None of us ever imagined as kids that we would have to resort to “alternative methods” to keep these historic versions from fading away to memory, before nobody remembers them at all.
My take? Scratch this. To a media PHB, it’s a threat. And illegal. And piracy. And a war crime. And the end of civilization as we know it.
Understood. I kept it vague, but they have to be at least aware of such things. 😉 The idea is not to threaten, but underscore the passion for a film we cannot easily obtain.
Still not nearly subtle enough IMO.
Now, I’ll admit I don’t think this thing has a snowball’s chance. But the path it’d have to follow is to somehow end up with someone who has some influence and hasn’t made up their mind yet, via some fluke. The newly-promoted mid-level executive who might not even know that the movies they’re selling are not remotely the same as the movies the fans love.
You want to cue curiosity, maybe research into projected sales. You do not want to cue a call to the legal department (remember, this is the new PHB, so the same lack of institutional bias we’re counting on for making the pitch will also mean they won’t know about the restraint Lucasfilm has shown in this regard). Especially since the letter points right back here 😉