MeBeJedi

Just to clarify...

From the US Copyright Office:

"WHO MAY PREPARE A DERIVATIVE WORK?

Only the owner of copyright in a work has the right to prepare, or to authorize someone else to create, a new version of that work."

In this case, that would be George Lucas.

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I don't know how Lucasfilms expects to sell them at $30/ea. when customers that already have the 2004SE versions don't need them and the die-hards that want the original trilogy won't buy them because they are not anamorphic. Who is the target market?

It just seems it doesn't need to be this hard and this boneheaded, it really doesn't.

let's break it down.

The people this is aimed at are the people who would understand how terribly out of date and sub-par a 1993 D1 Laserdisc Master would look when compared to the standard of even bargain bin DVD releases today from any other studio.

You've got the guy behind the restorations of Vertigo and Lawrence of Arabia pretty much VOLUNTEERING to do the work FOR YOU, at a low price, and on time(depending on if/when he gets hired), at a price that will impact the bottom line and expected profit on these things little to not at all, and as a matter of fact, his involvment with the project for that price would probably add prestige and desirability to the project that wasn't there previously, and CERTAINLY wasn't there once the Letterbox Port information was made known.

It's unfolding perfectly in front of you, and at the worst case scenario--you push this set back to late November/Early December. THAT's the worst case if you go this route. If you go the other route--worst case gets worse. Exponentially.

The gamble is that the fans you're targeting this at are as apathetic about the release as you are. And I don't think the odds are as good that is the case. Harris is laying out how to make those odds better for minimal effort on your part, I don't see how this isn't a no-brainer, especially in the face of a large and influential part of your base effectively RISING UP AGAINST YOU almost 6 months before the thing hits shelves along with a new wave of toys and video games.

Hire Harris. Push this thing back about 60 days. Tell everyone why, and tell everyone what's really coming. The ad copy will look nicer. The stories will be more postive. The word of mouth will spread. The product will become more enticing. More copies will be sold.

It seems real easy, to me.

The O-OT is going to be released on dvd.
- Yippeee!
But the movies will be sold separately, that is, separately and together with the 2004 special editions.
- Oh....okay.
We'll call the originals bonus features.
- Uh....dude....
And the sound is stereo, not 5.1.
- Ah...oh...fine.
And here is the cover art. It looks a little bit like some of the old posters.
- Errr....whatever.
And it's going to be letterbox, not anamorphic.
- Uhmmm....
And it's from the old transfer from some 10 years ago.
- oh...
You're not going to complain are you? You're getting your outdated originals. The special editions were huge improvements anyway. Let's be honest, you hardly noticed the changes.
- I surrender.