moviefreakedmind said:
Nick66 said:
I agree that the rumour that Lucas has forbid a release of the original versions could be completely unsourced and false.
That said, would this surprise anyone if that were the case? Disney was quite keen on getting Star Wars, to make future films, which was their primary motivation for acquiring the franchise. So if one of George's conditions on the sale was that the film never be released in its original version, or at a minimum that he must approve all future releases of the OT...I doubt that would be enough of a reason for Disney to walk away from the deal. There seems to be a prevailing attitude that once Star Wars was sold to Disney, Lucasfilm gave up any interest in the films at all, and I don't know if that's the case at all. There could be all kinds of conditions to this deal we don't know about.
On the other hand it's also possible that George has softened on the issue. We just don't know.
Now, I have no idea what the deal is, but George wanting final approval on future releases certainly would not be inconsistent with anything he's done before.
That's true, but if Faraci's sources are telling him that Fox is the one refusing to release the OUT then that's still inaccurate. Also, I actually don't think George cares. It's been years since he's fallen back on the whole "true vision" thing where there could only be one version of the film. Before he sold it he just seemed to think that he shouldn't have to restore movies he doesn't care about. If he truly wanted the OUT wiped from existence so much then he wouldn't have given the movies to another company, and he also likely wouldn't have released the GOUT.
Well, you may be right. Like I said, we just don't know, and as I said, it's possible George has softened on it, or just doesn't care anymore.
I'm merely saying that Lucas selling the films to Disney doesn't automatically mean he doesn't have a say in future releases of the OT, as some seem to believe. He may or may not be completely out of the picture. Again, it's all just speculation...we don't know.
That said, no matter what the circumstances, I do think we'll get an official UOT release at some point, seems like it's only a matter of time.