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My first impression of the new boxset...for what it's worth. (2004 OT DVD SE release)
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23-Sep-2004, 8:00 AM
I may be a new face, but my heart was here before this site was! I saw Starwars in the theater when it first came out (I was in junior high). Then I saw it at least 8 more times in the theater. It was stuff I'd never seen before and was so realistic to me that I felt transported to a different place...for about 2 hours When they released the short film reels of pieces of the movie, I bought that (mine was a scene in bens place and a fight between the Millenium Falcon and Tie Fighters...color, but no sound, just subtitles!). Still have it! Then I bought the VHS trilogy when it first came out and then the next 2 versions ending with the SE. For people like me, it was always me being disappointed by myself about the changes being made. More recently it was frustration at why the originals weren't available on DVD (greatest movies of all time not on DVD???). Now I have kids who are into Starwars and am trying to explain to them why I feel the way I do. I try to show them the changes between the movies...and they keep asking, "Why did Mr. Lucas do that for??" Just bought a Tie Fighter vehicle and X-wing the other day at TRU...for my kids I'll never outgrow Starwars. It's great that this place was so heavily advertised on other websites I visit or I might not be here. It's nice to know this place exists and that others share my passion about the OT.

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