As a rule, I try to avoid watching the original nowadays - Lucas couldn't direct his way out of a box, and it's precisely because he didn't direct the Empire Strikes Back that it's the best of the whole saga.
True that. I saw Star Wars when it came out and I've seen it a couple of times since. I never enjoyed it - poor dialogue, lousy, derivative plot and overwhelmingly soulless. I've never understood its popularity.