Like CO, I've finally had enough of this nonsense too. Lucas has flipped the bird at the original films - the ones that MADE his Empire! - one too many times.

Lets face it, many people out there DO see us original fans as moaning constantly, and I'm just tired of the whole damn thing. Lucas has got his way. I don't hate the man but I have ZERO respect for him nowadays, and at the end of the day there's FAR more important causes in the world one should lobby for, but I'm severly disappointed that this businessman (I cannot call him a film maker any longer) who professess to be a film fan himself, and realises the importance of film restoration, can just be such an arse about releasing the originals.

He's a man who is still living off past glories and has an inflated view of his own talent. He's not getting any more cash from me. It's not ideal but the GOUT is going to be the go-to for me, along with Adywan's superb discs. On the subject of Ady he can - ina very short space of time - release a theatrical version of Empire which pisses ALL over the official releases. And yet Lucas cannot pony up for a similarly high quality release because of money?

Sigh. I've had enough of all this. Time to move on and to support releases by directors who DO care.

P.S. If anybody from Lucasfilm - or indeed anyone that knows the bearded one - happens to visit this site, it would be awsome if somebody had the balls to say to Lucas, "This (release) is wrong. These films were created via a LOT of talented people. Many of whom have had their work erased from the trilogy. The originals need to be preserved just to 1) show their place in history and 2) honor their work which helped make you a billionairre."