Here's what I don't get......

I just got done watching Empire of Dreams again and it's obvious that the original "Star Wars" was created during a tumultuous time in history not only here in America but in the world as we knew it then. There were also SO many challenges when it came to creating the techniques from scratch which were used to help garner the 10 Oscar (edited) nominations and the 7 wins....all of them for the production side of the process. Countless people in film-making were influenced by these changes and the end results....what a WASTE for it to be shunned by the guy who fought so hard to get it made with the obviously restricted budget he was allowed.

WHY undo all of that by exacting what seem by most to be frivolous changes that weren't executed very well with far superior technology than was used to create the original masterpiece?

I don't think it's just because he could.....there had to be something more personal that wasn't very intelligently connected to keep things in focus.

I love Star Wars......I'm just sad that what made it so accessible and relevant is being wiped from existence just to facilitate and justify "creative license".