Originally posted by: CO
I can understand the nostalgia of anything growing up, cause it just holds a place in you that you dont' forget.

Therein lies the true reason for most (if not all) the anti-Lucas sentiment and anger where some OOT fans are concerned. We all know the truth, the original story, the original scripts, the interviews, etc from the 70s. We know what we saw. However, and in spite of those facts, we still have Lucas still trying to revise history with his doublespeak.

It would be different if he'd made Star Wars and then over the course of the rest of his career, just made more films (sequels\prequels\parallels\etc). But he's not done that. He's instead decided to alter the originals, lie about them, deny their existence, and (until very recently) keep the originals from the people who remember them. Even then, he's decided he'll control how people see them.

It's that desire to control other people's nostalgia, for his own personal reasons, that angers people. He wouldn't have near the public backlash if he'd stop trying to convince people that their past is a lie - it's not.

When Ted Turner was coloring B&W movies years ago, he wasn't trying to tell people the originals never existed, or that using color is what the director really wanted. Nor was he trying to eliminate the originals. He was just offering up an alternative. People were free to watch it - or not. Even Turner knew better than to try and tell people what their memories or feelings {i]should be.

However, George is so megalomaniacal that he's decided he will make those decisions for other people.