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Classic Star Wars Trilogy Finally on DVD
chinton writes "From starwars.com: 'In response to overwhelming demand, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release attractively priced individual two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of the movie, as well as the original theatrical edition of the film. That means you'll be able to enjoy Star Wars as it first appeared in 1977, Empire in 1980, and Jedi in 1983.'"
Who are these people and when can we shoot^Wmedicate them?
Everyone knows what the real classic star wars is ;-)
On a slightly more serious note, I think these guys can give up now...
And on a completely different note, please do not buy this download a high quality torrent instead. Seriously, I remember seeing TV ads for episodes 4-6 before the remastered edition came out saying "Last Chance to buy the trilogy." This was a lie then (as we got the remastered trilogy) and a bigger lie now. Tsk. Lucas has made enough money here allready.
Oh, also checkout original cantina footage (not only does hans shoot first, but greedo has an english accent)
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
Is this coming out on Region 2 as well? Ah bollocks who cares i'll just get a region 1 copy.
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and I'd say that to his face. First of all, I really do believe that this has been his plan all along, at least since he saw the controversy surrounding the 1997 re-releases. Did you RTFA? "Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release attractively priced individual two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of the movie and, as bonus material, the theatrical edition of the film." So it's not even a nice, neat little trilogy--you have to buy each two-disc set individually. Great--now I'll own two copies of the version I don't like. You know what? I think I'll give away both sets to people who don't care about the edits--that'll be two more sales Lucas doesn't get--and I'll only keep the original version only. I encourage everyone else to do the same.
"This release will only be available for a limited time: from September 12th to December 31st." Why? What fucking purpose does it serve to only release it for less than 3 months? Is FHE getting out of the DVD-pressing business? You know, I think I just figured it out. I bet that fucker will charge $100 per episode. Lucas' accountants probably crunched the numbers and came up with the price that is the most 99% of all geeks would pay, and he'll make enough in 80 days to retire several times over--again. "Attractively priced" my ass. Attractive to him, maybe. If they're a penny less than $24.95 I'll eat the packaging.
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