SkullBunnie

With the 35th anniversary of A New Hope rapidly approaching, George Lucas officially announced that your eyeballs will be able to drink in all the beauty of the trilogy in glorious high definition. When? No idea. Price? Undisclosed.

The only tidbit of information I can relay is that tragically, Lucas has reported that only the special edition versions of the movies will be released on Blu Ray. The reason? George apparently told the New York Times that it would be too expensive to take the original prints and re-master them in Blu Ray.

A moment, while I get on my trusty soap box please. George Lucas, according to Forbes, is currently worth roughly $3.6 BILLION. I will not begrudge the man this empire, as he’s earned it, and in the process, given to nerddom one of our most treasured gifts and works of Sci-fi lore. I would beg of the man, however that this one time, could we not look past the business logistics of this process for sake of the fans? Bringing the originals into the world of Blu-Ray should instead be considered a labor of love; Lucas’ personal valentine to those of us that have supported his franchise since we left the womb.

But hey, maybe I’m in the wrong. Star Wars is Mr. Lucas’ creation. Perhaps the roof at Skywalker Ranch is leaking. Perhaps George can do what he wants and the fans should shut up and eat what they’re served. I however, would trade every added “unreleased lightsaber battle” in the world just to have the films I remember from my childhood delivered in a higher-quality format.

But that’s just me. Continue ahead to see a cut scene from Return of the Jedi, that shows Luke finishing production of his Green Lightsaber…..just disregard the hooting and hollering nerds.
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