CT Will Disney Re-Release Theatrical Cut Of The Original Trilogy?

It'll be a year if it is that. Always a 7 year wait between new editions. 97 to 04 to 2011 to 2018.

 

I stand corrected re: my thinking the 2006 DVD's were cropped/truncated. For some reason, I always thought the '90's Laserdisk versions of the OOT were cut off at the sides to some extent.

I will have to go back & watch the 2006 OOT DVD's & then compare them to the Blu-ray's.

 

MSW is saying the rumours are hot again about Theatrical cuts being re-released. Fingers crossed.

 

Yep, I just read that. Starting to get my hopes up again.

 

Would buy in a heart beat!!

 

I've said it before, they could release the original theatrical versions in a trilogy box set with a premium price point featuring bonus features similar to the Criterion Collection that put the releases into a historical context. That way Lucas' vision of the 2011 releases being canon is preserved and the original theatrical version fans get theirs. I have never ever been a fan of the mentality where Lucas is attacked for not releasing the originals in their theatrical state, as I 100% agree with his decision to do what he wants with his films and to present them in the context of the saga as a whole. By and large, I support the changes he made, but I totally understand from a film history perspective why the theatrical versions are important.

 

They have things called Director's cuts, where the Director gets to put out his preferred version compared to what the studio put out for the theatrical release.

But even then, George's vision would only be one-third of the trilogy. Kershner and Marquand directed the other two films, and Lucas had no right to alter those after release in any way. Particularly the dead guy's.

 

I love the special editions, but if they release the unaltered versions I'll buy them yesterday.

 

I ****ing hate the special editions and if they release the unaltered versions I'll buy them yesterday.

 

George was the owner of Lucasfilm and financed the films. He oversaw development of ESB and ROTJ. They are just as much his films as they are Kersh's and Marquand's. He had every right to do what he wanted with them moving forward.

 

Is this... is this it?

If it is, I will delete my copies of the Despecialized Editions and wait for the BD release before watching the movies again. This is, like, tied with the trailer for The Last Jedi with what would get me most excited from Celebration.

 

Star Wars (1977):
20th Century Fox
Directed by George Lucas

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
20th Century Fox
Directed by Irvin Kershner

Return of the Jedi (1983)
20th Century Fox
Directed by Richard Marquand

Of course, they are all owned now by Disney.

Where are these "his" films again? If I buy them and decide to edit them to include random appearances of Barney the Dinosaur, would that be ok?

 

I honestly can't wait for this to be officially announced so this thread can be locked once and for all, and the bickering can finally come to an end. Everyone has the version they want, and that's that.

 

I really do not understand your argument. You are aware that Lucas owned Lucasfilm, wrote the treatments for the original trilogy, and hired out the directors? Episodes 1-6 were his films regardless of who was placed in the director's role. Lucas brought them on to direct, but the films were Lucasfilm property and would not have existed were it not for George.

If you buy them and edit them to include Barney (what a bizarre example), you are making a strange fan edit and nothing more. You were never hired by Lucas and your edit was not condoned by Lucasfilm. You have no ownership of the films outside of the ability to purchase what is officially put out there.

 

I have never understood this argument that Empire was an Irvin Kershner film and Jedi was a Richard Marquand film. Both of those guys were chosen by George to direct George Lucas's films. In the case of Empire, George almost went bankrupt to fund the rest of the movie himself. He didn't have that problem with Jedi, but he still bankrolled it and both were his stories and his intellectual property.

 

And, TBH, you can kinda tell. The production values on Jedi just weren't as good as they were on Empire.

 

I definitely need an official announcement before I can get excited about this.

 

Unfortunately, Pablo seems to be suggesting on twitter that the rumors are not true. He also said the following: ""As far as I know, there's only one person who could make this happen and he hasn't seemed all that interested."

What do you make of this? I assume Pablo is referring to Lucas. Maybe Disney really did agree to give Lucas final say as to whether the theatrical versions ever get released and Lucas is still refusing.

 

Please announce this officially!

Media in Australia running with this same rumour about an original release timed for the 40th celebration.

It would be a special moment for many if true.

 

A lot of people in this thread seem to have the misconception that the director is the end all be all authority of a film. You guys ever hear of a producer? That's the director's boss. Guess who the producer was for every single SW film from Episode 1-6?

For those that don't know what a producer is, here's what they typically do:

Preproduction

• Find material from a book or script.
• Get the script into good enough shape to attract a director (and studio, if this is not a studio-initiated production).
• Secure financing for the film, if it is not being made for a studio.
• Choose the director and other parts of the creative team.
• Cast the actors, working with the director.
• Determine locations and budget.
• Decide on cinematographer and special effects.
• Hire a production team including crew and producers.
• Develop a shooting schedule.
• Create a detailed plan of action for production.

Production

• Offer creative suggestions to the director.
• Handle problems with actors or creative staff.
• Monitor production timetable and budget.
• Review video dailies, the film shot each day.

Postproduction

• Discuss order and selection of scenes with the director.
• Review the fine cut of the film after it is edited.
• In some cases, polish, revise and restructure the film to create the final cut.
• Work with a distributor to secure distribution for the film. This may include showing the distributors the final cut of the film.
• Review the distributor's advertising campaign for the film.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movie-producer2.htm

 

http://furiousfanboys.com/2017/02/george-lucas-disney-altering-star-wars/

 

Great, another article with only speculation and no new information. I'm starting to think it's not going to happen, but we certainly wont know anything definite before Celebration.

 

On theory's such as these, speculation.. Is all we have..