Originally posted by: WaragainsttheCouncil
Lucas is dead set on convincing consumers his new visions are the best. He needs to silence his critics ahead of his big 2007 release - and of course, make money in the process. What better way than to let "the average consumer" compare, although unfairly, the two versions? At least, in his mind. Though, I feel this will backfire - as even a low-quality O-OT is superior to the digitized technical DVD disaster.
Lucas is dead set on convincing consumers his new visions are the best. He needs to silence his critics ahead of his big 2007 release - and of course, make money in the process. What better way than to let "the average consumer" compare, although unfairly, the two versions? At least, in his mind. Though, I feel this will backfire - as even a low-quality O-OT is superior to the digitized technical DVD disaster.
No, what he needs to do if he really wants to make "his complete vision" is redo the whole damn thing. Throw the PT and the OT in the trash and start over from scratch. Write a complete story that doesn't have to match anything that already exists. He's got the money, tools, and technology. He can go out and hire some new actors and completely redo the whole thing the way he wants to do it now. Then we can see how well it really sells.
Everything for the past 20 years has been riding on the success of the OT. I'd love to see how "his vision" really sells when he doesn't have to worry about writing to an existing story. He could even call it Star Wars if he wants to, he owns all the copyrights. Of course, that would negate his plans to "move on" to other things, but so does a Star Wars TV show, IMO.