but it appears that the motivations behind changing Star Wars have almost nothing to do with creativity, and everything to do with his divorce from Marcia.
Whoa. That's a new one. I don't buy it for shit, but at least the reasons are new. How would his changing the effects work have anything to do with his divorce from Marcia? There's nothing he's done that's going to a) Remove Marcia's credit from the film b) remove any real editorial input Marcia made into the film c) block any further financial payoff to Marcia as a result of the divorce.
I don't know who you're talking to, but whoever it is, it sounds like the same sort of weird armchair office psychoanalysis that every employee does of his/her boss. And that kind of stuff is typically WAY off.
I've spent a lot of research time trying to figure out the percentage chance that an OT would EVER be released, and I have to tell you I think it's near zero.
Whoa. That's a new one. I don't buy it for shit, but at least the reasons are new. How would his changing the effects work have anything to do with his divorce from Marcia? There's nothing he's done that's going to a) Remove Marcia's credit from the film b) remove any real editorial input Marcia made into the film c) block any further financial payoff to Marcia as a result of the divorce.
I don't know who you're talking to, but whoever it is, it sounds like the same sort of weird armchair office psychoanalysis that every employee does of his/her boss. And that kind of stuff is typically WAY off.
I've spent a lot of research time trying to figure out the percentage chance that an OT would EVER be released, and I have to tell you I think it's near zero.
You need to get your sources close to Jim Ward. He's been pushing for a re-release of the originals for quite some time now. And chances are he'll get a shot at it either in 2007, or when it goes to HD. It'll eventually happen, whether it'll be anything other than a special feature curio by the time it happens is what's really the question. But Ward (and a lot of people at LFL and Marketing) would like nothing more than to sell yet ANOTHER version of Star Wars back to the people. It's not like they haven't tried.