I know, I know, this rumor seems to pop up more and more, but this time it may be true!
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to watch the theatrical versions of the original trilogy? You know, before George Lucas got his hands on them and screwed them all up? Lucas himself said that he would never release these versions on video ever again, but thankfully he no longer owns the property rights to these films. There has only been one release of these untouched films that made its way onto DVD, but that was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, but like I said, that may soon be changing!
At a recent Q & A late last Friday night at Universal Studios Orlando, Empire Magazine is reporting that John Landis, a close personal friend of Lucas, shared with the audience that Disney is planning on releasing these highly coveted films onto DVD and Blu-ray. Landis was there to talk about a new Halloween Horror Night attraction that is going to be based on his film An American Werewolf in London, and someone asked if he'd like to go back and tinker with the film to fix anything that he felt needed to be fixed. Here's his response to that question:
"First of all, they wouldn't let me. George owns his movies, so he can do what he wants...My personal opinion is George hurt his movies by doing what he did. However, George said to me, 'But they're my movies.'...I thought, 'That's fair.'...Did you know Disney, by the way, is putting out the original Star Wars the way it was. So, you know Disney, they're like money on the floor."
He's not wrong there. If Disney really does release these unaltered films, they could probably make all the money that they spent buying the Star Wars franchise back on the first day of their sale. Okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but they would make a ton of money off of them! Let's hope that this really happens this time!
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