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The original, unaltered Star Wars trilogy is rumored to be re-released this year to mark the 40th anniversary of A New Hope. While fans have speculated for years that George Lucas will finally release the first edits of the iconic 1977, 1980 and 1983 films to the public in a variety of formats, a concrete announcement appears imminent. Numerous industry sources have informed fan site Making Star Wars that the original edits are on their way. This is a big deal for diehard fans, many of whom argue the versions they saw in cinemas during the late 70s and early 80s are far superior to the versions later released to the public.
[...] The 40th anniversary of A New Hope occurs on May 22.
Source: http://thathashtagshow.com/2017/02/unaltered-original-star-wars-trilogy-released-year/
(Score: 2) by ticho on Sunday February 26 2017, @11:39AM
...also known as Project 'Milk Even More Money From Aging Nerds'.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 26 2017, @01:44PM
So, first you bitch you want to buy the original cuts. Now that they might actually be released, you bitch about being milked. I swear, they can't win with you uber-nerds. You do realized you didn't have to buy every stinking release they made, right? The fact that you felt compelled to is your issue, not theirs.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday February 26 2017, @02:18PM
Hey, if they had put the original version on Pirate Bay, I guess that would have worked. Of course their share holders might not have been happy with that move :-)
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(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Lagg on Sunday February 26 2017, @03:47PM
The new movies are showing to people just how small, dysfunctional, boring and stupid the Star Wars universe is. Similarly to how the prequels showed that Lucas is a manchild that has trouble letting the workers of the industry do their job. The essential reboot of the EU by not-darth-revans-mask-but-disney-doesnt-care further demonstrated how much of a shitty Transformers-like marketing and toy franchise useful only for that. Is it not milking if it's going to be another 3 decades of "HEY WE KILLED A DEATH STUR" and Special Editions(TM).
My Kylo Ren doll can move all its arms and legs and has detachable lightsabers.
I detached his greatsword-looking lightsaber and masturbated furiously at it because OH MAH GOD I REMEMBER WHEN THEY REFERENCED THAT A LIGHTSABER REFLECTS A JEDI'S CHARACTER AND REQUIRES SKILL TO CREATE THIS IS SO COOL THIS HAS THINGS I REMEMBER IN IT.
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(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 26 2017, @09:22PM
you know .. i the real reality, real woman only mary for money. star wars dolls don't come cheap
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Sunday February 26 2017, @09:18PM
Well, in my case, my DVDs were stolen in a burglary several years ago, and I replaced many of them from TPB. But those files are terrible; no subtitles when aliens are talking in EP1, for instance, not fitting the screen (letterbox on all four sides), compression artifacts... so I was going to replace them, anyway. This just gives me one more reason to buy a Blu-Ray.
And "ageing?" I'm already old, I was 24 when I saw Star Wars in the theater.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 26 2017, @09:27PM
no, you fucking moron. it means you buy the movie and fucking perfectly mirror it to tPb so you can download it for again and again and again and forever if nature strikes. it's like making a hologram. idiot.