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Star Wars Original Trilogy Gets DVD Release Date
Angry Black Man writes "The Digital Bits is reporting that there is finally some official information from Lucasfilm regarding the release of the Star Wars OT (episodes IV, V, and VI) on DVD. The movies are coming to DVD in September of 2004. The animated series of Clone Wars shorts appearing soon on the Cartoon Network will also be released on DVD, possibly before the end of this year. The teaser campaign for Episode III will begin in January of 2005, leading up to the May theatrical release. Finally... Episode III will hit DVD in November of 2005."
I've been waiting for both this and Indy for a long time. I suppose good news comes in in waves. Or maybe it's just an apology for Episodes I and II.
And I predict the laserdisk version will shoot up in price. Why? Because you just know that Lucas is going to make "changes". Purists will just cry.
I just felt as great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Star Wars fans cried out in protest, and then suddenly stopped whining about "when is the Star Wars OT DVD coming out?"
Ahhh.
Now if only Lucas would truly take advantage of the DVD format and include both the original and "Special Editions" on the discs. But I'm not idealistic enough to actually hope for that.
George Lucas doesn't try to re-edit them. Hans Solo would look stupid waving a walkie talkie around.
There's a growing sense that even if The Future comes,
most of us won't be able to afford it.
-- Lemmy
So certain are you?
I do hope that you're planning on including both the "old" and the "new" versions of the original trilogy.
Why, you ask? For one simple reason, and I'm going to type this very, very slowly to make sure you don't mess this up:
Han shoots Guido first.
Ah! No, I don't want to hear how Han isn't a bad man. Shut it, George - you made some good movies, but I don't want to hear it.
"Yes, I bet you have." BLAM! That's it - one shot. Deal with it.
And if you plan on including any new scenes, I will pound you. I don't want to see this:
Jar-Jar: No, it'sa not true! Messa is you father!
Chewbacca: Aaaarrrghhhghg!
Don't make us get the South Park kids to protect your own movies from yourself.
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Wow... Only 2 years away! Thanks for the heads up.
We are blind to the Worlds within us
waiting to be born...
I can't wait to download proper dvd-rips off kazaa of the first three movies...
Fuck the MPAA!
GoatPigSheep, the 3 most important food groups
mmm. certain i am.
And maybe monkeys will fly out of my ass. I'm not betting on either event to ever take place.
How I wish for the days when I could say the same...
How can we continue to believe in a just universe and freedom to eat crackers if we have no ale?
The best things to come out of Star Wars are the Star Wars kid, and the Star Wars rap.
Mmmmm that's a mighty fine Gin 'n Tonic R2, why don't ya mix me up anotha'
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Maybe the bonus disc will have the Holiday Special and we can laugh with glee at such gems of humor and "It will be delievered by hand, solo." Oh, how we laughed with glee and mirth.
Excuse me. I think i need to trow up now.
Boobies never hurt anyone. - Sherry Glaser.
Actually, he won't even shoot at all. Greedo will instead be killed by his own shot reflecting back at him. Every time Han gets in a fire fight, or is otherwise in danger, he will escape only through dumb luck and ingenuity cleverly disguised as incompetence. It will also be revealed that he is related to Jar Jar Binks from the later triology, a scene which was unfortunately left on the cutting room floor, but was always intended to be a major part of the story. Han Solo has always been related to Jar Jar Binks; Lucas definetly did not make that up later.
This is how he was meant to be portrayed all those years ago, but the technology just wasn't there. Han was never a greedy, violent outlaw. That simply wasn't the case. The audience just mis-interpreted the character. In fact, Han's original signature costume was a pink jumpsuit with bunny ears and gumdrops affixed across the chest to create a rainbow smile, a technology that didn't exist in the 70's. Now, with CG fairies buzzing around him, singing a merry tune throughout the entire film, George Lucas will finally be able to realize his perfect vision of the Han Solo character.
It's nothing but crumpled porno and Ayn Rand.
No, unfortunately, Greedo and Han will each have their blaster replaced by a device that looks like a high-tech walkie talkie.
Losers choose to abuse the use of "loose".
From the article:
the final battle takes place on a lava planet, and at one point the two are hoping back and forth on hovercrafts floating over the lava.
Coming soon to a theater near you, STAR WARS: EPISODE III "LETHAL LAVA LAND"
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PGP Key ID 0xCB8FF658
You know... maybe, just maybe, Lucas & co. should spend more time telling a coherent story with believable characters, and less time worrying about how he'll look in the outtakes?
Uh, this is George Lucas you're talking about. We'll all be playing Duke Nukem Forever while we are driven to work by robotic hover car before he puts time into creating believable characters.
Indeed, but the original trilogy really WASN'T what Lucas intended, so that's not what you'll see. Finally, Lucas's vision of A New Hope, in which Luke was really Jar Jar's great-grand nephew, and the storm troopers were all ewoks, will FINALLY be seen. Damn, I gotta go start camping out in front of Best Buy right now so I can be the first in line for this!! ...
gag.
We don't have a state-run media we have a media-run state.
Is that what sparked the Indiana Jones ep of South Park? Never heard that ET was edited that way.
Yep.
It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds. - Captain Hammer
This is important information that all of us need, and I for one wish to thank you for providing it in a timely manner.
And don't for a minute think I'm joking.
George Solo: Coherent story and believable character are no match for a good Bonus DVD at your side, kid.
New Fan: How did the original trilogy die?
Oldi-Fan: An old director, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire edit and destroy the original trilogy. He betrayed and murdered your trilogy.
Darth Lucas: The ability to write SW-OT is insignificant next to the suckiness of the New Trilogy
Fan: What a piece of junk!
George Solo: She'll make point five past a gazillion dollars. She may not look like much but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've made a lot of special CG modifications myself.
SWFAN-3PO: We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.
Fan: Never. I'll never like the new trilogy. You've failed, your highness. I am a true fan, like my father before me.
Emperor Lucastine: So be it... fan.
I love SW... I just hate the terrible scripts of Epi1 and Epi2.
"There is no teacher but the enemy."-Mazer Rackham
Aside from that, though, nice.
You tell me how "whilst" differs from "while," and I'll stop calling you a pretentious jackass.