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15 September 2011
Blu-ray Blues: A Star Wars Tale
The release of Star Wars on Blu-ray is practically upon us and it has created some mixed feelings. This should be a joyous event. This is my very favorite fictional property of all time, being released in the very best quality available to home viewing audiences up to this point. I should be thrilled. Instead, George Lucas has gone all Special Edition on us again and forced new changes to the movies I love.
I think they're stupid, but that's not really the point. My greatest displeasure from this whole ordeal is that there is quite simply -nothing- that I can do about it. I want to watch Star Wars in high definition. If I want to do so, I must give George my money. Every time this happens I run into this problem. And this is why George doesn't care. There's tremendous fan outrage every time he tinkers with the Original movies or makes a new movie that people don't like, but guess what? Everyone (including me) still fills his pockets with infinity billion dollars and the cycle continues on. There's no alternative to Star Wars. This isn't a, "computer manufacturer A has upset me for the last time, so I'm switching to computer manufacturer B" sort of situation.
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