Star Wars DVD Gets Release Date

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[Faustus]

Yeah but I bet they will be the Special edition... no thanks. Still cool for everyone else though.

[louthewiz]

Big deal I've had the original star wars trilogy dvds made from film print master copies for years (since my buddy works for lucas film) so even if they were available for 5 bucks I would'nt purchase them since ive had them for so many years lol

[tgpo]

Big deal I've had the original star wars trilogy dvds made from film print master copies for years (since my buddy works for lucas film) so even if they were available for 5 bucks I would'nt purchase them since ive had them for so many years lol

Well then, this way it'll be available to the other 5 billion people on the Earth.

[j1d10t]

And I was just in the process of putting my VHS tapes on DVDR... Oh well, it's still a year away

And I hope we get more behind the scenes/making of/bonus stuff then we did with the Indiana Jones DVDs.

[radarblips]

Big deal I've had the original star wars trilogy dvds made from film print master copies for years (since my buddy works for lucas film...

Hey, I remember you! We were in second grade together. Great to hear from you again.

[doctor_octagon]

Big deal I've had the original star wars trilogy dvds made from film print master copies for years (since my buddy works for lucas film) so even if they were available for 5 bucks I would'nt purchase them since ive had them for so many years lol

big deal? the big deal is that not everyone's "buddy works for lucasfilm". and i doubt the validity of your statement anyway. its not like they gave away these dvds to the employees, that would be foolish of them. so if your buddy actually has copies of them, which i doubt, he probably stole them. nothing to brag about.

[mysticgohan17]

great. finally. it'll be the special editons, but it's better (barely) than nothing.

[j1d10t]

At least they will be done professionally, from originals, re-mastered with true 5.1 sound, and cleaned up... They should look/sound pretty good, especially if they are being done by the same company that did the IJ movies.

[beric3236]

Is this the same George Lucus that was reported as saying he would release the Star Wars series when 1 million DVD players were sold, then 5 million and then reported as saying that he was never going to release them untill the technology was up to his standards? Sorry George, I will believe you when I see it in the store shelves. And depending on what you do to it and how you "modify it " I still may not buy it. I still have the wide screen video tapes that I can enjoy. :P

[oldfart13]

Now I'm sorta glad I did buy that LD set from a garage sale for a mere $10CAD per movie. Makes me wonder why I should shell out more $$ for a modified version that doesn't have the charm of the original films??

[Nello_AU]

George must up used up all his money for Episode III and needs to get urgent cash.

Still, I'm glad that the original and the best will be released on DVD before I die.

Poor old George, he can write a grest story, produce a great film but he cannot Direct a movie for nuts.

[pacmania_2001]

I still think that he should of handed over the duties of directing to his good friend Steven Spielberg.

[RabidDog]

remember, this is just the start of the great cash grab. These will be "ordinary" editions. Perhaps to be foillowed next year bya special edition and then the year after by the collectors edition (with added figurine). followed by a special extended edition with another film. Oh boy, he sees you suckas running towards him, drooling, with your bucks rolled up in your hands. Or am I being too cynical .?

[digitalmaster]

I have an old original Star Wars photo story book from around the time the movie was originallly released in theaters. In it there is pictures of a scene where Luke and Wedge are walking and talking in the desert, discussing if Luke should leave the farm. This was also in the original book by George Lucas. This will probably be an added bonus scene for the new DVDs. I wish I would have kept that book in good condition, because it would be worth something nowadays.
-P.S. If this missing scene was included in Star Wars Special Edition released on VHS a few years ago, I am sorry, I only watched the movie half asleep and do not remember this scene.

[MJPollard]

In it there is pictures of a scene where Luke and Wedge are walking and talking in the desert, discussing if Luke should leave the farm. This was also in the original book by George Lucas.

Actually, I recall reading somewhere that Lucas didn't actually write the Star Wars novelization (big surprise there, right?). It was actually ghost written by Alan Dean Foster, who went on to write Splinter of the Mind's Eye.

Oh, and the character you're thinking of is Biggs, not Wedge.

[BJ_M]

Big deal I've had the original star wars trilogy dvds made from film print master copies for years (since my buddy works for lucas film) so even if they were available for 5 bucks I would'nt purchase them since ive had them for so many years lol

yea .... ok

[digitalmaster]

Oh, and the character you're thinking of is Biggs, not Wedge.

Yep! You are 100% correct.

[allaboutduncan]

I, for one, will not believe any of this until I see it posted somewhere else besides Aint-It-Cool, or credited to AICN.

This press summit took place on Nov. 5th and no other media outlet has reported this yet. Even Harry (AICN creator) has not validated this, as he was supposed to be there.

Likewise, even if a release is coming next year, I don't for a minute believe that it will be the original versions. Lucas wouldn't let an original print be shown in LA recently, so why release these versions he discredits.

As much as I'd love for this story to be true, my Laser Disc to DVD conversions will have to suffice until I hear it from another source.

[SLK001]

Big deal I've had the original star wars trilogy dvds made from film print master copies for years (since my buddy works for lucas film) so even if they were available for 5 bucks I would'nt purchase them since ive had them for so many years lol

Let me see... The first trilogy was released between 1977 and 1983, or approximately 15+ years before the DVD standard was finalized and released. Plus, you say that your "buddy" made DVDs from the "film print master copies". I guess that when your "buddy" went up to the film librarian to get these "masters" she said, "okay guys, just bring 'em back when ya'all's through wit 'em, 'cause ol' George would be pissed if anything happens to 'em." Then, your "buddy" took them to the conveniently on-site located film digitizing studio, where the technicians there spent the 100 hours or so per film digitizing them just for him. Then he had the audio extracted and converted to some form of Dolby Digital audio. Then, he had the studio convert the raw digitized video into MPEG2 - just for him. Then he took everything to the DVD authoring people, where they gladly put it all together for your "buddy". Then, he took the DLT tape to the studio's own DVD production facility, where they again gladly printed up a "batch" for your buddy. Then, he gave you your copy!

This "buddy" of yours seems like a "can-do" type of guy... Could you ask him if he could "pick-up" the English crown jewels for me?

In short, we all know that your DVDs are Chinese prints of laserdisc captures illegally sold all over the world.

[j1d10t]

Check out this link:

http://www.theforce.net/episode2/index.shtml#22544

If this is true, and Fox does discontinue the Episode I and II DVDs, then that might just mean that the original trilogy is coming to DVD...

[louthewiz]

Yo since you dont know me SLK001 how can you judge me and say all that crap about me you so keep your opinions to yourself .And second of all my prints are not chinese prints so do yourself a favor and keep your guesses and eat them my prints came from pro video grade master copies and my buddy works for the video distribution department for fox/lucasfilm and I just finished transfering them to dvd so thats how I got them for your information!!

[caliburn]

Yo since you dont know me SLK001 how can you judge me and say all that crap about me you so keep your opinions to yourself .And second of all my prints are not chinese prints so do yourself a favor and keep your guesses and eat them my prints came from pro video grade master copies and my buddy works for the video distribution department for fox/lucasfilm and I just finished transfering them to dvd so thats how I got them for your information!!

Whatever Lou!
Let this baby have his bottle.

[SLK001]

Yo since you dont know me SLK001 how can you judge me and say all that crap about me you so keep your opinions to yourself .And second of all my prints are not chinese prints so do yourself a favor and keep your guesses and eat them my prints came from pro video grade master copies and my buddy works for the video distribution department for fox/lucasfilm and I just finished transfering them to dvd so thats how I got them for your information!!

Oh, I see where the "non-Chinese-subtitled" versions have made it to eBay. Your "buddy" must really get around. Does George know that your "buddy" is pirating his movies?

[SLK001]

Plus, you originally said that you'd had them for "years", now you tell me that you just finished transfering them to DVD.

Well, which is it?

[louthewiz]

I did NOT specifically say I had the dvds for years I only said I had the 3 films for years so why you f***ing with me???

[SLK001]

Big deal I've had the original star wars trilogy dvds made from film print master copies for years (since my buddy works for lucas film) so even if they were available for 5 bucks I would'nt purchase them since ive had them for so many years lol

Oh, I'm sorry... I read the above to say I've had the original star wars trilogy dvds made from film print master copies for years to mean that you'd had them for years. My mistake.

[mazinz]

nice to hear their coming out, but according to a rumor that was going around not that long ago, Lucas is NOT going to be releasing the original versions of the films as he considered them "unfinished". So if they do get the dvd treatment, more then likely they will be some sort of special editions and for that reason im glad i put my laserdisc versions onto dvd.

[dvdguy]

Well its good to see that the Original Trilogy is coming to DVD. People have been waiting for these since the format was first released, so hey beggers cant be choosy. The flicks are Lucas' and his alone so people shouldnt give him a bunch of crap for releasing them the way he wants.
The real movies will probably will be released at a different time so. Its better than no SW dvds at all

[BJ_M]

Yo since you dont know me SLK001 how can you judge me and say all that crap about me you so keep your opinions to yourself .And second of all my prints are not chinese prints so do yourself a favor and keep your guesses and eat them my prints came from pro video grade master copies and my buddy works for the video distribution department for fox/lucasfilm and I just finished transfering them to dvd so thats how I got them for your information!! :boid: :boid: :boid:

Fox Intellectual Property Department thought that was good one also (whom i work with a lot)--

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