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Published on Thursday, November 26, 1998 - 7:03pm |
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About that whole STAR WARS SPECIAL EDITION foopah!
Well gosh, I leave Austin, and just look what sorta trouble Glen gets himself into. Well, as many of you are well aware of, Glen posted up a story about the possible rereleasing to the original Star Wars Special Edition, with special Prequel trailers before each film. He had said this was a 'rumor' and that it was 'tentative' and not a for sure deal.
Glen, being the anal-retentive fella that he is, had 3 separate reliable sources on this. Sources that... well, to say they have come through in the past is a gross gross understatement. So Glen put it up with bags of salt and spoons to take it with.
A couple of days goes by and the Official Star Wars Website puts up a story, which... at the end of which, Lucas debunks the rumor.
Well bummer I say. I personally love the history of doing this with Star Wars rereleases. How many of us remember the rerelease of STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE that had the little "See a special preview of REVENGE OF THE JEDI in the bottom right hand corner? I do.
I don't know about you, but I sure as hell would rather stand in line to see them 'ooooooooold' Star Wars flicks with a Prequel trailer than excrement like THE WATERBOY.
But hey, that's over... end of story. We know something is up in January cause that's when Lucas' crew want all the trailers in theaters returned and all the posters as well (or destroyed) And there was one detail that Glen was very uncertain about...
He wasn't sure if the sources were talking about a theatrical run, a video rerelease or a DVD release. Well Lucas shot down the Theatrical run. Hopefully we'll be getting an answer about a DVD Release of the Trilogy, and.... will new trailers be on them? Curious minds like mine want to know.
I would think it would be a good time to announce such a decision, due to the possibility of selling DVD players at stores for Christmas. This announcement would surely increase the 'Christmas' request from Geeks around the world. .... The power of marketing.... ewwwwwwwwwww.... scary.
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Reader Talkback
DVD's? Doubt it by Alan Cerny | Nov 26th, 1998 06:28:47 PM | more ass biting! by Fox Mulder | Nov 26th, 1998 06:33:26 PM | re: sony getting paid for
DVD's by bostonguy | Nov 26th, 1998 06:59:07 PM | Lucas is a big DVD fan by Quest | Nov 26th, 1998 07:16:55 PM | Who owns DVD? The truth. by Gambit34 | Nov 26th, 1998 07:20:02 PM | Reason for moratorium on
poster and trailer by merchant | Nov 26th, 1998 08:05:26 PM | Jan 14 by Someguy | Nov 26th, 1998 08:18:59 PM | As a Wave of Relief washes
over the Talkback
Section........a tr by HankQuinlan88 | Nov 26th, 1998 08:22:57 PM | Afterword (Last Minute
Cop-Out) by HankQuinlan88 | Nov 26th, 1998 08:33:16 PM | Special Editions by Someguy | Nov 26th, 1998 08:42:41 PM | HARRY'S POST in response to
rereleasing the STAR WARS
films AGAI by Harry Knowles | Nov 26th, 1998 09:49:40 PM | Amen Brother Amen by Ratfink | Nov 26th, 1998 09:58:08 PM | YEAH YEAH Rerelease these! by mckracken | Nov 26th, 1998 11:32:03 PM | january recall of trailer by xsntrk | Nov 27th, 1998 12:48:31 AM | Mr. Ravenwood.....One
Question. by HankQuinlan88 | Nov 27th, 1998 01:59:11 AM | Release date for UK by Bink.uk | Nov 27th, 1998 02:45:30 AM | Whiny American Geeks by Charlie Croker | Nov 27th, 1998 03:43:49 AM | Quinlan's Rant by dehayd | Nov 27th, 1998 05:53:07 AM | DVDs? by Lak-Sivrak | Nov 27th, 1998 06:20:45 AM | don't bother waiting.... by jaydeluxe | Nov 27th, 1998 07:25:45 AM | waiting is the hardest part by bryan young | Nov 27th, 1998 08:23:57 AM | Filling George's Pockets??? by riptide | Nov 27th, 1998 09:43:49 AM | A Prose Imitation Of Henry
James? by Clarence Beaks | Nov 27th, 1998 09:56:29 AM | Only if we get the right sound by Britboy | Nov 27th, 1998 12:39:36 PM | The hell with DVD, laserdisc
is just as good! by bogrod | Nov 27th, 1998 01:18:02 PM | DVD? You guys have missed
something. by Mourn | Nov 27th, 1998 01:19:58 PM | More to the story on NewsDroid by Editor | Nov 27th, 1998 02:23:54 PM | Mourn, why are you talking out
of your ass? by Dan Snoddy | Nov 27th, 1998 02:35:56 PM | Fox's DVDs by darius_25 | Nov 27th, 1998 02:46:44 PM | SW on DVD by ? | Nov 27th, 1998 03:06:36 PM | DVD's, SE Rumors, Etc. by Robert Beasley | Nov 27th, 1998 06:07:13 PM | DVD and The Wars Trilogy by Darth Nopey-Dog | Nov 27th, 1998 10:02:40 PM | Revenge of the Jedi by Ir8muthuh | Nov 27th, 1998 11:45:03 PM | Star Wars on DVD by 10036 | Nov 28th, 1998 09:35:08 AM | DVD please by Foster Zygote | Nov 28th, 1998 12:14:56 PM | Star Wars, DVD, and You by Jambalaya Gumbo | Nov 29th, 1998 03:00:41 PM | DVD by bryan young | Nov 29th, 1998 04:38:54 PM | DVDs by David Thaggard | Nov 29th, 1998 10:39:55 PM | Lucas by BillyBob Jones | Nov 29th, 1998 10:55:22 PM | Starwars is a load of crap by wood | Nov 30th, 1998 04:45:14 PM | DIVX, DVD, and all your
complaining by Karl flaig | Dec 1st, 1998 12:37:03 PM | Hooray for OT on DVD. QED! by Wolfpack | Jun 18th, 2006 10:23:31 AM |
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