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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.'"
I bought the four disc DVD set when it came out, but that POS is hitting half.com when I get my hands on this. Finally, no Jabba, no "whoosh!" at Alderaan, no ring of fire when the Death Star explodes, no interruption of the wonderful "Hyperspace" piece at the end of Empire, and...
HAN FIRES FIRST!
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Didn't he also say something along the lines of 'The only version that exists now is the version in my head and that's the special edition remakes' and that original versions would never be re-released?
AP: Why not release both the originals and special editions on DVD?
... I'm not going to spend the, we're talking millions of dollars here, the money and the time to refurbish that, because to me, it doesn't really exist anymore.
Lucas: The special edition, that's the one I wanted out there. The other movie, it's on VHS, if anybody wants it.
Source (9/15/2004)
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He's probably referring to Jabba's slave dancer's wardrobe malfunction, in ROTJ, just before he flushes her down the drain.
They cropped a lot of incidental violence, as part of Lucas's conversion to namby pambyism. Like a lot of people who get shot, actually "fell down" in the original version. He hacked out a few frames around a lot of the shot people, to "lower the impact" of some nameless badguy getting whacked.
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Come take a look at http://originaltrilogy.com/ - these are real fans who've taken the original Laserdiscs(!) and created DVDs with ALL the original content in them.
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