After defiantly stating that the Star Wars franchise was his, and he could do whatever he wished, George Lucas will now acquiesce and bring the original theatrical versions of the first three (or is that the last three?) movies to DVD.

This new set of DVDs does not constitute “George changing his mind,” says Lucasfilm’s Jim Ward. “What we’ve always said is George viewed the revised versions of the films as the definitive versions.”

Lucasfilm states that the DVD quality won’t be as good as the butchered reissues of the original movies of a few years ago, but it will be good enough, ca. 1993 technology.

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