I've been to some crappy forums and I've been to some good forums. And I've been to some awesome forums. This one is definitely the latter.

I've been here since about 2004/2005, when I caught wind of Laserdisc bootlegs of the Original Trilogy being available somewhere. I signed the petition, learned about the X0 project, donated money to the project (and not upset in the least about "losing" my money - these things happen and I understand) and throughout the years I've seen this site grow to something extremely important.

What started as a gathering of concerned fans of the OOT, has become a major epicenter of discussion and preservation of many things not only Star Wars, but other important projects as well.

We've gone from debating which laserdisc rip has less dotcrawl, to documenting the differences in various sound mixes throughout the years, to cleaning up and restoring the Mono mix, to figuring out how to clean up the GOUT with AVISYNTH as much as possible, to now recreating HD shots from the OOT with bits of footage and custom mattes.

But the site doesn't just stop at Star Wars! We've preserved LD documentaries and commentary tracks that have not seen the light of day since. We've helped people replace wonky surround sound mixes of various films with more authentic ones.

We've come a long way, and yes, we're seeing a lot more activity with the new Blu Rays, but I don't think a few bad apples are going to spoil what make this site great.