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- #63254
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- The Digital Bits Review (2004 OT SE DVD release)
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/63254/action/topic#63254
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Originally posted by: Tim Lehrbach
Wild speculation here but, when all six movies are released as a box set...that might be the best chance George will throw in the originals (most likely as an option to turn on or off the revisions), realistically it's probably won't happen, but if people keep bitching enough, you never know, that way everyone will be happy.... I do think Lucas is going to throw more stuff into the ultimate box set (OT cut/deleted scenes anyone.)
FIRST let me say that I can't find anything to really support this - well that I can provide links to but I know that it has been brought up here on the boards before....
EVERYONE seems to forget that in many an interview about the original Special Editions....
George Lucas may have said something like this -
- All prints were destroyed a long time ago and the last 70mm w/6 Track Stereo Dolby Sound Reels from the Lucasfilm Archive were used in the creation of the Special Editions as the SE's were a way to save the film stock from deterioration - Digital copies of the SE were taken as well as fully restored 70mm prints.
OKAY I found this though
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LUCAS STOPS VIEWING OF ORIGINAL VERSION- Associated Press, November 13, 2003 -
It would appear the Lucasfilm no longer wishes to support the original cut of the film, and has gone so far as to pull it from shelves in larger video chains such as Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. When AFI contacted Lucasfilm and described to situation, and their wish to show the original version in its historical setting they were told that the only prints still in existence were color match proofs in the Lucasfilm archives. All others had been destroyed by 20th Century Fox, as per Lucasfilm's request.
- I edited it to get to the point
SO in the long run..........
The original versions NO longer exsist in any other format besides the LD's, VHS's and these DVDr's
THERE may be a few dozen or more 35 prints floating around but try to find someone with high-end telecine equipment that would do it....
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all my torrents are having this problem - EVEN my remote PC (cleverly stashed at a secret government installation whose location is known only to me) is having this issue