CatBus said:
It's definitely a semantics thing. I consider Harmy's to be a fan restoration, which is a subset of fan edit in my book. I also consider the Special Editions to be a fan edit, just one that's neither as enjoyable nor as well done as Harmy's.
I would have to disagree with the definition of the special edition as constituting a fan edit.
Harmy did not work on the original production of star wars in 1976....by all accounts....he was not even born!
Lucas,Muren,Hart(who cut the negative on ESB and ROTJ) and Burrt were all involved in making those original flicks......and yeah they vandalized them in 1994-1997.....but they are not "fan editors".