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So, is there anywhere in the world where a person can legally buy a copy of the original trilogy? It's 2010, I'm all grown up, I make a good living, and I stil

by dkarl 16y ago

So, is there anywhere in the world where a person can legally buy a copy of the original trilogy? It's 2010, I'm all grown up, I make a good living, and I still can't buy Star Wars. This sucks.

percept 16y ago
If it helps, an update mentioned an unaltered 2006 DVD release . . . Based on what I've read (and semi-relevant here) I see Lucas as a good founding entrepreneur-type who created an awesome world and then was at his best when he stepped aside and let others handle the technical details. Four words you don't want to see consecutively: "George Lucas will direct."
philwelch 16y ago
They released the unaltered trilogy on DVD in 2006. Not sure if it's still available. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_DVD_releases#Star_Wars_Trilogy_-_Unaltered http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_DVD_releases#Star_W... UPDATE: Yep, still available. http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1307374 http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=130026... "Featuring the Special Edition and original theatrical versions of all three films in the original trilogy"
- dkarl 16y ago
  That explains why I never found it: I'm kind of allergic to the Special Edition. Is there any way I can buy the original without paying for the Special Edition as well? I'd rather my money not be used as proof of fan acceptance of that abomination.
  - philwelch 16y ago
    Sorry, that's the best I can find :( There are, of course, ways to get the original unaltered trilogy...but we'll leave it at that.
    - dkarl 16y ago
      Yeah, I tried torrents. It didn't work out, possibly because I'm not really savvy about that kind of thing. The few times I was actually able to finish downloading a torrent, it turned out to be unusable files or porn. Getting porn was scary because the only reason people would distribute porn under the guise of Star Wars torrents would be because it was illegal in some way. Maybe I just fail at torrents :-/
- hga 16y ago
  A bit cheaper from Amazon.com with a lot of information on them: http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Harrison-Ford/dp/B001EN71DG/ http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Harrison-Ford/dp/B00... ADDED: tl;dr: a lot of people are seriously ... annoyed that Lucas refuses to supply the originals, as old timers saw them, in anything better than a copy of a non-anamorphic transfer made for a Laserdisc release (i.e. it's Academy ratio with the widescreen letterboxed image inside that. Better than VHS (certainly a lot higher bandwidth), but you can do a lot better with DVD...). FURTHER ADDED, especially based on this link off of the ars article: http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/savingstarwars.html http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/savingstarwars.html: It's hard to believe that I'll likely have to wait until sometime after Lucas dies to see as good a copy of real version of the first movie as the 70mm prints I saw in the summer of 1977....

by dkarl 16y ago

So, is there anywhere in the world where a person can legally buy a copy of the original trilogy? It's 2010, I'm all grown up, I make a good living, and I still can't buy Star Wars. This sucks.

percept 16y ago

If it helps, an update mentioned an unaltered 2006 DVD release . . . Based on what I've read (and semi-relevant here) I see Lucas as a good founding entrepreneur-type who created an awesome world and then was at his best when he stepped aside and let others handle the technical details. Four words you don't want to see consecutively: "George Lucas will direct."

philwelch 16y ago

They released the unaltered trilogy on DVD in 2006. Not sure if it's still available. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_DVD_releases#Star_Wars_Trilogy_-_Unaltered http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_DVD_releases#Star_W... UPDATE: Yep, still available. http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1307374 http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=130026... "Featuring the Special Edition and original theatrical versions of all three films in the original trilogy"

dkarl 16y ago
That explains why I never found it: I'm kind of allergic to the Special Edition. Is there any way I can buy the original without paying for the Special Edition as well? I'd rather my money not be used as proof of fan acceptance of that abomination.
- philwelch 16y ago
  Sorry, that's the best I can find :( There are, of course, ways to get the original unaltered trilogy...but we'll leave it at that.
  - dkarl 16y ago
    Yeah, I tried torrents. It didn't work out, possibly because I'm not really savvy about that kind of thing. The few times I was actually able to finish downloading a torrent, it turned out to be unusable files or porn. Getting porn was scary because the only reason people would distribute porn under the guise of Star Wars torrents would be because it was illegal in some way. Maybe I just fail at torrents :-/
hga 16y ago
A bit cheaper from Amazon.com with a lot of information on them: http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Harrison-Ford/dp/B001EN71DG/ http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Harrison-Ford/dp/B00... ADDED: tl;dr: a lot of people are seriously ... annoyed that Lucas refuses to supply the originals, as old timers saw them, in anything better than a copy of a non-anamorphic transfer made for a Laserdisc release (i.e. it's Academy ratio with the widescreen letterboxed image inside that. Better than VHS (certainly a lot higher bandwidth), but you can do a lot better with DVD...). FURTHER ADDED, especially based on this link off of the ars article: http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/savingstarwars.html http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/savingstarwars.html: It's hard to believe that I'll likely have to wait until sometime after Lucas dies to see as good a copy of real version of the first movie as the 70mm prints I saw in the summer of 1977....