This is one of my favorite topics, I must say. Lucas created a masterpiece years ago, before I was born...and to this day, those three films live on to a degree that he could have only thought of in a dream.2099net wrote: I think Lucas has no integrity - artistic or personal. He alters his own work at the drop of a hat (just becasue he "can", he doesn't stop to think if he should or why he's doing it).
His geeky science fiction story appeals to nearly every person. They even have classes in some universities which teach the dynamics of the Star Wars Trilogy, (mine does!).
Anyway, now, years later he goes back to edit those movies to make them more consistant with the prequels and with each other. (i.e. Jaba the Hut being a person at first, then a squishy blob later on). I'm personally glad he's making these changes. While I may end up not liking the changed...in the end, they are his masterpiece, and he has the right to change them as he sees fit. Like I said, I may not like it, but I have copies of the original version and the anniversery release, so he can remake the movie a million times, I have the copies I want. You can toss loyalty to fans and whatnot at me, but the bottom line is Star Wars would not exist without Lucas, and while the Fans made it famous, it's obvious that he's going to do as he pleases, complaining about it isn't going to do any good.