Okay, I have to hand it to Mr. Lucas: he delivered.
If you actually have a life, then you probably missed the release date this past Tuesday (9/12) of the ORIGINAL Holy Trilogy. This latest release of the Star Wars remasters features a second disc of bonus material with each movie that contains the original theatrical release. Please allow me to boil the importance of this down to its most pure essence:
HAN NOT ONLY SHOT FIRST, GREEDO DIDN'T SHOOT AT ALL.
A couple of years ago, whenever Episode I came out, but before the Phantom Edit, a colleague and I were recollecting our first viewings of "Episode IV" in the theater, and he pointed out that the original text crawl did not have any of that "Episode IV: A New Hope" business attached to it; furthermore, he remarked to his friends at a subsequent viewing the addition of this curious lead. What did it mean? Where are the first three episodes? Et cetera.
So last night, after setting up the new LCD tv in the family nexus, and after the obligatory revisitation of the Han Shot First scene, I started the movie from the beginning and was pleasantly surprised. This latest release of the Trilogy features the for-real-no-shit orignal release without the Episode IV business.
Of course, this new release, coupled with the original novel written by Mr. Lucas himself, does call into question this whole "grand vision" claim that Star Wars was supposed to be about Vader's redemption, but I'm sufficiently sated for the moment to let that dog lie.
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