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Original Star Wars on DVD... Sorta

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-thats-just-a-let-down dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Original Star Wars is available on DVD. Sure it's more moola in Lucas's pocketsess (Gollum accent). But he did finally release the original version for a limited time. But which Original Star Wars, I bet Episode IV is in the opening titles. " Also apparently the original versions are basically non-anamorphic transfers from the laser discs. So basically, they look terrible.

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  1. Greedo didn't do it! by plover · · Score: 5, Funny
    Han posted first!

    Sorry, I couldn't help myself :-)

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  2. darnit by yoduh · · Score: 4, Funny

    So its the same as the last DVD release but one of the bonus features is a crappy version of the very original?

    I have every VHS and DVD version of the movies and can usually point out most of the differences. But, I am getting better.... I no longer live in my parents basement :)

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    1. Re:darnit by ZSpade · · Score: 5, Funny

      A move to the attic isn't what they meant by "It's time to move up in life.", Yoduh.

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    2. Re:darnit by mccalli · · Score: 4, Funny

      I have every VHS and DVD version of the movies and can usually point out most of the differences. But, I am getting better.... I no longer live in my parents basement :)

      "That's good. You've taken your first step into a larger world"

      Cheers, Ian

  3. Reminds me of.. by Ka+D'Argo · · Score: 5, Funny
    a line from the Comedians of Comedy documentary


    "Yea I saw Phantom Menance and Attack of the Shit. It was like your uncle sticking his weiner in your mouth. Not like when you were a kid but grown up. You don't expect it either, your uncle's your favorite person, got you high, bought you your first beer, hate your mom hate your dad but your uncle is cool.

    You're at your parents for christmas, everyone's in bed, you're watching Letterman and you look over and see your uncle trying to put his weiner in your mouth. That's what Phantom Menace was like.

    I'm not even gonna see the third one (ROTS). It'll just be me walking into an empty theater and there will be Lucas ready to rape me some more. And I'll just do it to get it over with.

    Then he'll put on a Greedo mask and call it the Special Edition."

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  4. Bugger. by tygerstripes · · Score: 4, Funny

    These are not the DVDs I'm looking for...

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  5. So... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're not really the originals and they look terrible, but otherwise they're fine?

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  6. Re:George Lucas' Fear of Failure by slapout · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I would rather see him release 9 mediocre or bad movies..."

    3 down, 6 to go.

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  7. Lucas and Microsoft by blacknblu · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, is this the equivalent to Star Wars Service Pack III? Even Microsoft stops updating it's OS after a certain number of years.

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  8. Re:Originals probably still exist by salzbrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, the originals were definitely destroyed!

  9. Re:Will we ever get what we really want? by lightspawn · · Score: 4, Funny

    And again, even if Lucasfilm's vaults were so woefully incomplete, we know for a fact that quality elements exist elsewhere. Given 48 hours notice, we could track them down ourselves.

    Jack Bauer could do it in half the time.

  10. Re:I Have A Point To Make About Episode III by shurikt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dude. That was "A Long Time Ago..." remember? The seriously-are-you-really-totally-positive button wasn't invented until, like 1993.