Krycek87 said:

Judge said:

Star Wars Purist said:

Keep in mind that the special editions still had the "Greedo shoots" change, all the terrible and pointless "Episode 1" flavored CGI added to Mos Eisley, and Jar Jar's voice at the end of ROTJ....Plus, there's the terrible scream from Luke in the SE version of TESB.

However, I will agree that they're "better" than the 2004 versions, but the 2004 versions of each film are "better" than the Blu Ray versions, and the Blu Ray versions of each film will be better than the 3D versions coming out in a few years.

You know what's better than them all though?

The ORIGINAL versions.

Jar Jar's voice isn't at the end of the 1997 version of RoTJ, is it?

Nope, hell Naboo wasn't even in the 97 SE. I love the SE's as much as the originals. It's a shame we never got these on DVD.

I know this is a necro, but this gets at one of my biggest problems with the 2004 edit: the extended ending. In the '97 cut, it's a wonderful alternate ending with great music and pacing. In the 2004 cut, all the additional scenes make it drag on /way/ the heck too long. I'm not going to say '97 is better than the original (it's kind of a six of one, half a dozen of the other situation), but I will say '04 is worse. Much, much, much worse.