[ May 04, 2006, 12:25 AM: Message edited by: Carrie ]
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Thank god.
Too bad we'll have to rebuy it in ten years on Blu-Ray.
But finally. At least the man has sense enough to respect what the fans want.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
So much respect he tried to shove, what, two, three versions at us before, so the hardcore fans will buy multiple copies?
I'll probably have to go and buy this set when it comes out (my inner child won't let me do otherwise), but I'll feel dirty while I'm doing it.
Posted by Epictetus (Member # 6235) on :
I too shall feel dirty while buying it...and also slightly used, but I have a strong desire to see Han Solo shoot first and I can't for the life of me remember what Han said in the original trilogy when he pushes Luke into the Tauntaun, they changed it in the SE. It's been bugging me for a while.
Of course, I could just look it up, but that would be easy.
Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
Meh. I don't see what all the fuss is about. Except for the whole Greedo shooting first, I say the current version available on DVD is superior in just about every way. And I grew up with the originals too.
P.S. I've always been a Lucas defender, but I gotta say that this has nothing to do with what the fans want. If he cared, he would have done this years ago. It's just another way to milk more money out of the same 3 movies. He waited long enough so that even the hold-outs would give up and by the SEs on DVD, and then releases the originals so that they won't be able to resist buying them too.
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
I'm so excited about this. I didn't buy the first set of DVDs for precisely this reason. The originals are back! No more annoying CG singer in Jabbas palace. YAY!
Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
Say what you will, but no one is ever going to convince me that the celebration song at the end of RotJ is better in the original.
Posted by BryanP (Member # 7772) on :
gotta love Lucas, once again proving that it is, indeed, all about the Benjamins
glad i passed on those crap versions that came out in 2004. i'll definitely buy these
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Dear God. This man is an unstoppable money machine.
1. The original Theatrical Release
2. The original Theatrical Re-release (assuming there was one)
3. Star Wars on Beta and VHS Cassette
4. Star Wars Remastered on VHS cassette with Dolby
5. Star Wars special ed Theatrical Release
6. Star Wars special ed appears on VHS and DVD
7. Star wars original appears on DVD
THE FUTURE AS I SEE IT
8. Star Wars Special Ed on High DEF DVD
9. Star Wars original on High DEF DVD
10. Star Wars Special-ed on Blu-Ray
11. Star Wars original on Blu-ray
Purely Hypothetical:
12. Star Wars new special edition episodes I-VI on Blu-Ray and Theatrical release
13. Star Wars 3D remastering of original, special edition, and super special edition for theatrical release and Holo-disk
14. Star Wars, re-release of the original, unedited "classic" on celluloid.
and On and On we Goooooo...... Forever
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
15. George Lucas comes to your house and reads the original script to all six movies.
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
16. George Lucas comes to your house and reads the special "This is really the way I intended Star Wars to be. Seriously, I mean it this time" edition script for all six movies.
[ May 04, 2006, 06:13 AM: Message edited by: ricree101 ]
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
Glad I've been waiting to buy the trilogy on DVD. This is the version I want. Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
This is precisely the version I was waiting for. I don't own a single Star Wars DVD, in fact, having figured that someday he'd release the originals.
Posted by Numinor West (Member # 9375) on :
I have waited for this day with bated breath and whispering humbleness. <big inhale>
Note: the only pirated DVD in my entire collection is the Laser Disc version of the original trilogy transferred to DVD by a guy on EBay. I will happily toss this in the trash when I get the official, digitially enhanced, Solo shoots first version. Yay!
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
<cries> My faith is restored in Lucasfilm. <tear>
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I'm glad it's going to include the special edition, as well. Now I can buy it all at once.
Posted by Lime (Member # 1707) on :
I'll buy 'em, on one condition: that "as bonus material, the theatrical edition of the film" doesn't mean they're using unrestored prints.
Assuming that they're going to make the transfer clean enough to eat off of, I'd like to say that it'd be the last edition of these movies that I'll buy - but I have a weak spot for gag reels.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I kind of wanted original trilogy with the prequels in a big box set....just to have all 6 in one place. I bet they come out with that in another couple years or so. I probably won't wait for it, this is too good to pass up.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Orincoro -
Lucas already said last year that he intends to release all six films on a holographic console of some sort. He said that ILM/Lucasfilm was working on the technology, and that he expected to have it released before the end of the decade.
I saw Attack of the Clones in IMAX, and that was friggin awesome. Cept the lightsaber fight at the end almost gave the audience an attack of epilepsy, a six story tall lightsaber fight in the dark will do that. But I can only imagine what a truly 3D/Holo movie would look like.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
*Facepalm* If you strike Lucasfilm down, it will become more powerful than you can ever imagine...
I forgot about Imax... I am MORE right than I thought.
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
Planet Fargo has a pretty funny article about the DVD release.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
He projects the movie directly into your head... They invent a way to make people live all 6 movies for as long as the movies take and then you wake up about 20 years later and everyone is just GONE.
All I have is a magpied version of the original trilogy.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
I'm actually kinda excited about this. I'm not a big SW fan or anything but I have fond memories of watching the original trilogy growing up.
Still, I DESPISE the prequels and refused to buy the originals after Lucas went in and digitally-added that Hayden kid.
Now I won't have any excuse to deny myself. And maybe each copy sold will be a slap in Lucas' face. I'm sure the money will line his pockets fine but it makes me feel less guilty about enjoying a memory from my childhood.
Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
I prefer the original Ewok song. It was catchy.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
I was surfing through the wikipedia content on all of this and I ran across the article "Lucas Bashing" there is a very heated (and geeky) argument going on in the forum there about something.... I can't really tell what. Still, this is pretty darn funny to me.
My husband is about to wet his pants! He called me from work to tell me. He said something important was coming out that my 18 month old daughter must have. I figured it was a new educational toy or something. No. It was this. He says she must see that Han shot first! He's excited that he can show her the greatest movie ever in it's original form. I hope her reaction to it is as excited as he is. He's really building this up. He's going to get her this t-shirt to watch it in I think! http://www.thinkgeek.com/pvp/swag/712c/
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