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One way or another, putting hope on the “profit” is delusional. As I already said, LF is making billions with each new film. Several millions of profits from potential release of theatrical versions is not even worth a consideration (profit-wise).
You guys can think whatever you want
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One way or another, putting hope on the “profit” is delusional. As I already said, LF is making billions with each new film. Several millions of profits from potential release of theatrical versions is not even worth a consideration (profit-wise).
You guys can think whatever you want, but money is not the reason the OOT has been nixed. It has nothing to do with the distribution rights, either. The sole reason Disney has no plans to restore the OOT is because George Lucas doesn’t want it to happen. Kathleen Kennedy and his minions still run Lucasfilm. Lucas himself is the largest single living shareholder of Disney stock. It’s not going to happen as long as he is alive.
It’s been 4 years already. Let it go.
If you are right about Disney trying to please Lucas, it is only because of the reason I mentioned. If OOT release actually offered a considerable profit, any such Lucas’ wishes (if they exist) would quickly be ignored. But since OOT release offers a mere “change” in the current scope, it is not worth any effort or trouble.
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One way or another, putting hope on the “profit” is delusional. As I already said, LF is making billions with each new film. Several millions of profits from potential release of theatrical versions is not even worth a consideration (profit-wise).
You guys can think whatever you want, but money is not the reason the OOT has been nixed. It has nothing to do with the distribution rights, either. The sole reason Disney has no plans to restore the OOT is because George Lucas doesn’t want it to happen. Kathleen Kennedy and his minions still run Lucasfilm. Lucas himself is the largest single living shareholder of Disney stock. It’s not going to happen as long as he is alive.
It’s been 4 years already. Let it go.
It didn’t stop Disney from throwing out his drafts for the ST or from not giving Strange Magic any form of promotion.
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I said it before I’ll say it again. Unless someone official with Lucasfilm and/or Disney (no not ‘someone familiar on the subject’) confirms or disconfirms the release of the OUT, only then will I ‘let it go’.
I said it before I’ll say it again. Unless someone official with Lucasfilm and/or Disney (no not ‘someone familiar on the subject’) confirms or disconfirms the release of the OUT, only then will I ‘let it go’.
<insert image of Elsa from Frozen singing “Let It Go”>
She technically works for Disney.
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doubleofive said:
<insert image of Elsa from Frozen singing “Let It Go”>She technically works for Disney.
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Greedo-Han-shot-first/id/49755
It is somewhat relevant here too, since the actor is saying he’s like to see the original versions.
I’d like a million dollars, a job that doesn’t make me beg for death, a gorgeous girlfriend. “Want” doesn’t amount to much.
“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
One way or another, putting hope on the “profit” is delusional. As I already said, LF is making billions with each new film. Several millions of profits from potential release of theatrical versions is not even worth a consideration (profit-wise).
You guys can think whatever you want, but money is not the reason the OOT has been nixed. It has nothing to do with the distribution rights, either. The sole reason Disney has no plans to restore the OOT is because George Lucas doesn’t want it to happen. Kathleen Kennedy and his minions still run Lucasfilm. Lucas himself is the largest single living shareholder of Disney stock. It’s not going to happen as long as he is alive.
It’s been 4 years already. Let it go.
Bye bye Mr. Hope! Bye bye! It was sure nice to have you for a little while before I realized you were a liar!
“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
One way or another, putting hope on the “profit” is delusional. As I already said, LF is making billions with each new film. Several millions of profits from potential release of theatrical versions is not even worth a consideration (profit-wise).
You guys can think whatever you want, but money is not the reason the OOT has been nixed. It has nothing to do with the distribution rights, either. The sole reason Disney has no plans to restore the OOT is because George Lucas doesn’t want it to happen. Kathleen Kennedy and his minions still run Lucasfilm. Lucas himself is the largest single living shareholder of Disney stock. It’s not going to happen as long as he is alive.
It’s been 4 years already. Let it go.
Worst comment nominee right here. I didn’t know you worked for Lucasfilm.
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Here are more!
Here are more!
I don’t have that much time!
Disney is not legally obliged to give a shit about Lucas’s wishes–he gave that up when he sold everything for billions of dollars–and it certainly isn’t doing it to spare his feelings. That’s absurd. It also ignores the fact that Disney threw out all of Lucas’s ideas for the sequel trilogy without a care and he was so unhappy with the results that he whined about selling Star Wars to “white slavers.” He has no power anymore or even the slightest influence. So no, I can assure you that is most definitely not the reason we haven’t seen the OOT yet. They’re either working on it until they can get a perfect restoration to satisfy everyone or they’re sitting on it until the 40th anniversary or some other ideal time to milk it. If they aren’t doing it at all, it’s for legal reasons. And they’re likely attempting to sort those out if so. The only other explanation would be outright incompetence and failure to see the massive market and cash potential for them. Which I sincerely doubt considering even the projects of this site have made major news. They also prove that, clearly, technical difficulties aren’t holding the project back, or at least they are not a valid excuse. If even fans can undo the changes with highly limited resources, Disney certainly can. It wouldn’t even matter if Lucas destroyed all the original negatives. They could just cobble together the best sources possible for everything missing and “despecialize” the 97 print themselves. It wouldn’t be ideal, but it would still beat Harmy and crazier things have been done in restoring old movies.
One way or another, putting hope on the “profit” is delusional. As I already said, LF is making billions with each new film. Several millions of profits from potential release of theatrical versions is not even worth a consideration (profit-wise).
You guys can think whatever you want, but money is not the reason the OOT has been nixed. It has nothing to do with the distribution rights, either. The sole reason Disney has no plans to restore the OOT is because George Lucas doesn’t want it to happen. Kathleen Kennedy and his minions still run Lucasfilm. Lucas himself is the largest single living shareholder of Disney stock. It’s not going to happen as long as he is alive.
It’s been 4 years already. Let it go.
Worst comment nominee right here. I didn’t know you worked for Lucasfilm.
The weight of the the available evidence suggests that his thesis is sound.
“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”
Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
It also ignores the fact that Disney threw out all of Lucas’s ideas for the sequel trilogy without a care and he was so unhappy with the results that he whined about selling Star Wars to “white slavers.”
I used to think Lucas was a comedian and did the whole stubborn bit because it was hilarious “They’re my movies and I can do what I want with them.” “Nobody likes me.” Wearing the plaid shirt. Would be hysterical if that actually were the case. Unfortunately evidence is mounting that he is serious and the SEs and the prequels were not deliberately bad.
Jar-Jar is the Emperor in the extra special edition of ROTJ (scenes 1, 3, and then 6 to the end).
One way or another, putting hope on the “profit” is delusional. As I already said, LF is making billions with each new film. Several millions of profits from potential release of theatrical versions is not even worth a consideration (profit-wise).
You guys can think whatever you want, but money is not the reason the OOT has been nixed. It has nothing to do with the distribution rights, either. The sole reason Disney has no plans to restore the OOT is because George Lucas doesn’t want it to happen. Kathleen Kennedy and his minions still run Lucasfilm. Lucas himself is the largest single living shareholder of Disney stock. It’s not going to happen as long as he is alive.
It’s been 4 years already. Let it go.
Worst comment nominee right here. I didn’t know you worked for Lucasfilm.
The weight of the the available evidence suggests that his thesis is sound.
What evidence? A statement (supposedly) made by a journalist that has been proven wrong on certain details of his article.
The Person in Question
The weight of the the available evidence suggests that his thesis is sound.
What evidence?
I think that’s his point. We really don’t know anything for sure until an official statement is made. So far, we have nothing but 4 years of silence.
Fair enough.
The Person in Question
Can someone quickly direct me to the part where the idea that they’re waiting until next year’s 40th anniversary is closer to make a statement was debunked? Until then, “It’s been four years” carries no weight at all for me.
Can someone quickly direct me to the part where the idea that they’re waiting until next year’s 40th anniversary is closer to make a statement was debunked? Until then, “It’s been four years” carries no weight at all for me.
A journalist for the Wall Street Journal made an article with loads of inaccuracies and said Lucasfilm has no plan to release the OUT any time soon. Master detective work. Completely debunked. Case closed.
Can someone quickly direct me to the part where the idea that they’re waiting until next year’s 40th anniversary is closer to make a statement was debunked? Until then, “It’s been four years” carries no weight at all for me.
A journalist for the Wall Street Journal made an article with loads of inaccuracies and said Lucasfilm has no plan to release the OUT any time soon. Master detective work. Completely debunked. Case closed.
It’s on the front page of this thread
Can someone quickly direct me to the part where the idea that they’re waiting until next year’s 40th anniversary is closer to make a statement was debunked? Until then, “It’s been four years” carries no weight at all for me.
A journalist for the Wall Street Journal made an article with loads of inaccuracies and said Lucasfilm has no plan to release the OUT any time soon. Master detective work. Completely debunked. Case closed.
It’s on the front page of this thread
Can someone quickly direct me to the part where the idea that they’re waiting until next year’s 40th anniversary is closer to make a statement was debunked? Until then, “It’s been four years” carries no weight at all for me.
A journalist for the Wall Street Journal made an article with loads of inaccuracies and said Lucasfilm has no plan to release the OUT any time soon. Master detective work. Completely debunked. Case closed.
It’s on the front page of this thread
That’s what she said. ba-da-tsss
This is a very bold claim.
To state our allegations, may I present Frank your Majesty, who speaks on our behalf.
Posts of the year.
Wait!
HOW COULD YOU EVEN SAY THAT?!?!
New contender.
This thread is a hoot.
As for the topic: For what it’s worth, Density is correct. Why drop the restoration now? Before now they were hyping up TFA, intentionally starving us so that we would be ravenous when the film came out. Now we’re in the afterglow of TFA, which was a huge success financially. We’re all recovering, and with Rogue One on the horizon that has to be good enough to show that they can do a good Star Wars movie without the main cast, and Episode VIII is even further away. There’s no anniversary event soon, or any sort of big announcement about the franchise coming up, so why drop them now? Why not wait until 40 years of Star Wars? Or after Episode IX? Why say “Yeah we’re working on it for some day” and get people hyped up now when it’s still years away, only so the hype can die off? It doesn’t make marketing sense.
If they’re going to do it, they’re going to do it when it will make them the most money. They have teams of people dedicated to figuring out when that is. This is something you drop as a bombshell at the close of your press conference, not something you tell some “opinion blogger” at the Washington Post website in the middle of the Star Wars refractory period.
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