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Post #253626

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Darth_Evil
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Try to take it easy with the Lucas bashing.
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Date created
26-Oct-2006, 8:25 PM
I guess the original mission of this site was fulfilled, though I had no idea we would have to specify we wanted standard DVD quality. I too am completely satisfied with this release. I will never need anything more Star Wars for years and years, but I agree we could have gotten a lot more. Part of me thanks the maker that there was no remastering, because I didn't want to see Vader with a pink saber again and a totally f'ed up 5.1 track.

The original mission of this site may be accomplished, but that doesn't mean we give up now. Lucas may have done this release out of malice, but us buying them is kind of like giving him the finger. Buying them is saying "this isn't what you expected, now is it? People embracing the OOT." At the same time we buy, we still want more, which he knows. This is gaining momentum, and I think re-opening the petition or doing something to that extent for Star Wars OOT on hi-def could prove a worthy endevor. I don't need and will not buy another DVD release, but a hi-def release would be very cool. DVD is where Star Wars needs it, I know, because blu-ray and HD-DVD will never ever catch on as the next home video formats, but rather like laserdisc, a niche product. But still, securing Star Wars OOT on hi-def is just as, if not more important, as securing it in good quality on DVD. The home video format that will replace DVD will become big in about ten to fifteen years, and although I'm sure it won't be Blu-Ray of HD DVD, securing the OOT there will secure it for all time in hi-def, which is the way of the future, and if the OOT is to be remembered, then that's where it needs to be preserved.