Among the highlights of the show and the DVD:

* Hayden Christensen (search) is digitally inserted into the celebratory final scene of "Return of the Jedi," alongside a ghost-like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda.

* Numerous tweaks beyond the "special editions" released in 1997 have been made to clean up the effects, including the first appearance of Jabba the Hutt.

* Fans speculated Lucas was jealous of "The Lord of the Rings" and so rushed his trilogy out on DVD early. But Peter Jackson appears in the extras, praising the films, talking about how they inspired him and comparing Lucas's creation to that of J.R.R. Tolkien.

The TV special [reffering to the upcoming A&E special] is the latest step in a campaign that is sure to turn the "Star Wars Trilogy" boxed set into one of the best-selling DVDs of all time.

Still, fans have flooded websites with their growing despair that Lucas refuses to release the original version of the three films, rather than the doctored '97 special editions that he has made even further changes to for the DVD.

Hayden Christensen (search) is digitally inserted into the celebratory final scene of "Return of the Jedi," alongside a ghost-like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda.

Originally posted by DSettahr
Its sad, because apparently the changes he made for the THX-1138 movie are really good, and make it even better.

Originally posted by Wolfy
No. Greedo shouldn't shoot at all. Who's the little whiney moron who decides that it's a horrible, horrible thing for Han to shoot Greedo? I'd like to eviscerate them and then have them watch me feed their family into a wood chipper.

Originally posted by Wolfy
No. Greedo shouldn't shoot at all. Who's the little whiney moron who decides that it's a horrible, horrible thing for Han to shoot Greedo? I'd like to eviscerate them and then have them watch me feed their family into a wood chipper.

Originally posted by TimeWolfOfThePast
They're his movies. Deal with it.

Originally posted by Pagewizard_YKS
it would be easy to put both the OT and the SE on a double-sided DVD.

Originally posted by DSettahr
Its sad, because apparently the changes he made for the THX-1138 movie are really good, and make it even better.

Also, apparently in this version, Han and Greedo shoot at the same time.

Originally posted by Jazzkokehead
I'm fine with most of the changes, but I don't see why they put Hayden Christensen in the end of RotJ. Why not replace Alec Guinness with Ewan McGregor then? (Not that I think that's a good idea either). It just seems a little inconsistent to have a young Anakin but an old Obi-Wan.

(Said at some point earlier this week):
Gee_4ce: Ahh payday - I'm going to get Star Wars on DVD on the 20th.

Gee_4ce's Dad: Haven't you already got that?

Gee_4ce: Yes Dad, on VHS, and it's about 7 years old. Besides there's all extra content and stuff.

Gee_4ce's Dad: But what's the point? You've already got it... why waste £30 on it AGAIN?

Gee_4ce: But... think of the extra features... and it's on DVD!

Gee_4ce's Dad: But you've already got it!

Gee_4ce: But...

Gee_4ce's Dad: You really shouldn't waste your money on that - get something else you haven't got instead.

Gee_4ce: Gah! You don't even believe in buying a DVD of a film later on when it comes.

Gee_4ce's Dad: Nope, what's the point if you already saw it?

Gee_4ce: To watch it again! (Wanders off looking throughly confused)

Originally posted by Pagewizard_YKS
speak for yourself. I don't even own any of the OT, except a copy of ANH I taped off of the air.

Originally posted by Brian
I won't buy these pieces of crap. I piss on them.

For the Even Specialer Editions DVD they should show every planet
celebrating, like this.

Hoth-A one armed Wampa emerges from his cave, sniffing at the air. His
eyes go wide and he throws his one arm up, screaming "FREEDOM!"

Dagobah-The creature that tried to eat Artoo emerges from the murky
water, throws up his arms and starts dancing around. He grabs a random
droid and pops it into his mouth, which he opens wide for the camera
as he swallows it down.

Yavin IV-Everything is silent, until suddenly, the giant temples
themselves grow arms and legs and spurt under the ground, dancing
around with each other.

Cut to stock footage of Martin Luther King, Jr. saying "Free at last,
Free at last, good god almighty, free at last!" with no explanation,
then cut to the next scene.

Geonosis-Geonosis is empty, but slowly, a single baby Geonosian peeks
his head out from the hive. His nose-thing twitches, eyes adjusting to
the light as he looks up to the sky and see's fireworks. He smiles
broadly, slowly walking out of his hive for what must be the first
time in years. He looks back to the entrance, waving his friends on.
Slowly, a hundred Geonosians begin to crawl out carefully, then they
all start flooding out and begin to make weird clicky sounds that can
only mean 'Freedom!'

Kamino-For some reason that they'll think up an explanation for later,
the Clones, in full armor, are dancing around with each other, yelling
'EVERYBODY PARTY! WE'RE FREE!' Taun We rolls her eyes lovingly, then
proceeds to make out with Lama Su ( dude, you know he's tapping that )

Asteroid-The Space Slug emerges from his home, coughing up a few
Mynocks before he yells triumphantly "At last the chains of oppression
are shed, at long last I will know the same peace and freedom my
forefathers did! How could I survive by eating metal, especially when
I never get to eat any out in the middle of nowhere?"

Endor-We see Emperor Palpatine's body, still falling from his plunge
down the Core Shaft, falling through the air. The camera zooms in and
we see he's got a happy smile on his face, raising the roof with his
hands and saying "Everyone's Freeeeee!" As it turns out, when Sith die
they automatically realize the error of their ways and get happy that
they died. Also, they reverse age, so it's actually Monkey-Eyes Old
Woman Emperor who we see. And there's gungans in the background.

Originally posted by BV


Taun We rolls her eyes lovingly, then
proceeds to make out with Lama Su ( dude, you know he's tapping that )

Hoth-A one armed Wampa emerges from his cave, sniffing at the air. His
eyes go wide and he throws his one arm up, screaming "FREEDOM!"

Originally posted by Wookie06
Your dad's probably smarter than most of us. I'm actually leaning towards not buying the DVDs. Star Wars is neat and all that but I've probably seen the trilogy enough to cover multiple people's lifetimes. I already own three versions on VHS (and none of them feature the newest craptacular edit of the end of RotJ) and the quality of DVD isn't that much better that my VHS versions seem unwatchable. Besides, a new DVD format will likely come around soon enough that will offer high-def video then all our DVDs will look as crappy to us then as our VHS does to us now. Of course Lucas will probably make everyone wait years longer than necessary to buy Star Wars in the next format. Nothing against Star Wars but it's just not fun any more.

They're his movies. Deal with it.

Originally posted by Eversor
I'm guessing you beileve in Euthanasia (sp) then?

Of course Lucas will probably make everyone wait years longer than necessary to buy Star Wars in the next format. Nothing against Star Wars but it's just not fun any more.

Originally posted by TimeWolfOfThePast
I don't see why people want the O-OT released on DVD, sure it'd be great to have all the versions, but Lucas doesn't see his movie as "versions" everytime he alters his movies he gets closer to what he visoned decades earlier.
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Originally posted by DrkJedi82
he is a senile old man who seems to not have much of a crap filter for his ideas... *cough*jar-jar*cough*

i seriously doubt he can even remember the original vision he had while he was on drugs in the 70s