Fang Zei said:
That's what the most ridiculous part of Lucas' whole "it would be so expensive" comment is....YOU'D BE SELLING IT FOR MONEY!!!!
I know - it's so insane it's ALMOST funny! The guy is just on another planet! If he did a 'Blade Runner style' box set for each film (original, 97, 2004 and workprint with all audio options) he'd make an absolute KILLING, PLUS all fans would finally be happy! It would make sound business sense too. He'd be back in the good books again. I really cannot see that it's anything other than sheer stubbornness which stops him from doing this. He knows the fans have been asking for the originals in decent quality for years, and yet still insists on throwing out vague scraps of information that MAYBE we'll get the originals in HD like he's doing us a big favor. The SEs have been done - what more work is he talking about that's costing him so much more money to release this set?!
The man has turned into a greedy businessman. Where are these experimental indie films he was meant to work on after the prequals were done and dusted? Where has his true love of film and his creativity gone? He just cannot stop tinkering with Star Wars, and not for the better either. If he had sense, he would have done episodes 7,8 and 9 with the original cast at least 10 years back. Lets face it we didn't know their stories (novels aside) whereas we kind of knew the prequal back stories before they were made. Would have been great to see the original cast back together again with somebody like Spielberg or Cameron at the reigns, or even Kershner again. What could have been......
Anyway I digress. I think a psychologist would have a field day with Monsieur Lucas!