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Star Wars DVD Cover Art Leaked

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the god-i-really-can't-wait dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Everyone already knows that Star Wars is coming to DVD. In related news, the Digital Bits reports that the proposed cover art for the upcoming Star Wars Trilogy box set was "accidentally" leaked over the weekend by design company Neuron Syndicate. The images were pulled, but not before copies were made. Three versions of packages for the Star Wars Trilogy can currently be viewed at French fansite KamuiWeb. If only those were packages of the original versions of these childhood classics...."

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  1. Versions? by Mad_Rain · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There appear to be 3 different versions of box art - you think that might be for different versions of the DVD? One 4:3, one widescreen, and one unedited version? Or am I still asleep and dreaming? ;)

    More cynically, it's Lucas trying to make more money off the people. Wow, that first cup of coffee makes all the difference in levels of cyncism.

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    1. Re:Versions? by jayhawk88 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Are you kidding? Lucas got us for no less than 4 different releases of the original trilogy on VHS. He practically invented this "Release, then release again with minor changes" strategy.

      By the time it's all said and done, you're going to have:

      Original Trilogy Special Edition
      Original Trilogy Special Edition Light and Dark Side Edition Box Sets
      Original Trilogy Special Edition Rebel and Imperial Edition Box Sets
      Original Trilogy Special Edition Jedi Master Box Set With New 15 Minute "Making of The Battle of Yavin" featurette
      Original Trilogy Special Edition Lord Vadar Private Collection Box Set With One of 15 Collectible Trading Cards
      Original Trilogy Special Edition Master Yoda Box Set With John Williams Commentary Track
      Original Trilogy Special Edition "The Force" Super Complete Box Set with Stone Engraved Luke and Vadar Bookends, Leather-Bound Jedi Initiate Training Manual and Never Before Seen 9 Minute Deleted Footage of Han Offering to Take Luke and Ben to Alderaan For Free and Being Nice to C-3PO in the Hallway On The Way to the Bathroom

      And then they'll start releasing the Original Trilogy Original Edition...

  2. Who cares? by mrn121 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't understand why it is a big deal when cover art is "leaked." What can I possibly do with this information that I am suddenly privy to? I can see why rips of the actual DVDs leaking would be damaging, but c'mon... Deathstar, Vader... weren't these just images that we EXPECT to be on the DVDs? If the cover-art were something unexpected (like a photo of the Dixie Chicks making out with George Bush), maybe THAT would be news, but even then... what difference does it make what a box for a product that I will be able to purchase one day LOOKS LIKE?

  3. Lucas Too by Walrus99 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It seems like Lucas and other movie companies are beginning to realize what record companies have known for years; by providing new media you can sell the same product over and over. First we had LP's, then 8-tracks then cassettes, then CD's, then super CD's, ... Now we have Beta then VHS, then DVD, ...

    I still have my old LP collection and a betamax copy of "Star Wars" that I taped off HBO twenty years ago.

  4. Is it just me? by FS1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    or is anyone else holding tight to their "virgin" and unaltered original vhs tapes of Starwars 4-6?

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