Why the heck haven't Episodes 4-6 been released on DVD?

[WickedPresident]

Anyone know when episodes 4-6 will be released on DVD? My local Border's employee said that they won't be released until after the episode 3 dvd is released (years from now) but I'd hate to have to wait that long. Any word on this?

 

Wicked

[Darth Seph]

Well i heard the same thing , they wont be out till after Episode 3 , who knows ..............................thats why i downloaded them all on DivX

[Schizophrenic]

I'm waiting for the box set. I don't want 6 mismatched dvd cases looking ugly on the shelf.

 

Even if I have to wait 5 more years for it, I'm going to wait for it.

[Fyunch Click]

Word was that Lucas wanted to focus on Ep 2 and 3 before focusing on the DVD releases of the first trilogy. It sucks, but it's also the reason we don't have the Indiana Jones Trilogy on DVD as well, although it's rumored those will start coming out later this year and next year on DVD.

 

I'm lucky I suppose, I've got the definitive collection on Laserdisc so I can see the Original Triology, (not the re-releases) in THX and digital sound with commentary. But I'm one of the few.

[D'akt Sangwar]

i really want the dvds 2

i have the origionals on laser disc

and the ones with xtra footage on ld (in sum taaaaassssssssty box set) but i want dvvvvvvddddddd

[Wes Janson SMR]

I believe that Lucas will actually add to the original trillogy, much in the same way he did with SE. Some kind of super-de-duper edition or other nonsense like that. But I bet it's gonna be good - especially with his team's mastery of special effects.

 

Basically, he still thinks the original trillogy isn't complete. The boxed set for all six episodes will probably cost in the hundreds. But for the money, I can't wait to see what they do with the 'saber fight between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader. Better be something better than two old fogeys toying around. '-)

[Threetall]

After the re-release of ROTJ Lucas annouced a venture to distribute the movies by demand via new satellite download. It was supposed to be a whole new technological multimedia break-thru. He was gonna distribute the three movies as part of that network.

Never came about, and then he got tied up in Episode One.

 

I think it was during his Biography interviews(im not sure here) that he said he wants to re-do the first three amnd then release all 6 to the public. Kinda like the way Coppola re-did the Godfather movies to make it more chronological. I guess blend all parts smoothly.

[Forhekset]

Technically they do exist on DVD - but they're just unofficial Laserdisc rips.

 

http://videocds2000.com/dvd/dvdsc_032.htm

 

I've got the set, it's better than nothing.

 

Edit: Erm I meant laserdisc, not VCD rips.

[WickedPresident]

How's the quality of those DVDs that are ripped off of Laserdiscs? Do they look good? I'll definitely buy them if they're better than VHS (I don't have a Laserdisc player). Is the sound a perfect copy of the laserdisc version? Thanks!

 

Wicked

[BCanr2d2]

Yeah, same as the others have said, he is waiting until Ep 3 is out on DVD before releasing the OT on DVD. I think it is more to do with giving ILM and Skywalker Sound the time to devote to really getting them up to an acceptable quality to put onto DVD. At the moment they are stuck doing E2 and E3, which takes more than 2 years in post-production, ie doing all the CGI.

no doubt the original print will have to be really cleaned up so that it doesn't artefact on a DVD player, or shows the lack of quality in the equipment on a movie shot 25 years ago. From sources they have shot some new footage to put onthe OT DVD's, either as new scenes, or as filler footage to show some of the deleted scenes, or to fill in the animation on the DVD menu system.

[Wired]

The REAL reason episode 4-6 won't be released on dvd until episode 3 has been is that they want to maximize vhs sales.

[S!TH!NAT0R]

I don't give a rats hoot about adding new cool stuff to the original trilogy! Lucas can't get it thru his thick skull that the TRUE SW fans want the original trilogy in thier original form on DVD now!! -Tight-ass lucas needs someone to remove that huge glass-pedestool from his crack!!

[Threetall]

Originally posted by S!TH!NAT0R

I don't give a rats hoot about adding new cool stuff to the original trilogy! Lucas can't get it thru his thick skull that the TRUE SW fans want the original trilogy in thier original form on DVD now!!

 

Sing it brother!!

[cqdemal]

Just saw a pirate DVD of Return of the Jedi (original version) today, along with a ton of just-released movies. Panic Room came out within 5 days of its US theatrical release!

 

Guess it's always like this over here...

[Wes Janson SMR]

The re-dos of the OT will be worth the wait. But it has nothing to do with maximizing VHS sales. It's a little something called "Quality Assurance".

 

In fact, I'm surprised that the EP1 DVD came out at all.

[BCanr2d2]

The reason TPM came out on DVD so quickly was that it was originally shot on Digital Media, so it wouldn't be as hard to put it onto a DVD. As well as giving ILM to include the extra footage in the DVD realase, when compared to the original theatrical and video release.

[enDless_Deliriu]

Hmm..and all this time I just thought it was because Lucas was possessed by a demon.. oh well. My mistake. Guess that means I can't break into Skywalker Ranch now for the purpose of saving his soul.

 

Can you break in to save your own soul?

[WickedPresident]

Hey Forhekset, thanks for the link. How's the quality of the DVDs that are ripped off of Laserdiscs? Do they look as good as the LD versions? Is the sound a perfect copy of the laserdisc version? Thanks!

 

Wicked