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And I'm sure it goes on and on and on...I sympathize with you, Luke. If they called these the 2004 Special Editions and were marketing them as such, it wouldn't be nearly as big of a deal. But first, we got the news that only the Special Editions were to be released, then after awhile, Lucasfilm was simply advertising them as the Star Wars Trilogy, releasing action figures from Hasbro that are supposed to be like the Vintage lines but aren't. Now everyone's just lazily calling them the Star Wars Trilogy, which, while I know most consumers aren't going to give much of a damn about, is still misleading and annoying for those of us that know that there are umpteen versions out there. I've thought about it a bit over the past few days, and I've realized that I don't hate the upcoming release per se. What I hate is A) Only the new versions are to be released, and B) That Lucasfilm is covering up that fact by using the simple 'Star Wars Trilogy' tag. Though I did learn that they're not just now becoming lazy. I didn't find myself buying the trilogy until 2002 (much to my regret), and the set that I have (obviously SE) is just labeled 'The Star Wars Trilogy,' with no reference to the SE changes anywhere. So it's not a new exclusion unfortunately, though still a pain.
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You think Smith would help?
I'm not too familiar with Smith's work, but I do know that he's a huge Star Wars fan, and has made Star Wars references in most (if not all) of his films. I've heard that Smith allegedly made a couple of the Phantom Edits floating around out there (not that it's true, and not to say that I didn't misread it, but if it's true, it means he isn't a Lucas worshipper, not a huge fan of the Prequels, and hence probably supports the release of the Originals).