OT DVD

Couldn't GL release both the original and the Special edition version of the OT on a Special addition DVD for each OT movie? I mean a lot of special additions have Commentary versions why couldn't the OT DVDs have both the original and the Special addition versions? I think that is the best answer for the OT DVD debate.

THE MAN

Yeah he could, but the question is: will he? If not, buy the originals and get a DVD writer or recorder and make them yourself. Now that I have a DVD writer and video capture card along with the originals and special editions on LD that's what I plan on doing myself.

Deborah Proctor

Can you even do this with current DVD technology? I know you can have multiple soundtracks to choose between while playing the same video clip, hence the commentary versions. I doubt you can have a single DVD where say 90% of the footage is the same between two different versions but the are differing versions of small video segments. This would mean your DVD player would have to read and decode two streams at once so it could cut back in to the main stream once the 'altered clip' ended, and I'm sure DVD players can't do this yet.

So instead he'd have to include each entire movie twice, probably on seperate discs, I can't see it happening myself.

Implode.

Yes, its called seamless branching.

Check out the Terminator 2 Ultimate Edition DVD. That's exactly what they do.

Later,

Sure... there are DVDs which do this already. Terminater 2 is one... it has three versions of the same movie on one DVD.

Deborah Proctor

Yes, he probably could, but it's HIGHLY unlikely that he will. The SE (and up-coming SuperSE) versions of the movies are the ones that George Lucas sees as his Star Wars story - the original versions are long dead, unless you own the VHS or Laserdisc editions.

Yes you can... kinda of like the Terminator 2 Ultimate Edition DVD. It has the Theater Version, Director's Version, and Special Edition : )

I don't know how they did it tho.

I wonder what he's gonna call the new Edition?

Director's Cut? Ultimate Edition? Supreme Edition Star Wars Edition? Definitive Edition? Collector's Edition?

Ha.

Geez, come to think of it... George can make a crap load '... Editions' to come : )

Go ahead 'Lucas Tam', make my day...

Archival Edition seems to be the one doing the rounds.

I've using 'SuperSE' or 'Super Special Editions' just as something to call them.

Since the older versions will be 'disowned' there's no reason they can't just be called by the normal names: A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, ...

Deborah Proctor had this to say

True but i have that T2 DVD and most of the footage is common to all three versions, all that is added is around 30 minutes of footage and a new ending. The OT Special Editions are completely redone from the original release, you'd need to fit 2 full two-hour films on the DVD. I suppose they could do it as a flipper, with the SE on one side and the originals on the other. Seeing as GL is adding to the SE versions to create an Ultimate Edition i'd imagine that they could branch the UE and SE versions if he really wanted to (assuming the differences are slight). I think he's more likely to just put the UE on there and then declare those as being the one true version of the OT though.....