Henry W Jones said:
Lucas has done nothing wrong. He updated his films so he could make the prequel trilogy...The prequels are well liked by the younger generation while us old school fans had 20 years to imagine what they would be like in our heads. Unfortunately for most, George saw something different.
After 20 years of imagining, Lucas presented something which was so far removed from
Star Wars that the bootleg DVD I watched
Phantom Menace on might well have been of one of those Turkish knock-off films.
The Prequels only began to become
Star Wars-like in the last minutes of
Revenge of the Sith. And then Lucas went Frankenstein's monster with Vader.
What hurt the Prequels, and will also hurt SW VII, is the sensibility that prevents the 'good guys' from going
medieval on human 'bad guys'. Instead Lucas gave us those wacky light-relief battle droids to be sliced and diced.
Henry W Jones said:
He released the originals on DVD (in a limited set) for all the crybaby purist.
What's "crybaby" about wanting access to the classic/original version of films? I have the limited edition tin box set, so at least I have recourse to the unadulterated films.
Henry W Jones said:
I like most of the changes and watching my original release DVDs, some of the original fx were kind of bad by todays standards.
Some of the CGI in the Special Editions is dodgy as well. 'Cutting edge' technology left us with an awful Jabba in
Star Wars, and the facepalm moment of Han stepping on the Hutt's tail. George should have left it alone until the technology really was up to the task. His revisioning of the Original Trilogy was often as unconvincing as his vision for the Prequels.
At least with Disney the hand of Lucas will be removed.
Star Wars has a chance, even if it probably won't be as gritty or brutal as some of the scenes in the originals.