Originally posted by: JamesEightBitStar
I third JediRandy's opinion. Actually, I think I said something similar before.
To wit, it annoys me that people talk about what Star Wars has become, yet continue to support it anyway. It reminds me of 2004, everyone was saying that they were gonna boycott the OT boxed sets for not including the original theatrical versions... but then several people caved in and decided they just HAD to have those movies, even if it wasn't in a form they wanted. And by giving in, they basically lifted their skirts and took off their panties for Lucas, which allows the man with the many chins to continue to manipulate the fanbase.
Personally, I would like nothing more than to see the death of the Star Wars franchise--no more novels, video games, or whatever. We've had too many of them already. It's time to call it quits.
But I suppose if stupid fans can keep Star Trek going long after it became generic, unwatchable trash, they can keep Star Wars going as well.
I third JediRandy's opinion. Actually, I think I said something similar before.
To wit, it annoys me that people talk about what Star Wars has become, yet continue to support it anyway. It reminds me of 2004, everyone was saying that they were gonna boycott the OT boxed sets for not including the original theatrical versions... but then several people caved in and decided they just HAD to have those movies, even if it wasn't in a form they wanted. And by giving in, they basically lifted their skirts and took off their panties for Lucas, which allows the man with the many chins to continue to manipulate the fanbase.
Personally, I would like nothing more than to see the death of the Star Wars franchise--no more novels, video games, or whatever. We've had too many of them already. It's time to call it quits.
But I suppose if stupid fans can keep Star Trek going long after it became generic, unwatchable trash, they can keep Star Wars going as well.
But you guys keep missing the point of my post, it never had to get to this, meaning he never had to split the fanbase like this, and that is really sad to me.
Whether you want to say he doesn't owe us anything, or you have to take what you get, etc. I am just talking on a fundamental love for SW, not this boycotting shit, not this venemous shit on Lucas, it is just a fundamental love for the saga that isn't there anymore when it is talked about, and that is because I love the versions that really dont' exist to Lucas anymore, or will never be on TV. When I see ROTJ on, I think of Hayden ruining the ending, and sorry I feel that way, but I watched ROTJ hundreds of times in my life with one ending, I just can't enjoy the new one.
For JediRandy and JamesBitEightStar, or anyone else who has posted in agreement with them, I ask you one question, and I am not being snide at all. If Lucas never touched the OT back in 1997, do you think SW would have any less fans now that it already has?
My point is that anyone who loves the SE had to fall in love with the O-OT, so my theory is that they would have never argued that Hayden should be in ROTJ or Jabba should be in ANH cause it never would have come up in the debate. I can't remember anytime from 77-96 of a SW fans saying, "I am starting to lose interest in these movies, and I hope to god they get updated to Terminator 2 Special Effects, or even when Jurassic Park shocked the movie business with its realistic looking Dinosaurs.
My whole point of this thread is not for anyone to cry for me or anyone else here, I am plainly stating that Lucas divided a fan base, and probably the biggest fanbase in the history movies and he really didn't need to at all. If Lucas never changed the movies in 1997 and Cinemax was showing the PT & OOT in HD, I probably would have watched all 6 cause then it would be my decision to take it or leave it with any movies i had a problem with.