Mrs. Plant kills over whether or not Klingons have ridges, not whether Hans Solo or the bounty hunter shoots first.
With that in mind, she wants to see “A New Hope” with the digital changes Lucas made.
What do I buy her on ebay? There are various versions, including what I presume are bootlegs with all six episodes going for a dollar-two-ninety-eight. Some proclaim themselves to be “The Star Wars you remember from your youth, before George Lucas changed things”.
Special Edition had the first round of changes, and the DVD version (whatever it was called) had another round of changes.
I’d say just spring for the official DVD set. The changes are trivial for someone who doesn’t have the emotional baggage of having seen the originals a million times. If she hasn’t seen any of them, it might be interesting for her to watch the prequel trilogy first, and see if it makes sense seeing them in order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Thanks. She haven’t seen the original more than fifty times. 
Most of the changes are trivial, if annoying. But the “Greedo shoots first” and “Jabba visits Han” scenes are complete crap. When Han shoots first, it establishes him as a hardass and someone who is perfectly willing to fight dirty and dishonorably. In the new versions when Greedo shoots first, it just makes Greedo look like an idiot who can’t shoot across a table.
In the original version, Jabba never visited Han - they shot the scene with a stand-in but it got cut. Lucas decided to digitally insert the Jabba we all know and loathe into the cut scene and reinsert it. Problem is, it doesn’t make any damn sense for Jabba to personally come visit Han and politely inquire about the money Han owes him. Ruthless crimelords don’t do that, they send their thugs to rough you up, or at least threaten you a little.
I warned her about that; she doesn’t seem concerned. It pisses me off, though.
Maybe I can do something with the DVR.
My problem with that scene only shows up in conjunction with Phantom Menace. Apparently, during the almost thirty years between those two movies Jabba barely changes physically, but in the four years between A New Hope and Return of the Jedi, he becomes a bloated maggot that can barely move.
Oh yeah, I forgot to add that “Jabba visits Han” happens after the Greedo scene, and that Greedo’s whole purpose in attacking Han was to collect Jabba’s bounty. So Jabba puts a “dead or alive” notice out on Han, the latest bounty hunter gets killed trying to collect, and Jabba sees this as an opportunity for a nice chat with Han? Yeah, that’s believable.
Jabba visiting Han KINDA makes sense after reading the Young Han Solo Trilogy of novels. Granted, even I tend to be rather selective at what I pay attention to in the novels, but they are canon (as long as they aren’t contradicted by movies, later novels, or anything George Lucas says). Anyhow, in the books, it’s pretty much laid out that Han is one of Jabba’s favorite employees, due to his impressive daring and skill. In one book, Han is even given the honor of being able to sit in Jabba’s lap, though Han is about as excited by this as most people would be.
Even so, combine Jabba putting a rather large price on Han’s (possibly removed) head with Han being able to casually step on Jabba’s tail while sweet-talking him, and that does strain credibility a bit. We’ll just say that Han was wearing his vest of +30 charisma or something. 
We watched it last night.
Greedo and Solo just looks dumb. Watched it in slow motion. Still dumb.
I forgot what a wuss Luke was.
Priness Leia shoots with her eyes closed.
Vader seems remarkably calm at seeimg Kenobi again.
He’s gone from being a whiner to a brooder. Pretty sure Luke was something of a brooder in Return of the Jedi himself, so it must be a family thing.
Obi-Wan: Hey, it’s Darth Vader, my old pupil!
Vader: …
Obi-Wan: Ah comon, the whole lava thing was an accident. I didn’t actually think you were gonna catch fire.
Vader: …
Obi-Wan: Ah fuckit, let’s do this… Kill me and I’ll be more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
Vader: …
Star Wars: The Manga
We watched The Empire Strikes Back Thursday.
I want to be Darth Vader when I grow up.
Return of the Jedi tonight.
There at the end, the Jedi Ghosts, Yoda, Obi Wan and for Darth Vader…we had Hayden Christensen.
Has the man no shame?
Yeah, I know! We lop off his legs, burn him in lava, toss his fighter into deep space, get him electrocuted, take off his life-preserving mask, and finally burn his body!
Vader just doesn’t take a hint, does he?!