If there is a good way to link directly to an Amazon user review, then please tell me. In the meantime, I will paste this inspired comment I found on the Amazon listing for the dvd versions of the original trilogy coming out soon.
AN OPEN LETTER TO GEORGE LUCAS: (by David Cordes)
Dear George,
Thanks for giving us the greatest saga of all time and thanks for raping your loyal fans out of every penny they’ve worked for because you think we are all mindless sheep that will buy any junk you feed us with the Star Wars brand stamped onto it. You tease us by finally releasing the original un-cut theatrical versions of the Star Wars films on DVD with shoddy NON-ANAMORPHIC Bantha poo-doo quality transfers directly from the 1993 Definitive Collection Laserdiscs and you think we will all happily buy them and it will shut up all of us whiny fanboys like a politician giving a lollypop to a child while you laugh all the way to the bank. You, sir, are the epitome of GREED… or to be more precise… YOU ARE GREEDO ! ! ! THIS is the reason why Han shot Greedo first ! ! ! You can take your non-anamorphic HAN SHOT FIRST crappy DVD’s and eat it! You have become the evil Emperor your films have always warned us against and that makes you a hypocrite! I will be boycotting these DVD’s with a Rebel Blockade until you preserve the originals with the artistic integrity and respect they rightfully deserve for history’s sake.
Gone he is… Consumed by the Dark Side!
Yoda would be ashamed!
I’m probably not going to buy these either. I’ve spent enough money in the Star Wars universe.
It’s astounding to me that Lucasfilm gets away with such shoddy treatment of their fans. I was soooo excited when I read he was releasing the original trilogy - non special edition. Imagine my surprise when I read that it was to be non-anamorphic. Are you kidding? What really bugs me is that they’re promoting the heck out of these things, e.g. “Own the original movies again etc”, all the while knowing how bad the DVDs are.
I never thought I’d say it, but Star Wars stinks nowadays. Makes me 1000% ashamed for actually waiting in line for the movies; I was in the NY Post for being one of the first in line for Phantom Menace… a month in advance. I was also in line the day Triumph shot his video, although I was smart enough to run away… color me a nerd.