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Total Revamp Gets my vote
Hot news. George just phoned me to wish me a happy Monday, and gave me some hitherto unknown info on the new trilogy. George says he's sick of these people who have rejected all that their country once held dear in order to fixate on what was originally a children's film. He says he is going to destroy the monster he created once and for all. "It's my Frankenstein", he told me "and I'm gonna' have to be the one to bring it down". How do you intend to do that, I said. Ok, wait for it:

1. Tarzan, yes, a CGI Johnny Weismuller, will appear with the Ewoks.
2. The Daleks will actually destroy the death star out of jealousy, because they couldn't invent anything that good.
3. Han-solo will be sexually abused by the Huts.
4. A CGI of president Bush will lead the defence of the ice planet. They will capture some of the storm troopers and sexually abuse them too. Meanwhile a CGI of Tony Blair will lead the attack on the ice station reactors. Oh, and the Armoured Walkers will hop, like frogs.
5. Did I mention that Leah got sexually abused in the first film? George said it will be tastefully done, though.
6. Oh, and the sound track, that is really radical. The dance of the sugar plumb fairy, while the x-wings go into battle (only to find that the daleks have got there first)
7. When Luke takes Darth's helmet off at the end, it is a CGI of Groucho Marx, with the immortal (new) lines "Hey, YOU think this is strange: they told me I was going to play Shoeless Joe Jackson. Ovey, directors!"
Hey, there's more but I don't want to upset the purists.

Anyway, I says to George, I says, "Look George, you are tampering with American history here. You are destroying the fabric of a universe that people believe in. How can you do that, man?" "You think that's bad, Chris", says George, "wait till they see who's playing Obi-Wan!" I asked him to ellaborate but he simply chuckled and said, "I'd always wanted to star in a film". I'm not sure if that was a clue, but he did admit that the new Obi-wan would be more sedate.

I'm looking forward to the new edition trilogy. Especially the Daleks.

from 5 stars to 1 star, thanks to Mr. Lucas meddling
I loved Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back and liked Return of the Jedi when they were in theaters from 1977-84. But George Lucas committed an unforgivable sin when he re-edited the movies for the "Special Editions": the complete altering/butchering of the previously excellent but now terrible Greedo scene. There are also other annoying changes I can't quite remember, along with some positive changes to the backgrounds and special effects. But it's the awful Greedo scene change that stays with me - it completely ruined the movie and soured me on Star Wars for good. Apparently the original versions - the ones that made Mr. Lucas his fame and fortune, the ones that were loved by all - are not going to be released on DVD. Steven Spielberg knew better with E.T. and released both versions; but then Spielberg is a classy and honorable man, unlike his pal Lucas. Lucas is truly insulting his audience (or what is left of it after 2 mind-numbingly awful sequels) and he does not deserve a penny of your hard earned money unless he releases the original movies either alone or in a set with the Special Editions. Please do not let your love of Star Wars blind you from protesting his revisionist butchery. BOYCOTT THE STAR WARS DVDS!

Not a Hypocrite ... well not much of one at least.
First off, I'd like to begin by saying that I will definitely be buying this DVD set. I love Star Wars more than life itself (well some parts at least).

However, I would like to say that I, like many, don't care for the Special Edition release. I saw these movies when I was a kid back in the 80's and was hooked since. I know that someone reiterated what Lucas was saying about being an 'unfinished' work of art. But for almost everyone, the original version is the finished product. It is what everyone grew up watching and what established his fan base.

I don't despise Lucas for making the Special Editions, in fact if I was in his position I might do the same if I felt the need for it. But if your 'finished' work does not come out until 20 years after the original, then you will already have a great deal of people who only know 1 version.

If Lucas only sees 1 version now, the new version, then thats fine. But why punish the people who grew up watching the original, the people who created the fan base which allowed Lucas to even make this Special Edition, by not including the Original which stood for 20 years.

If the special edition came out only a few years after the original then I would agree in having only the 1 version, but were talking 20 years here. I want to watch the film that I grew up on.

As I said, I love Star Wars and already have this pre ordered. I just wanted to throw in my 2cents.

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