generalfrevious said:
Nothing is ever going to be planned for the OOT in 2009, or 2010, or even by 2015! I can't believe how delusional some people are towards the false hope of getting the OOT on Blu-ray. Lucas will not even release a SE version of the OT until the format is on its way out. Plus, anything positive associated with the OOT is NEVER, EVER going to be released. I don't care if I have said this a hundred or a thousand times over; it is Lucas absolute goal to destroy the OOT from the public's minds and replace it with a SE/PT arc that has the PT as the centerpiece of the the saga, not the OT in any manner whatsoever. The OT, even in its latest revisionist form, is regarded as an afterthought to the PT. Since the shocking abuse the OOT two years ago, fans of the original trilogy are now living in delusion. Once I'll state for the thousandth time: the GOUT is the BEST we are ever going to get from Lucasfilm, and that is the absolute LAST time we will see the OOT for time immemorial.
Nothing is ever going to be planned for the OOT in 2009, or 2010, or even by 2015! I can't believe how delusional some people are towards the false hope of getting the OOT on Blu-ray. Lucas will not even release a SE version of the OT until the format is on its way out. Plus, anything positive associated with the OOT is NEVER, EVER going to be released. I don't care if I have said this a hundred or a thousand times over; it is Lucas absolute goal to destroy the OOT from the public's minds and replace it with a SE/PT arc that has the PT as the centerpiece of the the saga, not the OT in any manner whatsoever. The OT, even in its latest revisionist form, is regarded as an afterthought to the PT. Since the shocking abuse the OOT two years ago, fans of the original trilogy are now living in delusion. Once I'll state for the thousandth time: the GOUT is the BEST we are ever going to get from Lucasfilm, and that is the absolute LAST time we will see the OOT for time immemorial.
I would revise that last part with "in Lucas' lifetime."
Star Wars, the 1977 film, will never be allowed to dissappear because its too important, and even though the SE on High-Def will sedate a lot of people, over time demand for the original--not as a means to replace anything, but just for the sheer appreciation of it as a historically-relevant work of art--will be too hard to ignore for a corporation designed to sell product.
When the saga comes to Blu-Ray it will be SE-only, because that will be enough to get people to buy it. People like us are in the minority--true, most people would prefer to have the originals included, but its not going to stop them from buying it if they are excluded. The promise of seeing the films in HD on Blu-Ray--regardless of which version--is enough. And thats why it will probably be at least a few years after the initial SE release that any hope of the OOT in high-def will appear. It'll be just like it was on DVD.
Of course, LFL is totally and completely unpredictable when it comes to this stuff--ie the 2006 release that came out of nowhere--but I would agree that people are probably too optimistic about this. But the OOT will be available--one day. It just a shame that it might have to take something as extreme as Lucas himself dying before the wheels can be put in motion to get this happening.