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I was wondering if anyone thought about suing Lucas because the new boxed set does not say anywhere on the packaging that these are new versions of the films and that the Originals are not included. I know it wouldn't be winnable, but if enough people became involved, it may become a slight embarrassment to Lucas.

I've also been keeping up with the sales charts and noticed that it is not selling as well as a lot of people thought. It is still in the top 10 after 9 weeks, but I still haven't heard exactly how many copies have been sold. I heard 2.5 million during its first day with $115 million in revenue, but that monetary figure included sales of the new game. Anyone have any more complete figures?

Patrick
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A suit has been discussed before, but I think we decided that there is no false advertising taking place.

The box is labeled "Star Wars Trilogy" and that is exactly what it is, albeit not in its original form. It doesn't give the slightest hint at what version it is.

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That kind of a lawsuit reminds me of a certain group of children who tried to sue McDonalds because it made them fat. I think that it would get thrown out of court.
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I don't see any similarity between this and the McDonalds lawsuit. Even though the Star Wars DVD set doesn't say which versions are included it is still false advertising in my book. Back when McDonalds was sued, they never made a claim that their burgers were low calorie. This Star Wars DVD set says "Original Trilogy" right on the package. It doesn't say anything about changed footage anywhere. That is what I am getting it. Most other releases where changes have been made say something like, "Director's Cut",
"Extended Version", "Unrated Version", etc. Star Wars does not. At least all of the releases for the Special Editions said so on the packaging.

I'm not saying a lawsuit like this could win. However, if there was enough support, Lucas may be forced to recall these sets and put some kind of stickers on the packaging saying these are updated versions of the films. That is all I am saying.

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Yes, I belive you could get a sticker on it saying something like "New and Improved version!", or something like it. At the most, you could get a refund on your DVDs, that's all. No way you could actually sue them about something like that, and win.
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That would be the most I could ask for at this point. It would be nice to see Lucas have to go through the trouble of doing that and it would send a message that there are many who want the Original Versions in case he hasn't noticed.

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Yes, I belive you could get a sticker on it saying something like "New and Improved version!", or something like it.


That in itself would be false advertising. Sorry, couldn't help it. ^_^ As for an actually lawsuit, I doubt it would win. Claiming it's the Original Trilogy(as opposed to the Prequel or New Trilogy) is greatly different from claiming its the Original Version(as opposed to the New Version). If they had claimed that, then I'd say go for it. As such, Lucas could probably do the films over from scrath with apes and still be allowed to call it The Star Wars Trilogy by some sort of reasoning.


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I believe that the TV commercial stated own the original Star Wars trilogy on DVD for the first time.
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Yes, but in order to prove breach of contract (i.e. altering the terms of the sales agreement), you would have to prove that Lucas' claims were fraudulent misrepresentation and not 'mere puffery'; not an easy distinction to make.

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