They're ready for pre-order on Amazon:
A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
I also love the reviews left by fans.
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AN OPEN LETTER TO GEORGE LUCAS:
Dear George,
Thanks for giving us the greatest saga of all time and thanks for raping your loyal fans out of every penny they've worked for because you think we are all mindless sheep that will buy any junk you feed us with the Star Wars brand stamped onto it. You tease us by finally releasing the original un-cut theatrical versions of the Star Wars films on DVD with shoddy NON-ANAMORPHIC Bantha poo-doo quality transfers directly from the 1993 Definitive Collection Laserdiscs and you think we will all happily buy them and it will shut up all of us whiny fanboys like a politician giving a lollypop to a child while you laugh all the way to the bank. You, sir, are the epitome of GREED... or to be more precise... YOU ARE GREEDO!!! THIS is the reason why Han shot Greedo first!!! You can take your non-anamorphic HAN SHOT FIRST crappy DVD's and eat it! You have become the evil Emperor your films have always warned us against and that makes you a hypocrite! I will be boycotting these DVD's with a Rebel Blockade until you preserve the originals with the artistic integrity and respect they rightfully deserve for history's sake.
Gone he is... Consumed by the Dark Side!
Yoda would be ashamed!
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I loved these three original films and had to endure three of the worst films, or so called back stories to these classics. Yet another strike comes to multiple re-release after re-release of substandard remasters of the three great originals. Lucas, the one time great filmaker is found guilty of greed and he has turned his back on the fans that once followed his every move with great loyalty. Now all that are left are these small brained people that are turned on by any piece of crap flashing in front of their eyes. Go ahead and buy this if you want, I've decided to take any copies of these films I own and find some sucker on e-bay to buy them.
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Listen, I have boycotted every release of the SW trilogy that has been released since 1997. I can't remember the last time I saw the original editions. I have nothing to lose at this point. I've held out for years for this moment and I'm going for it.
Nobody is holding a gun to anyone's heads...if you don't want it, DON'T BUY IT! Lucas does not have some magical power to make you spend your money.
I made the decision to wait until the originals were released...it's called willpower. I refused to give Lucas my money for the special editions when what I really wanted was the originals. I didn't know if Lucas was ever going to release the originals...but now that it's here, I don't feel the need to wait anymore.
But keep complaining if you want, I'm not listening and I don't think Lucas cares!
Most of you are complaining cause you know that you'll cave and spend your money AGAIN just like you caved in all the previous times when you spent your money on what you knew to be subpar merchandise.
This is the one time I'm purchasing this item. If Lucas comes out with the originals next year with remastered digital whatever, he can keep it...or re-sell it to the rest of you since HE knows you'll buy anything SW that he sells.
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Yes your absoultuley right the specs. are not what they should be but get over it. You all seem to be missing the point this is the oppurtunity for the 90 plus percent of us with out laser disc players to own the unaltered star wars trilogy on a format that will not deteriate over time. In truth in five years the sound would still be terrible by comparison to that of the current day, and as for the lack of anamorphic wide screen WHO CARES!!! Truth be told I'm willing to bet there's a good deal of you who don't even own a widescreen TV. I swear Star Wars fans are like children begging for toys give them a Han Solo and they want a Chewbacca with it. Give them the Chewbacca they want a Luke and an X-wing. And if you give them that two then they want the Millenium Falcon. Stop complaining about the specs. If they were up to par they'd still be obsolete in two years. This is about the film which doesn't need any bells or whistles to sell it that's what makes it timeless.
