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#34366
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We should've protested years ago
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/34366/action/topic#34366
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I 'm pretty sure DVD's were around back then. But like anything else, it was too expensive for the average person to buy. I remember when VHS video cassttes were all the rage. When a movie first came out on video cassette, it would cost around $70 or $80. Eventually, it was affordable as soon as it was released on video. DVD's were the same way. I think they were so expensive, the select few people that wanted to pay the ridiculous price had to special order it. But that was before it became as common as it is today.
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#34266
Topic
We should've protested years ago
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/34266/action/topic#34266
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I think we would have had a better chance of reasoning with George Lucas if we had done something about it in 1995, when he said that it was the final release of Star Wars in it's original version. Here's a quote of his letter on the back of the 1995 release.

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The appeal of Star Wars has gone beyond anything I could have ever imagined. I am pleased that for the final video release of Star Wars in it's original version, we can present it with the best sound and picture quality yet available, thanks to THX Digital Mastering.

In the years to come I hope you, your children, and your children's children will enjoy not only this trilogy but also the adventures yet to come in the continually unfolding Star Wars universe.

George Lucas


I think that had we done something about it back then before the special editions were made, it would've been alot easier to reason with him.
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#34265
Topic
What was your first experience with Star Wars?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/34265/action/topic#34265
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Like my twin counterpart, I was only 5 in 1977. I had the action figures, the posters, etc.. I didn't really own any of the movies themselves until 1995 when the trilogy pack was released for the last time in it's original version. I've since bought a used copy of the 1992 Special Letterbox Collector's Edition. Like you guys, the magic of Star Wars withstood the tests of time.
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#33689
Topic
Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/33689/action/topic#33689
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I take it you haven't read the posts, Shimraa? Since the announcement of the Star Wars trilogy coming out on DVD (with no chance in hell of it being their original versions), Jay no longer cares if you talk about pirated bootlegs. Hmm! Change that last one to pegleg and the only thing left would be swashbuckling. But anyway, we couldn't before but we can now.
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#33390
Topic
Offical 50,000
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/33390/action/topic#33390
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There are 45,604 confirmed signatures and still counting. I think during the making of the original trilogy, George Lucas was getting high on the smell of fresh money. As a result, it killed a few too many brain cells leaving him rich but stupid. Finally leading to the ruins of great movies, followed by the makings of a bore (1999) and a chick flick (2002). He has one last ditch effort to redeem himself in 2005.

45,604 confirmed signatures! And yet he still refuses to give an inch. What the hell is he thinking?
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#33389
Topic
(The lack of) OT DVDs, and what to do about it
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/33389/action/topic#33389
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I say, there's a great deal of people all around the world that want the original releases on DVD. George Lucas is well aware of this fact, yet still refuses to give people what they want. There have been a few movies released over the last few years on both the original theatrical versions and director's cuts whether by seamless branching or as a completely separate release. Some of those movies are:

1.) The Abyss
2.) Beauty And The Beast
3.) The Lion King
4.) Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring
5.) Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
6.) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
7.) E.T. : The Extra-Terrestrial

These are some (not necessarily all) of the movies that have also had their original threatrical versions on DVD. It's painfully clear George Lucas doesn't care what his audience thinks or wants. So, if he wants to pretend the original theatrical versions never existed, let him. That'll be his loss and it'll be his own fault.