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Post #317459

Author
zombie84
Parent topic
State of the Trilogy/ annual SW depression
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Date created
10-May-2008, 4:19 PM
The only reason the OOT was on DVD in 2006 was because it was already done. The masters were made long ago and just sitting there for exploitation. It costs no money. So you can just slap them on as a "bonus feature" to get people to buy the individual movies, which was the point of that release. LFL thought people would be happy with that, but their misjudgement is really besides the point. The OOT cannot be presented in any higher quality than the GOUT without spending money, and Lucas seems very opposed to doing that. Thats why the odds are massively stacked against it. If there was a 2K telecine just sitting around waiting to be taken advantage of, okay then I can see it at some point being used as a Blu-Ray "bonus feature," but theres not. I think if this was the case then Lucas would okay it, because I don't think he's quite as much a Nazi as we suspect, but the truth is that Lucas doesn't give a shit and doesn't want to spend money on something he sees as either a piece of junk or inferior. Thats why when everyone was asking him why the 2006 release is so crappy he went on about how he dind't want to commit money to restoring a version of the film he isn't even happy about people seeing in the first place. And I think he likes that too, because it gives him an excuse other than "screw you guys."