I was thinking the other day about if the SE releases to theaters in January 1997 had bombed like ET did in 2002? Now by saying it bombed it is a re-release, so they wouldn't have called it that at the time, but they would just say that many fans have it on video and don't need to see those movies in the theaters again. Cause it definitely didn't demean ET, it is still a classic, but no one showed in 2002.

In some ways I feel I contributed to the success of the SE that I am fighting against now. I saw SW opening night on January 31st, and then saw it again. I then saw ESB, but didn't see ROTJ. But that is three tickets for just me, and Lucas could have taken from that, that I loved them and will watch these versions forever.

So lets just say the SE tanked at the theaters in '97, is Lucas that much of an ego maniac that he still pushes them as the true OT movies now, or does he push them aside because the market spoke, and the O-OT lives on.

God I wish I could go back in time and tell everyone not to show up.