George Lucas Shows Return of the Jedi Lost Scene
Are you going to buy Star Wars on yet another format?
Over the weekend, George Lucas confirmed that the full Star Wars movie saga will be headed to Blu-ray Disc as a box set in fall 2011. This means that you'll have another full year with your most-recent DVD sets until it's time to buy the same movies all over again.
I'm sure that I'm not the only one who has Star Wars on more than one format (yes, I even own some of the Laserdiscs), but the ones on Blu-ray will packed the digitally cleaned up and remastered versions – the same ones that are on DVD, but with six times the resolution.
Lucas said that he was waiting for Blu-ray to emerge the HD winner and gain enough popularity before it was worth it to release the movies again.
“We’ve been wanting to do it as soon as we possibly could, but we just wanted to do it when enough people would be able to buy it and see it,” Lucas said at the Star Wars Celebration V convention.
“We came out with ‘Star Wars’ right at the beginning of VHS,” he said, “and we sold 300,000 copies.”
Years later, he added, when VHS took off, “They were selling 1 million, 2 million, 10 million. So we learned from that experience that if you’re too early in the marketplace, there’s just not enough demand for it.”
Of course, there will be just a few more goodies packed into the upcoming box set to coax those who aren't swayed by just the 1080p upgrade.
For example, there will be a few surprises, such as recently uncovered lost scenes – like this one from Return of the Jedi.
(Source: NYT.)
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With all the remakes happening these days, how about remaking episodes 1-3?
The Youtube video is no longer working
I would buy this its always nice to watch this Trilogy now and then.
How about instead of spending time watching the same movies all over again you spend some time with your girlfriends? Oh, right...
Aaaaand... that "video is no longer available due to copyright claim..."
Methinks this was just a teaser made by Lucasarts to see what the lost scene was by getting it on blu ray. Thanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZgBo_ePreU
removed already? jeez, i have to see this clip!
im sure as hell going to buy this. i'm the biggest star wars geek around here, i can't say no.
i wonder if the quality will be any good though. not exactly hi-res to start with. the new trilogy might look nice though. Not entirely sure i could bare to sit through attack of the clones again though...
How about instead of spending time watching the same movies all over again you spend some time with your girlfriends? Oh, right...
Don't Death Star me, bro.
star trek\starwars nerds!
i wonder if the quality will be any good though. not exactly hi-res to start with.
35mm film has more than enough fidelity to be used as 4K footage, but in order to do this properly Lucas would need a fresh reprint of the original trilogy final cut and then telecine out to 1080p.
Will look glorious though, just look at the early Bond movies on Blu-Ray.
With all the remakes happening these days, how about remaking episodes 1-3?
He just finished making episodes 1-3. Why would he REmake them so soon? Well, they did suck, so perhaps you have a point there.
Yes Re-re-re-release it on Blue-Ray... and he waited....
So then we can all buy it in "3D" Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
(sry guys, that did come out wrong)
How about instead of spending time watching the same movies all over again you spend some time with your girlfriends? Oh, right...
Look who's talking. You troll Tom's so much that there's NO way you can be the high and mighty Don Juan you purport to be.
/owned
So then we can all buy it in "3D" Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
While you probably meant this in jest, it wasn't but a few months ago here on Tom's there was an article saying that Lucas was tinkering with the idea of converting the Starwars movies into the 3D format.
I can't wait for the prequels in high def - those films are astonishing technical achievements. Especially the bits where Hayden Christiansen is on-screen - can't believe he's actually CGI. Which is your favourite? Episode I
od Race the Movie, Episode II: Send In The Clowns or Episode III: You're Sithing Me Mr. Lucas
I wonder if Lucas had anyone in a position to tell him his prequel scripts were woeful? too many yes men maybe.
4-6 should be great on bluray, upscaled DVD even looks pretty great, but pity they are not the original versions, warts and all.
I guess this means I'll finally be buying a Blue-ray player...
I'm surprised he's not releasing the original theatrical versions first, then a few years later (after everybody buys the originals), release the edited trilogy. Seems to be the trend. You know, after all the "licenses" we keep buying to watch the same movie, perhaps this is the only single trilogy that you've already paid for to simply torrent. Think about it...
He just finished making episodes 1-3. Why would he REmake them so soon? Well, they did suck, so perhaps you have a point there.
WOW! Your so smart knowing the order of the episodes!!!!!!!!!!!
My wait for the 4K version continues.
So, does Han shoot first in this version??
um... hasn't Lucas raped those poor storm troopers enough?
Here is recorded footage on Youtube (still works as of posting)....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18O-Rj2MP9Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWxor-yARa8
Nope, the ONLY Star Wars I own is the original first pre-thx vhs release of the one that started it all
so George is going to "tweak" this one more? Is he going to change how the storm troopers look to better match up with the prequels or perhaps replace all the actors with CGI? One can only hope! I'm so excited!!! >.>
How about instead of spending time watching the same movies all over again you spend some time with your girlfriends? Oh, right...
How about instead of spending time watching the same movies all over again you spend some time with your girlfriends? Oh, right...
My wife likes star wars, so I can do both. Not that I'd waste the money on the blu-ray when my dvd version still works just fine.
How many five second "unreleased" and completely unnecessary to the plot clips does this guy have? By the time the 4k/3d version is out, we're going to be watching every failed cut.
Yes, that was my point!
He just finished making episodes 1-3. Why would he REmake them so soon? Well, they did suck, so perhaps you have a point there.
Have the real episodes 1-3 been released yet?
Every Star Wars fan should read Johathan Mantuka's open letter to George Lucas in the review section on Amazon.com:
When will George Lucas stop fisting me...??? An open letter to all...
Very funny... and dead on.