Unaltered Star Wars Released: I’m out 60$…
Lucas finally issued a release of the original three, unaltered star wars movies to DVD. Likely it is fan/studio pressure that has caused this, regardless it’s time to let my hubby know that we have to put our money where our mouths are. We had planned to avoid purchasing the original three films until an unaltered version was released. Now I’m out the dough. *sigh*
I find it amusing that we’re closing on the end of the life cycle of the DVD format and Lucas is only now releasing the films. He did this with VHS as well, and we bought the boxed set on VHS. This was fine, until my adventurous son, who was only four at the time, dumped an entire glass of milk on the tapes.
Here’s the article on StarWars.com.
September 13, 2006 10:31 am 
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By tsykoduk, September 13, 2006 @ 7:44 pm
“”The Original Star Wars is available on DVD. Sure it’s more moola in Lucas’s pocketsess (Gollum accent). But he did finally release the original version for a limited time. But which Original Star Wars, I bet Episode IV is in the opening titles. ” Also apparently the original versions are basically non-anamorphic transfers from the laser discs. So basically, they look terrible.”
So – is it true?
By Random Gemini, September 14, 2006 @ 7:38 am
I happen to have the laser disc versions and… they do look terrible. I had hoped that the DVDs would have less errors, and because the laser disc versions I have are virtually unwatchable.
I haven’t bought them yet, husband had dental surgery yesterday so I didn’t get the chance to leave the house as planned. As soon as I pick them up, I’ll let you know.