Luke30, I must admit that judging by the above two posts, you are far more reasonable than some who don't like the OT. Browsing TF.N (I doubt I'd ever join) I could never get the hostility some pro-SE fan's exibit. I really don't get how an OT release would threaten them to the point of bad-mouthing fellow fans. It sickens me to see such a rift in a once united fandom. Even the other day, I was being ridiculed because I appearently missed the memo that all stormtroopers are clones. Only the recent Zahn novel has even alluded to that idea, but it seems I'm stuck in "my fanfics" in trying to claim that it makes no sense that all stormtroopers are clones. It's how Lucas has decided to turn his fans, whom's opinions he cares not for, against one another.

As for me, I'm a purest. I grew up with these films. Part of the reason I loved them was the work that went into the SFX. Sure, early on the guys screwed around, but when Lucas pulled them together, it really was Industrial Light and Magic. All the X-wings are unique, the creativity of scrounging model parts and detailling a Super Star Destroyer that was set to be in only a single scene was astonishing. I'm still awed be the Falcon shooting out of the flames of the DS II. In the SE, every X-wing was the same model. A town on a backwater planet is now a sprawling metropolis. Bespin has magically changing windows, and pilots that like to buzz the towers. Vader returns to his shuttle so he can ruin the tension of our heros' escape. Jabba repeats Greedo, Alderaan supernovas, Audry II fills in for the Sarlaac, and a rebel lookout post is right next to the hanger.

On a unrelated note, nice to now that I'm not the only anime fan here. What fansub group do you work with, Molly?