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Originally posted by: JarHead413
Jesus people...three forum pages back?

Originally posted by: generalfrevious
Well, the way Lucas ruined all our expactations of the PT in six short years, would anyone want him to make episodes 7,8, and 9?

Originally posted by: generalfrevious
Wait, if there are upconverter DVD players, then the whole problem of letterboxing is solved? I guess its just the principle of the thing...

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"And maybe it'll happen after he passes away."

Are you kidding? He's going to take them with him.

Originally posted by: generalfrevious
That's right, because ever since Lucas wrote the first word for the draft of Episode 1 and did the first alteration for the SE that the death of the OOT was beginning. The world will not allow the last release of the OOT to be non-anamorphic, but Lucas will make that happen.

Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
to me it is the biggest travesty in the history of motion pictures that star wars lost to annie hall in 1977, it should have won best picture and best director, as well as best screenplay it was nominated for all three.

Originally posted by: zombie84
Just like to point this out:

The GOUT sold well. It was number one on Amazon pre-orders for a long time. Considering that it was the same film re-packaged for the third time, that is damn good. I guess maybe Lucasfilm was expecting it to be this giant hit?? For a triple-dipped disk that was technically flawed from its initial release, that is one of the best dvd sellers of the year as far as i am concerned. So, the news that LFL considers it dissapointing to me is very strange.

Secondly, the news is not that the set has been cancelled, its that it is CONSIDERED being cancelled for fear of over-exposure. It may yet come out. Thirdly, there was already that press release, i think it was Lego, that said there was a new dvd set coming out; the news then is that a few execs are considering "maybe we should wait another year?" not "cancel the release right now." Considering its the 30th anniversary i can't see any logic in postponing it until any other date. But, you know, Lucasfilm and all--dumbasses.

Fourthly, i think there is a very significant item in the digitalbits rumor (remember--rumor) that should be highlighted. Nine-disk set. The prequel dvds are two disks each, totalling six--that leaves only three disks for the entire OT, in other words, movie-only, not even the GOUT or the 2004 bonus disk. This to me is even more perplexing--its just the previous releases, with less bonus material, in an expensive box? At least they could include the bonus disk. Just doesn't make sense.

For all these reasons, i am suspecting that maybe this report is bogus, or inaccurate at least. My feeling is that if LFL released a 30th anniversary boxset, it would probably include a few additional extras, like perhaps deleted scenes or a vintage doc on a second, exlusive bonus disk, plus maybe even the Clone War animated series which Lucasfilm sort of considers Episode II.5, and the GOUT would make sense considering this whole year Lucasfilm is really milking the "vintage" and "classic" imagry of the OOT for the anniversary. I still give digitalbits benefit of the doubt, but there are a few aspects to this report that i think are not quite right.

Originally posted by: zombie84That was the era of treating American cinema as "Serious" and "artistic" works of self-expression, of which Star Wars is often seen as the antithesis to.

Originally posted by: vote_for_palpatine


The Academy was well aware that Star Wars was a half-finished film in 1977. They were also aware in 1997 that Star Wars was still not complete, but alas, the 2004 release was direct to video...

Originally posted by: Jumpman
To this day, it's complete BS that Lucas didn't win Best Director and Best Picture for Star Wars back at the Oscars in '78. I'm sorry, has Annie Hall had the cultural impact that Star Wars has?

If someone can give me a complete and logic answer to this question, I'll gladly change my mind....

Originally posted by: Mr Bungle




All they need to do is go on Amazon, it is spelled out for them there, I have never seen so many one star reviews for a product, not everyone wants the OT but it would have sold more had it been actually value for money, which it wasnt, and I cant believe LFL are that stupid to reliase that the product wasnt any good and thats why the figures werent as good as they thought they would be.

Originally posted by: Fang Zei


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?

Originally posted by: dark_jedi
I also tried to watch the first movie,but could not get through it,just to damn boring.

Originally posted by: JumpmanEpisode V doesn't work without Lucas. He shouldn't get all the credit but he shouldn't be left out either.

Originally posted by: Jumpman
CO,

They might if they don't see the changes as the destruction of the story like some believe they are. Changes or no changes, the stories haven't changed. It's not like Lucas went back to the Original Trilogy and literally disassembled each film and re-edited the films to be something totally different. He's nowhere near that point. A subtle story point here and there, maybe but it's not like Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven or what Oliver Stone had done with Alexander....

And what I find the most funny about this "rumor" is the fact that many fans said they were done with Lucas after the last release of the films and weren't going to spend any more cash and TIME on Star Wars and yet, this "rumor" comes out and everyone is upset. Either you stick to your guns and be done with Lucas and Star Wars or you're not.

People talk about Lucas changing his mind on a whim but fans are even worse at it when it comes to this franchise.

Not really. I just want the OOT, that's all. My mind hasn't changed. And what CO is saying is that even if they don't mind the changes, it's not likely that they'll buy another set for MORE of them. It's odds on that if they bought the 04 set, they don't care, and won't buy the new set solely for a few changes.

But, Lucas didn't deployed Stormtroopers across the country, making the fanbase buy these DVD releases either. That's purely choice. You knew exactly what was in the set from day one....