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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 5831214" data-attributes="member: 18182">Not really.  Plenty of rewrites and "retcons" in fiction throughout the ages.Incorrect assumption.  Authors (or other creators) change their prior works for all sorts of reasons.All the changes to Star Wars that you listed, I don't personally care for.  As I suspect, do most folks posting in this thread, and many other fans.  However, I think it's Lucas full right to make whatever changes he wants for whatever reasons he wants, whether I end up liking them or not.  And when I don't care for the changes to a prior work, I don't get so worked up about it that I cry my childhood was stolen from me, or other similar histrionics (not that you do Kaodi, just a general comment).Tolkien is not alone in making changes to prior, beloved works, or in starting to make some changes and backing off.  Again, totally his right as the creator, IMO.  One reason Tolkien doesn't get as much flak as Lucas (although I bet there are some serious nerd fights on Tolkien fan boards on this issue), is that his changes seem to work pretty well.  Also, they were made ages ago before the internet, before it became easy to notice and compare changes to prior works, and before the rise of the angry super nerd culture.Poor analogy, because Lucas didn't destroy the originals to create his revised "masterpieces".  He has certainly tried to suppress the original films in favor of the reworked ones from time to time, but they are still around to enjoy.If Da Vinci came back to life, purchased the original Mona Lisa from the Louvre, and THEN proceeded to paint over it with a "new-and-improved" version . . . . well, that would be a damn shame.  But again, well within his rights to do so.  Heck, if I purchased the Mona Lisa and did that, it'd be within my rights to do it . . . .Art is powerful, important, and meaningful to society and to individuals, as it should be.  But at the end of the day, it's just a movie, just a book, or just a painting.  We can always make more.</blockquote>

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