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I grew up wearing out tapes of Star Wars, Empire and Return of the Jedi. Back then I had the original theatrical cuts, which happens to be the one thing that Star Wars fans can absolutely not purchase short of finding old tapes online or hoping to inherit 35mm copies from an unknown uncle who asks only that you spend a night in his haunted mansion to receive the prints (guess what, I'd do it). No, instead the most anticipated Bluray release ever since we all bought our Bluray players at 5am the day after Thanksgiving is not only going to deny fans the original theatrical cuts that we've all asked for, but also contains an even further "enhanced" version of the films. Yay! This is almost as welcome as the time my mom took all of my baby pictures and photoshopped in a bunch of other babies wearing cowboy hats; or when dad edited those Christmas home movies of us opening up gifts and finally digitally inserted a bunch of elves and replaced the Super Nintendo I was opening with the Mogwai I'd always wanted; or like the time George Lucas gratuitously made changes to Star Wars by adding eyelids to Ewoks and making Vader scream "No" in the same terrible way he did that made me cry in shame and disappointment when I saw Revenge of the Sith, oh wait...........it's exactly like that. I can't understand why fans are denied access to a great, respectful Bluray or even DVD edition of the original theatrical cuts of the original trilogy when it is obvious that ever fan would buy them bundled with whatever crazy editions Lucas crammed in there to make it a super edition. I'm admittedly one of the biggest Star Wars nerds within shouting distance and I've cringed through the prequels, even tricking myself into thinking they were good for at one denial filled moment. I even had a blast when the special editions came out and I got to see Star Wars in 35mm even though I was forced to sit through that weird song in Jabba's palace; but this is just too far. I love the original Star Wars trilogy, the three movies that need no back story, no corrections, no additional dialogue or extra aliens in the background. The movies that I grew up watching, the ones that made me pretend my bike was a speeder bike on Endor, the one that made me perfect lightsaber and blaster sounds effects so the playground would sound more official, the one that made me want to see a Rancor in real life, to hang out with Ewoks, to have Chewbacca beat up the bullies at school, the one that made my childhood and all of our childhoods what they were. The original Star Wars trilogy gets 5+ stars in my book, however this disrespectful money grab gets the lowest rating I can give. Until I get the originals in a worthy format I'll be boycotting anything Lucas decides to put out, I hope you'll do the same. Wow, this was the nerdiest thing I've ever written, but it feels pretty good. Boycott the Blu. Oh, and Han shot first.