Slashdot | Original Star Wars on DVD... Sorta

"These are NOT the DVDs we are looking for." Any Star Wars fan will recognize that line as a play upon the line delivered by the Stormtroopers as the land speeder with the droids, Obi-Wan and Luke is checked. Unfortunately, it would seem by the comments in this forum that the DVDs the fans of the world had hoped for are not the ones released yesterday. I for one would have been royally pissed off if I cough up good coin and got barely better than the VHS I now have.

I love George Lucas' work and I have grown up (okay, that is debatable) watching his films. It is a shame that, if all the comments are true, he has become a slave to the money, or just lazy, or just uncaring about the quality of work he delivers to the fans. He used to be upfront and honest and proud about his work. If this is the best he can produce, maybe it is time he retired, gave the reins to someone who cares and leaves Skywalker Ranch's business side to be run by people who will continue producing quality work.

It used to be the Force that was with him. Apparently George has been watching too many Star Trek re-runs and having "Live long and PROSPER" ringing in his ears. Such a shame.

Ciao.

Slashdot | Original Star Wars on DVD... Sorta