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Post #773254

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Spaced Ranger
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THX 1138 "preservations" + the 'THX 1138 Italian Cut' project (Released)
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29-May-2015, 10:06 PM

American Cinematographer
THE SPECIAL EDITION: An Expanded Universe (page 4)
by Ron Magid (1997)
http://www.theasc.com/magazine/starwars/

When Lucas is asked which version he hopes audiences will be watching 20 years from now, his candid reply is a bit Orwellian: "There will only be one. ... because that's what everybody is going to remember. The other versions will disappear. Even the 35 million tapes of Star Wars out there won't last more than 30 or 40 years. A hundred years from now, the only version of the movie that anyone will remember will be the DVD version [of the Special Edition] ..."

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