Post by wittzo on May 5, 2006 17:33:31 GMT -6
Now I don't have to make that cheesy VHS to DVD bootleg so my kids can see Star Wars the way I saw it when I was their age. 
I won't be able to keep the kids off the computer after September 12. Thanks Lego and Lucasarts! Now Lucas can afford Howard the Duck 2 or maybe even Tucker: The Revenge
As always, my words are in red.
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Original, unaltered 'Star Wars' trilogy coming to DVD in Sept.
Is Lucasfilm bowing to fans' requests or doing a DVD double dip? Both, it seems. George Lucas' film company announced today that classic Star Wars films will be released on DVD in their original, non-special edition versions.
On Sept. 12, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release the first three Star Wars films (Episodes IV, V and VI) in their original, theatrical versions. Two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi will contain both the 2004 digitally enhanced version as well as the cut first seen in theaters. The releases will be available for a limited time only -- through Dec. 31, 2006.
"Over the years, a truly countless number of fans have told us that they would love to see and own the original version that they remember experiencing in theaters," said Jim Ward, President of LucasArts and Senior Vice President of Lucasfilm Ltd. "We returned to the Lucasfilm Archives to search exhaustively for source material that could be presented on DVD. This is something that we're very excited to be able to give to fans in response to their continuing enthusiasm for Star Wars. Topping it off with a new interactive adventure makes Sept. 12 a red-letter day for Star Wars fans."
The twelfth of September will also mark the release of the Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy video game. The Star Wars Trilogy was first released on DVD in Sept. 2004 with upgraded effects and new sequences.
This Sept. 12, Han Solo, upon being confronted by the bounty hunter Greedo, will once again shoot first.
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I'm extremely happy about it, they made a digital copy of the original trilogy when they put it out for VHS a year before they released the Special Editions at the theater. They had to in order for the SpecEd CGI to match. They made documentaries about cleaning up the original cuts of the film and redoing the sound for surround.
It will also put to rest lots of urban legends and Internet rumors about the scenes with Luke and Wedge at Anchorhead.
I'm sure they'll re-release it for the theater, also. Magnolia never saw the originals in the theater. I saw all three of them that way
They've been planning this for a long time. Lucas said he would wait until Episodes I,II, and III were released on DVD. It's their pattern. .
I won't be able to keep the kids off the computer after September 12. Thanks Lego and Lucasarts! Now Lucas can afford Howard the Duck 2 or maybe even Tucker: The Revenge
As always, my words are in red.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Original, unaltered 'Star Wars' trilogy coming to DVD in Sept.
Is Lucasfilm bowing to fans' requests or doing a DVD double dip? Both, it seems. George Lucas' film company announced today that classic Star Wars films will be released on DVD in their original, non-special edition versions.
On Sept. 12, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release the first three Star Wars films (Episodes IV, V and VI) in their original, theatrical versions. Two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi will contain both the 2004 digitally enhanced version as well as the cut first seen in theaters. The releases will be available for a limited time only -- through Dec. 31, 2006.
"Over the years, a truly countless number of fans have told us that they would love to see and own the original version that they remember experiencing in theaters," said Jim Ward, President of LucasArts and Senior Vice President of Lucasfilm Ltd. "We returned to the Lucasfilm Archives to search exhaustively for source material that could be presented on DVD. This is something that we're very excited to be able to give to fans in response to their continuing enthusiasm for Star Wars. Topping it off with a new interactive adventure makes Sept. 12 a red-letter day for Star Wars fans."
The twelfth of September will also mark the release of the Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy video game. The Star Wars Trilogy was first released on DVD in Sept. 2004 with upgraded effects and new sequences.
This Sept. 12, Han Solo, upon being confronted by the bounty hunter Greedo, will once again shoot first.
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I'm extremely happy about it, they made a digital copy of the original trilogy when they put it out for VHS a year before they released the Special Editions at the theater. They had to in order for the SpecEd CGI to match. They made documentaries about cleaning up the original cuts of the film and redoing the sound for surround.
It will also put to rest lots of urban legends and Internet rumors about the scenes with Luke and Wedge at Anchorhead.
I'm sure they'll re-release it for the theater, also. Magnolia never saw the originals in the theater. I saw all three of them that way
They've been planning this for a long time. Lucas said he would wait until Episodes I,II, and III were released on DVD. It's their pattern. .
