Baronlando said:
Come on. Heir to the Empire was the number ONE bestselling book in 1991, the 1995 vhs tapes/lasers were HUGE, plus all the 90s-era toys and comics and games that did big business long before the 1997 rerelease.

it would be nice to quantify what you mean by 'big business', if you want to

be more persuasive....

i'm sure some of the franchise (books/videos/toys) did do well, but nothing compared

to the SE versions of the movies, and prequels -> several hundred million dollars.... *(note, that the re-released versions of the movies made very little money when they came out in theater.... ie: the non-SE versions)...*

think about this.... let's say the SE versions never came out, and the prequels were

cancelled ....

think the Star Wars marketing/goods would be going as strong as it is now? i doubt it..

it's making more now than the originals made combined (check out the stats

at http://www.boxofficemojo.com -> franchises)....

Star Wars had some mindshare before 1997..

but the SE versions put Star Wars back on the Map amongst consumers for

good, and the interest has never waned once since that point in time..

later

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