Kinda Happy Star Wars Day

Oh dear.

5/17 - Here's where it started. The news that the covers won't be the worst thing about these DVDs.

5/18 - It continues. Isn't this a fun quote? "Well... at the same time as he was preparing the 1997 versions, Lucas apparently went on a little tear and recalled every release print of the theatrical versions that he could get his hands on, and he had them all destroyed. Which means that when Lucas said back in 1997 that the original theatrical versions of the Star Wars films no longer existed, he was serious. He apparently tried hard to make sure of it."

5/19 - A good summary on the state of Star Wars on DVD and elsewhere.

But here is the backlash. And the resulting spin. It even made it on to IMDB. "We hoped that by releasing the original movies as a bonus disc, it would be a way to give the fans something that is fun. We certainly didn't want to be become a source of frustration for fans." Heh. Isn't that like saying - "Look we're giving you this bun, and we just included the burger as a tidbit. For fun!"

Lucas doesn't care. We get that. (Actually, it would seem he cares quite a bit. He's very aggressive in his apathy.) But I would guess that some people who make quite a bit of money off of Lucas' endeavors are realizing that Lucas has hacked at the golden goose with a lightsaber and is now kneeling on its windpipe.

I mean, c'mon. When I don't buy Star Wars DVDs it must surely mean something is wrong in the marketing department.

Ha! They're going to email the fans! And tell them WHAT? Look, if you are part of the Lucas Nerd Database, its a given that you know that Star Wars didn't always say "Episode IV", you know that Han shot first, and you probably read The Digital Bits, Aint It Cool News, The Force.net and IMDB before breakfast! So you probably have a pretty good reading on your GL-BS-O-Matic. (I wonder if I'll get an email? I did buy a lightsaber from Master Replicas. BTW, I don't read The Force.net, I read Whedonesque. Cause... You know.)

"Which is a real shame... because it was pretty cool news there for a little while."