TV's Frink said:
imperialscum said:
TV's Frink said:
You who prefer the 97 SE are in the extreme minority. There's no reason for Disney to release it because no one will buy it. Hell, they probably don't even know about it.
I am aware of that. It would be for the sake of completeness.
However making that kind of argument also goes against the release of theatrical versions. Yes there are more people who want the theatrical versions, but still not that many. Looking purely from a financial benefit, it would be more profitable for Disney to spend the money required for restoration into making some stand-alone film or series and get way more money out of it.
Find me ninetysevensetrilogy.com and then we can talk. The comparison is apples to dust specks.
Please at least TRY to understand the post...
I basically agreed with you about the fact that incomparably more people desire theatrical versions than 1997. The point of my post was that even though more people would buy theatrical release, there are way more profitable ways for Disney to make profit than that. Which pretty much labels the restoring and releasing the thing primarily a preservation effort. And in that aspect, it falls in the same category as restoring 1997 (as darklordoftech argued, for 1997 it might even take no extra expenses).
In the end, putting the two restored versions together would finally make a decent Star Wars release (comparable to Alien trilogy, Bladerunner etc.).