Question about Star Wars (Episodes IV, V, and VI).

[BlasterMaster]

Okay, so, long story made short, in the 1990's (when I was in highschool), Lucas released the original trilogy of Star Wars (aka Episodes IV, V, and VI) but with a added scenes (example: The X-Wings showed their pilots, Sly Snootles was now CGI, and there were additional dancers in the Max Reebo band). These were the special edition episodes and while Lucas released them on VHS I don't know if he ever released them in Bluray quality for DVD.

I bought the original trilogy on DVD shortly afterwards as a box set and unfortunately it came with an added scene not in the special edition movies released in the theaters (aka it showed Darth Vader flashing back to Padme with music from the new trilogy as Palpatine was killing Luke with Force Lightning). I hated that change with a passion. My question is, in a nutshell, does anyone know if Lucas (or anyone else) has released the special edition movies that were shown in the Theaters in the 90's as 1080 HD quality DVD's? Any help on this is appreciated. 😀

 

[Violetta]

Ah! I believe you have the Blu-Ray edition. I swore to myself to never watch those. They're absolute shit.

BUT! The good news is the original theatrical editions were released individually, and the "DVD edition" set was released in 2004. For the most part they're the same as the 90s "Special Edition" versions, but with some of the CG enhanced. The X-Wings at Yavin look better, and the Jabba that appears at Docking Bay 94 looks a TON better.

 

[BlasterMaster]

Oh thank ye GODS! Do you have a link to where I could possible find them for purchase?

 

[Violetta]

If you're looking for the DVD versions of the 90s editions, it looks like Amazon's got them. http://www.amazon.com/Trilogy-Empir...=1449872463&sr=8-1&keywords=Star+Wars+DVD+set

 

[wolfman40]

Hated the new end music, what was wrong with the original jub jub song 🙂

Also Greedo shooting first, feckin bollocks!

 

[BlasterMaster]

Hated the new end music, what was wrong with the original jub jub song.

Hmmm...I hated the jub jub song to be honest. I thought the new ending music was decent. Adding the part where Vader is trying to telepathically contact Luke while Luke is in Ben's old home building his lightsaber was cool too. The parts that made me mad were Vader's flash back to Panda Bear (or whatever the hell her name was) and the new "No" moment. Ugh, learn when to STOP Lucas!

Also Greedo shooting first, feckin bollocks!

That part was stupid. I mean, seriously, Greedo taking a pot shot at Han?

What the hell was the point? To show off? A stupid move on Lucas's part.

Han will forever have shot first for me! 😀