Star Wars coming to DVD in Sept. Put down that light saber and pick up a credit card

ThreadKiller

Source: NY Times

February 10, 2004 -- PUT down that light saber and pick up a credit card: The "Star Wars" trilogy is finally coming to DVD Sept. 21.
Fans have long been clamoring for DVD versions of the trilogy, the last holdouts from the top 200 grossing films of all time to be scheduled for release on DVD.

"Star Wars" creator George Lucas has finally relented, after insisting the three movies wouldn't be released until the final "Star Wars" hits theaters in May 2005.

The set (details like pricing are still unavailable) will include four DVDs, with the fourth disc containing a brand-new two-hour documentary.

The DVDs, which are certain to be blockbusters, are also certain to be controversial: Despite pleas from "Star Wars" fanatics all over the world, these DVDs will not contain the original theatrical version of the movies.

Instead, the DVDs will include the much-debated versions director Lucas released in the '90s with new digital effects and plot twists that softened the character of Han Solo - even though DVD makes it easy to offer both the original and director's cut of a movie.

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Fans have long been clamoring for DVD versions of the trilogy, the last holdouts from the top 200 grossing films of all time to be scheduled for release on DVD.

"Star Wars" creator George Lucas has finally relented, after insisting the three movies wouldn't be released until the final "Star Wars" hits theaters in May 2005.

The set (details like pricing are still unavailable) will include four DVDs, with the fourth disc containing a brand-new two-hour documentary.

The DVDs, which are certain to be blockbusters, are also certain to be controversial: Despite pleas from "Star Wars" fanatics all over the world, these DVDs will not contain the original theatrical version of the movies.

Instead, the DVDs will include the much-debated versions director Lucas released in the '90s with new digital effects and plot twists that softened the character of Han Solo - even though DVD makes it easy to offer both the original and director's cut of a movie.

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Finally!! Cant wait

voxpop

As the article mentioned the should have released both version on dvd not just the "new" versions - maybe in the 6 film box set( which im sure there will be) they will have both versions of episode 4-6

Creamy Goodness

yup can't wait been waiting a long time for this.

ThreadKiller

Also reported on MSN this morning

davej

I guess people have been starved of a decent Star Wars movie for so long that this dvd set is going to be a record breaker.

I enjoyed watching the digitally remastered versions when they came out in the cinema a few years ago. Before that I had only seen Return of the Jedi on the big screen (and that was in the early eighties).

davej

ThreadKiller

Now official

c0y0te

What you have to understand is that Lucas 'hates' the original films in this trilogy, and considers the remastered stuff the films he 'would have made at the time if the technology had been up to scratch'.

Therefore it is virtually impossible that he will ever put the original (which a lot of people consider the best) trilogy of films on DVD, because he will never give his blessing to the distributors to release them into the wild as long as his 'preferred' remastered versions are out there.

Tis a shame really, since I personally preferred the original films, flawed an all as they were.

c0y0te

carrolls

Originally posted by c0y0te
What you have to understand is that Lucas 'hates' the original films in this trilogy, and considers the remastered stuff the films he 'would have made at the time if the technology had been up to scratch'.
c0y0te

Well I don't know!.. Those Commodore 64 type graphics used in the spaceship during the battle scenes look dated now and are still in the re-mastered versions, as well as the single frame plasticine animation used in the second film.
I think he would have changed a lot of things.