On May 3 when
Starwars.com announced Lucasfilm LTD and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment would finally release the Original Trilogy, unaltered on DVD, fans rejoiced. For good reason, as it seemed George Lucas has finally given in to the relentless pleading from countless fans for the original version of the movies on DVD.
Caught up in the excitement, few wondered out loud exactly what form these would take. Certainly fans have become well used to amazing and pristine DVD releases of
Star Wars movies with incredible soundtracks on DVD.
This, however, is not to be for this release of the movies.
This week, a number of details about the release have come out, and for many, the news is terrible.
I'm not going to go into this in much detail, as it is already well documented over at the fine DVD site,
TheDigitalBits.com. Below are the key points, but if you really want some detail, do head over to The Digital Bits for much more.
DVD Release Details
Video source: Same as used for the 1993 Definitive Collection Laserdisc.
Widescreen: Letterboxed, not anamorphic as the other
Star Wars DVDs are. (IE, compared to most DVD releases which are anamorphic, these can't possibly look as good as they would if anamorphic.)
Note: These DVDs will apparently not include the amazing restoration seen in the Special Edition set. They will not look as good, nor will they sound as good as the Special Edition sets.
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