danny_boy said:

but the original film was restored

If the film was restored why wasn't the National Film Registry given a new print for preservation, why did Lucasfilm try to persuade them to take a SE print instead, Fox who paid for this whole "restoration" in the first place could've made this happen, right? It's because it was a half-assed restoration done in order to revise the film. A year or two later Lucas had acquired the full rights to Star Wars and nothing was stopping him going ahead with his plans.

danny_boy said:

Sorry dude---my 1982 VHS tape is not being surpressed by ol' George.

And George could easily have stopped that IB technicolor print from being shown to the public in Baltimore in 2010 even if it was for free.

Well, we're talking about suppression of the original FILMS, not your pan & scan video tape of the '81 re-release.

Yes, but he didn't because it would've made Lucasfilm look very stupid in the media.

danny_boy said:

As long as those films are locked away there will be fans who are upset about this.

And I am one of them------but I don't hate George for it.

And neither do I, but I don't have to like him either.