Mike O

Originally posted by: grifter
We are almost five months to the 30th anniversary and still no news about the "saga" boxset, I have a bad feeling about this...

They are not going to announce it until probably february at least, so as not to dissuade the christmas/boxingday/new-years sales. Otherwise all those PT/OT/OOT disks I see on the shelves will continue to sit there instead of being bought twice.

"If" it's as in demand? "If"?!

Sales do seem to have dropped on the GOUT.



Yes, but the quesiton is, will Lucas allow it? Is his hatred of the OOT stronger than his desire to make money? After, the kind of people whom he could market that too are the kind of people who would spend any amount of money on a boxed set with films that they don't want just to get the restored OOT. That's why the boxed set would be perfect and dovetail with all of the circumstantial evidence like the MTV interview, SW.com's "searching the archives" comment, the testing the waters theory, and what I just mentioned. I just don't want to get my hopes up and have them crushed, because I can't see it happening.

Of course, this assumes that George Lucas would give a shit enough to put his stamp of approval on something with effort and care put into it (which a dedicated, nerdy fanbase would require).

Originally posted by: Guy Caballero
A Lorne Petersen quote from 2005:

“It’s almost unimaginable to think of the (original) Star Wars films sitting somewhere and rotting within your own lifetime,” he said.
He sounds thrilled.

Originally posted by: Mike O


Now to say that that has no validity, but many critics panned The Shawshank Redemption, It's A Wonderful Life, andmany other classic films on their initial release. Similarly, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie did great box office at the time retrospectively and look at the critical concensus now. Doesn't necessarily mean anything, I'm just pointing it out.

Originally posted by: Nanner Split
The SE is really gay. I mean, some bits of it are okay, but most of the new stuff is just plain fruity!

Originally posted by: zombie84
In a latest bit of bullshit OOT-suppression, the American Cinemateque is screening Star Wars with Lorne Peterson, who was one of the chief modelmakers on the film and was responsible for many of the incredible craftsmanship and innovations the films created. Peterson will introduce the film and then be signing autographs for his new book on the ILM Modelshop, tracing the renowned modelshops early days in the 1970's and 80's.

But the Special Edition is being screened. Roughly 80% of the original groundbreaking, Oscar-winning modelwork is deleted.


Does this not bother anyone?

I am guessing the reason is because Lucasfilm has recalled all prints of the original 1977 ANH and does not lend out the OOT anymore--only the SE prints may be screened. I remember a similar incident where a university wanted to screen the film as part of its 1970's cinema classics class and only were offered the 1997 SE. The OOT dies a little once more.