Darth Solo said:

The way i see it is that there are 4 types of followers here. Ranging from the totally open minded and love everything thats just Star Wars, to the extreme hardcore un-changed OT fan that doesn't want the films changed in anyway but of the highest . I think most of us loath the SE's changes, but will embrace "some" changes for the better (thats always going to be walking a bit of mine field, as GL may have found out after the release of the SE's and the birth of tu net). That group gets split almost 3 ways with 3 filums. ...Well, 2 ways mostly, but most want to look on it as equally as 3 ways /:-P

I for one have no problems with the SE, any of the myriad changes made to it. Frankly, its a bold step forward into what exactly a film-director's job is. Go Special Editions!

BUT... I do now and always will prefer the OUT. Any beef I have with the SEs is based soley on the lack of availability of the OUT. If they were both out and the OUT was restored, I'd probably own the LFL version of both happily.