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why cant he just give them some sort of sub title???
When it comes to the question of why the O-OT hasn't been released, I don't believe GL when he says that the SE/DVD versions are his real 'vision' and that the OT was just a rough cut. The real reason he won't release them is that he is scared to death at the POSSIBILITY that if general public had the option between the two, they might find the OT better, therefor invalidating his precious SE/DVD versions (and wounding his ego). So, the sure fire way to keep this from happening is to eliminate the SE/DVD competition permanently. My main point is that he's intentionally calling the new DVD's "The Star Wars Trilogy" to further erase the notion of the originals. If he were to give the DVDs a subtitle, that would be acknowledging that there are still (two) seperate versions, which would undermine his attempt to get everyone accept his SE/DVDs as the "one" true version of the trilogy.
And although I totally think calling the DVDs "The Star Wars Trilogy" is misleading (and insulting the people at this site), I don't think he's really on too shaky of legal ground. When it comes to products like DVDs, I think the courts pretty much see it as a caveat emptor issue.