1985 here, and I grew up wearing out a copy of Star Wars that my father taped off TV before I was born. He died when I was very young, so all the tapes of science fiction movies that he had recorded off TV were one of the most concrete things I had to remember him by when I was growing up. Unfortunately when it came time to buy a copy for myself, the special edition was all that was available, but it wasn't what I had grown up with. I can't help but think of my dad whenever I watch one of Harmy's versions, even though I was young enough not to really remember him.

I don't want to sound all depressed or anything, my mom remarried just after I left elementary school, if memory serves, and my stepdad took me to see all the special editions on the big screen when they came out in theaters again. Changes or no, seeing it on the big screen for the first time was really something.

The local megaplex actually does this regularly now, basically showing blurays of older films on their megaplex screens, and I got to see a lot of movies on the big screen for the first time because of this. It's a fantastic program. One per month (voted by customers) called "Most Wanted Mondays" followed by an annual film festival called "The Great Digital Film Fest". I saw Jurassic Park on the big screen for the first time just last year :) still going to see it in IMAX later this week though.