Markdav said:

I have to admit that I'm a little shocked that Anchorhead seems to only like the original Star Wars, and none of the others, not even Empire. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I've never seen someone with that opinion in a Star Wars fan forum before.

I don't dislike Empire, I just don't dig it enough to want to own it. I would probably never watch it. It's been about 14 years since I last saw it. To me, the shrinking of the universe via writer's block started with Empire. The far, far away emotion of Star Wars was lost. I started to see the polished formula that would eventually be fully realized in Return, along with the continued shrinking of the story. All we know of the Star Wars universe in 1977 is all I ever wanted to know. I was drawn to and moved by the vast unknown. Lucas became obsessed with making it the tiny over-explained.

If you're new to the board, the NPR Radio presentation of Star Wars is how the story exists for me. In fact, I'm currently listening to it for the third time this year (takes me about a week each time). I'll start up again on Monday, on episode 7 - The Han Solo Solution. Truth is, I haven't watched the film version of Star Wars since the day I bought the 2006 DVD. I watched it that night and put it away. I have no desire to go back to a two-hour version of the only story I'm interested in, when I can have my 6-hour version which I happen to like better.

There's no denying my Star Wars world is different than most, but you can rest assured it's as important to me as others' are to them.