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Post #51551

Author
Galahad_Skywalker
Parent topic
BOYCOTT (the 2004 OT SE DVD release)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/51551/action/topic#51551
Date created
28-May-2004, 2:56 PM
I know there's probably not a chance in the world that the originals will be on DVD, but I've decided to boycott anyway. I was aware of the changes between the originals and Special Editions for sometime, but since the only versions available in stores at the time I finally bought the trilogy were the SEs, I've watched them ever since, except for once the DVD announcement came out and I decided to rent the originals, since I hadn't seen them in years. They are more tightly constructed, and more enjoyable without the added CG, which did nothing but distract (I feel Lucas's use of CG in the SEs was just his way of showing off what he could do). In fact, the only change I really preferred was the replacement of the 'Yub Yub' at the end of ROTJ (just the music, not the adding in of the celebrations on Bespin, Tatooine, and Coruscant -- which is funny, because there was no Coruscant until Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy). I'll take 'Yub Yub,' though, any day to Hayden Christensen replacing Sebastian Shaw. Anyway, now I've signed the petition, told my friends I have no intent on buying the DVDs, and found by lurking around these boards the past few days, that I prefer them compared to TheForce.net's. I'll get the originals...somehow....