Anchorhead said:
All the anger, discussions, alterations, sequels, board discussions, versions, formats, etc, etc - they are nothing but noise that fades away as soon as I press play.

I don't have the angst or hatred because it's a complete waste of time. It's like Tom Hanks (Jim Lovell) says to Haise & Swigert in Apollo 13 when they start arguing with each other over something they can't change;

"We're not going to start bouncing off the walls for ten minutes, because we're just going to end up right back here with the same problem"

Anchor, you know you are one of my favs here because you are an Original SW fan only, but I have to respectfully disagree with you on this one.

Sure many people go on and on bitching about the PT and SE, which wont change those movies one bit. But I think the fact that OT.com exists showed Lucas that there is a fanbase for the OOT, and eventually getting the GOUT released in 2006. Now of course it was a crappy version, but the fact that Lucas relented on 'the version he deemed dead' was a small victory in itself.

Just look at Superman II: Donnor Cut, that release was soley driven by the internet as they sort of did the same thing we did, kept pressing Warner Brothers to go back and re-edit the old scenes, and they practically made a new movie, which costs alot more then Lucas would have to do with the OOT. Same goes for Bladerunner, as the internet drove that BluRay release for the Original Cut last year.

In the end if Lucas released the OOT the same way Spielberg released E.T. in 2002 (same exact quality transfers, both versions included on the DVD), I would walk away and Lucas would never hear from me again.

And the new generation of fans can enjoy all the shitty quality SW stuff that is released these days! :)