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My 15-year old cousin grew up with the Special Edition of the OT and the Prequels. Now, he is a beloved fan of the OOT. And it's all thanks to me. For his birthday, even though he had all six movies on official DVD, I burned him a copy of my Dark Jedi's Widescreen "FACES" set. When he took them home and watched them that night, his eyes were immediately opened. He realised all the terrific modelwork and puppetry and all the hand-made effort and perfect acting that went into the OOT that was nearly lost in the SE, that he now sees the OT as a much better story, as he doesn't think much of the prequels anymore. His favorite movie used to be Revenge of the Sith. Now it is Return of the Jedi, the Original Version, because even though it was the weakest of the three original movies, he decided it was ultimately better than the tedious acting and the over-the-top CG effects of Sith. And I was the one who got him down this path. Now he is here, on the originaltrilogy.com forums, ready to join the ranks of the true Star Wars fans......
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My name is darth cold and my journey to the oot was brought by ingo sucks. I was a fan of the revenge of the sith. Now I am a fan of the return of the jedi the original versin thanks to my cousin ingo sucks. He got me the copy of the originals for my 15th birthday and i have seen many changes through this movie. I am proud to be a fan of the oot.
A former SE and prequel fan who turned OOT.
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Originally posted by: Darth Cold
I am proud to be a fan of the oot.

"You've taken your first step into a larger world"



Oh come on, you know you all wanted to say it.




Welcome in, kid.
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Originally posted by: Darth Cold
My name is darth cold and my journey to the oot was brought by ingo sucks. I was a fan of the revenge of the sith. Now I am a fan of the return of the jedi the original versin thanks to my cousin ingo sucks. He got me the copy of the originals for my 15th birthday and i have seen many changes through this movie. I am proud to be a fan of the oot.


It is a pleasure to meet you, Darth Cold!


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Heheh, this is awesome.


Gabba gabba, we accept you, we accept you, one of us.





(ok, wrong movie ... but you get the idea)
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One of us! One of us! One of us!
There's good in the Original Trilogy, and it's worth fighting for.
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Welcome Darth Cold. And happy birthday too!
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Cool story.

"Now all Lucas has to do is make a cgi version of himself.  It will be better than the original and fit his original vision." - skyjedi2005

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Yeah, awesome story! Glad to have you!

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Originally posted by: Harlock415
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Originally posted by: Ingo Sucks
My 15-year old cousin grew up with the Special Edition of the OT and the Prequels. Now, he is a beloved fan of the OOT. And it's all thanks to me. For his birthday, even though he had all six movies on official DVD, I burned him a copy of my Dark Jedi's Widescreen "FACES" set. When he took them home and watched them that night, his eyes were immediately opened. He realised all the terrific modelwork and puppetry and all the hand-made effort and perfect acting that went into the OOT that was nearly lost in the SE, that he now sees the OT as a much better story, as he doesn't think much of the prequels anymore. His favorite movie used to be Revenge of the Sith. Now it is Return of the Jedi, the Original Version, because even though it was the weakest of the three original movies, he decided it was ultimately better than the tedious acting and the over-the-top CG effects of Sith. And I was the one who got him down this path. Now he is here, on the originaltrilogy.com forums, ready to join the ranks of the true Star Wars fans......


That sounds a lot like my often told story. I grew up with the SE, and then I got some bootlegs off eBay because of all the hype. It was love at first sight.

And as weird as it may sound, coming from Darth Evil, the guy who constantly bashes the PT in all its forms, I did love the PT a year and a half ago. Just a simple year and a half. I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. I was young and foolish you could say. But then I watched them again and started noticing all the flaws. Then I pulled out my DVD's of the OT (SE; still hadn't seen it unaltured; didn't know the differance) and I saw the differance between the two trilogies and just how bad the PT was. When I finally saw the OOT, I truly hated the prequels. I grew up. Lots of my friends still haven't seen the light, but in a few years they'll have grown up too and truly appriciate the OT and see how silly the PT is.

And welcome to the forums Darth Cold!
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There's something of an influx of new members lately. Am I been delusionally optimistic, or has this DVD release really done something? I knew fans and videophiles would notice, but I had not idea that there would be this much controversy and backlash. I wonder what it means.

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”

Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death

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It is out there now, no longer hidden in the obscurity of bootlegs and VHS. Perhaps there is a spark of hope after all. Perhaps...

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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I hope so. I just didn't think that it would make the kind of splash that it has. My worst case scenario was the fear that only a niche audience was interested and Lucas was doing it to say that no one wanted the OOT, so that he could bury. If that was the plan, it failed miserably. Of course, he could still say that now the people who want it have it and move on, which is a likely possibilty, but I didn't anticipate the level of controversy and protest that these discs have generated. All kinds of forums are talking about the non-anamorphic issue. I think that so many people just assumed that he would release the OOT and everybody would be happy that hardly anyone dreamed that he would treat it like this. Lucas has reveled his true feelings, and I think that a lot of people are, excuse the language, really pissed off. I just wonder if this means anything, and of course if we'll ever see proper release. I'd give all the whiskey in Ireland for Raul to have been right. Lucas played his card and got trumped. Now the cards are on the table, and poker face or no, everyone can see. He's only got one ace left in the hole, and he's too stubborn to use it.

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”

Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death