Originally posted by: CO
I edited this interview just to what Lucas says about the O-OT, and it is amazing how much he disrespects the fans. I often wonder he lives in a bubble, cause I have never seen a director despise their own movies and the fans that loves those movies so much. Here is quote from MTV.com by Lucas about the Sept. 12th release:
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05.11.2006 6:00 AM EDT
Until then, he says he's curious to see what the reception will be for the upcoming limited-edition DVD release of the three original "Star Wars" films (see "Three Original 'Star Wars' Films (Finally) Coming To DVD — But Not For Long"). "It's just the original versions, as they were," Lucas said. "We didn't do anything to it at all. But we're not sure how many people want that."
You might say quite a few, considering how many fans were angered by the digitized, expanded updates of episodes IV, V and VI. Lucas claims he's not re-releasing the originals to appease fans, but rather to bate them. "Now we'll find out whether they really wanted the original or whether they wanted the improved versions," he said. "It'll all come out in the end."
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I've never heard a more blatant confession of guilty conmanship.
He wants to see which will be more receptive, the 2004 release, or these? Of course the 2004 release will winout, for two reasons: 1.) The Neo-fans (i.e. the 12-16 yr old kids) will already have a copy of the "intended" versions and will thus deem the new release unecessary; thus the sales numbers will be much lower (as expected by Georgie boy), and; 2.) the visual quality of the OOT will be so poor that people who have bought the dvds will write into lucasfilm with rabid complaints, thus proving to Lucas (in his sick twisted world) that people in fact want superior versions (2004) instead of faulty ones (OOT), thus giving the greedy bastard another excuse to further bury the OOT in its already neck-deep grave, and continue altering the Star Wars saga by adding more "technologically superior" cartoon graphics, more musical numbers by digitized muppets, and even more random tweaks here and there to further meet the pre-1977 intended vision of george lucas before all this technology was availalbe, oh my.