The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition is a massive flop

Sorry, this is totally ASB. It is almost impossible for anything related to Star Wars to be a massive flop and yes I am aware of the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. In fact, I am old enough to remember watching it on that crappy old black and white TV my parents had that got three channels on a good day (this was before cable).

Cable was still a thing in the 70s (just not on a massive scale.)
 
I was in a movie theater when the trailer was shown for the Special Edition. The trailer got a standing ovation from the entire audience, including me.

So, No.

Because that trailer was awesome


In spontaneous audience participation terms I've never experienced anything like the Star Wars movies, right up to someone yelling "Come at me Bro!" during a certain scene in The Last Jedi last month :)
 
And for the most part, it's nowhere near as bad as putting Hayden Christensen as Anakin's force ghost or making Darth Vader shout "Noooooo" before he kills the Emperor.

I got my Special Editions on DVD early enough to avoid those :) Ever seen "The People Vs George Lucas"?
 
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