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 - I am cursed to have seen the BEST version of Empire!Let me explain: I got sick of waiting for Lucas to release the original trilogy on DVD a long time ago and I actually purchased a LaserDisc player and the so-called 'Original' Star Wars trilogy on laserdisc - only it's not the original Empire Strikes Back that I saw in the theater!! THE MISSING SCENES FROM EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: 1 - The 'Bacta' scene with Luke in the tank and the medical droid was longer. Thre was a point where Luke was floating in the tank and you see this red goo/dye injected into the tank. Then they pull him out and Leia or 21B (the droid) says something like, 'The Bacta are growing well, the scars should be gone in a day or two...' When I saw 'Empire' in the theater back in 1980 there was another scene I will never forget that I have NEVER seen since except on the earliest of (bootleg?)VHS copies. 2 - In the battle scene on Hoth in 'The Empire Strikes Back', right before General Veers is about to destroy the power generators, Hobby 'kamikazees' the walker with his snowspeeder. He lets out a blood curdling 'Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!!' on his way in. You see the snowspeeder coming in from General Veers perspective from inside the walker then you see the General - the expression on his face is priceless. The walker's head then explodes as the snowspeeder hits it. Another walker then destroys the power gens a little later. The power gen explosion is also different, it is a more pulled-back shot with full view of a nuclear mushroom cloud superimposed over what were the generators. Also! CUT SCENE/AUDIO #3 When the snowtroopers enter the base immediately following the battle, there are some scenes cut out of them rushing in to the command center and the audio has been changed to eliminate a PA announcement that says, 'Imperial troops have entered the base, Imperial troops have entered the base! (then Static as it is cut off presumably by the announcer being killed). I give up. It turns out that my local theater may have gotten a 'prescreener' version of the film! I have purchased the 'Special Editions', the original laserdisc releases, and a bootleg DVD set from eBay and I STILL do not have the original trilogy unaltered. Now I am looking for a VHS with everything there... Lucas, if you were trying to make me broke and insane - good job. Rating: - Eeek! What's the point of "full screen" version!People should realise by now that all 'full screen' edition DVDs are actually cropped version of the movies. You lost up to 2/3 of the original's composition, so what's the point of filling your square TV screen for the sake of severe cut off & badly composed image? Also, all Star Wars's original trilogy edition after the year 1997 has been altered heavily by George Lucas. The improved version of the film looks nothing but ridiculous. A lot of people might believe in what he said regarding his unhappiness about the original looks, but in my opinion, that's just a lousy excuse of his. It is obvious that he is never satisfied with the looks of the film and will keep changing it again and again, like god knows how many times some pops stars go through countless plastic surgeries because they never satisfied with their appearance. That's a mental problem. Rating: - I'm glad this site is hereI think that perhaps they are trying to scam people like me who have refused to buy the special editions versions. I saw this package in the store, and it doesn't talk about it being the special editions, it mentions the classic films. Combined with the classic poster art, I had to wonder if my dreams had come true and Lucas had some how come to his senses and released the originals finally. I'm glad I could look here and find out the truth about these releases. I'm sure many others will not do the research and pick up this set thinking it to be the originals. I don't mind a lot of the special effects added, but as was said previously, things like Greedo shooting first change the story and in a ludicrous fashion (a trained bounty hunter fires for no reason and manages to miss at point blank range?!). Some day hopefully these people will realize how much money they could make by simply cleaning up the originals and giving us what we really want to see. Until then, I guess I'll keep hoping my VHS copies hold up for my son to enjoy. Another kind of stupid thing is the way they talk about these movies as if the reason to see them is to continue the story from the new movies, it almost comes across as this was some cheap Disney direct to video sequel instead of the superior original stories. Rating: - WHY NOT GIVE THE FANS WHAT THEY WANT?If anyone at Fox is listening, please note: THE FANS WANT THE ORIGINAL MOVIES!!!!!!! These new versions are good, but they aren't the originals. If anything, you'd think the hundred thousand fans out there willing to pay for the original movies would motivate them, but I guess not. What Lucas SHOULD do is give us a 9 disc collection, the 3 original movies, the 3 re-do movies, and the 3 prequals, and maybe some bonus discs. Who wants another collection of the same thing (that doesn't EVEN HAVE THE BONUSES). I FEEL INSULTED! Rating: - Questionnot so much a review but a question. I have always been a fan of the original star wars (mid 70's release). never thought of the new three up until a friend of my daughter get hooked on the last one (revenge of the sith) now I want to see the original three and the prequels. my question is why is there a box set for the original three but the prequels are sold single? is there a time that they will be released as a six disc set? don't care too much about bonus, unless if it is to explain certain aspects of the movies. so can anyone point me to a place to buy all six at a decent price?
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