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I could have sworn the original lightning was completely blue in coloring, I do remember that very clearly from my old VHS tape that I bought in 1995.  When I saw the special edition version of Return Of The Jedi in theaters in 1997 the purple lightning caught my attention immediately because it was a change and I remember spotting anything that looked new very easily since I'd seen these movies so many times before, and that was actually exciting at the time.  I'll have to go back and check that old tape and see what that color looks like.  Hopefully it still plays because I wore it out in the 90s from overuse!

I can't wait for version 2.0, just don't forget about the blue lightning bolts!  I hate the special edition purple.

I just found this board and downloaded the despecialized versions of all three films and they are fantastic.  I'd choose these copies over any of the special edition versions Lucas has ever created.  So I wanted to say a big thank you to anyone and everyone involved in this massive project to restore the original glory to the Star Wars Trilogy once and for all.

I wanted to ask about one thing though, I don't know if this was brought up before or not, but I've noticed something in Return of the Jedi.  The scene at the end where the Emperor is killing Luke with the lightning bolts, in the special editions the color of the lightning was changed to purple, but I remember clearly the original color of the lightning was blue from my pre 1997 VHS tape of the film.  It seems the despecialized version still contains purple looking lightning.  Is this going to be changed to the correct blue color in version 2.0?

Also I noticed when Darth Vadar has his helmet removed an attempt was made to replace his eyebrows that Lucas decided to wax off for the special editions for some unknown reason.  The restoration needs a bit of tweaking to get those brows right, but apart from that the movie is absolutely flawless, and I can't wait for version 2.0.  Thanks so much!