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Actually, I welcome the impending memes. They are well deserved.
I wish they would fix when Obi-wan calls Darth Vader "Darth" in A New Hope, I mean, he says Vader enough times, can't they just pull it out of context and put it there? It's such an obvious inconsistency, unless Darth was intended to be his first name at the time.
The masters used for the 2006 bonus "Original" edition are hacked up versions of the laser disc sources. I didn't get into that in the article, but that would probably be reason #12 of why I wouldn't buy this (even though they're not included in The Complete Saga).
-Digi
There's also the matter of the intentional fallacy. Basically, it doesn't matter what the author says his work is about. It's about what it's about.
That said, I know very few people who care more about Star Wars than I do, trust me, I really love these films. Empire is the finest film ever made, I pop them all in with some regularity. I can have hours of debate on Plagueis and Sidious spawning Anakin. I'm passionate enough about the story to say if I'm miffed about one thing its the stupid midi chlorians count thing they introduced in the prequels. How lame, you have the force, its driven by faith, or at least it is according to Yoda, nope, faith has less to do with it than Biology.... Seriously.... We take a beautiful idea, one that lives in the imagination of the viewer, it has some mystery then we go and reduce it to a blood test?
That said, yelling Nooooooo poorly, or having Greedo get a shot off, it's not really that big of a deal. Do they really do that much to hamper the mythology? Seriously, Han's deep character development was somehow burdened by Greedo getting a shot off? It's just not that big a deal. The Ewok nub nub song, yeah, that is pretty epic and it should be restored to its original glory, but it's okay. Look guys, for years all I heard was how awful Jedi was in comparison to the others because of the Ewok's, Lucas cuts one minute of them from the film it then equals fanboy rage. Lucas can't win. Ewoks in, too cute, a marketing cash grab, OMG they should have been Wookies, take them out, oh, where is my Nub Nub tune? Lucas is screwed either way. Also, Jar Jar, I've said it before, I'll say it again, it's for eight year old boys, they love him. Watch Star Wars Episode I again in a theater full of children, they love Jar Jar, they laugh till they blow soda pop out their nose. Not everything is for us, and its okay. Star Wars at its core is an eight year old boys fantasy, and it's exactly as it should be.
You know what's next? With the power of Blu Ray we will get Star Wars, the viewers cut! Pick whatever additions and subtractions you want prior to watching and have the disk go through the scenes as you see fit and for about $200, and people will pay for it yet again! Lucas, if you market this, I want my cut!
Anyhow, guys, it's Star Wars any way you slice it. Its still the most innovative and beautiful work in the history of fantasy film-making. It still at its core is a fantasy to allow you to drift off to a magic place and let your imagination roam care free. It was never meant to be taken this seriously.
Until then, do what I did, and get the unedited original DVD set if you really have to. Honestly, I never watch them. I've seen all the originals a zillion times just like all you other loyal awesome nerds.
Let's save our money and stress for IRAs and such instead.
I think you may be letting your passion get the best of you (nothing wrong with that by the way).
Here is how I see it. Han is still a scruffy nerf herder, a smuggler, a wise ass, and the kinda guy that digs ladies with really bizarre hair styles. He is still everything he was weather Greedo gets a shot off or not. I get what Lucas was going for, he wanted to make it look more like Han was in danger, he had to defend himself. Who is to say that is not more consistent with the character? Even at that, if its not in your interpretation, how much does it matter? Han still caps Greedo's ass. He still abandon's his friends when he is paid to then have a change of heart, turn around so he could help "blow this thing and go home". Nothing changes. Han is still Han. We all have been making a really big deal out of nothing.
I don't mean to suggest that Han is ruined as a character by the change with Greedo, just lessened. The old scene suggested a cut-throat survivalist, where the new one shows a good-guy who just has fast reflexes. As mentioned already in this thread, there's less development to be had in a good-guy who is already a good-guy. The transformation from rogue to hero is less present because there's less rogue in him. That's my take on it.
I figured they just collect dust like the Matrix trilogy
if you are pissed Lucas changed HIS movies, just don't get them. pull out the VCR and watch the horribad CGI of the originals on your 60" TV ;)
Everyone knows the real issue was making|releasing episodes I-III, and totally ruining Episodes IV-VI for us all