Star Wars Original Unaltered Trilogy (no CGI or new scenes)

[Teppic]

One for the among us..

Coming soon to DVD: Star Wars - Original Unaltered Trilogy on DVD.

The Official Star Wars site said:

www.starwars.com/episode-iv/release/video/news20060503.html Fans can look forward to a September filled with classic Star Wars nostalgia, led by the premiere of LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy video game and the long-awaited DVD release of the original theatrical incarnations of the classic Star Wars trilogy. 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. See the title crawl to Star Wars before it was known as Episode IV; see the pioneering, if dated, motion control model work on the attack on the Death Star; groove to Lapti Nek or the Ewok Celebration song like you did when you were a kid; and yes, see Han Solo shoot first. This release will only be available for a limited time: from September 12th to December 31st. International release will follow on or about the same day. Each original theatrical version will feature Dolby 2.0 Surround sound, close-captioning, and subtitles in English, French and Spanish for their U.S. release. International sound and subtitling vary by territory. "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 September 12 a red-letter day for Star Wars fans." That's also the day fans will be able to experience the LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy video game, the action-packed sequel -- filled with tongue-in-cheek humor -- to one of the best selling video games of 2005.

Surely when it comes to home viewing Star Wars is the most re-released film in history?

I just love that bit about the release being available for a limited time . I'm not falling for that again.

[gbbird]

Sadly i dare say i will be buying this too

[DieselJohn]

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[alexkp]

Lucas is a total hypocrite.

In a recent interview on TV he said that the notion of an "original" Starwars was meaningless, as the versions available now were the ones he always intended and were therefore the genuine articles. Therefore the current DVD set was the definitive Starwars.

Does he really need the money?

[graham@reading]

DieselJohn said:

it would be the 4th version of ANH that I have shelled out on.

5th for me I think. Original videos, THX Remastered Videos, Special Edition Videos, Laserdisc Box set, DVD box set so far.

Not as bad as this guy though

[silversun]

anonymous said:

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What a bunch of arse (from Lucas, I mean). So he makes the original unaltered films unavailble on DVD, thus forcing fans to buy the crappy CGI versions, then suddenly brings out the originals, which obviously the real fans will prefer. Cynical marketing at its worst.

[JonRB]

silversun said:

What a bunch of arse (from Lucas, I mean). So he makes the original unaltered films unavailble on DVD, thus forcing fans to buy the crappy CGI versions, then suddenly brings out the originals, which obviously the real fans will prefer.

I agree. Fans clamoured for the original films on DVD for years. Lucas said "no, no, I'm not releasing them until I'm happy with them and I want to revisit them before that is so". So we waited and all bought the fecked-around version with Haydyn sodding Christiansen added in as the spirit of Anakin Skywalker at the end of EpIII. And, yeah, we were not happy.

Now Lucas has decided to shovel the original versions onto DVD like we wanted him to do about 10 years ago.

Won't stop me from buying it though.

[Plotloss]

Some years ago there was also talk of an epic (Godfather style) with new cut scenes between the films.

So rather than 6 films, a 12 hour epic story.