10 Things Star Wars Fans Don't Want To Accept About The Movies

10. George Lucas Was Right To Make Changes To The Original Trilogy

The Star Wars movies were re-released for the first time in 1997, with the "Special Edition" remasters. Much to the horror of some, George Lucas did everything from create a CGI Jabba the Hutt to making the action scenes more elaborate. The changes continued coming with the DVD and Blu-ray releases of the original trilogy, with actors being swapped out and, uh, blinking Ewoks.

Some alterations were mundane, and others were major, but each of them saw Lucas receive an outpouring of negativity. However, he was well within his right to do whatever he wanted to Star Wars whether the fans liked it or not: the films are his, and he is their creator.

Yes, it kind of sucks that the classic, theatrical versions of A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi are now impossible to find, but many of the changes Lucas comes under fire for actually improved those movies. That trilogy was full of poorly realised special effects by today's standards, and improving those alone was the right move.

It's also hard to fault Lucas for changing the voices of certain characters (Temuera Morrison voices Boba Fett, for example) when it does something that's massively important to many fans: it ensures these movies all line up in terms of continuity.