auximenies said:

C3PX said:

But again, I can forgive this, because the whole thing, exactly as it was originally written, is readily available to the world in the same sort of quality as the replacement.

I think this is the key. Because the medium is the written word, as long as the former text is available to read, it is therefore available in the same quality as the replacement.

I'm with C3PX & Aux on this one. Altered words & altered images are entirely different animals. Your mind builds the scenery when you read. All you need are the words, in any form, and you have the story. With altered films, someone else is making visual decisions for you. Which - for me anyway - is a problem if it tries to compete with an image that's been completed for 30 years. I have zero interest in trying to reconcile the two.

That, by the way, is precisely why I never watched the SEs. I didn't want any of the images in my head trying to contradict the originals - images or story.

As far as going back and changing past works to try and force them to fit later works; That's something I just can't make sense of. To me, it's a slap in the face to an artist's original fans, as well as a lie. The past can't be changed - no matter how hard you try to make it for the original fans to remember - no matter how many times you lie about what you originally said & did. Yes, I'm looking at you Mr. Lucas.