Current Events > George Lucas was asked if he'd rerelease the OG versions of the OG trilogy

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05/25/24 11:03:22 PM
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Scotty_Rogers
05/26/24 1:39:02 AM
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He literally told that fan, "Grow up. These are my movies, not yours"

Fucking PETTY lol

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Scotty_Rogers
05/26/24 1:46:59 AM
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Ngl though

https://youtu.be/TvXm5HuR72k?si=8lhynPEVAE75w5DM

That Ewok music is fucking ass

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WingsOfGood
05/26/24 1:56:20 AM
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when did this happen?
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Scotty_Rogers
05/26/24 1:57:31 AM
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WingsOfGood posted...
when did this happen?

2011 iirc

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Baha05
05/26/24 2:03:22 AM
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One hand he kinda has a point on the other it makes him a massive piece of shit baby

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Turducken
05/26/24 2:03:32 AM
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Was that you, Scotty?

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Tropicalwood
05/26/24 2:32:03 AM
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Baha05 posted...
One hand he kinda has a point on the other it makes him a massive piece of shit baby
Lucas makes up lame ass excuses for everyone that requests an original master of Star Wars to be properly archived. Even Congress got told it was either Special Edition or bust (which means neither are in the registry since they require the original.)

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Zikten
05/26/24 2:35:34 AM
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He'd probably destroy all copies of the original, if he could
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Baha05
05/26/24 2:37:59 AM
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Zikten posted...
He'd probably destroy all copies of the original, if he could
Whose to say he hasnt?

https://youtu.be/lykiNYpq5AI?si=6BXH0xzxQbLGk3AD

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Foppe
05/26/24 2:48:25 AM
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But they were released on DVD as extras...

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action52
05/26/24 2:49:44 AM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
That Ewok music is fucking ass
I love it, and at least it has some vibrancy and personality, unlike the generic "victory tune #56208" they slapped on to replace it. I also prefer it feeling like a small, intimate celebration, rather than trying to be like "look, everybody in the galaxy is joining the party!"

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steve_madsci
05/26/24 2:50:32 AM
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George Lucas will die soon and the people left in control like money more than dead people's feelings
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Xethuminra
05/26/24 3:26:56 AM
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Triggered hard

Tbf, tho, the original New Hope (which ive seen, take it or leave it) looks surprisingly bad for what it is (a really fun miniatures and models film for kids, ...with a theatrical twist (like the blocking and clever use of panels for backgrounds and special effects) plus Shakespearean & Arthurian dialogue in general, landmark special effects film, etc

But shoddy in a kind of Space Odyssey way, you know? Like Thomas the Tank business haha

Hence why Empire Strikes Back looks the way it does. The fog. The stop motion feel of parts of Hoth, and how impressive that whole thing really was, as the premier battle of the movie, but it gets really personal, and the whole look of everything from the asteroid field to Cloud City and Yoda, it's not surprising the original Star Wars looked the way it does, and suddenly I think the changes make a lot more sense (like how the Emperor originally looked in Empire, which I'm not clear when that was cut out or whathaveyou) and for Return of the Jedi which takes miniatures to the max, going inside the Death Star, building a giant forest, and blowing up actual buildings, not to mention those magical desert sequences . Of course the lightning at the end is famous, Vader looks incredible, and so on and so forth. Arguably thanks to this movie we got another decade or so or more of puppets and stop motion, claymation, etc

Omg why isn't Jedi known for the Rancor more? Haha

Really

It's the best

Giant monster ever? Even Shin Godzilla draws from the Rancor etc
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Xethuminra
05/26/24 3:27:06 AM
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Geez
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Tyranthraxus
05/26/24 3:27:34 AM
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steve_madsci posted...
George Lucas will die soon and the people left in control like money more than dead people's feelings
He's not in control now.

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Xethuminra
05/26/24 3:30:33 AM
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*original Star Wars, typo. Since I've seen it I should know that ;)

To give you an idea, however, the camp of the intro (Vader boards the ship) apart from the sequences in space showcasing the obv impressive ships, survives any attempt to remaster seemingly haha represents largely how the rest of the film originally was, along with the slightly awkward ceremony at the end. Not very appealing tbh, compared to what we got in later releases of Star Wars

I guess the Rebels are just like that in the original. Can't quite cover it up haha

Can I say it's also kinda creepy? The sounds and cropping/focus and stuff etc
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Pororin
05/26/24 3:31:52 AM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
Ngl though

https://youtu.be/TvXm5HuR72k?si=8lhynPEVAE75w5DM

That Ewok music is fucking ass
Luke burned death vader bodies?!
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Scotty_Rogers
05/26/24 3:35:39 AM
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Luke was all like

My dad
My dad
My dad is on fire
We don't need no water
Let that motherfucka burn

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Xethuminra
05/26/24 3:37:52 AM
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Seriously the original Star Wars is kinda creepy and stuff (shoddy, etc, like the Xmas Special)

And the original Empire and Jedi films are nothing to write home about, mostly perfect versions already are freely available

Anyways, I think you can find the original original Star Wars some places either as bonus content on a collection or in other forms

It's an historic film

Also the film grain is kinda terrible, combined with all this other stuff. There's a reason they don't release it

I think the original Empire and Jedi films also have different cropping issues, since what you might be getting is either the home release (VHS, TV) or the theatrical which idk... Seems redundant or something, if theyve been mastered to death mostly unchanged

Like I don't think Return of the Jedi has changed much at all

Well, nvm, scratch that last part for sure. It really has. Hmm.

Interesting. Suddenly I too want to experience the original in their original forms:-,/ bubble TV and crackle and all

B&W

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Pororin
05/26/24 3:42:00 AM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
Luke was all like

My dad
My dad
My dad is on fire
We don't need no water
Let that motherfucka burn
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Scotty_Rogers
05/26/24 3:42:24 AM
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Xethuminra posted...
And the original Empire and Jedi films are nothing to write home about

Man you got some awful takes lol

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Pororin
05/26/24 3:43:26 AM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
Man you got some awful takes lol
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Xethuminra
05/26/24 3:45:29 AM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
Man you got some awful takes lol
The prequel versions suck

But there are perfectly good versions of both movies, from before, with the THX thing or whatever, that are perfect home versions of the theatrical experience

Why need the original home releases or a newly processed theatrical version? Kinda thing
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Scotty_Rogers
05/26/24 3:50:55 AM
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Pororin posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/297c4b0c.jpg


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Xethuminra
05/26/24 3:51:37 AM
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I'm not siding with George Lucas

I'm siding with myself

It sucks
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UnfairRepresent
05/26/24 4:00:46 AM
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I mean he's right

But yeah it makes him an ass. Why not let people enjoy your work, even if you think it's imperfect? It brings them joy

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FL81
05/26/24 4:23:48 AM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
These are my movies, not yours
They're Disney's movies now

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rexcrk
05/26/24 4:45:24 AM
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Thank goodness for the Despecialized editions

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action52
05/26/24 5:07:51 AM
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By the way we should all be very skeptical of TC, because they didn't provide a source or even a quote of what he actually said.

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mazingetter
05/26/24 5:42:53 AM
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Tropicalwood posted...
Lucas makes up lame ass excuses for everyone that requests an original master of Star Wars to be properly archived. Even Congress got told it was either Special Edition or bust (which means neither are in the registry since they require the original.)

I came across this a few days ago: https://savestarwars.com/lucas-nfr.html
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rexcrk
05/26/24 5:48:41 AM
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action52 posted...
By the way we should all be very skeptical of TC

Oh, I am lol

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Gobstoppers12
05/26/24 6:00:21 AM
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Scotty why are you quoting your alt's reaction images in here?

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superben
05/26/24 6:47:00 AM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
Scotty why are you quoting your alt's reaction images in here?

U should check out the dragon ball board

Holy flying hippo ass
It's like 6 scotty accounts talking and arguing with himself.
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rexcrk
05/26/24 7:06:41 AM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
Scotty why are you quoting your alt's reaction images in here?
Oh that actually explains so much lmao

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Ulfar
05/26/24 8:15:15 AM
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At the time of release I thought the Special Editions were amazing but over time I see a lot of it as pointless cgi. Also Yub Yub indeed sucks but so does a great part of RotJ, special edition or not.
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Euripides
05/26/24 8:23:21 AM
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If you have a chance, watch the "Light and Magic" documentary on Disney+

It explains a lot about Lucas. While ILM was at the forefront of so much FX work, he was never satisfied with any of it. It was inevitable that he would tinker with his movies once the technology improved

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tripleh213
05/26/24 8:28:35 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/47cb535e.jpg

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Revelation34
05/26/24 9:57:01 AM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
He literally told that fan, "Grow up. These are my movies, not yours"

Fucking PETTY lol


Citation needed.

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divot1338
05/26/24 10:15:00 AM
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Theres nothing wrong with George Lucas that a good ass kicking wouldnt fix.

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Kaldrenthebold
05/26/24 10:17:44 AM
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I already have the og trilogy on blu ray

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Bishop_Hastur
05/26/24 10:44:04 AM
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I'm glad I've got the original trilogy on LaserDisc.

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Scotty_Rogers
05/26/24 5:42:05 PM
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https://www.laineygossip.com/George-Lucas-was-ungracious-to-Star-Wars-nerds-as-the-series-goes-Blu-Ray-06sept11/21142

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action52
05/26/24 7:44:45 PM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
https://www.laineygossip.com/George-Lucas-was-ungracious-to-Star-Wars-nerds-as-the-series-goes-Blu-Ray-06sept11/21142
I suspected it would be something old.

Yeah, Lucas was a real dick about the original releases. It sucks that we'll probably never have an official theatrical release of the movies restored to the way they originally were shown. And that the digital releases are all the special edition. That the closest we have is an un-remastered copy of the laser disc version, which doesn't look good on modern TVs--I mean, the version they legally released on DVD was 4:3 for Christ's sake. Also if you're a purist, the video / laser disc versions are slightly altered from the theatrical release. His refusal to even let anyone try give the fans a legally available high quality version of the theatrical release--and acting like we were entitled for even wanting them--is the only thing he did that ever made me angry.

But it's out of Lucas's control now, and it's been decades at this point, so I'm over it.

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Scotty_Rogers
05/26/24 8:41:13 PM
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Please tell me the current version of ROTJ doesn't have the stupid "Noooo" like added when Vader kills Palpatine

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Gobstoppers12
05/26/24 8:58:16 PM
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Scotty_Rogers posted...
Please tell me the current version of ROTJ doesn't have the stupid "Noooo" like added when Vader kills Palpatine
The Disney+ version not only has that, but it has the infamous Greedo "Maclunkey" scene in Episode IV

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Baha05
05/26/24 8:58:44 PM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
The Disney+ version not only has that, but it has the infamous Greedo "Maclunkey" scene in Episode IV
I like that random shit Greedo says

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mazingetter
05/26/24 9:18:14 PM
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MLBloomy
05/26/24 10:21:41 PM
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action52 posted...
But it's out of Lucas's control now
Maybe. Lucas could have put a clause in the Lucasfilm sale terms that prevents Disney from doing it. Maybe forever (or while it's still under copyright), maybe only for as long as he's alive. Might have to wait for 2072 when ANH's copyright expires. Though from my understanding, Fox held the copyrights to ANH while the rest were controlled by Lucasfilm, which could mean the original film wouldn't be covered by the same terms as ESB and RotJ.
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