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Originally posted by: ricarleite
OK so basically, this was his plans:
1977- Release Star Wars. Get a whole bunch of money.
1980 - Re-relase Star Wars so that people can watch it before watching ESB. Add "A New Hope" to the title.
1980s/1990s - Release it in video, get some more money.
1997- Re-re-release it on theaters. Change some random stuff to justify the re-re-release. Make sure Greedo shoots first this time.
2004- Wait until the fans can't wait no more for the DVD. Change some more stuff in order to create a hype, and released it. Get some more money from it.
2006?- Release a TV show. Remember: plot matters not! Make sure Kevin Smith is as far away from the project as possible, he could accidently make it good. Good TV shows are NOT profitable, because only inteligent people watch good TV shows, and inteligent people don't go on buying everything they see on the ads.
2007?- Re-re-re-relase the OTs and the PTs in 3D. Make sure you have a pseudo-director backing up this dated, ridiculously insane idea; a director like James Cameron would be nice.
^ Best post of the thread.
I didn't grow up with the originals (I saw them when I was a kid, but they were on TV and I was too young to really get the story other than the lightsabres). That being said, I do understand why people who grew up with the originals want the right to be able to watch them without the edits.
First, most of the changes are ridiculous. Take the Greedo scene: if George was so worried about making Han look like a guy who wouldn't shoot someone to keep from getting killed, he should have filmed it that way from the get go.
This is probably the dumbest and over the top analogy I can think of, but it's like putting arms on the Statue of David. For most people, it's not that big of a deal, but I still think George should respect the fans that helped him and the story get where it is. It's not that difficult to put the originals out. It would just take some restoration from the original print and color checking. Then again, had he just done that instead of the SE edits, I don't think anyone would have an issue. I'm still fine with the SE's because that's what I'm used to, but it still would be nice to see the originals again the way they were when first released. I just don't get why he's so hardheaded about it. It's like he's embarrassed of the technology he used back then, even though it was revolutionary at the time.
BTW Italics owns me.
