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.'"

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DVD

[gentimjs]

Didnt george lucas come out years back with some rhetoric about how DVD was tehsux and lucasfilm would only pump out VCDs or some shit like that? .. yeah .. good plan ..

Re:DVD

[Gord]

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?

Re:DVD

[grub]

He did say that, but then his pizza budget hit an all-time high so he decided to milk this withered udder one more time. Until the release on BluRay and HD-DVD are available, that is.

If only

[Oldsmobile]

If only they could now release episodes one through three with remastered versions that don't feature lousy acting, shallow characters and crappy plots.

Re:If only

[mobiux]

Exactly!!!!!
It's the kids that ruin sequels.
Look at The Mummy. I really liked the first one.
So i decided to take the family to the 2nd. That god damn kid ruined the entire thing.
Hollywood thinks that if a movie does well, making a sequel and putting an obnoxious 9 year old to bring in the kid audience must make everything even better.

Lucas was one of the first to try this, with those god-damn Ewoks.
He just perfected it with Ep.1

I am waiting for a Fight Club 2 with kids beating up each other and a pg-13 rating to finally bring about the apocalypse .

Who shot first?

[booch]

Is it truly the original? Did Han shoot first?

Re:Who shot first?

[redtape]

If this is the original, Han doesn't shoot "first" since, in the original, Greedo NEVER shot!

Release to Theatres for Every Generation

[eldavojohn]

You know, there's something undeniably good about Episodes IV, V & VI.

Especially when you see it on the big screen. Unfortunately, I was born in 1982 meaning that I wasn't quite to the point of being able to go see it in theatres when it was released. But the special edition releases changed all that--though the changes George Lucas made did leave me feeling kind of hollow (wtf, Han?).

I would think that the mass turn out to see the special edition movies would be proof enough that releasing the originals to theatres every ten years would be profitable. In fact, I would conjecture that releasing it every ten years would give everyone the chance to see it at an early age and be beneficial to the Star Wars franchise. I know Lucas wouldn't be able to resist changing parts of it but hopefully he'll be preoccupied with destroying the Indiana Jones Trilogy by then.

I did notice that Mr. Lucas isn't cited once in this article and instead we hear from Jim Ward who is perhaps actually interested in what the fans have to say as they are providing his paycheck.

If you were to ask me on any day of the week, "Would you like to go see one of the Star Wars movies on the big screen?" You bet I would. It's immeasurably better than the utter drek that's in theatres now. Oftentimes my friends propose we go see a movie only to discover that there is nothing but pure crap. What does Lucasfilm have that so few movies today lack? Timelessness--the ability to surpass the aging of the film and the advances in technology that every movie today uses.

While it's true I'm a fan of Star Wars so my opinion might be biased, I've never found anyone who's outright hated it.

Well, I got original separate movies for my birthday at a young age, the VHS set of this trilogy when I was about 15, I bought the special edition DVDs in wide screen format a couple years ago and now it looks like I'll be purchasing yet another copy of these movies. Boy, Lucasfilm sure has my number.

Awesome

[squarooticus]

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!

BASTARDS!

[aborchers]

I should have known they'd eventually cave to milk another buck out of me. I never would have bought the redux trilogy if I'd believed this was coming. Sad thing is, I know I'll buy them...

Awesome!

[Jeian]

It pissed me off to no end when I got the original trilogy on DVD, and they'd replaced the ghost of the "old" Anakin Skywalker with the ghost of the "young" Anakin Skywalker at the end of RotJ.

No thanks

[MemoryDragon]

I am still waiting for the Jar Jar Binks edition. The one where the movies are done as they were meant to be, with Luke being replaced by Jar Jar Binks.

Re:In response to overwhelming demand ...

[aug24]

Sorry, in this modern world, you can't shoot *first* unless you're the baddy...

You'll have to wait till the SW fans try to shoot you and miss.

Justin.

I was so waiting for this news story!

[forgotten_my_nick]

Just so I could say "May the 4th be with you".

*drumroll* *cymbals*

Thank you, thank you, try the lobster.

I felt a great disturbance in the Force...

[phlegmofdiscontent]

as if millions of hells had frozen over and were suddenly silenced.

I want the ultra configurable version

[91degrees]

Options:

Han shoots first.
Greedo shoots first.
Both shoot at the same time.
Greedo doesn't shoot.
Han doesn't shoot. Greedo accidentally shoots himself.
Nobody shoots. Greedo declares the life of a rogue is not for him, and goes off to enjoy the sunshine
Jabba shoots first.

The Dukes of Hazzard?

[eldavojohn]

Since this is coming from a user with the ID "the_duke_of_hazzard," I don't think you're in any position to complain about plot.

The Dukes of Hazzard had the worst cookie cutter plot lines ever. From the above link:

The plot of a Dukes Of Hazzard episode is the least essential part of the script. Be creative in the structure of your episode, but adhere to the following rule: If the question "Is this the episode where Boss Hogg comes up with a crazy scheme to put the Dukes in jail or swindle honest folk, but in the end is foiled in part due to his own stupidity?" doesn't apply to your episode, you've got to go back to the drawing board. Remember: there is no "very special episode" where Uncle Jesse reveals that he can't read, or the Dukes learn a special lesson about teenage pregnancy. A "very special episode" of Dukes Of Hazzard is one that features the Oak Ridge Boys.

Re:All I want to know is

[hkgroove]

Dunno, we'll have to find out. My VHS copies are dying. There is still good in you, George, I can feel it!

Re:What about Biggs at the beginning?

[Anonymous Coward]

Like this?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=srf68SEuyJM&search=star %20wars%20biggs