A space for more comments (and maybe additional categories if required)…
| The current status / ability to have a release of the unaltered theatrical cuts : ‘The O-OT at the BFI / LOC / NFR’… |
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• 4K restoration on Star Wars - the restoration work undertaken by Lowry Digital / Reliance Media Works. & the 2019 SE 4K release.
• What’s the status of the Originals? (the theatrical cuts of the Original Trilogy) | Evidence of the OOT at Lucasfilm?
^ As confirmed by various sources at Lucasfilm, Fox & Disney over the years - including George Lucas himself; all the material and elements required for a modern high quality release for the unaltered theatrical version of the Original Trilogy are indeed available. ^
• BFI preserving OOT!! (2006 thread; re the British Film Institute - aka the BFI)
• Remember what Lucas said about the OOT not existing…? (2006 thread; the BFI preserving the theatrical cuts of all 3 OT films)
• OFFICIAL: Library of Congress had original prints replaced with 1997 SE (2010 thread; read Mrebo’s informative post)
• The Empire Strikes Back inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry (2010 thread)
• Return of the Jedi joins the National Film Registry (2021; copies of the theatrical cuts of all 3 OT films are now at the NFR/LOC)
^ There are more discussions and information on the above topic in the ‘Fandom: Threads highlighting efforts for an official release of the unaltered theatrical version of the Original Trilogy’ and ‘The Home Releases and Formats of the differing versions of the Original Trilogy’ categories of An Index Thread for Original Trilogy Discussion.
• Robert Harris (Godfather Restoration etc) - WHY cannot Lucas restore the OOT? (2008 thread; noted film restorer Robert Harris offered his services to Lucasfilm to do the unaltered theatrical cuts of the Original Trilogy - for free - Lucasfilm never responded.)
‘Return of the Jedi Among 25 Eclectic Films Joining National Film Registry’ - 2021 LOC article; LOC has copies of all 3 O-OT films.
A similar article up on the official Star Wars website - ‘Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi joins the National Film Registry’
‘Find Star Wars in Copyright’ - 2022 LOC official blog post referencing the theatrical cuts of all 3 OT films being with the LOC.
‘What It Means for ‘Return of the Jedi’ to be in the National Film Registry’ - 2021 article from Film School Rejects.
| An OriginalTrilogy.com Timeline : a history of the site : the why & how it came to be… |
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| ❗ Some useful OT.com threads re the suppression of the theatrical Original Trilogy films ❗ |
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| The 'Naysayer Guide’ by people who DON’T want an unaltered theatrical release of the Original Trilogy |
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| ❗ #ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy : OriginalTrilogy.com’s enduring goal : How you can help ❗ |
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Harmy has put up a video on youtube - just to remind everyone that Fan Edits must never be bought or sold:-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrwKZHv4OS0 - a 4 minute video at the Harmy Despecialized youtube channel.
Personally, as a member here, I’d encourage everyone to watch it and upvote that video.