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Post #64694

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Obi-wonton
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Star Wars Media Day
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16-Sep-2004, 4:30 AM
By the way there is a full interview with George Lucas in the actual print version of this magazine. I bought it and it is eye-opening to say the least. He says the only reason he released the DVD's now is not because of fans, its because of piracy and he's worried about that. MEANING HE WANTS MAXIMUM $$$$. And why not have the next go round be HD-DVD (this release obviously is not HD and Lowry is working on improving them further) with deleted scenes (not on this boxset) a DTS soundtrack (not on this boxset) and of course his beloved PT with many of the "deleted scenes" he put on those discs so far, put back in (his plan all along, they were the scenes he liked but edited for time). The question is and remains what about the real OT. No rumor from anyone, anywhere if that will ever come to pass. Sad

By the way he did the interview with Carrie Fisher as the interviewer, so its hardly hard hitting expose.

Got this from another site. (S&V wont put the interview up online)

Quote Highlights from Fisher's Interview with Lucas:

-- On the Star Wars films, Lucas says "I still enjoy the films quite a
bit. They still hold up for me."

-- Does Lucas watch films over and over again on his home theater system?
"The most I've ever seen a film was about ten times, and that was Hard
Day's Night in film school. Now, if I see a film more than once, it's
by accident."

-- Of today's movie theater experience he comments, "In some cases, it's
getting better, but in a lot of cases it's the same as it has been.
It's very hard to get people to understand that if they would use
digital projectors, the quality of the prints -- the quality of the
film itself -- would stay high rather than degenerating over the few
weeks it runs in the theater."

-- With the advances in technology and sophisticated home theater systems,
will people ever stop going to the movies? Lucas believes, "... people
will always go to communal events because humans are social animals.
They'll always go to the opera and the ballet, and they'll always go to
the movies."

-- On the timing of the Star Wars Trilogy DVD release he explains, "It was
supposed to come out later, but piracy being the way it is, it's
getting harder and harder to release DVD's. Soon, it's going to be
impossible because they'll all be pirated."

-- Is he surprised by the advancements in home theater systems? "No.
It's an inevitable evolutionary process. I expect them to get bigger
and better, with more storage. We've already reached the acceptable
side of things in terms of image quality."