Wazzles said:
generalfrevious said:
imperialscum said:
generalfrevious said:
We have lost. We are on the fringes now. We lost not because we were unwilling, but because Lucasfilm/Disney had better weapons.
Please Stop. This doesn't alter the fact that the originals are still unavailable.
I think his point is that you're being unnecessarily dreary and pessimistic about the future of Star Wars. Even if an official version of the OOT is never released, the fan preservations will cover us in that area. We've never seen a history of C&D letters in this community and I see no reason why they would start now. Disney has been in charge for 3 years and nothing has really changed, and isn't likely to. Will we get an official OOT release? Maybe. Maybe not. There is no evidence one way or the other. At the very least, if they are released, you won't be let down since your expectations are low as they are.
We do know that Disney likes to delay home video releases of catalog titles for as long as humanly possible. Aladdin is just now hitting blu-ray in 2015 in the US. They're going to play this "now releasing from the vault for a limited time" bullshit for eternity. I doubt Star Wars will be the exception to their rule. Who knows what kind of deal they'll have to cut with Fox to share home video releasing rights, just to add one more hurdle to the unending will we get it/won't we get it relay of madness. That's why I'm so grateful for this community and the incredible work that's done in it.