mverta, this site is NOT a mini-TFn. I respectfully disagree. Even if a few of those types make their way here. Even more will - out of boredom - as TF.n has long since policed away everyone interesting. But it is still not that.

And I really don't think this "release" is going to help Lucasfilm - the way they believe it will and the way you believe it will. This release only highlights the need for preservation and a proper restoration. It doesn't - as they hope - bury the case. They have even less of a ground to stand on than they did before.

Originally posted by: lord3vil

Originally posted by: mverta
Lucasfilm is playing the long game; a waiting game; and it's working.

I wonder what makes you put it this way, because I honestly can't see any such sophistication about what they're doing myself. Lucasfilm is just a company trying to maximize profit and their actions fit perfectly with that simple scheme. They don't have a lot of movie products to sell, only a scarce few films, and if they were to release pristine versions so good as to be perfect for historical preservation, they'd lose a big chunk of their business right there. As far as the man in charge is concerned, it's money first and a little glory second, and history shows that to get more of the former, he's more than willing to sacrifice the latter.

Here's where I disagree. This is one business model. Not the only one. Not even necessarily the best business model. It is purely one approach out of many.

LFL does have many other revenue generators. THX, LucasArts, LFL (who worked on the most successful film of the year, PIRATES) and then the merchandising wings including EU. There is a plethora of revenue streams into that company. So LFL isn't dependent upon releasing and re-releasing and re-releasing SW again and again to survive.

Two, this a business model approach based on quantity. Sadly though, if they spent some time in LFL (in all their divisions) focusing on QUALITY, then the quantity numbers would probably far exceed the extra costs. The market continuously rewards quailty, and punishes substandard products. Even if a substandard release brings in a nice revenue stream, a well-quanitified forecast of a "quality" release of the same product will still usually outperform the substandard release - even with different cost structures.

Enough with the fancy words though, it's Monday.

Crap sells. Quality sells. But which one lasts in the marketplace and which one, almost always, sells more. Quality. Which one is ultimately remembered? Quality. Eventually, and this is proved in the market time and time again, crap is punished in the marketplace. Crap loses. George found this out with his ATTACK OF THE CLONES release. For a SW franchise title, it performed miserably.

Yes, LFL has a business model - and it's one built on milking this franchise and using a "i'll take anything" fanbase to do so. It is a valid business model which will yield profits. But it isn't the ONLY business model, and not even necessarily the most profitable one.