You mean you buy both the first release and the EE? That's dedication.

I agree with you that it's OK to compare Star Wars to ROTK, but I'm in the camp that believes Star Wars gets just a little more credit than it deserves. Sure, special effects like that had never been seen before, and the Star Wars universe seemed pretty real, deep, and complete.

But nobody can hold a candle to Tolkein (and Peter Jackson, for that matter) for going much much much deeper in the realization of the world in which the story takes place. I sincerely doubt I'll see a movie that succeeds in sweeping me away into another world as successfully as the LOTR trilogy did.

Man, I have to see it again soon!.