I became an OT purist in 2004, following the purchase of the OT trilogy on DVD. Being a massive Star Wars fan, I bought into all the hype at the time and got the 2004 SEs along with the masses. After getting home and watching all three films through, however, something dawned on me... this was it. This was THE version of Star Wars I was being given to watch by Lucasfilm instead of the original films I grew up with and loved.

It was then that I started looking around the internet for others who felt like I did. I stumbled across this site, joined, and signed the petition. I then came across my first Laserdisc preservation (Dr. G's set) and realized that this place was totally for me.