And, for the most part, I agree with you guys that the SE, not the PT, is the source of nearly all the problems in the SW fanbase. But, in another way, the PT is indirectly responsible. I don't blame it on its own for that, but it has caused its share of problems. First of all, obviously, most of the changes made in '04 were a result of the PT, so the PT, in effect, is responsible for the current form of the SE. Plus, it's the PT that is responsible for this whole "Saga" view of everything. It's why The Empire Strikes Back is now referred to as Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes or just (shudder) Episode V. And it's responsible for the propoganda that the movies should be watched in numerical order rather than release order. I mean, obviously, we can avert that by simply not doing it, but it's still something I find annoying and would be something that fans would argue about. I have a box set of The Chronicles of Narnia from the '70s, which was numbered the way I feel it's supposed to be, the order in which they were written. I always cringe when I walk through bookstores and see the anthologies that start with The Magician's Nephew, which should be the 6th book, not the 1st. At least the movies had enough sense to make The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe first. Whoo, sorry about that, but I just had to get that off my chest as long as I was talking about numbering.
And, for the most part, I agree with you guys that the SE, not the PT, is the source of nearly all the problems in the SW fanbase. But, in another way, the PT is indirectly responsible. I don't blame it on its own for that, but it has caused its share of problems. First of all, obviously, most of the changes made in '04 were a result of the PT, so the PT, in effect, is responsible for the current form of the SE. Plus, it's the PT that is responsible for this whole "Saga" view of everything. It's why The Empire Strikes Back is now referred to as Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes or just (shudder) Episode V. And it's responsible for the propoganda that the movies should be watched in numerical order rather than release order. I mean, obviously, we can avert that by simply not doing it, but it's still something I find annoying and would be something that fans would argue about. I have a box set of The Chronicles of Narnia from the '70s, which was numbered the way I feel it's supposed to be, the order in which they were written. I always cringe when I walk through bookstores and see the anthologies that start with The Magician's Nephew, which should be the 6th book, not the 1st. At least the movies had enough sense to make The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe first. Whoo, sorry about that, but I just had to get that off my chest as long as I was talking about numbering.