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Yes, please. These rock!
We've been getting the Star Wars Trilogy from Netflix, because we're trying to buy the right one, while simultaneously introducing the offspring the the REAL Star Wars. Apparently, there is more than one version of the classic three out there...one is untouched, but relatively low quality resolution and sound, and one has been digitally doctored to work better with modern AV equipment.
Unfortunately, the modernized version was released in tandem with the three bastardized prequel movies (Episodes I, II, and III), and has "bonus" material added in. This version was on at my parents' house one day on satellite. I watched in horror as a totally unnecessary and ridiculous song and dance number was shoehorned into the Jabba the Hutt scenes of Return of the Jedi. Why didn't they just put in Jar-Jar Binks and finish making complete fools of themselves? Lucas has some explaining to do.
We've been watching a British show on Hulu called "Spaced." To me, the rage the main male character feels at Lucas and the prequel episodes is the funniest part of the the whole series. He works in a comic book shop and chases out any young boy who requests a Jar-Jar action figure. And he burns all his Star Wars memorabilia in a bonfire of rage. That's actually just from one episode, with a few references about it later. The show is mostly about nerdy, jobless slackers, and it's not terribly clean. (So don't consider it a recommendation, then blame me.)
But I digress. Project: Offspring Pure Star Wars Indoctrination has been going very well. The smaller kids weren't that into the movie when I first put it in. However, the magnetic appeal of a glowing box cannot be denied by any of them. In one hour, Maggie went from asking if she could watch Spongebob to requesting an R2-D2 costume for next Halloween. I felt a nerdy-mom glow warm my heart.
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