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a truly countless number of fans have told us that they would love to see and own the original version that they remember experiencing in theaters," said Jim Ward, President of LucasArts and Senior Vice President of Lucasfilm Ltd. "We returned to the Lucasfilm Archives to search exhaustively for source material that could be presented on DVD. 

Now I get it, we were supposed to read that in a sarcastic voice. The blu is probably going to bring a whole new wave of bullshit about how impractical and expensive it would have been to do the OT. Strangely, it will mostly come from unpaid shills on the internet, deep in their religious loyalty, not even from LFL.

http://maythe4th.starwars.com/countdown.php

My tapes are gone but I'm almost positive it was visually the same except for that tail end voiceover going over the logo graphic for each respective film. i.e.

http://tlb.hwcdn.net/j3v8m4w2/cds/images/video_thumbs/large_thumbs/5c89e3bf2b63497f96fd1aacd1ca609c.jpg

which could maybe be swiped from the trailers? not 100% but pretty sure.

Hmm, it seems tough to avoid all the frowning and foreboding about how something's unusual or wrong with the main character no matter what else is cut or added.  (unless Anakin "dies" as a dumbass kid trying to fly a spaceship but who just crashes right into the ground. And the rest of the trilogy is just Obi-Wan, P.I.  cleaning up everyone else's mess. Which would be awesome)

Yeah the vhs tapes are the same thing as the laser...except for that (when they say "sit down and watch the DEFINITIVE version as it always meant to be etc."). Which is totally the best part now!

Wouldn't they have to be working from a film negative of some kind with Ep. I? (I thought there were no DIs before O Brother Where art thou.)

RedFive said:

That's fair, but he is shooting in 48fps, which is awesome.  And just because it's being released in 3D on some screens doesn't mean you can't see it in 2D, the option is there for whichever version you prefer.

I'm not anti-3D, but more and more the bigger screens and better venues are tied up with the 3D version.

Yeah apparently they put some effort into ep. I. It's too bad the '77-'83 trilogy is such an unsurmountable task for LFL. (on a totally unrelated note they are completely rebuilding 198 episodes of THAT '70s SHOW for hd)

Actually there's quite a lot of people out there who don't really know Vader is Luke's father. Apparently they are called "girls". Adywan is cutting the Vader stuff from III? That's interesting. I guess the idea is that when going 1-6 it will seem like Vader is just another goon like General Grievous?

It's nice to think that Secret History has made a dent in that stuff.  It feels like a lot of the real star wars moonies are abandoning the "original vision" mantra, adapting it to: "Whatever The Creator's latest whim is, that's what I want, that's what should happen." Hey wait, they special editioned their own proverb!             

I thought this was interesting when it comes to the collars-being-fixed issue. The odds seem to be against it the way things are now, even if the more obvious mistakes are corrected. (What do we consider "fixed" anyway)?

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2011/04/whv_screwed_up.php

Yeah I never got why Luke and Leia having a trait passed down to them by their dad has to exclude anyone. You would think if it did they'd have the jedi banging each other all the time to produce the next generation. It'd be like Caligula in that council building.

Alexrd said:

He said he doesn't believe in midichlorians?!

No, you get me there, Matlock.

Wait, so is Han just a moron now that he doesn't believe in something that can be physically measured? (I guess he doesn't believe in the Jedi in general, since they were killed off in public 19 whole years ago. Which seems sort of like saying he doesn't believe in the '92 Houston Oilers but whatever)

That's your feeling Ken and you're hardly alone. Just try to recognize that makes you part of the problem. Preservation either happens or it doesn't based on public indifference.

kenkraly2007 said:

 their are fans that like both versions.

We know, but the new version is taken care of, there's no reason to beat the drum for it, not when the original version is the one that needs all the noise it can get.

This new breed of fan (not just with Star Wars but superheroes or twilight or whatever it is) seems to be more like a cult member, and they never react well to their pretend daddy being questioned. Now that they can hide behind a computer they don't have to develop a personality and can just be a complete shitbird forever. (I bet we'd be surprised how old a lot of these guys are, so this isn't just a "what's with kids today?" thing.)

none said:  Some of the TV interviews with him, Marquand makes fun of Kershner.  Explaining the difference between their directing style:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmEGcSVW428

He's not really making fun of him. It was a common sentiment back then (that Empire's sophistication wasn't automatically preferable to Star Wars' simplicity).

The creepy part is that the revisionism is aimed so squarely at young people who don't know any better, it doesn't seem to matter to LFL that they eventually become old enough to hear something different. Because by then there's a new wave of kids to sell it to, so who cares? Anyway, unless you're a kid, the revisionism doesn't even make sense if you think about it too much (which I sure do: "Why the hell would Han stand that close to Jabba's mouth?" "Why would those pedestrians walk that close to a GIANT DINOSAUR'S ASSHOLE?" etc. etc.)

The fact that they wrote, rehearsed, lit and photographed this is kinda good enough for me.

(edit-komputers konfuse me)

The thing that makes it kind of impossible to talk to those guys is this notion that there's a "double standard" like it's the new civil rights movement or some shit. The old trilogy gets a pass on things that the new one doesn't even though they are really the same, etc.. Why does this "double standard" exist? Out of some mysterious axe to grind, I guess who the fuck knows.  (And hey, let's say it's true, and people have their initial reaction but then articulate it improperly. Now what? Hold them in contempt of Star Wars Court?)

It's not really worth it, I think it's mostly just that creepy mix of kids and grim Star Wars zealots now. When a grown man uses the phrase "hate speech" for people clowning on Episode II, you know that guy must be a real barrel of laffs.

What, you don't want to be lectured about going to Star Wars Hell for not accepting Dexter Jetser into your life?

I think the new Lucasfilm magazine was all about promoting WILLOW when it started up. So, around 1988. I remember the articles, it was going to be the new franchise. (I remember a bunch of us buying a ticket for Willow and sneaking into DIE HARD, so it was good for something.)

It was a good show but some Whedon fans can be scary, man. They are super-devoted and organized.