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Very interesting from a legal perspective as well.

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Well, I know someone on the site had an article on a guy prosecuted for distributing and making money off selling Song of the South. Also, even the LD's still have copyright laws I am sure, and since GL owns Star Wars, I guess any form of it is his to sue you over, kind of like GL sueing the US government over the Star Wars defense system, even though he lost because it was the government.
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I can't wait to see these new cuts. I wonder how much different they will be. My guess is Lucasfilm will be quiet about the nature of these changes until very soon before there released. But it is 100% official these DVDs will not be the 1997 Special Editions.
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Will I enjoy the DVD set? Or throw it out of the window, while crying "WHY GOD WHY"? Only time will tell...
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"But it is 100% official these DVDs will not be the 1997 Special Editions."

No its not. Even though it probably wont be SE 97, what makes you think that the way Gl sees the movies today isn't the same version he said was the definitive one in 1997. Nothing is official yet.
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No it was made official earlier this week. Read the bits
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No Sansweet only said that the version will be as "as George Lucas sees them today." It doesn't say anything about it being changed, although I'm sure that it will be. But you can't say that it is official because it isn't, yet.
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I don't think anything is official regarding LFL until the product is on the shelves. Even then it can still change.
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If the bits says its official. Its official.
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Usually that is true, but you gotta admit that LFL is less than reliable about this sort of thing.
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No the bits knows what they are talking about. This was not posted in rumor mill. They said it is an officialy true. There is no dispute.
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The truths we cling to depend greatly upon our own point of view.



In a technical sense, we have no word from Lucasfilm of changes, but all spy reports point to it. So to each his own I say, we all can agree to disagree.
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The only change I would be interested in is if they were changing it back to the way it was. Otherwise I don't care much.
-Everyone is entitled to my opinion-
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"No the bits knows what they are talking about. This was not posted in rumor mill."

Yes but they are still just interpreting what Sansweet said, that's not enough to call it an offical announcement no matter how much they know at the bits.
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Originally posted by: jimbo
No the bits knows what they are talking about. This was not posted in rumor mill. They said it is an officialy true. There is no dispute.

I agree that they are very reliable. I am saying that LFL is not. They tend to change their minds despite whatever press releases they announce.
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i agree with bossk on that one. LFL are kinda like Blizzard are to gaming industry.
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Blizzard makes a lot of last-second changes in announcements?
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From what I know of Blizzard...no, I don't think they do.

Their last few games have been on time as far as I know.
(I'm a big fan of the Warcraft series. I've got every Warcraft game and expansion, although I don't plan to get into Worlds of Warcraft, their MMORPG).
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Go here for a new pic of one of the changes in the dvds:

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17592

About half way down

Why o why o why
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I hope that pic is false. If it is made it will be Lucasfilms second change I dislike but I can tolarate it. Its just a terrible idea.
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Don't worry guys, it's false. I've seen confirmation of this in other boards.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Hello all. I know I signed the petition a while ago, but I just found the message boards. I haven't been all that active in a real Star Wars community, so I may be a bit rusty. In a nutshell, Star Wars is something I've followed for as long as I remember in my 21 years. Due to my personal experiences and preferences, after the re-release of Return of the Jedi in '97, the euphoria of seeing these films on the big screen wore off, and I realized just what Lucas had done. I'm probably the biggest OT advocate in my area since then. I still love SW greatly and have gotten over the existence of the SE and have toned down some past grivences and such, but the omission of the the OTs is intolerable. If people think the SEs were an improvement, thats' their business. From my point of view, they destroyed some of the things I loved about the trilogy. This has all been said before I'm sure, and I need to check myself before getting carried away. At least some of my views are laid bare. I'm also quite tired at the moment, so I can't express myself fully right now.


Now for this DVD release. The digital bits says the Anakin pic is real. I, personally, hope it isn't. Replacing Sabastian Shaw is just silly, since I don't see them swapping Ewan McGregor for Alec Guiness of making a younger looking Yoda. Its bad enough Lucas robbed David Prowse of the role, now twenty one years later, he seems to want to do the same to Shaw. As for the replacement of the hologram in Empire, at least that sounds resonable. Part of the reason I hated the specials was because he fixed things that didn't need fixing while leaving things that did. The inaccurate Death Star plans, the matte line on the Rancor, the tractor beam line in english, none of which compare with the new changing windows in Cloud City. Pay attention and you'll notice that they revert to their original appearence when the angle changes. Hopefully, he'll fix these. Since I'm solidly in the OT camp, Lucas could do the whole thing from scratch if he felt he must. I doubt I'll be buying this set. Hopefully, my retail store will let me rent the extra disc when the time comes. If the UE or whatever its called comes out in 07, then this one has no value anyway. I don't rebuy films pointlessly. I'd rather spend it on something newrather than rebuilding the whole thing from scratch. As for the OT on DVD, if it occurs, even though I'm not enchanted by the format, I'll buy it, if only to show Lucas that it shouldn't be erased. For now, if I can get a widescreen video boxset, I think I'd be happy. George, people like the special, so you give them to them. People also like the OTs, don't abandon them. Star Wars belongs to all, we deserve the versions we love as much as you deserve yours.


Made for IE Forum's Episode III theme month - May 2005.

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Guess what guys. I am signing the petition. I hate this change its a terrible idea. Its the second change I dislike George Lucas made.
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I still can't get that damn picture to load. I can't even get AICN to come up in my browser.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia'."
--Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), The Princess Bride
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