Vaderisnothayden said:Did Lucasfilm change their minds and allow it to be available past the limited time or does Amazon just have a back stock? What's going on?
Does anybody know how well it sells/sold?
Any idea what's our chances of getting a release of some sort of original version on blu-ray and later formats?
Also, I hear that Lucasfilm was responsible for the release but were drawn into it by Fox. Can anybody give me more detail on that?
Would appreciate any answers anybody can give. :)
I don't think they changed their minds, I just think there are plenty of them in backstock that places like amazon are still working their way through. I am pretty sure it is not still being produced (well, it is being produced again for the upcoming boxset though).
As for how well it sold, I don't know, it is Star Wars which usually sells well, and they are releasing the same set again as a boxed set, so it must not have sold too poorly.
The chances of getting it released on blu-ray period are slim for the time being. Here we are with DVD towards the end of its life, or at least no longer the superior format, and Star Wars is getting yet another DVD release, with absolutly no extra content whatsoever save for the new box they come in.
Why not release it on blu-ray now? The fans are already working on making their own HD set of films via HDTV broadcasts, why not just give it to them and make some money instead of a new pointless horse beating rerelease of what is already on store shelves and in our homes.
Star Wars will eventually come out on blu-ray, but it is hard to tell if the original editions ever will. It is a good sign that they will still be included in this upcoming set, since they have kind of become a stardard special feature, maybe they will see fit to include them a future blu-ray release (though I wouldn't be half surprised if they only come in the form of remastered, anamorphic DVDs, rather than actual HD Blu-ray disc, that would be pretty funny actually).
As for Lucasfilm being pushed by Fox to do the 1996 set, I don't really know anything about that, maybe somebody else does. I wouldn't be surprised if Fox asked them to do a set of the films individually released, since before then they could only be purchased as a set.