C3PX said:

Boy did you ever COMPLETELY miss the point of what I was saying. And I know very well the history of SW through the eighties and ninties. Star Wars may have been a fad for a lot of people, but my point is it DID HAVE true fans, witnessed by the fact that I and many others, including a lot of members here never forgot about it during that time, hence, true fans. You may have forgotten about it during that time, but a lot of people didn't. That is why Star Wars merchandise continued to be sold all through the early to mid ninties, BEFORE the SE was released. That my friend, is not the definition of a fad.

ok, lets step back a little here..

i'll admit i forgot about it until the SE versions came out, but i did read a few of the books,

and play a few computer games from 1983-1997.. but that was pretty much it......

by 'fad', i meant referring to the popularity of the films (yes, i know there were limited

re-releases from time to time).... but to the majority of the populace, thats what was important.

merchandise wise, i still think there was a huge drought, because other than action figures,

cards, and books, they were pretty scarce until the EU stuff came out.... i only had the

han solo trilogy, splinter of a minds eyes, and the lando books, and that didnt' last long.

sure there were comic books, and newspaper comics too.. but still that didn't last that long

either.. maybe they did sell, but surely not as much UNTIL AFTER THE SE versions were

released..

i question whether 'a lot of fans' did remember, because

there would have been more support or more releases

in the 14 years after 'return of the jedi' came out, and

there weren't....

that was my point..

later

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