ThirdGenRX7 Posted June 23, 2002 Posted June 23, 2002 I really think the special edition sucks hardcore and i'd really like to get my hands on a copy of the original trilogy w/o the horrible "enhancements" George Lucas and friends made to the classics...
MasterD-LeyAmas Posted June 23, 2002 Posted June 23, 2002 I've got a copy you could buy... for the right price:) No, I'm with you, I wouldn't give away my copy of the OT for anything, I didn't like all the cgi's put into the films; it just didn't fit. But aside from ebay, I think your options might be limited to scouring used video stores for them.
ThirdGenRX7 Posted June 23, 2002 Author Posted June 23, 2002 ebay has always seemed kind of sketchy to me:( I'd like to purchase them new from somewhere... i want to email lucasfilm about it, but they don't have any contact info.... figures...
MasterD-LeyAmas Posted June 23, 2002 Posted June 23, 2002 If you can get the OT for a decent price on ebay, I'd go for it. Ebay's done fine by everyone I know so far, and that is probably the only place you'll find the original OT.
Padawan Andy Posted June 23, 2002 Posted June 23, 2002 As my master had taught me the key to buying from the junk dealers on ebay is sniping. Waiting for the very last possible moment and bidding your maximum. The biggest problem is the OT or SE Trilogy in widescreen are harder to come by and the dealers always charge outrageous ammounts. If I could offer some advice it would be to look for "Buy it now" options in the auctions. I was rather lucky to find the OT on Laserdisc for only 50 bucks. If your going to pick up any form of the OT find the THX versions, in widescreen if possible. For those of you who are not too fond of the SE Trilogy. -Andy
BCanr2d2 Posted June 23, 2002 Posted June 23, 2002 Not exactly something you would be able to get from LFL, considering now that, according to GL that the SE are now the reference prints, and not the originals.
CagedCrado Posted June 23, 2002 Posted June 23, 2002 Id sell you a copy of the original trilogy (not se) for only 2000000000 Yen, or about 2 million dollars. Actually no, ill check ebay and average all the final bids on it and ill selll it to you for that price.
Pseudonym Posted June 23, 2002 Posted June 23, 2002 s|_|><0rz to be you. I got my OT a long, long time ago.
BlackDove Posted June 23, 2002 Posted June 23, 2002 I actually have never seen the original trilogy...
MasterD-LeyAmas Posted June 23, 2002 Posted June 23, 2002 Well, think of it this way, Kal-El (and I'm assuming you just mean that you haven't seen the original OT)... Look for all of the crappy cgi scenes that don't belong in the copies of the OT that are out now, take them out, and you have the original good trilogy. I actually have the very last copy released before they made the Second Edition, a.k.a. "the one with bad cgi that doesn't belong".
Blamer Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 The three mortal sins of ANH Special Edition: 1) Greedo 2) Jabba 3) Cutting out that one part where it shows an Imperial officer hit in the gut with a blaster shot on the Death Star
Darth Knight Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 i want them in DVD but have not seen them anywhere
Darth Knight Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 Originally posted by Blamer The three mortal sins of ANH Special Edition: 1) Greedo Greedo? He is that green dude han solo shots right? If he is he was in the original.
BCanr2d2 Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 What he is getting at is that they change it so that Greedo shots first and misses by quite some margin, from such a close range. That makes that scene work entirely differently, doesn't make Han quite the gunslinger he was, and makes Greedo look like a blind dimwit.
Darth Knight Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 Ohhh i havn't seen the special edition in a while
Darklighter Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 Personally, i don't think that that scene work in the SE. It just looked wierd and your right, how could greedo have missed from that distance when he was one of the most feared bounty hunters at that time?
BCanr2d2 Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 I don't think that Greedo has a big name, but more to the fact that Han has been around Tatooine for some time that he knew who worked for Jabba.....
Dath Maximus Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 If you live in the US like me, (not sure how it is in the other countries) go to wal mart or target or someplace and they have them.
Darklighter Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 i live in the UK, and the trilogy has now made itself scarce - you won't find it in any large retail stores for sure...
Dath Maximus Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 I find them in the toy department with the star wars toys!!
Kyth'emos Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 My dad has the OT, in wide screen I think. To bad I will never let him sell it
ThirdGenRX7 Posted June 24, 2002 Author Posted June 24, 2002 I'm pretty sure i found it... I ordered them so we'll see what happens when I get them... could you guys tell me if you think these are them? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004XPOZ/qid=1024848792/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/102-1620441-0633705
ThirdGenRX7 Posted June 24, 2002 Author Posted June 24, 2002 It doesn't seem to say anything about being the special edition on the cover at least? http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004XPOZ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
ThirdGenRX7 Posted June 24, 2002 Author Posted June 24, 2002 uh oh... i think i that's the new one... sigh
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