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But wait! Somebody said they thought they heard John Landis say that he heard somebody say that they thought this might happen sometime!
Is that not enough reason to believe we will get it this year?
All signs point to maybe.
It’s not “thought” there’s video of Landis saying Disney would put them out
If you want to have an honest opinion on them and not just follow what the popular opinion is, then yes. Watch them once and be the judge
I first saw the OT when the 2004 DVDs came out. I watched the first two prequels on DVD and Revenge of The Sith was the first Star Wars movie I saw in theaters.
This bickering is pointless!
I think he just didn’t wanna spend the money on a restoration for versions of films he didn’t like. Thus why we got LD transfers on those DVDs.
I doubt George would put in the contract to not allow Disney to release the OOT. He couldn’t even keep them away himself.
When I was a kid, I didn’t find those scenes deeply unsettling or disturbing. Even as a kid I understood how appropriate those scenes were in the context of the story.
All he did was write the film Strange Magic, right? Didn’t direct it?
Lol, what’s their source then? There’s no way they’re releasing a secret movie with no marketing three months out.
You don’t have to market A New Hope. Tell people it’s in theaters and they will run to see it
After arriving at work totally knackered each morning after live streaming Celebration Orlando here in the UK, a guy at work asked me if I had Star Wars on Blu-ray. When I said no and explained why he was really confused. Looked at me in bewilderment. He had no idea at all about the original cuts and to be honest did not care at all. This same guy was confused as to where Rey and Finn were in Rogue One.
There lies our problem I think. The casual viewer. The public who see the films as just another movie to watch and then put to one side.
People like him don’t dictate Star Wars at all
I think on the 2004 and 2011 discs it actually says copyright 1997 haha
They have been trying to pass off the special editions as the originals for a long time now.
Well, in the credits of each film in the OT, they do have the label Special Edition, to give LucasFilm some itty bitty credit
It just occurred to me that if Lucasfilm put out the OOT in 2020 it would be the second time they put it out on the current format the year after the conclusion of a main saga movie trilogy.
Man, I really don’t wanna keep waiting. We’ve been waiting for too long now. Hoping MakingStarWars is right.
Is that original comic still available?
They already rereleased the original 77 adaptation recently in a couple different forms. This doesn’t mean anything either way.
Was that done under Disney or Lucas rule?
There’s also a magazine coming out thats labeled itself as the “guide to the 1977 classic”
Now they’re really rubbing it in.
There’s a comic for the special edition version of the film and it’s labeled as the special edition and in the Amazon description it says and I paraphrase “a graphic novel of the special edition version of Star Wars”. Then there’s that magazine labeled as a guide to the 1977 classic. Not 1997 classic. Not 2004 classic. Not 2011 classic. Make of this what you will. I think it’s a good sign.
“Revisit the original space opera in a comic book adaptation of the special edition of Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope, the ultimate realization of George Lucas’ creative vision!”
—The description for the graphic novel
There’s also a magazine coming out thats labeled itself as the “guide to the 1977 classic”
Now they’re really rubbing it in.
There’s a comic for the special edition version of the film and it’s labeled as the special edition and in the Amazon description it says and I paraphrase “a graphic novel of the special edition version of Star Wars”. Then there’s that magazine labeled as a guide to the 1977 classic. Not 1997 classic. Not 2004 classic. Not 2011 classic. Make of this what you will. I think it’s a good sign.
There’s also a magazine coming out thats labeled itself as the “guide to the 1977 classic”
They’re even re-releasing the comic adaption back from '97…
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Special-New-Hope/dp/1302903764/ref=sr_1_1
Hey, atleast it’s labeled as the SE, unlike the current BD
Or did they take old stock and repackage it. Make more money by putting the old discs in shiny new steelbooks and in a new box set with just about everyones favorite antagonist on the cover
Watch it be the same discs but THIS TIME with digital copies 😂
I would honestly wait and see if they’ll announce something when the film really turns 40
People are willing to drop hundreds of dollars on bootlegs and those s#### DVDs from 2006. Those DVDs that Lucas himself felt compelled to release. Millions of people have downloaded the Despecialized Edition. Popular American icons have publicly let their distaste of the SE known. Disney may not care for those versions of those films, but they care about money. You will never convince me that only a fringe want the OOT. The demand is there.
The only way the mouse will do any work on the OT is when they finally adopt 4kUHD. Otherwise they will continue to flog the bds endlessly.
Well, it’s FOX that has been flogging the discs
Just having a article on how they put the films in theater again in 1997 doesn’t man they won’t release the originals at some point.
“Haitian slaves in 18th century sugar plantations were treated better than Star Wars fans in the last 20 years.”
Calm down, Lucas