During the 90s I got Star Wars Insider and read all kinds of SW books. For a high school art class I made a clay 2-D representation of Zorba the Hutt. I saw it as silly fun extensions of Star Wars, harmless fun apart from the films.

I wasn't crazy about the Special Editions but it was exciting they were in theaters and I thought most of the ESB changes were good and fun. I was excited for Episode 1 and took the day off from school with two classmates (my only absence of the year and we were all three scolded by our english teacher for it). I think that was the real trigger for me - Episode 1, not my english teacher. I lost my appetite quite a bit as the reality of what made up the new Star Wars sunk in. I wanted the old Star Wars back...