[C Of K]

There's little doubt in my mind that if Star Wars movies were remade in the future, they would loose the charm of the past. If you look at todays Hollywood action movies, with substantial effects, the focus is largely on the effects. Everything else is secondary, if not less important. Transformers is a good example. The effects were unbelievable, but the story stunk, and only a few of the real characters were any good at all.

The Original Trilogy was made with great hassle on the part of George Lucas, but the struggle left an irreplaceable mark on his work. I think that was George Lucas at his best. It inadvertently helped establish a certain charm that no other movie has been able to capture.

Even the prequels were lacking it. Some people may like George's Special Edition stuff better than the original movies, but going back to implement that stuff, he couldn't accomplish 30 years ago, rubbed much the charm out of his movies.

100 years or so from now, I don't see them being able to capture the same magic. If they make more Star Wars films, good or bad, they will be a completely different thing in their own right.