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Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner
I thought those were released on DVD with one of the re-releases? Or was it that the "original, unedited" copies on DVD were still monkeyed with, because Star Wars had Episode IV in the crawl? I forget the minutia about it.
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Yes you are correct, Lucas quietly, grudgingly included the original cuts of the original trilogy on the re-release of them on DVD in 2008. He still managed to slip in a characteristic big F U to everyone by not making the original cuts anamorphic or something (can't remember exactly) so the aspect ratio could have been better for home viewing.
Still probably better than laser disc rips though.
As for the Episode IV in the crawl, that has been unavoidable since the early 80's, he rotoscoped it in as soon as he knew Empire would be made.