‘Star Wars’ Fans Angry Over Disney Changing The Iconic Opening

Star Wars fans did not take long to find something they hated about the new digital releases that hit the cloud today.

In the past, much of the indignation has been justified, as followers of the popular space opera have had to sit by and watch their beloved originals be held hostage by an inexplicably stubborn George Lucas.

That, and repeated tweaks to the originals, including the insertion of Hayden Christiansen into the end of Return of the Jedi, have had most wondering if Lucas was just trolling them for the fun of it.

But this time, it isn’t George behind the outrage. Instagrammer matthewrex posted the opening fanfare that used to consist of the iconic drumroll and the 20th Century Fox logo.

Now that Disney owns the property, it was obvious that at the very least the 20th Century Fox thing would have to go. That, combined with subtle tweaks to the music, have some fans irate.

“Nope. Do not want,” wrote one commenter on the Instagram post. Another wrote that it was “extremely jarring after you’ve heard the Fox fanfare w/ the Lucasfilm logo 500+ times.”

Some Yahoo! Star Wars fans were equally perplexed.

“Star Wars is the only famous title i know of whose creator goes back and out of the way to change iconic moments and scenes. Wait for it, ‘Luke, I am your uncle.’… Not that this is iconic but it is remembered. Point stands! [sic]”

“I’ve always considered the 20th Century Fox theme part of the Star Wars opening. Even when I heard it with other movies, Star Wars pops right in my mind. Not anymore, one of many reasons I’m not as excited about these new movies and the way Disney is handling the Star Wars Universe.”

“Its dumb. Sounds like Disney wants it to sound like their cartoons instead of the way we know & love it to be. The older version is way better. Instead of changing it to something completely different, they should try to make the original even better. I really hope they read these comments.”

“It’s good to see that Disney is continuing in the proud tradition of George Lucas in slowly ruining everything good about Star Wars.”

From Matt on Instagram, “This is the new opening fanfare for @StarWars. Pretty crazy not hearing the 20th Century Fox intro!”

Honestly, I don’t know what else Disney could have done to make Star Wars fans happy on this considering the change of ownership. What do you think of the new opening, readers?