I am rather new here. I'd been a Lucas apologist for years, putting up with the changes in the OT and yes, enjoying some of the PT (I still do like ROTS for the most part). However, the latest changes to the OT broke me. "Noooo!", The Krayt Fart-Moan, Artoo Rocks...I'd had enough. Stop fucking with it, already. I started reading posts on here and the material on savingstarwars.com, and I realized how wrong suppressing the OOT really is on a pure artistic level. People keep refering to Lucas as the artist. Well, there were hundreds of artists involved in the OOT who are now having their cinematic contributions systematically erased. That led me to start posting a bit here and downloading Harmy's editions, which I love, and will have to suffice until the OOT finally is released.

As for the perception of this forum, I have to say that this is fairly tame and civil compared to the "discourse" I've seen elsewhere. You wanna see vile fanboy rage? Take a look at any talkback on aintitcool.com regarding George Lucas and/or Star Wars. While at times amusing, some of the nerd rage goes beyond scum & villainy. No other movie or director spawns this much debate.

There are a few morons lurking here, but I think most people just share the want for Lucas to ultimately do the right thing.