Ladies and Gentlemen, we got 'em...

Money or... the fact that DVD was already on its way to replacement by the next generation of DVD...

Queeq, you're on a posting rampage! Go baby Go!

Bought all 3, and was happy with the lot... this is the sw i grew up watching... there were things i didnt even realised were changed... i felt like a kid again...

Originally posted by EPIIIBITES
Queeq, you're on a posting rampage! Go baby Go!

😆 yes he is.

Originally posted by queeq
Money or... the fact that DVD was already on its way to replacement by the next generation of DVD...

Thought about buying them. Went with Smallville season 5 instead. 😂

Of course I have them via a laser disc rip on DVD anyway. 😉

Somewhere, Lucas is laughing and using 100 dollar bills to wipe his ass.

I bet he is.

So JP is stealing the OT... rip offs... pfffftt...

Nope, they were given to me as a gift. 😛

Oh... just like the rest that fell off a truck... 😉

Originally posted by Darth Scythe
Somewhere, Lucas is laughing and using 100 dollar bills to wipe his ass.

Is that why the movies are being released every year?

Originally posted by queeq
Oh... just like the rest that fell off a truck... 😉

Can I help it if I have friends of dubious means? eyes

I'm happy with the 2004 edition thanks😛 although i'd probably buy it just for deja vu, like with some of the original scenes

Originally posted by Jedi Priestess
Can I help it if I have friends of dubious means? eyes

Errrr.... yes you can. But I let you keep me. 😉

so the new ones that have just been released, are they TRUE originals? Or whats different about them from the box set he sold? I havent looked into it that much?

The releases of the originals on these new DVDs are from the Laserdisc masters for the "Star Wars Trilogy - The Definitve Collection" box set in 1993.

Here's a pic.

The only other earlier letterbox version of the films are from the "Star Wars Trilogy - Special Letterbox Collector's Edition" in 1992.

Here's a pic of that.

The main, and only real significant difference between these two earlier versions is that the Laserdisc box set remastered the films in THX (the first time this was ever done on any format).

The two sets are both non-anamorphic widescreen...and so of course are the originals being released on these new DVDs.

The only other difference might be a line of dialogue that may be missing from the Laserdisc set.

The 2004 DVD releases (and of course what's on "Disk 1" of these new DVDs) are anamorphic widescreen.

In 1995, the "Star Wars Trilogy" had its second official release, known as the THX release. The sound AND picture quality were tweaked in these versions.

So if you really want the earliest, roughest versions of the films, the 1992 box set is the way to go.

but im saying, theyre not the SE, right? its all old ORIGINAL footage?

Yes.

George Lucas released "The Star Wars Trilogy - Special Edition" in 1997. It had further audio and visual enhancements, as well as the additional footage.
These DVDs are not from those...they're form the '93 Laserdiscs.

IMO the SE versions are the definitive versions of the films...just don't ask me why or you'll think I'm insane...

Hope that helps!

IMHO the SE's are THE worst versions of the OT. 😬

I have this one too, ("Star Wars Trilogy - Special Letterbox Collector's Edition"😉.
so Im good to go! ✅