TV's Frink said:

CO said:

TV's Frink said:

Buy or not buy - in my opinion it will have no bearing on the eventual availability of the OOT.

Lets just say for the sake of argument, the sales for this Bluray set are terrible. You don't think that Lucasfilm is going to continue to suppress the OOT? The reason Lucas can keep holding back the OOT is because he knows he has the diehards who will buy anything, and most of the fans on the fence who will waver but end up buying in the end.

The 2004 DVD's were the #1 seller of 2004, so there is no reason for Lucas to worry about the OOT fanbase because he is still making loads of money. His theory is for every OOT fan who boycotts, there is a new (younger fan) who is watching the movies for the first time who will not care. Remember Lucas is still a businessman and as long as the Bluray set sells well, that tells him there is a demand and no matter what fans think of the changes, they will still buy it.

The only way this shit will stop is if all the fans on the fence would boycott this release! I bought the 2004 DVD's, so I was guilty of keeping the Lucasfilm train going, but I boycotted it this time because I realized nothing will change until their sales are affected.

I can see this going on and on, so I'll just say it one more time...in my opinion, the sales numbers for this release will have no bearing on the eventual release or non-release of the OOT.

Yep. This is a strange case. Artistic integrity - in a weird, round about, and twisted way - is actually harming the art in question. George has his vision delusion, and will follow it through no matter what. If George didn't care, and just wanted to maximize profits, we would probably have the OOT by now.