Mr Ghostface said :

Definitive? If you think so, I'm happy for you. And about providing it for free, do remember that's piracy, won't you.

There is bound to be a seperate thread for discussing the legal standing of fan-edits in General Discussion (if not please start your own).

How is something blind praise when it's based on a visual (and audial) appraisal of a person's work? Surely blind praise would be to praise someone just for the sake of it without seeing what they have done.

I don't think ANH:R is the definitive version of the film (that was released in 1977 under the title of Star Wars) but it is a very impressive re-working and superior to both versions of the SE.

You seem to be under the impression that those who have negatively reacted against your comments (including myself) are doing so because we agree with every change Adywan made and don't care about making further changes in future reworkings.

This is not the case (and for those who do hold that opinion are as free to hold and express it as you are with yours).

What is irritating is your unsubstantiated claims that Ady's work is:

not all that special and some of the praise Adywan gets for it seems to be borne of an ignorance of how much simpler this is to do than a lot of people realise.

We all know that Adywan puts years of work into these projects and while we may not agree with every decision he makes, we can see the work and appreciate the effort.

And yes it is provided to us for free (we already own the official versions of these films and any new elements are either derived from those versions or are original to these versions).

If you truly think the same results can be achieved with less effort we would really like to know how (it would be a great benefit to all of us, especially Ady who would like to complete future projects without spending so much time and money).

If you are just making this stuff up, you deserve what you get in terms of negative comments (not that I think it worries you much).