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SKot
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For newies: What to watch first?
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12-Jun-2006, 9:27 PM
I'd also recommend checking out ocpmovie's de-specialized Classic Edition Trilogy. Of course, I only have the Classic Edition SW myself so far, but it's a great way to be able to watch the OOT in high quality while still being spared the CGI of the SEs. To me, seeing the occasional laserdisc-quality footage matted into the picture is far less distracting than seeing digital cartoons jumping out all over the place.

Also, ocp's Special Edition Hype is worth watching, if just for a flashback to the media saturation revolving around the SE releases 10 years ago. I just got this finally, and I enjoyed reminiscing about how excited I was during that time as well. Despite anyone's feelings about the films being digitally altered at the time, I think we all were freaking out because STAR WARS WAS BACK IN THE THEATERS!!

ocp's menu for that thing is hilarious as well. Took me a minute to realize that every short film clip shown in the menu was an expression of feelings about the SE changes:

LUKE: "There's nothing for me here now..."

BEN: "Destroyed. By the Empire."

(etc.)

And if you are interested in more SW TV specials, babyhum's collection is a fantastic high-quality archive of those from both the US and the UK.

--SKot