Just wanted to say that I have a friend who has left Star Wars completely behind him after George made it clear he only cared about money, with his changes and prequels and nonsense. My friend has actually made it clear to us that he will not see 7, 8, and 9 on principle because, in his words: "George has rubbed his taint all over everything relating to that universe and I refuse to even glance at anything another man's taint has sweated on, especially George."
He and I are film buffs and in spite of me telling him that this exists, he initially didn't care. Monday is usually our board gaming day and when he came over I sat him down and told him I was going to show him something Star Wars related. He immediately threw a fit and threatened to leave. I promised him that it would be something he would enjoy. Very reluctantly he sat down and put a "I don't give a f***, but get this over with" face on.
I showed him the Sources Documentary because I wasn't sure showing him 2.1 would even be on the table at this point.
Once it started playing he slowly became very VERY interested and was actually in awe of the dedication and work that went into making 2.5. In fact, during the Team Negative 1 section, he said, "This is impossible, but I actually want to see the finished project. Whoever this Harmy guy is has impressed me so much that I am actually considering watching Star Wars again."
Once it was over, I asked him if he wanted to watch it. He said, only if I had the entire trilogy of Harmy's trilogy. I told him I only had 1.0 of Empire and Jedi, but I had 2.1 of Star Wars and was waiting for the 2.5 Edition. He told me that once all of them are in 2.0+ stage, he would watch them with me.
Harmy, I just thought you should know that your efforts and the efforts of all involved in this project has managed to re-ignite the love and passion for Star Wars in a friend of mine who only 6 hours ago, thought it would be lost forever. I thank you for the true essence of a gift, because that's what this is, a gift, and thoroughly congratulate you on your efforts.