Anchorhead said:

I'm all for continuing the petitions, letter writing, and published articles calling for a proper release and pointing out his lies. I just can't behind the hate threads. Lucas is someone who really digs his heels in when pushed and strikes me as the kind of fellow that would hold off a proper release just out of spite.

For all his flaws - and where Star Wars is concerned, he has more than can be counted - I just can't get behind the hate. Through the years, Lucas has given me much more than he's taken from me.

I see what you are saying. I honestly never understood the hate for Lucas for the PT. Hey, I will be the first person to rag on the Prequels, but I never hated Lucas for those 3 movies. They are what they are, just like that piece of crap Rocky V, I can choose to enjoy them or ignore them in my viewing universe.

I will say after the GOUT was the first time I really thought differently towards Lucas. I would never hate the guy, because they are just movies in the end, but I will say that I have become frustrated with his disrespect for the original movies, and those morons at TFN take that and run and really disrespect the movies.

If someone enjoys the SE, PT, OOT, EU, when it comes to SW, I could really care less, what bothers me is that Lucas has helped perpetuate this stereotype that the OOT movies are inferior. He has people on TFN actually saying the real ending in ROTJ is the 2004 version!! So now we have a bunch of idiots who aren't proclaiming their love for different versions, which I am cool with, they are saying now that THIS or THAT is THE definitive version. All because Lucas keeps saying, "The Originals dont exist anymore!!"

I have multiple versions on DVD of T2, Lord of the Rings, ET, The Abyss, Aliens, Superman II, etc, and not once have I even thought what the definitive version was. I just enjoy the one I like!!!!