Hey I am as mad at George for not releasing the originals in decent form as anyone here. But he deserves credit for the vision and energy that made the original SW happen. It's a miracle that movie was made and also a miracle that it was so good. Credit where credit is due.

As far as Ep.7... I can't see George really doing much. This is going to be other folks' creation this time -- George will be perfectly happy to step in now and then to take credit, but surely he is tired of actually working on these movies. At least I hope he is. We just have to hope that someone with some clout actually has some artistic standards, otherwise it's going to be another f-fest. Because if you think about it, the movies have royally been f-ed up for about 15 years now... young movie-makers have every reason to believe that the current state of affairs is how things are supposed to be in SW-land. In another 3 or 4 years, it will have been f-ed up for as long as it was great. (this forum excepted)

Readers of the off-topic thread know that I am very anti-religious. But I am tempted to pray that Ep.7 turn out decent. It just seems like the appropriate thing to do.