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1977- Blown away as a 5 year old kid seeing SW in the theater, my favorite movie to this day.
1980- He did it again. I was expecting SW II, but that was more of expecting the same story with just bigger effects. But Lucas did one better, and took a classic and made it one better with this classic.
1983- I loved ROTJ as an 11 year old kid, wasn't as good as the first two, but way better than any sequel at that time. It had a happy ending and in a sense it was closure to my childhood to becoming a teenager in the next year and a half.
1983-1996- Still love the OT, but finally realized there would never be 7,8,9, so the saga did end in 1983. Whenever it is on HBO, or TBS or any channel, I would always watch it. It would also be the only videotapes I have ever owned, as I wasn't a movie collector, except for SW.
1997- The SE comes, and was amped to see it in the theater again. The magic was still there that first night, SW was back! But wait.......Did Greedo shoot first? I don't remember that song in jabbas palace in ROTJ? Oh well, it was something different, but I still kinda like the originals, I think Lucas was just using this as a selling point, he can't be recognizing these SE can he?
1999- TPM comes out, WTF? I walked out of the theater, and wondered what the hell happened. I went back again, and kept denying myself that this is a bad movie. It can't be, this is George Lucas, he doesn't make bad movies? I defended him to all the bashers, "This is just a setup movie, you have to wait for everything to play out."
2002- AOTC comes out, uh ohh. I walked out of the theater with my friends, and dead silence. One friend said, "OK, he's 0 for 2!" This can't be a bad movie, this is George Lucas, ahh, the critics hate him that is why I am tainted. I see it again, and then I start to second guess if George Lucas is this genius.
Summer of 2003- I begin reading up on the history of SW. As huge of a fan that I was, I never really read about that much of what went on behind the scenes. I'll be honest, I thought Lucas wrote & directed all 3 OT movies! Wait a second, Kershner directed ESB! Kasdan wrote ESB & ROTJ! Gary Kurtz produced SW & ESB, and left for creative differences? Ralph McQuarrie painted all the visualization that Lucas says is his vision. Lucas doesn't really tell John Williams how to score the music, is that why it is so great? Lucas didn't edit any of the OT movies? Why didn't I just read the damn movie credits for the hundred times that I watched the films, and I would have seen that Lucas didn't do squat after SW '77.
2004- DVD released, very hyped thinking it will be both SE & O-OT. Then on the internet- Sebastian Shaw erased for Hayden? Are you fucking kidding me! "The O-OT does not exist anymore, and if you want it, go buy it on VHS, I am not wasting money remastering it." Alright George, why the hostility, I like you and all, but that is alittle insulting.
2005 - ROTS comes out. OK, this is the story, Lucas is going to hit a homerun. I leave the theater stunned, stunned that the movie is alright. It was better than the first two prequels, but still has so many prequel problems, I start to wonder, is Lucas that great? Is he overrated?
He did everything on SW '77, but many other filmakers have one of two hits in their careers but arent' considered gods? Johnathen Demme did The Silence of the Lambs, Andrew Davis did The Fugitive, heck Kevin Costner did Dances with Wolves. Now I am starting to suspect Lucas is not this great director, he is not a great writer, and he is obsessed with CG.
2006- The O-OT is released, and I am esctatic! Finally, I never understood the hatred for Lucas from many fans for the last few years, so I was ready to give George a big thank you in September. Two weeks later, Non-Anamorphic! That is was a huge 'Fuck You' to every fan who supported him from 77-83. I have been pissed off for a week now, and I can honestly say I hate the man, because he is an arrogant prick. He is doing this out of spite, plain & simple, he is afraid if they are as good quality as the SE, fans may actually choose this edition, and Lucas's ego can't handle that.
He has gone from God to what I think is an arrogant asshole, who is overrated as a director, who can't write a lick of dialogue, and has zero respect for the one set of movies that made him king of the world, while he hangs his legacy on a ruined OT SE, and three average Prequel movies that are only loved by fanboys. And the fact that he didn't even direct ESB & ROTJ, but changes the movies to his vision is insulting to Kershner & Marquand. He should be kissing Kershners ass for how great that movie is.
It was a long road since 1977, but I can't believe I would say this George, "I really do hate you now."