TV's Frink said:

imperialscum said:

Cobra Kai said:

That's why it's always funny to me when I hear some SE apologist make the argument that "only a small percentage of fans would buy it, most people are happy with the current release, etc."

People who say that should not be qualified as "SE apologist". I could be considered a SE apologist since I think 1997 SE did improve the films.

Yes, Han shooting first definitely improved Star Wars. Han's character now makes so much more sense.

The new Jabba scene was breathtaking AND critical.

Thank god for the new Praxis effect explosions.

I was super confused by the original opening of ESB, luckily now we can see the full Wampa, so I get it now.

Luke's scream as he jumps off the Cloud City platform definitely improved his character.

Darth Vader landing in the Star Destroyer at the end of ESB fixes a glaring problem with the original, namely what was he doing at that point in the film?

Jedi Rocks is the single biggest improvement in any film ever.

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No question, the 1997 SE definitely improves the flawed originals.

The only two that I don't like are Greedo shooting and Luke screaming. Conditionally I don't like Jedi Rocks too... I said conditionally because the original scene was just as weird/embarrassing.

On the other hand, there are numerous visual and sound/music improvements. Especially for Tatooine scenes in IV (for example Obi-Wan's house and sandcrawler scenes). Yes some additional scenes may not be strictly essential to the story but I like to have them.

And then there is new celebration song in ROTJ which alone is enough to make me prefer 1997 version of ROTJ.

Anyway, there is really nothing to argue about here because it is purely opinion based.