Well to some people like myself and others who grew up in the 80s and 90s, “Episode IV A New Hope” is as much a part of Star Wars as any of the original effects. You need to remember for us, that’s the first and only way we saw Star Wars until 2006 when the GOUT was released. It may not be technically original to the film, but it’s attached to our memories of the original film. I have to be honest, it feels kind of weird to not have it there when I watch Harmy’s Despecialized. I still usually prefer to watch it the way it originally was, but I understand the guy’s request and I don’t think it’s insulting to Harmy’s work because Harmy’s work is meant to recreate the experience of watching Star Wars as originally seen. Well to those of us who grew up then, that IS how we originally saw it. This is part of the reason why I’m trying so hard to recreate the 1981 crawl and pan-down for my blu ray project. To some people it’s annoying, to others, it’s a part of the Star Wars experience.
I get that… I too saw Star Wars in the theater for the first time when it was re-released prior to the release of Empire because I was born in 78. So, I too always saw it with the Episode IV header… However, I do believe that the spirit of this particular project is meant to maintain the original 77 version as closely as possible, and to alter it and still call it ‘Harmy’s Despecialized Edition’ without his approval is not right. That’s not to say I don’t think it’s a great idea to include a seamless branch that would include the 81 crawl as well. Maybe I was heavy handed with my initial salvo… If so, I apologize, but I do maintain that this particular version is meant to be the 77 original and it’s kind of a big request to alter it ( which the original requester may not understand ) for what is not a huge payoff. I think in the v3.0, if it’s possible to include an 81 crawl, that would be cool and cover all the bases… Again, not trying to be an a-hole. It happens sometimes anyway…