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The Original Versions Are Better!
I don't get this. A few months ago when the Alien Quadrilogy was released everyone called it a milestone in presentation and one of the best DVD boxed sets out there. It was and still is. It included the original and special edition of all four Alien movies and spanned 11 DVDs in length and included uncoutable extras for each film. Lucas, on the other hand, has decided to release this sub-par boxed set that only gives customers the special edition of each Star Wars film and not nearly as many extras. It is a compromised set for what otherwise could be another great piece in your DVD collection. I'm gonna pass on this one in the hopes that the original versions will be released sometime in the future.

Star Wars, But Not as Originally Remembered
The Star Wars Trilogy is a masterpiece. At the very least, Star Wars: A New Hope and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back are both in the top 10 films of all time. However, you must realize something when you buy this boxset. These versions are not the original theatrical versions of 1977, 1980, and 1983. They are a modification of the Special Edition versions from 1997 and the only versions in there. Now I'm not telling you to boycott this disc, that is silly when you are looking at masterpieces of this sort, even in the SE form. But, if you want your disspleasure heard, you should sign a petion like at OriginalTrilogy and/or start to email Lucasfilm, etc...I thought that worth mentioning, but anyway back to the main point. The special features are awesome, audio commentary, 10 hours+ bonus features. But ask yourself, do I want only the Special Edition versions on DVD and later formats for all time? Or do I want the original theatrical versions as well? And with that I leave the classic words, May the Force Be With You.

Might be worth a look
While I agree that having this trilogy on DVD finally with all of the new features (not new effects) and extras is probably a good move for star wars fans, I can't say I am excited about the release the way I wanted to be. Episodes I and II were a huge disappointment and further brought to light how Lucas ruined the original 3 with the re-release. It is worth it for anyone to get a good laserdisk copy of the original movies and get someone that loves them to sample it down to DVD format. Laserdisk was great quality and with the affordable HD video editing software out there today, a good DVD of the orignal 3 can be made. There are probably even people selling the orignal releases somewhere out there.

I am not a fanatic at all. Lucas really did ruin his creation and reputation. Not quite as bad as Michael Jackson, but close. I am a real-world casual movie lover and this is just bad.

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