im 20 and got into science fiction in about 1993 when i first watched 60's Star Trek on BBC2 from their i went onto watch all six at the time films saw generations in cinema and got into TNG big time even more than TOS. I knew what Star Wars was but shockingly had never seen one of the movies in full until 97 when the SE's where put in cinemas. I went to see all 3 in order and was amazed i loved and collected all the tazos and put them in the binder(a disk like a pog with a pic from a scene from the films they came free in packets of crisps(chips) and special ones were only in doritos i even got the micro machines sets. I loved it and got them on video for my birthday along with the monopoly and that vhs board game. At the time i didnt know what had been fiddled with but when about 4 years later i found out about the greedo scene and the scream etc i hunted down widescreen vhs copies of the O-OT and found myself perfering the old cuts. However i can honestly say i never bashed Lucas for changing them as he always seemed a nice bloke on the docs and commentarys and if he perfers them the changes then who am i to agrue. However i do think the films should be put on dvd in there original form for those that like them as they were. The Alien movies, terminator, star trek, ET even disney films such as Beauty and the Beast are out to buy in their original and changed forms. Its great to watch different cuts of movies and its a very good selling point. I think its not been done with star wars due to the fact that the films are surposed to be one complete thing and Lucas wants people to watch the complete thing as he wants not say watching 77 ANH but then watching 97 ESB then 83 Jedi. I dont like the fact that the O-OT is not out on dvd but am not as disapointed now as if the 30th year editions dont include the O-OT i have a more than good enough version in the form of the tr47 set. id like that anamorphic set and wondered if any one please knows where to get it. Back to the point however i have just got today the 2004 set and its not that bad. The picture and sound are better than i expected nothing short of amazing and if you view on a widescreen set with a sound system it really is stunning. The only change i hate in the disks is the greedo think still sucks and i hate the jabba dance number. Other than that its great and the greedo thing is better its not as it should be but its not stomach churning anymore. The scream is gone thankfully and Empire is great once more thanks to that removal. The voice dub of Boba is not as bad as i was expecting and the emperor change looks better moving than it does in the screenshots seen on the web. The dialogue change is not too bad either it actually hides the fact Vader is lukes father better than the O-OT. The hayden bit in jedi is the bit i was not looking forward to but when you hear the explanation on the commentary its not as bad or hard to expect. Apparently when a jedi dies or goes to the dark side the last time they were either alive or when they turned what they looked like then is what they will look like when they die. Since ben and yoda died old and good they look like they did when died. But since vader turned back when he died he looks like he did the last time he was good. Its not a bad explanation and its still shaw when the mask comes off. Im glad i have a good version of the O-OT but the 2004 is nice to have as well. If i didnt have the tr47 set though i dont think id like the 2004 set as much. I do like Lucas no matter what happens in the future as he invented Indiana Jones and that helps to right a lot of wrongs
