You probably were not even born yet, so how can you possibly know what it was like when star wars actually meant something to a generation of people, the story and the deep roots in mythmaking had very little to do with special effects.
"Special effects are just a tool, a means of telling a story. People have a tendency to think of them as an end in themselves, a special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing" George Lucas from star wars to jedi.
This line by Lucas is pure genious and shows just where hollywood has gone wrong in the modern movie making era, of course this was said by the George Lucas who i had immense respect for before he went off the rails and destroyed the original trilogy with cgi.
This was before he made 4 films that were a special effect without a story, and before he had greedo shoot first.
Then again you probably also believe the lie that star wars has always centered around the story of darth vader, when in fact it was the adventures of Luke Skywalker.
Lucas the self named film preservationist chose to bury the originals instead of restore them for future generations, thereby giving the finger to us true fans who were there since the beginning and made him rich in the first place. Only later would we realize we had created a monster the first inkling was the 1997 special editions, to the first moment Jar Jar pops up on screen in the phantom menace.
Star Wars Trilogy 1977-1983 R.I.P.
The true trilogy lives on in our hearts and minds.
Luca$ will not get another dime from me until he restores the originals i am boycotting the Clone Wars movie, as i should have KOTCS but i gave Spielberg the benefit of the doubt. Which i now take back since i want my money back for both War of the Worlds and the hack cash in crystal skull.