“I love the OOT fan projects here - yet still want an official unaltered OT release. You too?”
Yes, of course. But I think even if it there was an official release we would still likely need fan projects to fix or improve them.
I saw theprequelsrule’s recent post here and him talking about only engaging with fan made projects in Star Wars, and it got me thinking:
Lucasfilm haven’t done a quality release of the Original Trilogy since the 1990’s! Not with the care and attention it deserves.
• 2004 SE DVD? Awful. “Deliberate creative decisions” bullshit, faulty discs, more changes, terrible blue coloring.
• 2006 GOUT DVD? Insulting. An obsolete and low effort release of a 13 year lasderdisc transfer, and huge DNR issues.
• 2011 SE blu ray? Awful. More coloring issues and loss of detail. More changes too. Nooo-oooooooo!
• 2019 SE 4k/UHD? Poor. Yet more changes, It was better than the previous efforts, but big losses of image detail.
It is the fan projects on here that have previously fixed and improved upon the actual official releases. And would probably do so again if there ever is an official release of the unaltered theatrical cuts from Lucasfilm.
Don’t get me wrong, I want such a release as much as the next fan. And I love and agree with these important threads on here:
• Disney+ Should Offer the Star Wars Original Cuts—All of Them - doubleofive’s article for Wired. a backup to the Wired article
^ A quality and comprehensive article on why the films are important to the people who grew up with them, why they wish to have the option to experience them as they originally were released - as well as preserving important and cultural film history for everyone to experience. A reminder that the various ‘Special Edition’ versions are NOT the award-winning, iconic, landmark & ground-breaking original version of the films. And highlights just why we are here - some of us for many years, and some just taking our first steps…
#ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy • What We Want And How To Make It - a sequel piece by doubleofive to the above Wired article.
• “Disney+ Should Offer the Star Wars Original Cuts” 2020 article - on Wired (OT•com thread on the Wired article by doubleofive)
❗ #ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy | OriginalTrilogy•com’s enduring goal | How YOU can help… ❗
^ The OT•com supporting the #ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy campaign - the call for an official release of the unaltered theatrical version of the three classic Star Wars films - and what YOU can do to help restore them to the galaxy. MTFBWY… Always.
and
• Some useful OT.com threads re the suppression of the theatrical Original Trilogy films
^ and many other great threads on here too.
I think Criterion would do a great job. But if Lucasfilm did an unaltered cut release of the OT? It’d be fantastic to finally have, sure. And it’d even better when the talented people on here and TSWT would likely start on improvements and fixes within days of it hitting the shelves or Disney+!