Originally posted by: ESHBGOriginally posted by: ESHBGOriginally posted by: Number20
I'm not sure that this is the only time we will ever see the O-OT/OUT on DVD. Not counting a potential HD-DVD/blu-ray release, Lucasfilm hasn't exactly stuck by its past statements. Lucas swore at one point that Star Wars would never be released in any home video format because the only way to see it is in theatres. Then there is the famous "one last time" promotion for the 'Faces' release before the SEs came about. And I'm sure there have been others. Don't get too excited by a statement saying never again. It doesn't mean anything.
But it really WAS "one last time" when you think about it, because the SEs are not the OUT; until now, the Faces set was the last time we saw the OUT...
Again, although a dirty trick and not at all fair to the fans IMO, they were pretty truthful in regards to the OUT. "For the last time on VHS..." is what I recall one of the adds saying when the "Faces" set came out. And even though the SEs came out on VHS years later also, they weren't the OUT, so there was no false advertising there.
I just read recently about a whole bunch of releases coming to HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. The studios won't continue to dump money into two seperate formats for long IMO so I imagine something is going to happen soon to create a clear winner. Because of this, IF we see the OUT again, I stand by my statements and think it will be on the next format (again, 30th Anniv. aside).