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It's Official -- Star Wars on DVD

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the years-and-years-in-the-making dept.

savagexp writes "There's yet to be an actual press release, but according to DVDFile.com, 20th Century Fox and LucasFilm have confirmed that The Original Trilogy will arrive on September 21st in a four-disc set. More info can be had here."

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  1. HDDVD by mal3 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Lucas was going to wait longer, but realized if he did it would have to be released on HDDVD and he'd lose the opportunity to sell it to you twice.

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  2. Someone send this to George. by grub · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Please bear with my rant..

    When I read of the Star Wars DVD release I immediately thought of the speech Gordon Gekko give the board of Teldon Papers in the movie Wall Street (1987)
    "The point is, ladies and gentleman, is that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good. Greed is right. Greed works."
    Years after the DVD has become ubiquitous they decide to release the original 3 on that medium. It was only a few years ago that they released the VHS set to the consumers.
    Lucas "found some time" in his schedule and "was willing and eager to make it happen."
    Wow! Thanks, George! The story makes it sound like they're doing us a favour! Yeah right. The only favour is to their bank accounts. The tide of cash flowing in from the "Official VHS set" has slowed to a crawl. They want the consumers to re-purchase the same stuff on a new format. George didn't "[find] some time", the market studies indicated that this is the right time to release the DVDs.

    Thanks but no thanks George. After the embarassment of Episodes I & II and your blatant milking of the franchise you've lost a big fan in me. I'd only buy the set if I could guarantee that my money buys the exact slice of pizza you choke on.

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  3. Do a Beauty and the Beast, George by 16K+Ram+Pack · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I have a Platinum Edition DVD of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and they did some things that could satisfy purists and non-purists.

    There are 3 versions of the film on the disc. Firstly, the original theatrical edition that means that if you want to watch what was first released at the cinema/on VHS, you can. Secondly, a 'work in progress' edition that was shown at the NY film festival - lots of non-coloured images/coffee stains etc. Thirdly, the Special Edition which includes "Human Again" which was a song added for the stage show and added in later (which as an add-on is quite entertaining and works with the rest of the film).

    I imagine these versions were done by setting the film to just use different chapters, so parts could be added at different points.

    Why can't Lucas do that? Give us the improved sounds and visual effects of the Sp. Editions, but give people a choice of Original or Pointlessly Remixed versions of the film.

    PS If you've never seen the Platinum Edition of B&TB, do so. It's a great example of how to make a great DVD set.

  4. Re:I'll save my credits... by 0123456 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ""What George did in 1997," Ward explains, "was [to] make the movie he originally wanted to make.""

    Which is an interesting comment. While the 'special editions' suck less than the prequels, they do suck almost as bad as the original 'Star Wars' scripts before Lucas read Joseph Campbell's books, so we can conclude from this that if Lucas hadn't been kept in check by the studio he'd have released a 'Star Wars' movie that sucked in 1977 and would have vanished without a trace.

    Of course, having seen the prequels, the fact that Lucas' "artistic vision" sucks shouldn't really be a surprise.