"Lucasfilm currently has no plans to release the original versions of Star Wars" — Page 4

Why would Disney and Fox executives be willing to discuss Legacy with Verta if they had no intention of ever releasing the non-SE versions of the films because of Lucas?

moviefreakedmind said:

Why would Disney and Fox executives be willing to discuss Legacy with Verta if they had no intention of ever releasing the non-SE versions of the films because of Lucas?

A credible source familiar with the matter told me it’s a plot to enter his residence and steal and destroy his masters.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Why would Disney and Fox executives be willing to discuss Legacy with Verta if they had no intention of ever releasing the non-SE versions of the films because of Lucas?

A credible source familiar with the matter told me it’s a plot to enter his residence and steal and destroy his masters.

Rather than engage in speculation, I contacted your source, and he told me that Disney has just released the OOT on Myspleen.

nickyd47 said:
He didn’t even take up Robert Harris’s offer when he offered to restore the theatrical cuts FOR FREE

There are two things to consider with this. First: did Harris actually offer this personally, or was it an off the cuff comment on his forum or in an interview? If the latter, I would not consider that to be a serious offer. Second: this would also cost Lucas a significant amount of time and money. Just because Harris would not demand compensation, Lucas would still have to pay for all of the materials and workers necessary to make it happen, not to mention he would undoubtedly watch over everything himself.

nickyd47 said:

George Lucas can’t handle the fact that people like the original versions over his “vision”
George Lucas can’t handle the fact that people don’t like his prequel trilogy.
So what does he do?
He makes the original versions of the films unavailable on a modern format and he incorporates elements from the prequels into the original trilogy.
He didn’t even take up Robert Harris’s offer when he offered to restore the theatrical cuts FOR FREE
I was so glad to hear about Lucas selling off Star Wars to Disney, because I thought this meant that the
theatrical cuts would eventually be released. Well, it’s been almost 4 years since the deal happened, and we still don’t have them. I just hope John Landis is right about what he said. Maybe I’m just too doubtful about Disney.

And then George Lucas sold the whole thing for 4 BILLION dollars. Why on earth would he still have a say in anything Star Wars related?

moviefreakedmind said:

Why would Disney and Fox executives be willing to discuss Legacy with Verta if they had no intention of ever releasing the non-SE versions of the films because of Lucas?

Where was this? I’m not saying it isn’t true, but I’d love to see where Verta said this.

lovelikewinter said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Why would Disney and Fox executives be willing to discuss Legacy with Verta if they had no intention of ever releasing the non-SE versions of the films because of Lucas?

Where was this? I’m not saying it isn’t true, but I’d love to see where Verta said this.

http://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/910108

nickyd47 said:

And then George Lucas sold the whole thing for 4 BILLION dollars. Why on earth would he still have a say in anything Star Wars related?

Maybe because he put in the contract that Disney can’t release the theatrical cuts? I’m not sure if that’s even a thing you can do when you plan on selling your entire franchise off. I’m not a lawyer. Plus FOX has partial stake in the films.
Then that one user on this thread contacted Ben Fritz at the Wall Street Journal and Fritz said that George Lucas is the reason why Disney/Lucasfilm has no plans to restore the OOT.

I just hope that Fritz is wrong and I hope that whole thing about Lucas denying Disney the right to release the theatrical cuts is just a bunch of BS.

And why would Dsiney accept such a clause? Would you buy something for 4 billion dollars and still let the former owner tell you what you can and can’t do with it? Neither Lucas nor Disney were forced to sign this deal, if Lucas wanted to have a say in Star Wars things, he could have kept his company, if Disney can’t do whatever they want with Star Wars, they could have let him keep it.

Lord Haseo said:

The only bad thing Star Wars has ever caused is that it turns reasonable and intelligent adults into self important, whiny, hypocritical and immature people

Incorrect. The popularity of Star Wars pretty much ruined the science-fiction genre while simultaneously influencing other good things. You have some post-SW gems of sci-fi wonder, but a great deal of stuff that came after SW was just crap cashing in on the popularity of space fighters and lasers.

Aka the prequels.

Dek Rollins said:

The popularity of Star Wars pretty much ruined the science-fiction genre

I wouldn’t say that, since two of the greatest sci-fi films ever made (Alien and Blade Runner) came out shortly after SW. On top of that, they were both heavily influenced by Lucas’s concept of “used universe”.

I said there were some post-SW gems (Alien and Blade Runner were the specific films that came to my mind 😄).

Don’t forget Alien 4

generalfrevious said:

George deliberately sold it to Disney to fuck up the distribution rights to make all but impossible for the originals to be released again.

I’ve read a lot of things by you (since they turned off the Ignore feature), but this is perhaps the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever said.

This is a very bold claim.