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- #274175
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- Lucas @ The Oscars
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- #274138
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- New: Making of Star Wars Book - Preview
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/274138/action/topic#274138
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- #274137
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- Lucas @ The Oscars
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/274137/action/topic#274137
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- #274082
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- New Direction For The Petition
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/274082/action/topic#274082
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- #274072
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/274072/action/topic#274072
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- #274055
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/274055/action/topic#274055
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"this is the first time that something SW didn't sell well"
Actually, product merchandising for TPM was abysmal. Lucas complained that there was simply too much, and subsequently limited the licensing for AOTC.
"this is the first time that something SW didn't sell well"
Actually, product merchandising for TPM was abysmal. Lucas complained that there was simply too much, and subsequently limited the licensing for AOTC.
Right, but I think what was meant is that it was the first time a home video release of Star Wars did not sell well, and even that I think is up for debate because as we've said the numbers pretty conclusively show that the GOUT sets sold well.
Lucas really is an attention whore when it comes to the OOT. I actually want to believe that he authorized the GOUT release not only to keep money flowing into LFL but also to keep people talking about him.
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- #274045
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- It seems like nobody involved in the making of the Original Trilogy has spoken up about George Lucas’ oppression of the unaltered theatrical version of the OT.
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/274045/action/topic#274045
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Kersh didn't really seem to care about the changes made to Empire since it wasn't changing the story so far as he saw it, but since that scream does pretty much change what happenned it's interesting to know that it might've been taken out for the '04 dvd at his behest.
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- #274043
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- Lucas @ The Oscars
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/274043/action/topic#274043
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Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
Becuase they didn't have 30 years of cultural hindsight in 1978.
Originally posted by: Jumpman
If someone can give me a complete and logic answer to this question, I'll gladly change my mind....
If someone can give me a complete and logic answer to this question, I'll gladly change my mind....
Becuase they didn't have 30 years of cultural hindsight in 1978.
you beat me to it
Star Wars was something like no one had ever seen before, it was too new. Even The Return of the King, which is pretty much regarded as the first Fantasy movie of any kind to win the award, was the third movie of a trilogy. The previous two had already been nominated for best picture and both lost.
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- #273921
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- What the fuck??? : George is definitely gone "bye bye"
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273921/action/topic#273921
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- #273917
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273917/action/topic#273917
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- #273906
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- Lucas @ The Oscars
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273906/action/topic#273906
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also, did anyone notice that when Marty walked off stage with Francis and Steven on either side, George seemed to get left behind and was just walking behind all of them?
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- #273905
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273905/action/topic#273905
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Originally posted by: Number20
But as someone has said earlier, nowhere has anything been promised.
But as someone has said earlier, nowhere has anything been promised.
that was me,
although thinking back on that, Lucas did say in an interview around the time of the 9/12 release "now we'll see" and "it'll all come out in the end." Maybe to him this is nothing more than a funny experiment even though, as I keep saying, there's no way he doesn't know about the huge demand for a good quality OOT release. LFL should just do a high-def transfer of the OOT and get it over with so they can keep revising the SE every few years to keep it "updated."
As someone said in either this thread or one of the others, the star wars trilogy is just one of countless other movies that are yet to see the light of day. Watching that youtube video that someone linked to earlier, the "real political face talk" one, THX-1138's original version hasn't been released on dvd either. What are the chances it ever will be?
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- #273833
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- It seems like nobody involved in the making of the Original Trilogy has spoken up about George Lucas’ oppression of the unaltered theatrical version of the OT.
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273833/action/topic#273833
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Kershner obviously had Lucas's blessing to do the SE of Empire, but I don't think ROTJ's would have been as bad if Marquand had still been alive in '97.
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- #273795
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273795/action/topic#273795
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- #273765
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273765/action/topic#273765
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Originally posted by: Jumpman
"please someone tell me what's prevented LFL over all these years from remastering the OUT."
Because, he didn't want to. The Special Edition is closer to what he wanted all along, from the beginning. He feels this is what HE wants to see out there in the general public when it comes to Star Wars.
Yes, but this was never preventing them from remastering the original versions.
Originally posted by: Jumpman
Also, this notion that Lucas won't or can't stop changing things is stupid. From '97 to '04, he didn't really change much at all. '97 was the year he changed and updated. '04 was the year he fixed the updates he made. I can pretty much guarantee that whenever the films are released again, the changes and updates will be very minimal compared to what he did in '97. It'll be fixing lightsaber colors, correcting matte lines, and another transfer. He'll do the most updating with the Prequels.
But Lucas' days of constantly redo the films is pretty much coming to an end....The scenario of what's going to be changed in this boxset has gotten way out of hand in the online community.
"please someone tell me what's prevented LFL over all these years from remastering the OUT."
Because, he didn't want to. The Special Edition is closer to what he wanted all along, from the beginning. He feels this is what HE wants to see out there in the general public when it comes to Star Wars.
Yes, but this was never preventing them from remastering the original versions.
Originally posted by: Jumpman
Also, this notion that Lucas won't or can't stop changing things is stupid. From '97 to '04, he didn't really change much at all. '97 was the year he changed and updated. '04 was the year he fixed the updates he made. I can pretty much guarantee that whenever the films are released again, the changes and updates will be very minimal compared to what he did in '97. It'll be fixing lightsaber colors, correcting matte lines, and another transfer. He'll do the most updating with the Prequels.
But Lucas' days of constantly redo the films is pretty much coming to an end....The scenario of what's going to be changed in this boxset has gotten way out of hand in the online community.
Were we discussing possible changes to the future boxset? No, we were discussing changes that have been made.
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- #273722
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273722/action/topic#273722
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I think a big problem is that while people care about seeing the OUT restored and remastered once and for all, they don't care enough about it. I mean, otherwise, wouldn't LFL have done it by now? Maybe there just aren't enough film fans out there and the general public really will just accept whatever LFL puts out. I think even if this rumor turns out to be true, LFL should announce the OOT's status one way or the other and do it soon, certainly no later than Celebration IV.
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- #273702
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273702/action/topic#273702
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- #273683
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273683/action/topic#273683
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- #273660
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273660/action/topic#273660
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the smashed dividing line you talk about has been a point of contention over the SE's, I also think. Lucas really does live in his own little world and simply doesn't acknowledge that people actually don't want to sit through very obviously pandering updates. Yea, back in '97 I don't think I thought of the updates as anything more than cool things to do now that the movies are back on the big screen. Nevertheless, there was always that part of my brain that clearly recognized "this is from 1977, that is from 1997." Then I found out they were cut into the actual o-neg. Hypocrisy is the only word my vocabulary can muster when he 1) talks about his kids not growing up to enjoy the movies he grew up with, 2) alters the o-negs of three movies simply because he's now the one with legal control and finally 3) cranks out 4:3, borderline unwatchable transfers of 3 of the greatest movies ever made and then makes commercials with parents talking about how their kids can see what they grew up with as if he's doing us some sort of favor. And this was taken from the depths of the Lucasfilm archives?
Another thing about the dividing line is that Lucas isn't revising history to make it seem like all six movies were made concurrently with one another. There's a real sense of history in the '04 discs which is why I'm all the more frustrated with it. Lucas is never getting around the fact that these were first released in '77-'85 anyway unless he just totally remakes it from scratch as you mentioned. That's why he doesn't really have a leg to stand on in regards to the originals "not existing." This is why I can't see any reason for him just not remastering the originals and getting it over with. What really is he afraid of? That if people can watch the originals in the same quality as the SE that they won't watch the SE anymore? I sure as hell don't see why some people would stop watching the SE, they seem to prefer it to the originals (don't ask me why). No, I think Lucas is safe in that respect, but he does still owe it to the fans to stop all of this nonsense. And to the people who say "Lucas owes you nothing" I can't help but get the impression that you think of yourselves as his bodyguards or something. That if you don't go along with what he thinks then you are automatically wrong. Arguing that Lucas doesn't owe the OOT fans anything implies that he does owe the SE fans something.
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- #273587
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273587/action/topic#273587
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- #273523
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273523/action/topic#273523
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- #273506
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273506/action/topic#273506
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- #273501
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273501/action/topic#273501
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Originally posted by: GhostAlpha26
Or LFL could actually release something worth a damn like worth wild release of the OUT.
Or LFL could actually release something worth a damn like worth wild release of the OUT.
Releasing something we actually need? Oh no, they'll make us desperate and hope we go out to buy limited time releases, not realizing that some of us actually know better.
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- #273494
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- a rumor from thedigitalbits.com...
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273494/action/topic#273494
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This is proof positive that they shot themselves in the foot with the 9/12 release. If they hadn't bothered with the '05 or '06 releases, the demand they claim isn't there would be there all the more. If this does in fact get pushed back - and who knows, maybe it's only because they're too lazy to think up what to put in the box - but if it does get pushed back a year or two, this had better be, oh, I'd say 12 discs minimum.
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- #273490
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- Star Wars Rap
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/273490/action/topic#273490
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