Well I'll be double/triple dipping for this stuff, I'm a sucker.

Same here especially for Star Wars!

"That's what he has always done. You may not like his decisions, but they are his, and they are his movies. Trust, something people don't seem to do much anymore, putting trust into a director/creator is essential."

Yes, in a legal sense, they are his movies. In an ethical/practical sense, these movies belong to the hundreds of people who worked on them, acted in them, created special effects, etc. By editing these movies AND not continuing to make available the originals, Lucas is making decisions not just about his own work, but about the work of countless other people. How would you feel if you designed an effect in ESB that was no longer in the film due to Lucas' editing? It's not just to the fans that Lucas has a responsibility to release the original versions.

No one has told you, but the spin off character for the tv show will be Jar Jar!

I have to assume that the character will actually be

(VERY light spoiler for Episode III)

This would make sense...remember in Episode IV that Obi-Wan said the Jedi were "all but extinct"...he didn't say they were completely extinct - meaning he, Yoda and a few others were probably around.

When you work in those types of positions you are just trying to create what the director wants. You have no creative liscense or intellectual property rights to any effects or whatever you design.

Their all Lucas's and he can chose to use them, cut them, etc. as he see's fit.

The laborer's that worked with him have no right to complain.

Well, Ive yet to buy the trilogy (I can get it for $30 or less) but now with this new one, I may have to wait. But ONLY if they remaster EP 1 and fix the errors alot of people noticed in EP 4.

And that series sounds awesome! Though Im not a huge star wars fan (I havent even seen the original trilogy) I'll defentaley watch. I just hope its on an HD station (maybe HBO?) and has some bad ass effects. Whats the expected date on releasing this show?

From The Force.net:

So can we assume that the extras from the prequels second discs won't be on the new boxed set? Sounds like the new boxed set will probably have all-new special features.

Bring it on. I'll buy it.

Yeah, me too.

Bring on the Jar-Jar commentary!

Thanks for bringing that slight spoiler out in the open...

Click HERE to read who the television series will likely be based on. (Small ROTS spoiler in the link.)



I really like the sound of this.

That bonus disc would really have to be worthwhile for me to pick this box set up, even then, I might sell off the discs and keep the bonus one.

Bring it on!

This has already been settled. At CIII, Lucas said once he's set up the TV shows, he's going to step back and let others direct them. He said he's going to move back into making films like THX 1138 and American Graffiti.

Simple answer? No! How many times does he have to say it. Everytime a Star Wars trilogy DVD is released, people are going to get their hopes up that Lucas will relent, then when he doesn't, the people will come out of the woodwork and we'll have to go through another 50 pages of people bitching and calling Lucas every name in the book. You watch! It happened last time, it will happen in 2007, and any other time the DVDs are re-released. It's ridiculous.

That argument doesn't hold much water. 99% of all of the original footage is still in the films. Lucas did not delete big chunks of the original. He just simply added to it in almost all of the cases except for maybe the battle of Yavin. The new scenes in Mos Eisley were addition. For example, all of the original work is still there.

I wouldn't think you'd list your favorite directors according to how many DVD re-releases they put out. I would think you would have your favorite directors based on how much you like their films.

Last point! Who is making you double-dip? Has Lucas every put a gun to fan's head and forced them to buy his films on DVD? I seriously doubt it. Nobody is forcing you to do anything. If you decide to buy the 2007 box set, it's because you made the choice, not because Lucas forced you.

And for what it's worth, it will have been 3 years when the 2007 DVD set is released. Last year in 2004, the original trilogy was released. That's 3 years not counting the eventual Episode III release.

There's really no way I could've waited 2-3 years to own the OT. I'm happy to own any legit version of the trilogy on DVD right now. Who knows what could happen in in 2-3 years anyway (and knowing Lucas, heh heh)

All I really hope for is that in December when ROTS is released on DVD, an official box to keep all 7 dvds in is released.

At this point I'll just keep buying every incarnation of the movies. when I have an entire shelf with OT boots, SE boots, EP 123, Ep 456 SSE, and then when EP 123 SE and 456 SSSE come I'll buy those, and then when the 123 HDSSE, and 456 HDSSSSE. Ill just keep setting them beside each other.
Then one day when GL stops by the house, I'll show him my collection, and hopefully he wont sue me for the boots...

I think TF.N is getting confused. 6 Film boxset, not 6 Disc boxset. I don't Lucas would release a new boxset and not include all of the extras from the other releases or at least a extra disc per movie. It'll likely be a 12 disc boxset.

I'll back Terrell up on this one since I attended 2 out of the 3 Lucas presentations at C3. Lucas isn't going to direct them (the TV show), but he will be involved in setting it up.

Also, in the 1st and 3rd Lucas presentations, there was NO mention of any future DVD versions. He might have said something in the 2nd presentation though...