See I wouldn’t mind the special editions if it was either confined to small things like background detail, effects cleanup, and so on. That or releasing the original versions alongside the special edition. Instead it’s almost like with each re-release Lucas kept trying to sweep things under the rug here, nothing to see, move along.
That I think is why most people are upset.
Case in point. I have the final cut to blade runner. I love the changes made. However what i love more is that they included, at least in the edition I got, the theatrical release, the international release, workprint, deleted scenes… all nicely cleaned up with only the final cut receiving the changes beyond cleanup. Thanks to this goldmine fans have managed to make different cuts of their own of blade runner.
With Star Wars we didn’t have that. We had 'THIS IS THE DEFINITIVE EDITIONS ALL OTHERS ARE NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN. That, I believe, is the source of anger.
