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Author Topic: Star Wars Original Trilogy on dvd??? Miguel Angel Martorell Film Handler Posts: 81 From: Valencia, Spain Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-29-2004 02:28 PM                     In Dvdsoon.com you can order a giftset of the original trilogy which hit the streets on october the 19th. Does anyone know something about this release???????. Un saludo  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-29-2004 04:06 PM                        I don't know if these are legit. I have the Star Wars Trilogy on DVD. I got them on EBay a couple of years back and they're actually good transfers of the laserdiscs (which I also own). They're not anamorphic, though, and are from a composite source, but they're sure convenient, and will do until legitimate versions come out that are anamorphic and from original film elements.  |  IP: Logged Miguel Angel Martorell Film Handler Posts: 81 From: Valencia, Spain Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-29-2004 04:31 PM                     Yes, I know those dvd´s and I was tempted to own them but I don´t think the guys of dvdsoon dare to sell bootleg dvd´s. Besides a few months ago was rumored that Lord Lucas gave a party at El Presidio and there was announced the upcomming release of the Origian Trilogy dvd´s. We´ll have to wait Un saludo  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 01-29-2004 06:49 PM                     You know a couple of years ago I would have probably have been excited about the origional trilogy coming to DVD. However, the two prequels have all but spoiled them for me. I have seen the Special Editions when they were released at the theaters. I now own the VHS versons. I have seen them many times over. Unless there is someting really "special" about these DVDs and unless I can find them really cheap (somewhere in the neighborhood of $30.00 for the set), I am probably going pass. I am tired of giving my money to Mr. Lucus.  |  IP: Logged Miguel Angel Martorell Film Handler Posts: 81 From: Valencia, Spain Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-29-2004 07:37 PM                     I´m with you. Mr Lucas has lived of the rents for a many long time and now he´s back directing, better he stayed at his Skywalker ranch but all my interest and love for the cinema is because of Star Wars. Besides, I love the movie but what I really found interesting of it when I was a kid was that I really wanted to know how those guys could do a spaceship fly or a laser sabre glowed this way. If I buy the 3 dvd´s is for the extra material not for the film itself. In fact, it seems the 3 films will be the special edition cut so I keep as a treasure my old VHS with no friking CGI. The price is about $50. Un saludo and please Lord Lucas don´t fool with an entire generation. Don´t you have enough money???. By the way, where can I find the "Making of Star Wars" which aired in 1977 on TV????  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 01-29-2004 09:59 PM                        George Lucas had originally planned to issue the original "STAR WARS" trilogy in 2006 on DVD after the release of Episode #3 but will most likely put them out later this year in October from reports gathered at the various DVD sites. There was a time when all people talked about was "STAR WARS" and George Lucas, but with Episode #1 and #2 not living up to expectations and the attention shifting to Peter Jackson and his "LORD OF THE RING" trilogy , George Lucas now realize he must act fast and get the original trilogy out before his once loyal fan loses interest and get more involved in the "LORD" trilogy and Jackson's next movie "KING KONG" at Universal. Although I do not personally care very much for Mr. Lucas, I love the original "STAR WARS" trilogy and cannot wait for the DVDs and I think they will be awesome. I wonder how far he will get with his original demand to theatres owners to set up for digital projection if they expect to get and play Episode #3 on opening day in 2006? If I was a theatre owner, I would show him my middle finger and play something else. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Ron Keillor Expert Film Handler Posts: 166 From: Vancouver, B.C. Canada Registered: Jul 2003 posted 01-30-2004 02:12 AM                     I'm satisfied with my ßeta copies, although special effect elements inserts show up surrounded by black squares of a shade different from the backkground.  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 01-30-2004 05:38 PM                     You know if they are going to charge $50.00 for these, than they better do the Alien Quadriligy treatment and have BOTH versions of the films on the disks (Han Solo shooting first and all).  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-30-2004 07:16 PM                     That is the real deal. The Digital Bits reported toward the end of November or early December last year that indeed Lucas was releasing the films on DVD in September 2004. It's going to be the special edition only and rumored to be the same type of layout as the Indiana Jones Trilogy. EDIT: As in Special Edition, I mean the 1997 version of the films. [ 01-30-2004, 11:35 PM: Message edited by: Ron Lacheur ]  |  IP: Logged Christian Appelt Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 505 From: Frankfurt, Germany Registered: Dec 2001 posted 02-02-2004 06:11 PM                     Didn't Mr. Lucas proclaim in 1997 that the original versions would never be released again because only through the Special Editions his "vision" was put to perfection? I have heard rumours that Lucasfilm intends to change the original versions again by inserting and recreating sets/actors/effect shots. Does anybody know more about this?  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-02-2004 07:21 PM                     Nothing is in cement right now has it hasn't been offically stated by LucasFilm. But I'm pretty sure to expect it Q4 of this year. The Digital Bits reported on the 30th of January that Lucas is " Fixing shots " and basically CG'ing to match the new movies. If that's the case, it's a pity.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 02-03-2004 06:39 PM                        Ron, those "black squares" are matte lines and I believe they are even in some shots of the Special Edition (I'd have to re-check). I've never been able to NOT notice them. They are amazingly distracting. I have heard that Georgy-poo wants John Williams to put the Empirial March theme somewhere in the original Star Wars. Once he does that, all 6 movies will have that theme. But George won't stop there! Just wait until 2007 for the 30th anniversary super extended special editions! It will contain 1 second of brand new footage!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-03-2004 07:19 PM                     If Lucas keeps upping the bullshit CG-ing in the original trilogy he is going to CG me from the buyers list. My life doesn't depend on owning a copy of "Star Wars" on DVD. As it stands, I may not buy the "Special Edition" version as is. The only one I'm interested in purchasing is the REAL VERSION that came out in 1977, 1980 and 1983. If Lucas neglects to offer both cuts on DVD he will be screwing himself out of a lot of money. Most other filmmakers who have explored altering an original cut with an "SE" version have included the original intact. "The Abyss," "E.T.," "The Lion King," "The Lord of the Rings" and "T2" are just a few of the DVDs that come to mind offering original/SE versions. I can understand Lucas' position of "it's my movie and I'll change it if I want." Well, legally speaking, it may be his movie. But the overall image of "Star Wars" or any other movie belongs to the public once it hits the movie screens, regardless of whether he liked the theatrical cut or not. For any great movie any of us have enjoyed in the past, we grow attached to keeping the movie exactly as it was, flaws and all. Lucas' continued changes pisses on that memory. To eliminate the original version is akin to a great rock band erasing their master tapes of a classic album and replacing it with some different glitzed up version with new technology. Regardless of how shiny and new the changed version may be, it still is not the same thing. I won't mind all of Lucas' CG alterations of "Star Wars" so long as he offers the pure, original, classic version as an alternative. He will be doing a horrible disservice to fans, film historians and the general public as a whole if he doesn't follow through on that point.  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-03-2004 08:39 PM                     I would like to see Lucas release the Original Trilogy like the Aliens' set that was just recently released. But then again there are the reports that say that there isn't any behind the scenes footage from back in 1976/1977 when the first Star Wars is being shot. That's a kind of a ridiculous statement though, because Alien came only 2 years after Star Wars and it had quite a bit of supplements for the dvd.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-04-2004 05:48 PM                        I will take STAR WARS in any form on DVD....  |  IP: Logged

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