Well yes the gout is okay quality if like me you have a 4:3 Sd tv.

But it is not exactly future proof. Like an Anamorphic transfer done in High Definition would be.

I mean sure for a guy like me who has a laserdisc player i appreciate the gout for what it is.

But what of those people who can afford an hdtv 16:9 set. You cannot be telling me lucas was unaware that fans own 16:9 HD sets.

You know what i can't get over are those fans who stick up for Lucas and say star wars was not originally shot or released in anamorphic. I'm not kidding i've heard it all the time. When a little google searching proves them wrong.

The funny thing is i used to be a huge Lucas apologist and used to stick up for the guy in reference to the special editions and Episode 1. But because of Episode II and III and the gout it is very hard to defend anything anymore really. And it is not like the dude cares. He is rich beyond the dreams of avarice and treated like a god living at his ranch.

And I would be lying if i did not admit i still love the original star wars trilogy, the original indiana jones trilogy. The original versions of THX 1138 and American Graffiti.

I have even embraced the lesser projects that are seen as commercial failures like willow and young indy.

Up until the last few years i was a life long Lucas consumer. Since a kid buying the action figures, the games comics, the novels for star wars. Saw the special editions of empire and jedi twice in theaters, and clones and sith twice i cannot even remember why now.