Originally posted by: CO
If anyone watched the History Channel Documentary on the SW saga Monday Night, (Which was sponsored by Lucasfilm), this was a clear attempt to get everyone in line to look at the movies 1-6, not OOT, not SW 77, the days of 2 trilogies are over, Lucas wants EVERY SW fan to see it his way, and I heavily doubt we will see the OOT ever again.

Actually, I felt amazed that it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. Hell, the first half hour or so was just about Luke, and just about the original Star Wars. I expected the first half of the entire documentary to be about Anakin, the true tragic hero of Star Wars. Because, you know, he comes first in the true order of things. And after the original movie abruptly shifted to the next one, it still kept a pretty trilogy-oriented feel until then they shifted over to Anakin. But if you have to cover all six movies, at least they're putting the original trilogy before the prequel trilogy, like it should be.

And, yeah, I snickered and pointed out to my girlfriend all the BS about the mythological connections. But at the same time it was kinda cool, because I think about it as a really neat coincidence that it encompassed so many archetypes, even if the word on the street is that Lucas planned it all, which we all know is hilariously untrue.

As for the main topic, I've been hoping against a Saga 30th anniversary boxset for the past year, and it seems like my wish came true. I've bought these movies enough times, and if he ever does release a good version of the original trilogy to replace my GOUT (which is holding up well enough for me right now), I don't want to have to buy another set of the prequels in some bloated boxset to get it. For once, they made a good marketing move. You can still find all three DVD versions in every single store you go to.