Just wait for the price to drop a few months to a year later. Simple as that. Can probably get the Entire Collection for $60 new at the right time/place of the year.
No way would I pay $100+ for 2 great movies (Star Wars/Empire), 1 very good movie (Jedi), 1 average movie (Sith), 1 mediocre movie (Clones), and 1 abomination (Menace). Here's hoping they go all out on the commentaries though.
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.
If only they could cut the Ewoks out of ROTJ then the original trilogy would be decent. As is, I can't really enjoy the film anymore once I grew out of my childhood sense of wonder and innocence. They are just midgets dressed as furries and terribly annoying to boot. A portent of things to come (Jar Jar).
My name is George Lucas. I am a writer, director, and producer of motion pictures and Chairman of the Board of Lucasfilm Ltd., a multi-faceted entertainment corporation.
I am not here today as a writer-director, or as a producer, or as the chairman of a corporation. I've come as a citizen of what I believe to be a great society that is in need of a moral anchor to help define and protect its intellectual and cultural heritage. It is not being protected.
The destruction of our film heritage, which is the focus of concern today, is only the tip of the iceberg. American law does not protect our painters, sculptors, recording artists, authors, or filmmakers from having their lifework distorted, and their reputation ruined.
If something is not done now to clearly state the moral rights of artists, current and future technologies will alter, mutilate, and destroy for future generations the subtle human truths and highest human feeling that talented individuals within our society have created.
So, that old quote was primarily about the non-copyright holder's colorizing films. He wouldn't have said **** if it was the copyright holder who was updating the work. As he's clearly shown he has no problem doing that himself, despite outcry from those who appreciate his work the most.
But yeah, it's like ray-ee-ayne on your wedding day.
