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Quoted in Amazing Stories, Issue 605 November 2004, “Star Wars comes home. The Classic Trilogy on DVD at Last” by Daniel Wallace:
“Getting the originals on DVD is about preservation,” argues Jay Sylvester, organizer of a petition that hopes to convince Lucasfilm to eventually releast the theatrical versions. So far his website, ww.originaltrilogy.com, has logged more than sixty thousand signatures. “I’ve never disputed Lucas’s right to change these films. I just hope someday he recognizes Star Wars is a permanent part of our culture, and it deserves to be preserved in its original form.”
James Greene agrees, noting that the trilogy couldn’t have been made without the work of “hundreds of talented people both on and off camera. Some of the changes that have been made to the films negate the hard work these people put into the trilogy. Besides,” he says “Greedo firing first makes such sens as Oswald acting alone.”
So far, Lucasfilm hasn’t announced any plans to relase the theatrical versions on DVD, and George Lucas has been cool on the concept when questioned in interviews. Even nostalgic holdouts might conclude that the current relese is the best presentation of the films likely to appear in the DVD format for the foreseeable future. Jay Sylvester admits that he’ll eventually buy a used copy, if only to check out the changes.
Kevin
