I'm pumped about the new petition!

Just signed the new petiton. Very glad to have done so.

Is it just me, or does this remind anyone of Uncle Owen thinking of Ben as a damn fool idealistic crusader?

Ghost said:

I don't know if I want to sign it. Once the OOT is released on Blu-ray, then no-one will buy the next edition, which could be Adywan's someday. I feel that if Adywan can turn ROTJ into a four-star movie like ANH and ESB, why wouldn't he look into him to help with an Ultimate edition?

What does that mean?  You think Lucas is going to get Adywan to help with the next release?

Good stuff Jay, and I really like the final wording you've come up with for this latest petition requesting a decent Blu-ray release for the OOT.

Whether GL decides to tinker even more with the colour/sound/'creative choices' of his 'Special Editions' for their Blu-ray debut or not, or even if he adds a couple more extra bells and whistles to them for their eventual '3D conversion' release....an anamorphic, cleaned-up release of the original, unenhanced theatrical versions is definately long-overdue.

Great news! I'm on my way to sign....

Yeah, I was meaning that as we didn't get a decent updated transfer of the OOT on an anamorphic DVD the first time around, that only a good Blu-ray of it is acceptable for any future release now.

I too would hope that if that does come about, that it will of course be included as part of a comprehensive package.

Ghost said:

I don't know if I want to sign it. Once the OOT is released on Blu-ray, then no-one will buy the next edition, which could be Adywan's someday. I feel that if Adywan can turn ROTJ into a four-star movie like ANH and ESB, why wouldn't he look into him to help with an Ultimate edition?

Lets get realistic here, GL will not realease just the OOT on Blu-ray. Just because a hundred people on a website ask for it doesn't mean its going to happen. His Blu-Ray DVD will be an Ultimate edition with more changes to it. Hopefully he takes the easy way out and hires Adywan.

 Ghost, you are a sycophant.  Why are you posting in threads about the theatrical cut, anyway.   Take a hike, troll.

I love the idea of the petition.  I at least feel like I'm doing something to get the theatrical version of the OOT in a quality release. 

I am glad you made a new petition. I think we can really get a message across. If this petition fails, then Star Wars as I know it has died.

Why are so many people being a bummer?  I mean, isn't this the same site that might have gotten us the GOUT (for all that's worth)?  The only thing we could do that would be better is convince Spielberg to convince Lucas to do the right thing! LOL

Warbler said:

how can he make them into 3D.   Don't movies have to be filmed that way?   If I'm not mistaken,  you film the movie with 2 cameras,  one for each eye.   That's how you get the 3D effect right?

That's just one way Warbler, but GL will be using some of the latest techniques that have been developed to turn 2D movies into 3D ones....

But this would be a better thread to catch up with the developments on that -  http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/3D-STAR-WARS-for-the-masses-anytime-soon/topic/10070

I tried using Twitter to get a celebrity endorsement, but it hasn't worked yet.  Simon Pegg would be a good candidate (@simonpegg), as he is pretty vocal about his anti-prequel/SE feelings.  I also tried, Wil Wheaton (@wilw, whose 1.5 million followers could boost the numbers), The Digital Bits (@thedigitalbits, who is also anti-SE and used to be here, right?), Grant Imahara from Mythbusters (@grantimahara, he worked on the prequels but seems like he might want to preserve the originals), io9 (@io9) a sci-fi news site, and TrekMovie (@trekmovie).

I also emailed The Digital Bits directly.

I've signed but in my comments section I've said that I'd want the same treatment for a DVD release because it's by no means a dead medium yet.

how about post a video on youtube asking GL to give us a poper release.

It could help.

troy