SpenceEdit said:
I'm already pre-emptively hiding from this, but are any of these changes really THAT bad? As far as the Nooo! goes, it kind of ties the prequels in nicely to the OT, the Krayt dragon call is incredibly minor, and Adywan made the cantina aliens blink, so why can't the Ewoks? Is any of this as awful as Greedo shooting first? Jabba's Palace dance number? For the first time, I feel like I actually get why he is making these changes. And the CGI TPM Yoda is a huge improvement. That puppet looked like Kermit and Miss Piggy's ugly middle child.
Don't get me wrong, I would generally rather watch the Original Versions. but I find the special editions sort of cool in that Lucas is changing all six movies to gradually make them work together as a cohesive whole. If you look at them that way, they've almost become an interesting fanedit of themselves.
I'm going to go hide behind my ray shield now...
I think that a lot of people on this board feel that Lucas can do whatever he wants...as long as he just manages to give us the original theatrical as well. It's not that difficult to understand. So if Lucas wants to create this unifying 6 film saga, so be it (I personally would never pay for it). But the biggest outcry for the past 13 or so years could be put to rest if he would just give us the OUT with an decent, updated transfer.