In light of your comments I hope you will join us in writing Lucas about preserving the original OT and making it available to the public. We must remind him of the value of historical art and culture. We don't bury our art history or replace it with something new, we treasure our history. We study it and learn from its natural growth, its changes from era to era. The original Star Wars trilogy is that art. It must be cherished and valued.
We have to convince him that there is artistic and creative value in preserving the originals for everyone now, and for future generations to see and learn from. I think that is something that everyone, including George might agree with.
George Lucas
c/o Lucasfilm Ltd.
P.O. Box 2009
San Rafael, CA 94912
U.S.A.
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Jimbo, puppets have been delighting audiences from around the world for generations, and even Yoda was a puppet when everyone fell in love with him.
CGI is only now beginning to do what puppetry has successfully done and won muliple awards for for decades. That is to breathe life into fantastic creatures and simply make you believe.
If you prefer CGI that's fine, its simply a different form of art, but they don't "always look better than puppets" and in fact CGI has become so common place that no ever believes they are real anyway, especially if they are done poorly versus being done well (take Jar Jar versus Golem).