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   From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com   
      
   In article , David   
   McMillan  wrote:   
      
   > Sea Wasp wrote:   
   > > David Given wrote:   
   > >> Dan Clore wrote:   
   > >> [...]   
   > >>   
   > >>> I found it totally enthralling throughout, with highlights including   
   > >>> the Cantino scene, the trash compactor, and the final attack on the   
   > >>> Death Star, which must rank as the most suspenseful sequence in movie   
   > >>> history.   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >> I have a genuine set of copied pirated bootleg copies of the original   
   > >> Star   
   > >> Wars laserdiscs --- i.e., Star Wars, as it was meant to be seen, on   
   > >> DVD. No   
   > >> CGI, no remastering, no special editioning, just the original films in a   
   > >> clear, crisp DVD edition;   
   > >   
   > >     I have that too, except I didn't have to pirate it. Lucas released   
   > > the original versions on DVD last year. Right down to neither "A New   
   > > Hope" or "Episode IV" on the opening crawl.   
   >   
   >         You mean the "Han shot first" version?!?  I thought Lucas was *never*   
   > going to release that on DVD, b/c the 'improved' version was "his   
   > original vision, now possible due to better F/X tech."  Where can you   
   > get those?   
      
   The most recent DVD release of Episodes IV, V and VI contained both the   
   new version and the original version of the movies - that's ORIGINAL   
   original version with NO enhancement at all, including NOT improving   
   the sound and visuals to DVD quality, etc.   
      
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