That might be true except for the fact that the die hard fans who want the original trilogy will buy this set anyways.

I'm hoping after the blu-rays come out, the "Limited Edition" (:p) DVDs with the theatrical version on the bonus disc will drop to a reasonable price

I'm not paying $20 each for them, sorry... :rolleyes:

I picked up a (very lightly) used copy of RotJ with both discs over a year ago for $7 i think, and I would like to pick up IV and V for the bonus discs.

I've never actually seen them unaltered in their entirety (although I'm well aware of the changes). If they're not out on blu, I suppose the best we can do for the time being is either the original Laserdiscs or the LD transfers on the DVDs...

They been at or under $15 each for some time. And it looks like they may be going out of print. The only one that Amazon has in stock right now is RotJ. The other two are only available from 3rd party sellers. Maybe they are just out of stock, but I'm not holding my breath.

The digipack Original Trilogy set that also had all of these same discs is also out of stock, and the 3rd party prices on it are absurdly high.

I don't buy online and I live in Canada :p (probably should have mentioned that, but I'm so used to posting in Canadian threads)

$19.99 in all stores here, but I wouldn't pay $15 either. I'm hoping after the blu-ray set comes out, they drop below $10... wishful thinking perhaps :)

But it may take retailers a while to catch on to the fact that the DVD versions are still desirable even with the blu-rays out

And there are still tons of copies in store here, so I'm not worried about availability one bit :rolleyes:

I hate to tell you this, but thats just not true.

The actual number of people who won't buy this set just because it doesn't have the originals is probably only a couple thousand. People who want Star Wars on blu are going to buy this set regardless and Lucas knows this.

The reality is it really truly probably does not make financial sense to restore the originals since its unlikely that there would be a huge number of people who would rebuy the originals to make Lucas see a return on his investment.


I have always preferred the SE over the originals, but I have always felt that originals should be preserved as part of film history.

Source? Or just a personal guess...

You're probably half right. Or more accurately, you're almost certainly at least half right. We could quibble about the 'couple thousand' part but this set won't take a big hit because it doesn't include the UOT. It will do just fine.

The other half, though? I dunno.

Should the UOT ever be released down the road it's hard to believe it wouldn't at least break even. People fell all over themselves to double-dip on an additional few minutes of Avatar and I imagine the LOTR extended editions are going to do okay too.

And they also said that there was no edge enhancement or anything else wrong with The Phantom Menace DVD either. As far as I know, Lucas has nothing in the works, as far as new movies go, that he's personally working on, so he should have plenty of time to supervise and get these right. Right?

Common sense since the 2004 sales were several million copies

I for one watched the originals in the theatre, I like the SE also. Although I would like to purchase the originals it would not stop me from getting these.

You can also bet GL did the market research.

Now the 2004 set was a big hit and it did not include the UOT.

This probably will not be as big since there are going to be some that do not want the blu-ray upgrade.

But I doubt the UOT plays much of a part. More than just a few thousand. But not significant.

Only the vocal minorities tend to post on these types of forums. These forums are not a representation of the mainstream market in either opinion or sales volume.

I understand that and agree. But vocal minorities routinely support niche releases. The mainstream market wasn't itching for a few more minutes of Avatar or a few more hours of LOTR but not only did both materialize, both were fairly big events.

Vocal minorities don't have to be huge to justify/support a release. I also think some of these niche releases can to an extent bleed into the mainstream ie people who don't care that they're not available but might buy them if they are.

Imagine a Classic Star Wars release, maybe a retro ad campaign, a twenty minute extra about how many times Star Wars has been part of a Jeopary question - I really can't see that losing money.

Well for one thing SW has such a large fan base I would hardly call it a niche release.

I can imagine such a release and I do hope it does happen. I will surely buy it.

But the marketing companies have learned that having releases that compete with themselves are not as profitable. In a link quoted in these threads GL even mentioned that.

For example that is why Alien Anthology did not come out at the same time as the individual movies.

So I do not see a UOT release coming out until after the individual movies have been release and sold to their satisfaction.

A Classic Star Wars release will make money, but in this economy they do not want people having to make too many choices. I bet it wil be there, just not now. They do not want to interfere with these sales. It is all about making money.

And I would disagree on Avatar and LOTR. It is very common for hit movies to come out with extended/directors cuts after the theatrical releases. the reason is to double dip and the mainstream purchases them as they did with LOTR and Avatar. You are fooling yourself if you think that the studios are creating those for the minority. The investment in marketing, packaging, licensing, contracts to directors and writers and, just making them is just too high to high to justify making them for the minority.


Large studios are not stupid and they do a cost benefit analysis on every release and marketing studies on exactly how to release it and generate the most revenue.

No. There wouldn't even be any older, catalog blu-rays at all if that were true.

I want the complete set but how much bigger is that book compared to a Blu Ray height wise? I hope it can fit in my cabinet.

exactly...but they won't even have to do that, they'll just act like 2004 never happened until someone brings them up which they probably won't because anyone asking Lucas questions will throw him softball after softball..

I'm getting the complete set...and then later in time I'll get them individually.

Yes, I have the Ewok DVD's. I saw the caravan of courage at the movies too. no surprise I guess. Also, used to watch the droids and ewoks cartoons every saturday morning.

Hmm why buy them twice?

We could go on and on about the errors from the 2004 dvd's weather they will be fixed or not or about the original theatrical versions versions vs the special editions. The bottom line is the star wars saga on blu-ray is going to be one of the biggest selling blu-ray box set in the history of the format since the format launched in 2006. And come September 16th we are going to enjoy having the films n blu-ray in our collections. I know I am.

Hell yeah!!! I've been so excited I bought a new TV and had already put in for vacation time until the release date got pushed back to a friday!!! This will be a day long remembered...:rock:

Anyone know if this new boxset will contain the theatrical cuts as well?

Hope so