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PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
edited December 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
Did they ever release the original theater cut on dvd or blu-ray? I know of all the new updated releases but wasnt sure if they include the theater cut also or if its only the updated one? I have laserdisc copied dvds of the films and have no real interest in spending money on these new movies. But if i can buy the movies the way i saw them as a kid I need to add them to my collection.
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  • landolando Posts: 661
    I read review on Ain't it Cool News and they stated that it is not the Original cut, the Special Editions, with more tweaking than before.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmW3JsRX ... re=related

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  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,945
    lando wrote:
    I read review on Ain't it Cool News and they stated that it is not the Original cut, the Special Editions, with more tweaking than before.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmW3JsRX ... re=related

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  • rickles3rickles3 Posts: 13
    For more details (and for why we'll never see the real OT on blu-ray), get this movie...

    http://www.peoplevsgeorge.com/splash/
  • DURPDURP OhighO Posts: 2,180
    I picked up the VHS of the 10 year anny of Star Wars at a yardsale still in the plastic with the price sticker and anny sticker on it for a whopping dollar. It kills me to not break it open and watch the orginal. But i feel someday i may make my dollar back i dunno what do you guys think?

    Oh i also got Empire and Jedi but those are open and still play well.
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  • JK_LivinJK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    rickles3 wrote:
    For more details (and for why we'll never see the real OT on blu-ray), get this movie...

    http://www.peoplevsgeorge.com/splash/

    Have you seen this? Is it worth it?

    I have the OT on VHS THX versions. Were they changed at all?
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  • CallawayCallaway Posts: 635
    I haven't watched these in probably 15 years but I have seen bits where they added stuff to the original theatrical releases. I'll never watch these with stuff thats been added 20 or 30 years later, seems silly. Anyway posting because I saw the original theatrical versions on iptorrents...just an fyi.
  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    There was a 6 DVD set released back in 2008 that came with the latest editions with all the changes, as well as the completely unaltered theatrical versions.

    The box looks like this

    51wdAFSITQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

    As far as I know that is the only DVD release that includes the unaltered films. And it is the way to go if you ask me.

    Unfortunately while typing this I looked it up and see that it went out of print and they are now very expensive on the secondary market. I see them selling for $225 and up, which is quite the markup, I bought mine for $29 when they came out.

    Netflix has the unaltered films (from this DVD release) available to rent though. That is until they see what they have is worth money and decide to sell them.
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  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    with hollywood remaking all the old classics these days why doesnt lucas just sign off on remaking these films if he is so unhappy with the originals? leave the classics alone. get christian bale to play han and scarlett johansen for leia for all i care. he is gonna do them in 3d now and who knows what he will change then when he realizes that a scene would work for 3d so much better from a different angle....

    i guess ill just hold on to my laserdisc copy dvds.
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    PearlJamaholic wrote:
    i guess ill just hold on to my laserdisc copy dvds.

    If you have the laserdisc copies of the original trilogy, then you don't need that set I was talking about above. All they did was use a laserdisc transfer and put it on a DVD. It's not any more cleaned up or changed over what you have on your laserdisc.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    PearlJamaholic wrote:
    with hollywood remaking all the old classics these days why doesnt lucas just sign off on remaking these films if he is so unhappy with the originals? leave the classics alone. get christian bale to play han and scarlett johansen for leia for all i care. he is gonna do them in 3d now and who knows what he will change then when he realizes that a scene would work for 3d so much better from a different angle....

    i guess ill just hold on to my laserdisc copy dvds.

    remake star wars!!!???? :shock: are you mad??? that is sacrilege. i dont wanna hear any of that crazy talk.
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    catefrances wrote:
    remake star wars!!!???? :shock: are you mad??? that is sacrilege. i dont wanna hear any of that crazy talk.

    I can see it now...

    Starwars-1.jpg
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,938
    PearlJamaholic wrote:
    Did they ever release the original theater cut on dvd or blu-ray? I know of all the new updated releases but wasnt sure if they include the theater cut also or if its only the updated one? I have laserdisc copied dvds of the films and have no real interest in spending money on these new movies. But if i can buy the movies the way i saw them as a kid I need to add them to my collection.

    I have the original theatrical versions on DVD. They released two-disc DVDs in 2006 that had the "enhanced" 2004 versions on disc 1 and the theatrical versions on disc 2.

    http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Two-Dis ... rid_pt_1_2

    http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Episode ... 483&sr=1-1

    http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Version ... 36&sr=8-42
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