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Morpheus2000
13-12-2001, 08:11
George Lucas has been talking about the eventual DVDs of the original STAR WARS trilogy, and the reason why they won't be in stores until at least 2006.

While talking to the Post Magazine, Lucas explained the difficulties involved, saying, "The first three films in the trilogy are much harder to put together as a comprehensive package like we did on EPISODE I. That's why we're spending more time on it, and it's going to take more time because we didn't shoot very much behind-the-scenes stuff, and a lot of the material that we would normally include just didn't exist in those days. This was a long time ago; before even VHS"

He adds that the restricted budgets of the original films also resulted in less deleted scenes.

May we suggest that the original theatrical versions be on the same DVDs with the newly enhanced copies. In addition, how about adding the dreaded STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL to one of the film's discs? No matter how awful it is, it is a part of the franchise's history.

jroadley
13-12-2001, 09:28
In London this week, went into a shop near Holbourn selling R1 discs (£20) they had Episode 4,5,6 in there for £25 each - they claim to be 2.35:1 DTS sound, I asked the guy in the shop if I could take a look buthe said no :(

Has anyone got these DVD's and if so is it worth getting them, I am assuming they've been taken from the Jap laserdiscs which came out a few years ago...

mjb1975
13-12-2001, 10:25
yep - I think they're from the laserdiscs. I don't think it's DTS, but it is DD5.1. The picture is soft and certainly not DVD quality, but I'd say better than VHS anyway. They're not bad, but certainly not worth £25!! :eek:

Davester
13-12-2001, 17:21
Get the vcd's. I have them and they are vhs quality with the vhs se documentry. They will do until the dvd's - and only about £20 from coolvcd and other places.

TimJBart
13-12-2001, 18:33
here is a thread with the release dates!

Confirmed Star Wars release dates... (http://thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39948)

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