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Originally posted by: dcsantangelo2005
Rebel Scum said that Lucas is worried that the OV Ot will outsell the SE and I don't see why Lucas wouldn't release the OV. It would make him ten times as more than the SE and would make him even richer than he already is. I don't understand why he wouldn't release the OV OT is it some kind of sick power trip?
It's the pride factor taking hold. Lucas is exceptionally proud of where he is now able to take the trilogy due to technology that his company has helped perfect. And he's a huge proponent of the digitization of the filmmaking process as a whole. For an old, film-based copy of his movies that don't rely on digital SFX to sell better than his "pure vision" would be a major source of humiliation to the great bearded one. He does not want to take that chance. Why give him a chance to be proven wrong by the hording masses? Play it safe and be able to say that the OV OT is not better than the SE by eliminating any chance of being proven wrong.