I like Star Wars even more now than when I was a kid and I could probably say with complete honesty I've been a Star Wars fan since before I was old enough to know what Star Wars was (29 years old now). I have most of the novels (excepting the X-Wing series and Clone Wars novels set between Ep2 and 3), collecting the trade…
While I do dislike some of the new edits they put in the old movies, Han shot first, mini jaba the jut. I think they manged to do some good things too. I liked the subtle CG, like the: - Added creatures in Mos Eisley, big dino looking thing. - The Dewback on the hill when they're searching for the droids. - The flying…
I first saw Star Wars when I was about 13, and I thought the special effects were way better than anything I'd seen before. That was in about 1995, so CG wasn't quite to the point where it was indistinguishable from practical effects yet, so I thought it was pretty amazing how seamless almost everything felt in Star Wars.…
I love when people say Star Wars wasn't awesome. If you consider the team that made this with their own money, and all the technical limitations, even if the plot was crap which it wasn't at all, these films are masterpieces, just based on the FXs alone. In 1977 there was nothing similar to Star Wars, not even close. These…