Fang Zei said:
walking_carpet said:
hearing about stuff like this makes me more resigned that they will only show the SE versions of the OT next year when promoting TFA.
and since the rumors are leaning towards the Empire still running the show in this GFFA, they probably should do another version of ROTJ that removes the planet celebration montage...since apparently nothing was really accomplished.
i dunno...just sell us the damn OOT
When you say "show the SE" I'm assuming you're referring to a theatrical re-release?
To be fair, I never expected them to do a wide theatrical re-release of an OOT restoration, not in a million years. That would be great, don't get me wrong, but my hopes were never set that high. A wide re-release would be the SE version. It just lends itself to 3D conversion way more than the unaltereds. Like I said in another thread, that shot of cg Sni Snootles has been calling out for the 3D treatment since 1997! The irony is that we just last year got a 3D theatrical re-release of The Wizard of Oz, a movie that's not only way older than the original Star Wars but also almost completely unaltered!
I once had this idea that they could simultaneously re-release the SE in theaters in 3D at the multiplexes and make the bulk of their $$$$ that way, but also put out the restored OOT at the repertoire movie houses. Again, this was just a nice thought I had, something I knew (and still know) will probably never happen. Doing something like that would place both versions on equal footing, and we've seen in other examples that the most recent version of a movie tends to take priority. Disney might be in charge now, but George put his good friend Kathleen Kennedy in charge of Lucasfilm. I doubt she would want to totally reverse his policies and bury the SE while bringing back the originals. Spielberg did exactly that with E.T., but he's the director. I don't see George endorsing such a move with Star Wars.
So yeah, I don't think they'll put the restored unaltereds back in theaters. I'd love to be wrong, though.
no i wasnt expecting them to re-release the OOT in theatres. THat would be a great nice-to-have.
my concern is if they use the OT to promote TFA, they won't release OOT at all and instead release the SE into theatres and hype it as 'the original trilogy you know and love!!!"