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A bunch of geek on the Internet boycotting a product bound to be one of the bestselling in history won't do a damn bit of good. Will I buy it? No. Will buy so much as a Star Wars trading card? No. But Lucas doesn't give a shit. He'll be richer anyway.

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”

Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death

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"When I see a proper OOT DVD release from Lucasfilm, I will become a fan again. Until then, I have no interest in spending a dime on any of their products."

Love your quote by the way Mike.

I feel the same way exactly and that is why i don't have Indiana Jones IV on DVD, or the music CD, posters or anything.

I won't buy a prequel or special edition boxed set either.

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.

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For me, it comes down to apathy. I don't need HD versions of the 2004 discs. If the extras consist of deleted scenes, BTS docos or whatever, that stuff will be on YouTube before too long.

And while I'm no video expert, I would think that the OOT wouldn't necessarily benefit from a BRD transfer given the optical effects and other things that HD technology might not be flattering to.

But then again, LFL could've had this sucker ready for release this year if they'd really wanted to. If they're waiting an extra year, might that indicate that they're at least remastering (or in some other way working on) the '04 editions?

Honestly, I can't swear I'd buy this thing even if OOT cuts were included. But if they're not, I really won't bother.

All I really want is each film as it was originally seen and heard in theaters; no fixes, corrections, "improvements" or modifications necessary.

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The reason LFL is waiting another year is simple: a lot more people will have blu-ray players than this year.

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Okay. So what? There's still a metric crapton of BRD players on the market now. More than enough, I assume, to justify a release in the fall 2010 if that's what LFL really wanted. But since it's fall 2011, LFL may as well spend the time doing something constructive with the BRD's. I don't think it's out of the question that they'll use the additional time for perhaps a remastering job or maybe digging up some more bonus stuff (I'd lovelovelove a solo Williams commentary). They've got, what, another 9 or 10 months before they have to turn everything over for mass production? That's a lot of time.

Of course, the main thing we'd all like to see apparently won't be included so it's all academic anyway. So there you go.

All I really want is each film as it was originally seen and heard in theaters; no fixes, corrections, "improvements" or modifications necessary.

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The reason for the wait to next year is Clone Wars season 2 is coming out later of this year.  And Lucas Tuskegee movie will come first, they have first priority.

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.

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skyjedi2005 said:

The reason for the wait to next year is Clone Wars season 2 is coming out later of this year.  And Lucas Tuskegee movie will come first, they have first priority.

 

And also most people wouldn't have the money to buy both if they came out at the same time, so it would be one or the other. This way people are gona buy CW2 and the na year later they will buy the three butchered movies and their three shitty "bonus" materials...