Reeducation Comrade?

Seems like a full-scale Revolution against George Lucas is in the offing. A full tally of his crimes against the people is being readied and the trial is nearly underway.

I am undecided. All of the changes made in the Special Editions and new DVDs are unneccesary, most are downright insulting. Still, I bought the SEs on video when they were released and I purchased the new DVD set the day it was released. One guy compared our dilemma to that of a crack addict: gotta have it, no matter how bad for us it is. Possible. Still, I felt so dirty after first viewing Attack of the Clones that I stayed up until nearly sunrise watching the oldest copy of Star Wars that I own. Surely that marks me as redeemable?

In George’s defense I will say only this: he is, or was, an artist. Surely an artist retains the right to deface his own work? Is the fact the original was a gift to the world a reason to deny the creator’s desire to tinker with things? Adam was nigh perfect, Joseph Merrick was decidedly not; yet God decided on some cosmetic revisions. I guess Lucas is entitled to same.

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