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As we all know, the new-age Star Wars fan would never get to see the Original Trilogy in unaltered form.
I'm pretty sure I'm significantly younger than all of you (I'm 17), so before any of you guys judge what I'm about to say, please keep in mind that I wasn't around in 1977, 1980, and 1983, and that the only versions of the OT I've ever seen are the 2004 DVD's (I've seen the prequel trilogy as well, and I watched all of them in Lucas's chronological order).
As I read more about Star Wars, originally I was all for Lucas making changes to keep in continuity. But one day, I came across the website for "The Secret History of Star Wars", and I read part of it (it's a book, and the guy posted the first 100 pages online). It changed my views completely. I now understand why all of the older fans dislike George Lucas and the Special Editions. I'm disgusted that the movies that Lucas is giving us aren't the movies that were shown in theaters back then. I want to know the special effects that were actually in the original films. There's a lot of other things that the website/book explained to me, I can't list them all, but one thing I remember is that basically the story Lucas told originally during the 70's and 80's is a different story he's telling now. He's simply using the content of his old movies and modifying it as part of his new story, the "Tragedy of Darth Vader". It just... doesn't make sense that he would do that. It's like taking an old painting and smearing poop on it, and calling it a new painting.
A recent Hollywood trend is reboots. Reboots gives the director freedom to do things his/her way. Obviously, all of the true Star Wars fans dislike Lucas's revisionism (don't worry, I dislike it too), and there's a lot of flaws in the Star Wars films. Why not reboot it and forget about the "Tragedy of Darth Vader" story that Lucas crafted?
The entire prequel trilogy in general are just flawed movies, and the acting in them is flat out terrible (although that's entirely the actor's fault, the script is terrible as well). I'm not going to list all the flaws of the prequel trilogy, because there are far too many, and I'm planning on never watching them ever again, ever. Now I know lots of you guys love the OT, but I'm going to list what I view as flaws with them (keep in mind I didn't get to view the originals like you guys did). And let me say, there are significantly less flaws in the OT than the PT, and that's because the OT was simply handled a lot better than the PT. But here are some of the flaws I see in both trilogies:
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*Basically the entire cast of the Prequel Trilogy are horrible actors. Either that, or the script was pretty bad, so it might not be the actor's fault
*Jar Jar Binks is stupid and shouldn't exist
*Waaaaaaaay too much CGI. I don't know why Lucas wants us to believe it's real, it looks so unbelievably fake. I remember watching Attack of the Clones for the first time and thinking, "does the director really expect us to think they look real?"
*Naboo's system of order makes no sense. QUEENS AREN'T ELECTED, GEORGE LUCAS!!!
*The PT lacks actual main characters. For instance, in the OT it's obviously Luke, Han, and Leia. But in the PT it's... Liam Neeson, and Obi-Wan? And Anakin? And Padme? And some older kid that's supposed to be Anakin? Jar Jar Binks? What?
*The PT lacks an actual villain. In the OT it's clear who it is (Vader), but in the PT it's...Maul? Dookoo? Emperor-dude? What?
*None of the characters in the PT have actual personalities, unlike the OT. Who the hell is Padme? Can Darth Maul talk?
*None of the CG characters look real. Lucas, are you serious? Do you really expect me to believe those Pixar-looking aliens are real? WTF?
Now, on to the OT:
*Mark Hamil is a terrible actor. 'nuff said. There's a reason why Harrison Ford got to act movies after Star Wars: he doesn't suck, unlike Hamil.
*As the films were being made, Lucas was already making changes to his vision. An obvious example of this is how Leia wasn't originally supposed to be Luke's brother
*Why are the hell are there cute little teddy bears in a Star Wars movie
*In my opinion, Return of the Jedi is just as bad as the prequel's. I did not enjoy watching it. It had the "third one sucks" syndrome that many trilogies have.
*I understand that this isn't a problem with the original films, but these days the movies are ruined with terrible 90's CGI, mixed with lame 2004 CGI, and lazily done CGI in 2011
Obviously we wouldn't want George Lucas to have any involvement whatsoever in the reboot, and there's no chance he's going to give up the rights, so we probably won't be seeing a reboot in a long time. But if one were to develop a full story for a reboot series, one that also keeps in spirit of Lucas's original vision during the 70's, how well would it do?
If a reboot were to happen, then none of the problems that Lucas caused would exist. Sure, lots of purist would be angry that it would happen, but at the same time, new Star Wars fans would have actual pieces of artwork to appreciate (assuming the reboot series is handled well), unlike what George Lucas is doing today. I would prefer that George Lucas has zero involvement in a reboot series, and that true Star Wars fans from the late 70's/early 80's are heavily involved in it (hopefully they're still alive by then).