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Probably posted elsewhere and if so I apologise, but some interesting info on Steve Hoffman forums by The Hermit:
Who’s TheHermit and why should I believe anything he posts? Not trying to be a dick, I’m curious.
moviefreakedmind said:
I’m sure that they’d sell at least 5 copies lolHonestly. I bet there is more demand for the OUT than clones in 3D.
For sure. There’s no doubt about that.
I think he meant that people who spent money on 3d televisions would want to buy the PT/TFA set so they could have something to watch on their equipment, but you’re right that they might as well do something with the scrapped re-release of the other two prequels.
I’m sure that they’d sell at least 5 copies lol
Why would anyone want a box set of only the PT and TFA in 3d?
Because they are bitter they spent thousands on a 3D setup and need something to watch on it…
Yeah, I mean, if you spend the money and work on doing 3D conversions, do SOMETHING with them, right?
3D Blu-Ray discs are a pretty niche thing but hey, money is money.
Empire Magazine was the one that claimed on Twitter that George spoke with Landis regarding said release. Landis himself never said “George told me that the OUT is coming”. All he said was “Did you know, by the way, that Disney is putting out, the ORIGINAL Star Wars, the way it was”. ----https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWeDd7lfNsM
It’s only been 10 months since he stated such, I’m not ready to give up hope yet, as I don’t consider John Landis a moron. He’s not THAT ignorant. How can someone confuse “They’re gonna release the 3D special editions” with “They’re gonna release the unaltered trilogy” Come on, he’s not brain dead.
Either Disney and Fox are gonna work together to put this set out, or Disney’s gonna wait until the rights revert to them in 2020 to make maximum profit.
Disney nor Fox can give a shit about what George Lucas would have to say about an OUT release. If they really cared about George, then they wouldn’t have thrown all his ideas for TFA into the garbage, and George wouldn’t have publicly blasted Disney by calling them “White Slavers”
I really do believe that we’ll eventually get a proper OUT HD restoration. Only time will tell. I know people have been saying this for over a decade, but I believe now, under these current circumstances, that it’s more likely than ever before that it’ll happen.
Oh and also, keep in mind that the GOUT is widely believed to have been released in response to the prevalence of laserdisc transfer bootlegs in circulation. Now with fan preservations like Despecialized and SSE making the news, more pressure is on now than it was even then to do something about it.
I don’t think you’re reaching at all, because whenever I watch The Force Awakens, nothing about the whole movie reminds me of the prequels at all, except for when Maz Kanata says and I paraphrase “I’ve seen evil take many forms. The Sith, The Empire, today, it is The First Order.”
It’s quite clear which version of the OT JJ prefers, especially since he showed his kids the unaltered versions.
If sub par Laser Disc transfers got Lucas to budge, there’s no way HD fan restorations won’t persuade Disney to release an OUT set. The demand for them is very obvious. Over a million and a half views on Harmys YouTube video.
Really, really hope tomorrow morning I see the news article “Disney releases theatrical star wars films”
This is the perfect time to release the unaltered films because the Fox logo and fanfare will remain if it’s a physical copy of the film.
John Landis said it would happen, maybe this is it. We’ll see. Won’t have high hopes though.
I’ve been let down by Lucasfilm for too long to put my hopes up.
As I understand it, Fox will still get the distributor’s cut for I–VI for any release before 2020 (or thereabouts, whenever their deal ends). It’s just that the SE is the only cut they have access to to release unilaterally, and in the absence of new material from Lucasfilm, that’s what they have to release to make money from SW.
And Disney owns Lucasfilm. Makes sense for them to not give FOX a new material they may have.
Oh man, what if we get the theatrical cuts with the truncated new Lucasfilm opening. Oh god.
We’ll see. I don’t see how an Episode IV-VII set could work otherwise. Who knows, though? Those steelbooks were a pointless release.
Well, that was a 20th Century Fox release. Perhaps they are milking the OT for all it’s worth while they still have rights. Make as much money off the old Blu Ray discs before Disney drops the OUT set and takes the sales away from 'em.
It’d be surreal to even own copies of the Original Trilogy (in their original versions) at this point.
It’s been 21 years since we’ve gotten a decent transfer of the OUT. It would definitely be surreal.
But a lot of “surreal” Blu-Rays have been coming out recently.
The directors cut of Exorcist III is coming to Blu Ray
The Iron Giant is coming to Blu Ray (with a new extended cut)
Stephen Kings IT is getting a German Blu-Ray release
Godzilla 1984 is getting a US Blu-Ray release
Bill and Teds Bogus Journey is coming to Blu Ray
Hopefully the OUT will make the list of titles that’ll finally get a new transfer/Blu Ray this year
I would digitally erase all the changes
Basically I’d pull a Harmy
This is the first time Bill Gates has commented on this in almost two years.
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Found it!
Hopefully it includes the original versions of IV V & IV
Don’t know if people are willing to spend the money to re buy three films just to own a 3D version of
The Force Awakens. Not a lot of people have interest in 3D Blu-Rays anyhow. Hopefully this is the release John Landis was hinting to last September. Fingers crossed.
From Bill Hunt (of thedigitalbits.com fame in case he needed any introduction), just a couple hours ago:
“File this in the category of rumor, but word coming out of Star Wars Celebration in London is that Disney and Lucasfilm may be preparing a new Star Wars Blu-ray box set, planned for release in time for the holidays, that includes Episodes IV, V, VI, and VII. And VII will include the long-awaited Blu-ray 3D version. We’ll post any official details as they arrive.”
Could be something, could be same old same old. Who knows.
Just thought I’d share.
Very interesting. Where can I find this comment?
Worst villain is Darth Maul. Has absolutely no character.
Didn’t like the prequels, but my favorite Star Wars game is Bounty Hunter
Why would Disney and Fox executives be willing to discuss Legacy with Verta if they had no intention of ever releasing the non-SE versions of the films because of Lucas?
Where was this? I’m not saying it isn’t true, but I’d love to see where Verta said this.
I second this
And then George Lucas sold the whole thing for 4 BILLION dollars. Why on earth would he still have a say in anything Star Wars related?
Maybe because he put in the contract that Disney can’t release the theatrical cuts? I’m not sure if that’s even a thing you can do when you plan on selling your entire franchise off. I’m not a lawyer. Plus FOX has partial stake in the films.
Then that one user on this thread contacted Ben Fritz at the Wall Street Journal and Fritz said that George Lucas is the reason why Disney/Lucasfilm has no plans to restore the OOT.
I just hope that Fritz is wrong and I hope that whole thing about Lucas denying Disney the right to release the theatrical cuts is just a bunch of BS.
nickyd47 said:
He didn’t even take up Robert Harris’s offer when he offered to restore the theatrical cuts FOR FREEThere are two things to consider with this. First: did Harris actually offer this personally, or was it an off the cuff comment on his forum or in an interview? If the latter, I would not consider that to be a serious offer. Second: this would also cost Lucas a significant amount of time and money. Just because Harris would not demand compensation, Lucas would still have to pay for all of the materials and workers necessary to make it happen, not to mention he would undoubtedly watch over everything himself.
Harris hand restored Lawrence of Arabia and The Godfather. I’m pretty sure when a guy like that offers to restore your movies for you for free, you’d take it incredibly seriously. His offer was an “Open Letter” to Lucas
George Lucas can’t handle the fact that people like the original versions over his “vision”
George Lucas can’t handle the fact that people don’t like his prequel trilogy.
So what does he do?
He makes the original versions of the films unavailable on a modern format and he incorporates elements from the prequels into the original trilogy.
He didn’t even take up Robert Harris’s offer when he offered to restore the theatrical cuts FOR FREE
I was so glad to hear about Lucas selling off Star Wars to Disney, because I thought this meant that the
theatrical cuts would eventually be released. Well, it’s been almost 4 years since the deal happened, and we still don’t have them. I just hope John Landis is right about what he said. Maybe I’m just too doubtful about Disney.
Besides, these are new Tie Fighters. So for them to have certain design changes made by the First Order is kind of to be expected, I would think.
Well, I still stand by my turret complaint, because it feels like they’re developing backwards.
As in, early fighter planes were generally biplanes with two seats and a turret on the back (the second seat being for the gunner). This is comparable to the TIE in TFA.
Later, to solve certain problems as well as eliminate the need for two men in the plane, a new system was developed for the guns. Machine guns were placed in the front, facing forward, and a timing mechanism was created to allow the guns to fire between turns of the propeller. This is comparable to the original TIE design.
I feel as though a little bit too much thought has been put into a made up space ship design 😄
Besides, in the film, the ships worked just fine. That’s all that matters
If you want to argue impracticality in a Star Wars movie, then that’ll just be an endless discussion
Besides, these are new Tie Fighters. So for them to have certain design changes made by the First Order is kind of to be expected, I would think.
Well, I still stand by my turret complaint, because it feels like they’re developing backwards.
As in, early fighter planes were generally biplanes with two seats and a turret on the back (the second seat being for the gunner). This is comparable to the TIE in TFA.
Later, to solve certain problems as well as eliminate the need for two men in the plane, a new system was developed for the guns. Machine guns were placed in the front, facing forward, and a timing mechanism was created to allow the guns to fire between turns of the propeller. This is comparable to the original TIE design.
I feel as though a little bit too much thought has been put into a made up space ship design 😄
We also have people complaining about TIE Fighters having two seats…
I remember being a part of that conversation, so for the record, I didn’t complain about the two seats, but rather that I thought the turret addition was kind of dumb; though, removing the turret would also eliminate the necessity of the second seat 😄. (Not as to say you were thinking of me, but I just thought I’d mention the other half of the argument)
That’s fine. It was Smoking Lizard who made the astute observation of the travesty that is TIE Fighters with 2 seats. Also you never pop in my mind when I’m thinking of people who make inane complaints about TFA 😃
Besides, these are new Tie Fighters. So for them to have certain design changes made by the First Order is kind of to be expected, I would think.
I didn’t take any thing you said out of context and I’m not saying you’re wrong about the TFA arguments.
I am saying you used a very insensitive termIt’s not an insensitive term until it’s used as a pejorative.
Which in this case, it was used as such!
I’ll stop the petty name calling now
I’ll treat respectable members with proper consideration
But I’ll treat the dumb ones with what they deserve
I didn’t take any thing you said out of context and I’m not saying you’re wrong about the TFA arguments.
I am saying you used a very insensitive term that one of our fellow users in particular has reason to take heavy offense to. And that’s mean.As for the argument that TFA is too much a rehash of ANH, I dunno. I guess if someone feels there are too many call backs that take them out of the movie, I get that. But it is annoying when somebody repeatedly spouts the same ol’ thing while bashing something you enjoy. If whoever didn’t like TFA, fine. But I just don’t see the need to keep lurking around bashing the film at this point.
Move along… Move along…EDIT- Also, I’m not a clown. I’m a skull wearing an energy dome. Is my avatar not loading??
Oh, so he’s one of those “It’s funny until it hits home” kind of guys. Alright, I understand.
Your status of clown has been updated to skull wearing energy dome 😄