Help me Robert Zemeckis, Star Wars was my only hope!

If you weren't old enough to have seen the original Star Wars trilogy and The Phantom Menace was your first introduction to Star Wars then many will envy your fresh eyed look at the films from 1-6.

"That face you make.
Look I so old to young eyes?"  

For the rest and the die hard, extreme countless legions of Star Wars fans you maybe disappointed with the Blu-Ray release.

I'll always remember going with my dad to the dankest cinema watching the original films back to back - it was a highlight, even coming out flee bitten it didn't seem to matter. Recreating Hoth in a kitchen bowl with snow (as it was too cold outside), getting as much play in before it melted, using paper cups to build new spaceship oh the joy of and innocence of Star Wars. The only thing that I remember about disliking the original is that the Millennium Falcon was a horrid uncool looking ship, lacking sleekness, however, overtime that seems to have dissipated. 

VHS came and went, then George Lucas began his tinkering with the record breaking classic(s). The 1997 re-released special editions had their faults, some of which the 2004 DVD tried to correct. Now you probably think I'm going to join the legions that are boycotting the Blu-Ray release, not a chance. And between you and me they'll still buy it. They're Fanboys. They wont be able to resist the power of the dark-side.

With remakes flooding the market at least Lucas controversial revisiting has saved fans from that. Contentiously regardless of tinkering much of what Lucas has done simply enhances the films. And looking back at the original, originals (no, not a typo) as ground breaking at they were I'm content with the digital corrections and replacements. In the same vain as Blade Runner corrections, lip-syncs, removal of wires and stunt doubles to names few it helps solidify the film, even igniting new interest for an new generation with the publicity that comes with it.  

Watching Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future complete with it's original optical effects in tact; would a digital bastardised version have destroyed the story? or  make the film better? There was a missed opportunity that would have been more fitting than  Steven Spielberg's E.T from guns to walkie-talkie incident but it was Zemeckis and  Spielberg's call respectively. Should 1933's King Kong be digitally replaced? Well if Directors Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack were still alive and wanted to do so, why not eh? If Spielberg replaced Bruce with a photo realistic shark I must say I'd be happy with that as he's simply now a distraction from the great performances.

If the creators are still alive and decided to undertake arguably unorthodox changes let them I say. So long as studios have their blessing.

In Star Wars case you could say the studios and George are missing a money making opportunity especially by not releasing the original trilogy unaltered but is there really a need to go as far as saying Lucas "raped my childhood" as countless bloggers have posted. There's a lot of hate there.

If you are that cut up about it go and track down the bonus DVD released in the 2 disc special edition. As Yoda put it, "Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." Meanwhile the rest of us can watch blinking Ewoks, Vader shouting 'Nooo', new monsters and an array of slight correction in peace.