First of all, if I haven't done it yet, Welcome. Nice to meet you. Secondly, Bravo to all that you've said in this thread. As I watch my dvd-r set of the OT I too realise when I'm watching TPM or AOTC that it is a different journey I'm seeing. One no longer driven by characters but by story as you so elequently put it. I am always open to new points of view and new ideas but when you take out someones heart, they cease to live and exist. And I do believe that GL has done just this. The actors are great but the story they bring to life is not the same emotion-driven tale that brought out the hero in all of us so long ago in a galaxy far, far, away.

Cheers Mate!!! Cheers for coming back home and for reminding us why were are all truly here, and why George Lucas, is truly someplace else.

The OT RULES!!!!