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Originally posted by: Trooperman
But all you George Lucas haters out there: would you change your mind if Revenge of the Sith turns out to be a masterpiece, he releases the OT on DVD, and then he makes SE's of the prequels, fixing all the stupid plot points, and denies that the original prequels ever existed?
I think that when he gets some time to really think about things, he'll release the OT on DVD. If there's one thing he is, he's very clever at marketing. I think he's just waiting and waiting for demand to build up, and he has no need to release it now, with his prequels. He needs a way to make money later on (despite the millions he has already).
The thing you don't understand is that I don't give much of a damn about the prequels. I'm in this for the originals. I've watched TPM and AOTC. I wasn't too keen on TPM and I enjoyed AOTC. But, to me, SW is the original three films released in 1977/80/83. That's all I want. I haven't purchased any of the prequels on DVD nor do I plan to (unless, GL releases all six in a box set and that's the only way I can get the original cuts of eps 4-6).
The hole in your argument is that he can fix the prequels all he wants to make everything fit together perfectly and get rid of plot holes and the like. However, people who don't like the new changes can refer back to their original DVD versions of TPM, AOTC, and, when the time comes, ROTS. You will have both versions on official LFL DVD releases. We fans of the original cuts of 4-6 cannot go back to any other version of the DVDs if we don't like the changes GL made to them in his 2004 DVD release. They don't exist at all officially. The only copies come to us thanks to some special people here on these boards. Very unofficially.
And, I, too, am thankful I didn't grow up on the Internet.