Original STAR WARS on DVD

POSTED BY: reginaroadie
UPDATED: Saturday, May 6, 2006 15:23
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J6NGO1977

Saturday, May 6, 2006 1:08 AM

I have all 3 original episodes on video complete with green tones. LOL. I try to keep em dark and cool as theytll sell for a bundle on Ebay. LOL. However why does George not release for example STar Wars special edition with original cinema release together. I think he sould have done that years ago when he released the 'special editions'

SOOTHSAYER

Saturday, May 6, 2006 2:53 AM

I have to agree with some folks here, we are just being taken advantage of. We all knew back then when he came out with the update editions first, that eventually the originals would come out later. And they have been banking that people would buy both sets! If you want to part with that money, then by all means. But if you already have the special editions, I cannot understand why you would...

I am pretty much through with Star Wars. They are nice for a nostalgic trip, but do not have the depth that Firefly has, or even other new movies/series in the scifi world for that matter. Time to move on...

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ROLAND19

Saturday, May 6, 2006 3:17 AM

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Originally posted by LaughingMuse:

REGRESS to a time when George Lucas's dialogue was good.

Now, wait a second, let's not get carried away here.

Harrison Ford: "George, you can write this sh*t, but you can't say it!"

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REGINAROADIE

Saturday, May 6, 2006 4:23 AM

Yeah, that's one thing that people seem to forget. The original STAR WARS when it first came out wasn't completely greeted with open arms. And George has admitted that writing has never been his strongest suit. He wrote like thirty drafts of A NEW HOPE before finally getting to the flick we all know and love. Lucas has always been a better editor and visualist director than a writer/director like Whedon. Think about it. The only part anyone liked about PHANTOM MENACE was the pod race, REVENGE OF THE SITH's most memorable moment was the Order 66 montage (which I think is a slight homage to the baptism scene from the first GODFATHER flick by his friend and mentor Francis Ford Coppola) and the final lightsaber battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan. No words. Just visuals.

He's always said that when STAR WARS was over (or at least can go on without him), he would want to make more experimental films like THX-1138. And today over at HSX, a new stock came up for what's supposed to be his next movie. It's a war film called RED TAILS. This is the description for it.

After wrapping up the Star Wars saga, George Lucas plans to next direct his passion project Red Tails. The war film tells the dramatic story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during the Second World War.

I dunno. It doesn't sound like him, but I think after all the stress and agita of the last ten years with the prequel trilogy, maybe he needs to just get as far away from STAR WARS as possible and this could be it.

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JONUS

Saturday, May 6, 2006 12:53 PM

This is why I rent movies and burn copies of them. It happens with every movie. Standard editions - Special 2-Disc editions - Deluxe Boxed Sets...on and on and on. DVD's are a complete waste of money. The industry is an evil empire. It's my way of stickin' it to them.

Edit: So I don't get bitched at, I do own Firefly and Serenity. There.

LAUGHINGMUSE

Saturday, May 6, 2006 2:27 PM

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Originally posted by Roland19:
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Originally posted by LaughingMuse:

REGRESS to a time when George Lucas's dialogue was good.

Now, wait a second, let's not get carried away here.

That's actually *us* regressing to a time when, to us...yeah. (I was the ripe old age of six when I saw SW. Six-year-old me wasn't too discriminating of dialogue, especially when slack-jawed and drooling over the overall story and the effects.)

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JAKE7

Saturday, May 6, 2006 3:23 PM

Well, I hate to say it, but I'll probably buy this set (if I have the money -- I've still not found a job and it's been 6 months!) The release date happens to be my birthday, so maybe I can con a family member into getting me that for my present.

I was just lamenting the other day that I only had the Original version on tape and Laserdisc (yes, I still have the player and it still works!) and how much I'd like to have the GOOD version on DVD. There are only a couple of things I really liked about the special editions, but mostly, I disliked the changes.

It's such a pain to have to flip the LD over at crucial moments, so I am quite happy to hear that I can get DVDs and the rest can be set aside as collector's items! LOL

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