Star Wars DVD Questions

[JJ]

Are the original three, the unaltered "Special Edition" versions available on DVD? I.e., the ones without Greedo shooting first, the extra Cloud City scenes, and the whole CGI Sarlacc, and ESPECIALLY without Hayden Christensen at the end of RotJ?

[Blu-Curry]

Originally Posted by JJxiv1215

Are the original three, the unaltered "Special Edition" versions available on DVD? I.e., the ones without Greedo shooting first, the extra Cloud City scenes, and the whole CGI Sarlacc, and ESPECIALLY without Hayden Christensen at the end of RotJ?

They still should be. I think they may have been released for a limited time only, but i think Amazon might have some.

Is this it? http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Tril...9476872&sr=1-1
Separately, they come in 2 Disc Editions with both the altered and unaltered editions.

[Beast]

Yes. They're available in the 2-Disc versions that came out a few years ago.

And IIRC they just recently got re-released when Clone Wars came to DVD/BLU.

It should be noted that the Original Cuts are Non-Anamorphic Ports from the old Laserdiscs.

[JJ]

Originally Posted by Beast

It should be noted that the Original Cuts are Non-Animorphic Ports from the old Laserdiscs.

Explain further, Dr McCoy. What is the difference between this and the ones I bought as a 4-Pack Trilogy about 5 years ago?

[Rblu-Dblu]

Yes theyre available but its not the "Special Edition" because that refers to the recut movies.

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Episode-IV-Widescreen/dp/B000FQJAIW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1239476832&sr=1-4

[JJ]

Oh, nevermind, I just read up on the differences.

[Diesel]

i was gonna link you to them but Blu-Curry took care of that
special edition and original theatricals in a two disc set of each movie
i just bought them a few weeks ago (couldnt wait for the blu any more, as i didnt have them on dvd)

[Clark Kent]

Lucas finally consented to releasing the original versions of the classic trilogy as "bonus" features when they were reissued on dvd. Unfortunately he crippled them purposely by not releasing them as anamorphic widescreen. The following site has tons of information about this topic and some efforts to derive a better looking transfer of the original versions on dvd.

http://originaltrilogy.com/

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

Lucas finally consented to releasing the original versions of the classic trilogy as "bonus" features when they were reissued on dvd. Unfortunately he crippled them purposely by not releasing them as anamorphic widescreen. The following site has tons of information about this topic and some efforts to derive a better looking transfer of the original versions on dvd.

http://originaltrilogy.com/

I don't blame him. Honestly, I wish he would have stuck to his guns and never released the original cuts.

[Blu-Curry]

I just finished watching all my Star Wars movies during my spring break. Just out of curiousity, other than the Han vs. Greedo shot and the Anakin Skywalker at the end of ROTJ, why are the other unaltered scenes that great? I personally like the new CGI scenes as it adds to the presentation.

eg. In A New Hope when Han is chasing the Stormtroopers, in the unaltered version they lead him back to maybe 10 more. In the altered version, they lead him back to lines of squads. I thought this was more humorous and added more to the presentation.

[Sussudio]

i sold my 3 disc widescren special edition DVDs and bought the new pack that includes them plus the originals as bonus discs. yeh the originals look shitty since they haven't been remastered, but whatever. now i have them on dvd and can watch them whenever