Topic: Original Star Wars Trilogy coming to DVD!

[TMW]

Erm...I've watched A New Hope on Laserdisc...its the unedited version, with NO special additions or anything of the sort.  

Han shot first, and Jabba's just a guy you hear about, but never see.

I really don't see the issue, aside from a little quality degredation, but I can live with that.  

[Ian Sane]

"I really don't see the issue, aside from a little quality degredation, but I can live with that."

Well it's not as good as it should be.  And I'm not asking for something exceptional, I'm just asking for the bare minimum amount of work that is expected when a film is transfered to DVD.  This isn't even that.  The sheer laziness just pisses me off.

It's like when a classic game is ported and the emulation isn't quite up to par.  Or they reverse the controls in Mega Man.  Or screw up the controls so that the Up-Start code in Mortal Kombat II doesn't work.  I don't like sloppy work.  It makes it quite clear that the company is just trying to get a quick buck from me and doesn't care at all about the product itself.

[TMW]

The prequels didn't clue you into that fact Ian? =P

[UltimatePartyBear]

I just found out about this, too.  I was planning on buying the new release to get the original, good version, but now I'm not sure anymore.  I read the long rants on Digital Bits, and it all seems suspect to me.

The only copy of the original Star Wars trilogy I own is the VHS set that came out along with those laserdisc ones, and I don't have a VCR anymore.  I refused to buy the Extra Happy Special Edition on DVD, and resigned myself to waiting until George Lucas died so his estate, unencumbered by flawed artistic visions and motivated by pure greed, would actually do what a lot of fans wanted.  Obviously, I was elated by the news about the original original trilogy coming out this year, but this news just saps the Star Wars fanboyness right out of my bones.  I don't think I can financially reward this kind of behavior.

[wandering]

Annoying, but not surprising.

I was actually planning on getting the laserdiscs and a laserdic player from Ebay, so I'll be getting these regardless. Hopefully someone will get a high-quality version of the originals out there some day (I'm sure it's possible).

Actually, I might prefer the picture on these transfers to the picture on the super-deluxe special edition DVD set. I thought the picture there was a little too corrected and colorful and such.

[BiLdItUp1]

Uh...guys, this is old news, re the non-anamorphic, 1993 print of the movies being used. It's yet another shameful and deceitful move by Lucasfilm toward it's fans,read more here.

There's no way Lucas doesn't actually have the original masters, not even he is that stupid. I'm probably going to buy this set nonetheless, but only because I also have the anamorphic Dr. Gonzo and Citizen sets, which could be had from the newsgroups and a torrent release site that specializes in LD transfers and old TV shows that haven't yet been or never will be given the DVD treatment (myspleen.net).