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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kai Lord" data-source="post: 1325440" data-attributes="member: 3570">Very true.  I just feel that stating what Lucas claims about the saga as a whole, or certain individual episodes in the alternate and current context of the whole without the appropriate disclaimer that the films constantly revise each other pushes a much superior story, that was literal canon for years and decades, under the rug.I don't believe revisionism is inherently bad, for instance Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays reveals that "the notion of Vader being Luke's father first appeared in the second draft" of The Empire Strikes Back, not Star Wars.In Star Wars Obi-Wan's tale of Vader killing Anakin was the literal truth.  And its interesting to watch this film with that perspective (its the perspective we all had for three years after all).But ESB's revision that Vader was Luke's father greatly improved the story, so I accept it as a worthy addition of the saga.  However, if someone stated, "Lucas himself says that the focus of Star Wars is the first meeting of father and adult son" that would be incorrect without acknowledging that its a change implemented from ESB on.I think its too bad that many people are so quick to just dismiss the original trilogy as "rough cuts" of this new saga, subject to revision, recutting, and subsequent dismissal.</blockquote>