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Does anyone know where I can get the origional versions of Star Wars 4-6 on dvd? I don't mind the slight special effects changed that Lucas made in the 2000 THX edition... but the extra scenes in the "Special Edition" just do not work well and I'd rather find a version without it. Is there anywhere I can get the THX version on DVD?

((actually, to be honest, I liked those effect touchups in the thx edition...)

Doesn't exist, nor is it going to. Lucas decided only to release the Special Edition versions (which were even modified from what was shown in theaters), as they were his 'real vision' for the movies. He has no plans to ever release the original versions on DVD.

Best you can do is look for the original Laserdisc editions, as that's the closest you'll get in digital form. A friend of mine has them, and managed to import them to his computer & burn to DVDs (with chapters and everything).

I'm just wondering when to expect one of George Lucas' long-lost progeny to show up with a puny band of his friends, blow up Skywalker Ranch, and battle Lucas to a standstill until the tide finally turns when Lucas comes to his senses and chucks Carl Rove into the reactor core, redeeming himself just in time to whisper his dying wish to have the original versions re-released and the second trillogy completely rewritten by writers with talent.

Personally, I want to see what would happen if Peter Jackson was given movies I through III, or maybe even all six, to play with and make into a masterpiece. though the origional versions of 4-6 should still remain too... those frankly need to be declared historical relics and be federally protected against tampering.

Gah! I'm surrounded by Star Wars classicists! *hides*

What's the big deal? Star Wars is just comic-books in movie form.

No, not a movie adaptation of a comic book. But an actual comic book ... with a story-ethos right out of the "golden-age" comics, scenes as panels, page-turning. Everything short of the word-bubbles.

It's just a reimplementation of one form of storytelling in a different media. Same way B5 was a novel in TV-series-form.[/i]

Cyril_Dran wrote:Gah! I'm surrounded by Star Wars classicists! *hides*

Heh. I saw the original movie in the theater the year it opened. I was maybe 4 years old at the time, and I was hooked. So, yes, the originals hold a special place in my heart.

That said, I do like some of the changes Lucas made, just not all of them. And I feel slighted that the original version isn't available to those of us who enjoyed that version, too.

candide wrote:What's the big deal? Star Wars is just comic-books in movie form.

No, not a movie adaptation of a comic book. But an actual comic book ... with a story-ethos right out of the "golden-age" comics, scenes as panels, page-turning. Everything short of the word-bubbles.

It's just a reimplementation of one form of storytelling in a different media. Same way B5 was a novel in TV-series-form.[/i]

Actually, according to Lucas, it's based more on the old serial adventures that played in front of movies every week. That kind of pulp action hero stuff that comic books borrowed from heavily as they caught on. Either way, I suppose... six of one, half-a-dozen of the other.

candide wrote:What's the big deal? Star Wars is just comic-books in movie form.

And comic books aren't important?

Comics- one of the five creative brain 'food' groups. The other four, in no particular order are: novels, pictures; either manualy created or photographic, sculpture, and movies. Although sometimes also included is pornography(use sparingly for a balanced diet )


Micro_fur - The evil court jester; corrupting one mind at a time, self included!

For the record, I don't really hold the original trilogy to be "sacred"; I just think it's wrong to try and destroy the memory of the original way it was. Shoot it both ways, Mr. Lucas.

As to my coments about re-writing the movies, I think Lucas really benefited from having people around him to tell him the script needed revision here and there; the second trillogy suffered because the writer was overconfident. Also, the casting director wouldn't know "chemistry" if it walked up and shagged him cross-eyed.

It's also evident to me that while Lucas never lost his youthful eye for beautiful, rich design, he was somewhat blinded by the promise of digital filmmaking and missed out on some opportunities to let the Jim Henson boys pull the strings. Anyone who's seen Farscape knows that puppets can STILL kick CG's ass any day of the week.

I was making a joke, not a debate point @_@.... I didn't intend to raise a fuss. I myself am still slightly self righteous about the existence of Xbox (which I play on a regular basis now), despite it having proven itself as a competent gaming platform which 3rd parties support heavily.

In other news, I don't go either way in this debate. Both sets of movies have their merits and flaws. For example, in movie VI, the dance scene in Jabba's palace was retooled with animatronics.. which, initially, wowed me big time. But, looking back, I think it detracts some from the overall plot, as the focus is taken off of Oola's unfair death.

So, I didn't mean to trigger defensiveness in you guys, sorry. I guess I was just near one of those people who sits around thinking they're all old at 25 or something and being like "OMG MR GAME AND WATCH WAS THE TRUE ERA OF GAMING" With me sitting there like "...... no, those games sucked." And, pretty much every game sucked, save a select 10 or so NES games out of, literally, hundreds, until SNES era gaming.

Cyril_Dran wrote:I was making a joke, not a debate point @_@.... I didn't intend to raise a fuss. I myself am still slightly self righteous about the existence of Xbox (which I play on a regular basis now), despite it having proven itself as a competent gaming platform which 3rd parties support heavily.

In other news, I don't go either way in this debate. Both sets of movies have their merits and flaws. For example, in movie VI, the dance scene in Jabba's palace was retooled with animatronics.. which, initially, wowed me big time. But, looking back, I think it detracts some from the overall plot, as the focus is taken off of Oola's unfair death.

So, I didn't mean to trigger defensiveness in you guys, sorry. I guess I was just near one of those people who sits around thinking they're all old at 25 or something and being like "OMG MR GAME AND WATCH WAS THE TRUE ERA OF GAMING" With me sitting there like "...... no, those games sucked." And, pretty much every game sucked, save a select 10 or so NES games out of, literally, hundreds, until SNES era gaming.

I think it was more like a few dozen of non-suckage out of those hundreds...but that's just me.

Off the top of my head, I could only think of River City Ransom, the Mario Trilogy, Rescue: The Embassy Mission, Zelda 1 (2 sucked), Contra, Contra 2, Captain Skyhawk, and Double Dragon 2 as the only NES games that were worth playing more than once.

What we would really need is a DVD collection that includes the original AND remastered versions. That way, everybody would be happy!

Barring that, I have the original trilogy on VHS tapes and am planning to burn DVDs from them.