (Fire Fighters, Police, Soldiers, Missionaries, et al) that put their life on the line for a higher cause. I began watching the old documentary series “The World at War” on PBS and seeing the professionalism and sacrifices of the Veterans of World War II made me decide that I wanted to pursue a Military Career. I left the US Army in 2000 after a six-year career as a Military Intelligence (please no oxymoron jokes) Interceptor/Analyst/Supervisor. I don’t know if I would have ever had that career without the influence of Star Wars.

George owns the intellectual rights to Star Wars and he’s free to change the story as much as he likes. Now that I will be able to get a legitimate copy of the OOT on DVD I don’t care what he changes because I can always see the films as I first remember them.

I am quite cognizant of the fact that George lost something along the way. Once he was known as a great story-teller and now he’s known as a special effects guru. His recent efforts, be they changes to the OT or the presentation of the PT, confirm that George is now more interested in SE than story-telling. It is sad and it’s something that has been coming for a long time.

It sucks that George is now more focused on SE than writing a great story, but just because he’s lost it doesn’t mean everyone has. There is still good Star Wars product to be found. Some of the Novels are good and the Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) games are probably the best RPGs I’ve ever played. It is my personal opinion that the story of the first KOTOR game is better than the story of the entire PT. I will grant that a Video Game is a much broader canvas than a trilogy films. But it should be pointed out that George had a much larger budget for the PT than Bioware had for KOTOR.

The point to my entire rant is this; yes it sucks big green donkey dicks that George has lost some of his magic, but he’s not the only magician in the Galaxy Far Far Away.