I'm guessing a box set of all six movies, possibly with an all-new bonus disc.

Then, after people complain, he'll make the box available seperately (possibly with the bonus disc, most likely not). And there will probably be something wrong with that, but I can't even hazard a guess...

Guam, what the hell do you mean by proper releases? You haven't even seen the frickin' DVD. You keep coming up with these strawman arguments.

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How about locking this thread before this gets any worse - and praising bboisvert for summing this up perfectly...straight-forward, and to the point.

Very well said, sir. :)

Did you read the interview that you linked to?

Lucas clearly said that as far as he is concerned, the original theatrical releases don't exist anymore. He didn't say that they did not physically exist anymore. You CAN see the difference, right?

How about ignoring this thread if it bothers you so much? I think the fact that all of the discussion about it is happening in a single thread (and not spawning an entire sub-forum) is a positive sign.

Blah . . . my two laserdisc sets have now lost their value. :)

Are the DVDs available for pre-order?

So who's going to sell the 3 original discs from their boxed set and put the new version in their place? :)

Yeah, but that laserdisc player wasn't going to last forever. They aren't making new ones and used ones are pretty old.

Looks like George took my suggestion from 05-20-04.

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread....light=satiated

Holy shit somebody actually made a post telling George Lucas to release the original trilogy? On the internet?!

I'm not sure if it will be ready in time for that, but it has been mentioned by Lucas that the SW movies are being processed for a 3-D theatrical re-release.

I suppose when that technology eventually makes it's way to home theaters the SW movies will be re-re-released in whatever format will be available for 3-D home theater viewing.

And yes, I'll probably buy them then. :shrug:

Was somewhat tempted to pick up the Faces P&S set on eBay (widescreen being all but impossible to find factory sealed and at a price I would be willing to pay), reasoning that those were the versions with which I grew up. :)

Almost bid $90 once for that beautiful widescreen set from 1995. Brand new. Wouldn't have won it--winning bid was a few bucks more--but I'm amazed by what lengths I nearly traveled to get the 77/80/83 versions.

Wonder how much all the VHS and LD sets are going to go for now. Demand will likely calm, though collectors will no doubt continue to pine for some of the more rare releases. Like that 1992 set that included From Star Wars to Jedi. Just glad I never bit.

--THX

The decision to bundle these with the SE's is frankly quite indefensible, despite the attempts here. It really satisfies *no one*.

First of all, you have fans like me. Hate the SE's, so I didn't buy them. So including them in with the OT just means that when I buy them, I'm going to remove them from the packaging and toss 'em in a drawer somewhere. They'll never see the light of day again.

Secondly, you have the folks that like the SE's. They *already* own the SE's. So including them in with the OT just means that when they buy them, they *too* have a set of dvd's they have to set aside, useless.

Then you have the folks who hate the OT. They won't be buying regardless.

Finally, you have the folks who like the SE's and the OT, but have never purchased the SE's. Figure that's a total of something like 3 guys in the entire US.

The obvious sales solution here is to release the OT only, an anyone who wants both can buy them both, or anyone with the SE already can just buy the OT.

I am shocked that Lucas would double-dip Star Wars.

Alright, first off, you can't say this will please *no one* as if the Star Wars geekdom that exists is the final end all to the whole debate. I'm one person that was quite indifferent but I'm quite happy that I'll have an even fuller Star Wars collection now that the originals will be out.

The originals are packaged with the special editions, big deal. Here's the point, you'll be paying retail prices that would be the equivalent of a box set that contains only three movies anyways. You're not getting robbed here, people only assume so because they're looking at the high ol' MSRP.

Debate all you want that you're being robbed because 'oh I have to have something included in a package I don't want'. Well guess what fanboys, when the SE's were released, many of you said 'this sucks, they should have packaged the originals with these, I dont want to be forced to buy SE's only'. Many of you waited. Now we're getting what the majority of the argument wanted before... an inclusion of the originals with the SE's. NOW, we're getting SE's with the originals packaged and now it's 'well I want them in an individual release'.

In order to please anyone, I know a lot of people own this set, but there are still many that don't. For numerous reasons... they wanted the original set, they couldn't afford it at the time, whatever. So they re-release the SE's with the originals now included and what do they get to try and please everyone?

A headache. Some people will never, ever, EVER be happy.

You get the feeling sometimes thet Lucas could sell the OT in a 3-disc set with 5 discs of extras... for $1 ... and there'd be 10 pages of people complaining about the release.

Count me in this camp. I'd like to own the original cuts but know that I'll end up watching the 2004 versions since that's my preference. Re-selling me the same discs I already have makes this less enticing.

Are the disc coming with both the non-SE and the SE on them, or a 2 disc set? I have seen both reports on this. IMDB says it does and each disc is $30 each!
Maybe we will get deleted scenes at last!

Well, looks like Lucas will make a buck off of me at least once during the 21st century. Who'da thunk it?

Hmm.. well, I stopped reading at page 12.. way too much bickering for my work day. I've never seen these (and admitting that, should probably not come back in here again! ;) ) and figured if I would, I'd like to see the original versions. So with these coming with the '04 version also, I'll most probably be picking these up. I guess that means I should probably watch the other three also (well, I did see the last one, part three, in theatres.. got drug there by a friend. It was good though).

Sweet, now I'll have some backups for my nice bootleg DVDs!

This is shocking news though, I never thought I'd actually be buying Star Wars on DVD. Looks like someone will be getting an SE boxset sans-extra-discs from me for Christmas this year. :eyebrow:

Great news that it's in 2.0 surround, too. Means you'll actually be able to hear the dialogue over the bass.

For anyone who really knows their stuff on sound and picture, I have a two questions.

The specs list the set as 2.0 Dolby Surround. Now I put my 2004 SE OT in my player last night, and played the 2.0 Dolby Surround, and I have to say I was pleasantly suprised. It wasn't as good as Dolby 5.1, but it was close enough where I really couldn't tell a difference most of the time.

1. Do you think the sound on the O-OT set at 2.0 Surround will be comparable to the 2004 DVD set at 2.0 Surround?

2. Is it definitely going to be Anamorphic Widescreen as listed, because it says they are taking it from the 1993 Laserdisk, and that wasn't Anamorphic. But I suppose they can remaster it to Anamorphic though.

Thanks

Ooooh... you know what people will bitch about next (and forgive me if I've missed it in the last 15 pages): the spines.

What if the spines on these new DVDs don't match the previous ones and look strange if you put them after Episodes I-III on the shelf? People are going to be screaming for George's blood and indicting him for war crimes.


People obviously have every reason to be mad here -- the stupid greedy bastard is only doing what people have been BEGGING him to do for the past 8 years or so. Obviously, it's because he's an asshole who enjoys upsetting people. Or because he's a isolated billionaire surrounded by yes men. Take your pick.

So hes' doing what people have begged him to do. And he now did it. So that makes him more of an ass? I don't understand that logic. You ask for something, you don't get it... I see being upset there. You ask for something and then it happens = mad mad mad? I don't get it.

Well I'm no expert by any means, but in my opinion when it comes to THX-treated mixes in 5.1 or 6.1, the bass is far too heavy, and the center-channel too weak. The dialogue and music end up getting drowned out in the mix. When I got my original laserdisc set back in the day (damn I'm old), I was so blown away by surround sound and the really balanced separation. I can't say the same for some DVDs anymore.

Someone else can tell you better about the anamorphic issue than me, but my bootleg DVDs of the original trilogy, taken from laserdisc, are anamorphic so it can't be too hard. :shrug: