It is a Star Wars fan dream come true… and another guaranteed $2 billion in Lucas’ bank account. Even though he swore he’d never do it, George Lucas is releasing the ORIGINAL Star Wars trilogy on DVD. Yes that’s right. The movies as they originally were when they were first released without all the new stuff. REJOICE!
Our good friends over at Coming Soon give us the following:
In response to overwhelming demand, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release attractively priced individual two-disc releases of “Star Wars,” “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi.” Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of the movie, as well as the original theatrical edition of the film. That means you’ll be able to enjoy “Star Wars” as it first appeared in 1977, “Empire” in 1980, and “Jedi” in 1983.
See the title crawl to “Star Wars” before it was known as “Episode IV”; see the pioneering, if dated, motion control model work on the attack on the Death Star; groove to Lapti Nek or the Ewok Celebration song like you did when you were a kid; and yes, see Han Solo shoot first.
This is fantastic news. But come on… did anyone REALLY believe that George would turn down all that cash? Or maybe he just felt like he owed it to the fans after Phantom Menace. Either way, the fans now get what they have been asking for for so long.
Hell… like the obedient little drone that I am, I’m sure to buy this puppy on it’s first day.
