I watch the despecialized more than any other release. it is also my favorite. but sometimes i like to watch the SE. here’s a few reasons why: 1. I like pointing out the changes 2. I like seeing some difference back and forth, watch both at the same time and see the differences. 3. It just interests me. what do you do?
I used to do that, but that was before I found this site.
I used to do that, but that was before I found this site.
Same.
Yep, before it was a choice between watching Star Wars in acceptable modern quality on DVD or Blu-ray, or digging out my old VHS tapes. (I wasn’t even aware of the GOUT.) So I would bite the bullet and watch the SE. But in truth for a long time, thanks to my disillusionment with the SE and the prequels, I basically stopped being a Star Wars fan. I wasn’t happy about it, and it wasn’t even something I consciously did, my enthusiasm for the series just kind of faded away. I hadn’t seen the movies in years until TFA and my discovery of this site re-ignited it. The Despecialized Editions were one hell of a treat.
Yep, before it was a choice between watching Star Wars in acceptable modern quality on DVD or Blu-ray, or digging out my old VHS tapes. (I wasn’t even aware of the GOUT.) So I would bite the bullet and watch the SE. But in truth for a long time, thanks to my disillusionment with the SE and the prequels, I basically stopped being a Star Wars fan. I wasn’t happy about it, and it wasn’t even something I consciously did, my enthusiasm for the series just kind of faded away. I hadn’t seen the movies in years until TFA and my discovery of this site re-ignited it. The Despecialized Editions were one hell of a treat.
After TFA I pretty much gave up on calling myself a “fan”. I like the first three movies. As a franchise I don’t care.
The Person in Question
Given the choice I’ll watch the OUT regardless of the format. However, certain times I may watch the SE’s. If it’s on TV and there’s nothing else on why not. Also had Lucasfilm gone through with releasing the entire saga in 3D I likely would have gone to it regardless the version. I went to the 3D version of TPM more out of loyalty to the franchise if anything even if it wasn’t particularly the SW film Id prefer to see.
Yep, before it was a choice between watching Star Wars in acceptable modern quality on DVD or Blu-ray, or digging out my old VHS tapes. (I wasn’t even aware of the GOUT.) So I would bite the bullet and watch the SE. But in truth for a long time, thanks to my disillusionment with the SE and the prequels, I basically stopped being a Star Wars fan. I wasn’t happy about it, and it wasn’t even something I consciously did, my enthusiasm for the series just kind of faded away. I hadn’t seen the movies in years until TFA and my discovery of this site re-ignited it. The Despecialized Editions were one hell of a treat.
After TFA I pretty much gave up on calling myself a “fan”. I like the first three movies. As a franchise I don’t care.
I have never thought of myself a fan or not a fan of any particular franchise. I like certain movies and others I don’t. For example, I probably like about half of the Star Trek movies, doesn’t matter to me which ones (i.e. in what order).
As a person who likes the 1997 SE (but hates the 2004 and 2011 versions) I used to watch my SE VHS tapes before my VCR died
Oh come on, no one on this site is not a Star Wars fan, whether you call yourself one or not. If you weren’t a fan you wouldn’t even care about practically anything discussed here. You might not be a fanboy, but you’re a fan.
Oh come on, no one on this site is not a Star Wars fan, whether you call yourself one or not. If you weren’t a fan you wouldn’t even care about practically anything discussed here. You might not be a fanboy, but you’re a fan.
True. How in depth we can get on this site is pretty astounding. What’s even more astounding is how much I care about it haha
It’s great there’s a website though like this where there are other fans who like Star Wars to that degree 😃
Oh come on, no one on this site is not a Star Wars fan, whether you call yourself one or not. If you weren’t a fan you wouldn’t even care about practically anything discussed here. You might not be a fanboy, but you’re a fan.
You can be a fan of the movie Star Wars, that would make you a Star Wars fan, but it doesn’t mean you care about the whole franchise.
Ceci n’est pas une signature.
^This.
Perhaps so, but you’re still a Star Wars fan of some kind. My point is you don’t have to like everything, or even most things, with the Star Wars name on it to be a Star Wars fan. Just like I don’t have to agree with everything America does to call myself an American.
Besides, I don’t think that applies to most members of this site. We call it Original Trilogy, not Original Movie, you know.
Semantic arguments are fun.
Perhaps so, but you’re still a Star Wars fan of some kind. My point is you don’t have to like everything, or even most things, with the Star Wars name on it to be a Star Wars fan. Just like I don’t have to agree with everything America does to call myself an American.
Besides, I don’t think that applies to most members of this site. We call it Original Trilogy, not Original Movie, you know.
Frink didn’t say he was not a Star Wars fan he said he wasn’t a fan of it as a franchise.
Ceci n’est pas une signature.
^That was Moviefreaked.
The thing with me is, when someone asks if I’m a Star Wars fan, i just say “I love the original three movies.” Otherwise it’s assumed that I like a heap of crap.
It also depends where I am. If I’m at a baseball game, I’m actually more inclined to talk a little Star Wars with a stranger than I am at the comic book store. If I’m someplace even remotely nerdy, I deny Star Wars like Peter n’ Jesus. To them, those original three movies are 1) a small part of a much larger franchise and 2) now so full of changes that they no longer look, sound or give the feeling they once did.
Also, I feel like I hate non-OT Star Wars more than most around here and telling someone that I’m a Star Wars fan and then leaving them to assume that I like Revenge Of The Sith and Jedi Rocks is something I just can’t do.
^That was Moviefreaked.
Yep, before it was a choice between watching Star Wars in acceptable modern quality on DVD or Blu-ray, or digging out my old VHS tapes. (I wasn’t even aware of the GOUT.) So I would bite the bullet and watch the SE. But in truth for a long time, thanks to my disillusionment with the SE and the prequels, I basically stopped being a Star Wars fan. I wasn’t happy about it, and it wasn’t even something I consciously did, my enthusiasm for the series just kind of faded away. I hadn’t seen the movies in years until TFA and my discovery of this site re-ignited it. The Despecialized Editions were one hell of a treat.
After TFA I pretty much gave up on calling myself a “fan”. I like the first three movies. As a franchise I don’t care.
I have never thought of myself a fan or not a fan of any particular franchise. I like certain movies and others I don’t. For example, I probably like about half of the Star Trek movies, doesn’t matter to me which ones (i.e. in what order).
Oh.
(Look! I’m learining to post like YHWX! 😉 )
^That was Moviefreaked.
The thing with me is, when someone asks if I’m a Star Wars fan, i just say “I love the original three movies.” Otherwise it’s assumed that I like a heap of crap.
It also depends where I am. If I’m at a baseball game, I’m actually more inclined to talk a little Star Wars with a stranger than I am at the comic book store. If I’m someplace even remotely nerdy, I deny Star Wars like Peter n’ Jesus. To them, those original three movies are 1) a small part of a much larger franchise and 2) now so full of changes that they no longer look, sound or give the feeling they once did.
Also, I feel like I hate non-OT Star Wars more than most around here and telling someone that I’m a Star Wars fan and then leaving them to assume that I like Revenge Of The Sith and Jedi Rocks is something I just can’t do.
I completely agree. I have never liked anything other than the Original Trilogy. Even in the build-up to the prequel mania I couldn’t stand all of the books and magazines and other stuff that was being pushed everywhere.
The Person in Question
It’s kind of refreshing to watch the SE now and again. I do that every once in a while.
It’s frustrating whenever I tell someone I enjoy Return of the Jedi. They automatically assume I enjoy Jedi Rocks, Vaders “Noooo!” And Hayden’s ghost. I have to proceed to a lengthy explanation of the versions I watch (Theatrical) and how they also are what was originally released in theatres.
And it’s hard because I enjoy the fanedited prequels but hate episodes 1 and 2 in their theatrical form. Since that’s all that most people know, I always have to remember to tell them that I hate them and don’t mildly enjoy them (when fanedited correctly by people like Hal and L8wtr).
And it’s hard because I enjoy the fanedited prequels but hate episodes 1 and 2 in their theatrical form. Since that’s all that most people know, I always have to remember to tell them that I hate them and don’t mildly enjoy them (when fanedited correctly by people like Hal and L8wtr).
That’s a hard one for me as well. I legitimately enjoy the prequels as fan edits, but I have to usually just say I hate them. Explaining to somebody fan edits usually isn’t worthwhile or worth it.
And it’s hard because I enjoy the fanedited prequels but hate episodes 1 and 2 in their theatrical form. Since that’s all that most people know, I always have to remember to tell them that I hate them and don’t mildly enjoy them (when fanedited correctly by people like Hal and L8wtr).
That’s a hard one for me as well. I legitimately enjoy the prequels as fan edits, but I have to usually just say I hate them. Explaining to somebody fan edits usually isn’t worthwhile or worth it.
This ^
In fact I’ve come to think that If I really like a fan edited PT (and quite conservative ones such as Hal’s versions of TPM and AOTC - ROTS is already a good SW in its theatrical form, TLOE improves it but it’s not as night and day as AOTC/TAS), it probably means I don’t hate the theatrical versions that much (as a matter of fact I used to like TPM and I even thought after te first screening in 2002 that AOTC was good - the same happened 13 years later with TFA…). So I usually say that I don’t like the official versions, but I enjoy a recut where the lame parts are removed.
Original theatrical versions all the way. I’m a big fan of 70s tv shows and movies in general so when I watch Star Wars I want to be able to see it as a 70s movie and not some super touched up modernized version that tries to fix what was never broken to begin with.