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#288887
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So, um... no new DVD's announced this year?
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Originally posted by: see you auntie
http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Lucasfilm/Disc_Announcements/Lucasfilm_to_Star_Wars_Fans:_No_Blu-ray,_HD_DVD_on_the_Horizon/644


Lucasfilm to 'Star Wars' Fans: No Blu-ray, HD DVD on the Horizon

Mon May 21, 2007 at 11:59 AM ET


Responding to persistent rumors of a pending release of the 'Star Wars' films on high-def disc, Lucasfilm has issued a statement denying any such plans for the series in the foreseeable future.

Ever since both next-gen formats launched last year, George Lucas' blockbuster space saga has been one of the most highly-requested "holy grails" on high-def.


But hopes hit a new high several weeks ago when early adopters started buzzing about this Amazon.com listing for the Star Wars Trilogy on Blu-ray. Such "placeholder" pages for highly anticipated titles are common practice with the web's biggest retailer, enabling customers to sign up for an email alert when the item in question becomes available. Unfortunately, this can lead to confusion for some consumers, who mistake these placeholders to mean the title has been officially announced.

Hoping to quell the web wildfire, the folks at PC World contacted Lucasfilm for comment early last week, and were told the following by company spokesperson John Singh:

"Lucasfilm Ltd. has no plans to release any of the Star Wars movies on Blu-ray or HD DVD. Listings on Amazon.com or any other Web site are purely speculative and erroneous."

It's worth noting that such a statement should not be much of a surprise (if still a disappointment) to long-time industry watchers. Lucas was one of the longest hold-outs on DVD despite that format's fast-growing mainstream acceptance, waiting over four years after launch before he allowed the first 'Star Wars' film to be released on disc (which turned out to be 'Episode I: The Phantom Menace' in September 2001).

Needless to say, we'll keep you posted on any future news of a 'Star Wars' release on high-def disc. Stay tuned...



Not exactly a huge surprise.
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#288643
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So, um... no new DVD's announced this year?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288643/action/topic#288643
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Originally posted by: ESHBG
Originally posted by: Sluggo
It takes time and careful calculations to figure how best to screw over the fan base.

LOL

Here's my take on it all in another thread:

On a related note, I noticed that the prices on HD-DVD players have really dropped. With The Matrix trilogy now on the format, I'm sure LFL won't be too far behind. Since Fox is with Blu-ray (correct?) imagine how big of a push that format would get if the SW movies were released on it! Knowing Lucas, he's not going to let this opportunity slide...


Yeah, it's a foregone conclusion that Lucas will release the films in HD, but not the OOT.
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#287516
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Will the original 'Star Wars' ever be properly presented on DVD?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287516/action/topic#287516
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Originally posted by: vbangle
Originally posted by: Zion
Like the GOUT did to the original bootlegs, Lucas won't do it unless a DVD-quality version made by fans becomes highly-sought-after and LFL feels they need to squash its' success.


F*#kin A


Outside of X0, what are you talking about? I just can't see enough demand to get Lucas to care.
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#287436
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The Visual Effects Society Unveils “50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time”
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287436/action/topic#287436
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Originally posted by: gallandro
Originally posted by: Zion
Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
I know it seems old to us now, but this was the shit back in the day.


No doubt. But I think he was referring to T1, not T2.

TPM did a lot more than just build on the work of T2. Things like the texture modeling and clothing animation they did for the CG characters were new concepts for a live-action film. And VFX supervisor John Knoll was quoted as saying he had no idea how they were going to do a lot of the shots in the film when they started pre-production.

I guess in the end all I'm saying is that TPM is much more deserving of being on that list than ROTJ.


Agreed, TPM was also the first film to create "armies" of CG characters and was the first film to use rudimentary AI to give orders to those armies. It was the first movie to have a completely CG main character (Years before the Two Towers), and TPM was the first film to make extensive use of realistic virtual sets (sorry the 5th Element doesn't cut it here)... Sorry, I know this pains prequel bashers but TPM was not "variations on a theme"... and in fact I would go so far as to say TPM deserves to be in the Top 10 of that list. Most of today's movies owe a lot to ILM's accomplishments for Episode I.

Yancy


Not disagreeing, but I think that it's difficult to deny the accomplishments of the Rings films (or their flaws; I can see both). The Massive Engine took the armies in intriguing new directions. Not to take anything away from Star Wars.

I'm going out on a limb here to theorize that you are not fond of Jackson and LOTR?
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#286524
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George Lucas calls Spiderman 3 'silly'
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286524/action/topic#286524
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Originally posted by: Jumpman
It's interesting that every critic's opinion of this films seems to count except for Lucas'...even though he's dead on about his assessment of the film. The film, to put it bluntly, is a complete mess at the script level. And it becomes unintentionally silly because of it.

Say what you want about the Prequels but they are no where near the mess that Spider-Man 3 is, at the script level. I mean, it's just plain bad on a lot of serious levels...things that should've been caught before this film even started shooting.


Possibly because many, many people think that the prequels are "silly" too. True, some don't. It's a mess at script level because the producers forced Raimi to shoehorn in elements which he didn't want to. Not to say that SM3 is necessarily a lot better than the prequels, but if ever there was a case of the pot calling the kettle black, this is it. I mean, how can Lucas, how wrote dialogue like "Yousa in deep doo-doo this time" call it "silly?" Jumpman, is there ANYTHING-any business decision, frame of film, line of dialogue, anything at all-that you think Lucas have EVER done wrong? I mean, you're perfectly entitled to you beliefs, but the words "in my opinion" keep failing to show up before you posts.
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#284156
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Darabount rips Lucas over Indy IV script
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284156/action/topic#284156
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Originally posted by: Jumpman
For the life of me, I don't understand how this guy, George Lucas, gets the hate that he does. All he basically did was say that these are the versions I prefer...this is what I want.... That's all he's basically done to receive the hatred he gets. And, that's pretty freakin' sad, if you ask me....


You're right. So I'll watch the version I want and he can watch the version he wants in high quality and we'll both be happy. Oh, wait. That's right. I can't. That's why. Really, everything could meet halfway.
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#284041
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Darabount rips Lucas over Indy IV script
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284041/action/topic#284041
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Originally posted by: Jumpman
Darabont could've easily stayed away from all this angst if he wasn't a writer for hire. I mean, seriously, get over it already. Spielberg liked it, Darabont, of course, liked it but Lucas, the creator, didn't. It's his and Steven's baby. Is Lucas just suppose to shut up just because Darabont think it's the greatest script ever?

Lucas' opinion matters just as much as Frank's and Steven's. In the end, his ego is really, really starting to show, since this has been a non-issue for a few years now.


Lucas's ego is starting to show too; Spielberg is the DIRECTOR and it was two to one. Maybe you're right; maybe Darabont's script sucked and Lucas made the right choice. Oh, and Philip Kaufman created Indy too, and no one has asked him anything. But seriously, I think that Lucas's autocracy is really starting to tick off a lot of the people who work with him. Sure, he's within his rights to do these things, but that doesn't mean that people have to like them.

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#283233
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What 30th Anniversary?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/283233/action/topic#283233
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Well, it looks like all of the years of marketing are finally taking their toll and Lucasfilm want to scale back a bit so as not crash and burn. Obviously, they don't want to sell a restored OOT, but it looks like, with the "saga" over, they've run out of things to market. Sure, the T.V. series and the endless toys and tie-ins and whatnot, but it looks like the core of it all is just burned out. I'm not saying that the franchise is dead or anything, just that the public would appear to have had enough of it for the time being.