I've been lurking these threads for a long time now, and I wanna make a comment about what you guys are talking about here, cause I never do...and I'm bored.

When I was in...9th grade, I was lucky enough to be invited to see the 97 Special Edition of Star Wars before it was released, out here in LA. I think it was a Star Wars Insider thing...anyway, honestly, it was one of the best times I've ever had at the movies. It was Star Wars on the big screen! And Boba Fett was in it! And people were getting rowdy and everyone was really enjoying it and it was just an amazing thing. It was beautiful to be in a dark theater with hundreds of other Star Wars nerds watching the movie and cheering and all that stuff. HOWEVER...nobody told us at that point...or at least I didn't know, that the original negatives had been butchered for it. And I didn't realize, that the plan was to change the movies forever.

See, I think that's the real problem isn't it? Like the Special Edition exists. Fine, why not? Fun stuff. But to try and eliminate the movies as they were in their original form...is frankly really strange. In fact, the GOUT seems to me like a big middle finger to the fans that have been asking for the originals. I don't see any reason not to release the originals, and honestly not doing so is really disrespectful to the craftsmen and women who created all those wonderful sets and painted backgrounds and puppets.

Another HUGE THANK YOU, to Harmy, and Team Negative, and everybody else involved in these restorations. And thanks to all you cool dudes who post on these threads and keep this website going, giving me fascinating and funny stuff to read and watch.