# Original, unaltered Star Wars movies coming to Blu-ray **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723 "2014-08-17T00:46:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/1 "2014-08-17T00:46:11Z")
Not official yet, but I hope this is true. I assume they will go through and clean them up and release them about a month before Episode VII hits. I expected this more or less from the moment Disney bought the movies. [Read about it here.](http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/08/16/exclusive-original-unaltered-cut-of-star-wars-trilogy-to-be-rele/) ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/2 "2014-08-17T00:53:36Z")
oh no this is gonna make my original unaltered laserdisc less desirable 😕 ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/3 "2014-08-17T00:55:57Z")
Grrr! Bring them to digital download!!! Blu-ray, like all other optical media, is dead. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/4 "2014-08-17T00:58:09Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > oh no this is gonna make my original unaltered laserdisc less desirable 😕 Not possible. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/5 "2014-08-17T01:11:46Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > Grrr! > > Bring them to digital download!!! > > Blu-ray, like all other optical media, is dead. I wasn’t so pumped about the Blu-ray aspect as I was of HD versions coming out. Does Disney usually release streaming or digital download copies of its movies? If so, this would likely include these. I hope so, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/6 "2014-08-17T01:52:45Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > oh no this is gonna make my original unaltered laserdisc less desirable 😕 Why the heck do so many people not realize the laserdisc version was not the last unaltered release? The DVD unaltered release even came from the laserdisc masters. I sure hope the blurays are anamorphic, though. That’s the one thing the DVD version dropped the ball on. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/7 "2014-08-17T03:15:15Z")
Argh. I just bought the run-of-the-mill BDs last Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/8 "2014-08-17T03:31:11Z")
It’s just a rumour. Disney don’t own the distribution rights to the original Star Wars trilogy, Fox does. Personally, I’m fine with the Special Editions. In fact the one I prefer was a singular effort by a regular guy calling himself Adywan, where he fixed up errors that I didn’t even know existed, and made everything as perfect as he possibly could. He has included a few elements from both versions, to make an ultimate edition. He’s also almost completed an HD version of _The Empire Strikes Back_, which has taken him about six years. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/9 "2014-08-17T04:06:07Z")
I’m fine with my original VHSs. 😛 Now, where’s my 30-year old VHS player… ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/10 "2014-08-17T04:16:32Z")
Close the blast door! ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/11 "2014-08-17T04:58:44Z")
Bluray isn’t cool anymore? I’m going to just stop trying to keep up. ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/12 "2014-08-17T08:00:53Z")
Unaltered, including all FX cleanup? Squares around ships, and shoulder blobs on the Emperor? Ideally, they would keep all the original content, but cleanup the FX. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/13 "2014-08-17T11:51:01Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Bluray isn’t cool anymore? I’m going to just stop trying to keep up. Blu-ray is the plaid leisure suit in the back of your closet. Complete with white loafers. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/14 "2014-08-17T12:17:19Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > Blu-ray, like all other optical media, is dead. Only in countries with streaming downloads available. You may be surprised to know that this includes about 1% of the world. The US and Japan lead the way, the rest of us are trailing behind pathetically due to lack of infrastructure and Government apathy. We have to get our HD in hard copy form. Also, many people like having our media in a format that will still be around when they look back at their collections in five years time, something they can still drop into their players and watch at any time. Seems to me that Netflix et al will frequently delete various random items from their catalogues, to return who-knows-if-or-when. That will change, I’m sure. Eventually the whole world will stream everything, probably, but that time is still a long way off. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/15 "2014-08-17T12:29:25Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > Blu-ray is the plaid leisure suit in the back of your closet. Complete with white loafers. But I can touch the plaid leisure suit. I like to touch the suit. So, streaming would be a fancy beautiful suit made by the same tailors who dressed the Emperor Who Showed His Dong? ---
**Author:** ![GythaOgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/16 "2014-08-17T15:13:42Z")
[This article](http://io9.com/is-disney-really-releasing-the-unaltered-star-wars-tril-1622812966) from io9 explains why it’s most likely a rumor, and will never actually happen. Still, who knows? ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/17 "2014-08-17T15:53:44Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I’m fine with my original VHSs. 😛 > > Now, where’s my 30-year old VHS player… Unfortunately for me, the only VHS copies I have of the original versions are pan & scan. > [@GuanoLad](#): > > > [@sparky\_1](#): > > > > Blu-ray, like all other optical media, is dead. > > Only in countries with streaming downloads available. _Optical_ media is pretty much dead - I have a feeling it won’t be long before movies and TV series are released on SDHCs. My problem with streaming media is, I have yet to see a streaming version of a movie or TV show that had anything besides “just the movie/show” on it (the way things were in the VHS days) - no commentaries, deleted scenes, or other special features. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/18 "2014-08-17T17:15:52Z")
To clarify, I like to buy my media digitally and own it. These do still come with extras. I then back it up somewhere and always have it. However, I hadn’t considered the download ability in other regions. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/19 "2014-08-17T17:38:33Z")
I could see it: MouseHouse: “Look, we’ll pay for it. Fox, you keep a (probably decent) percentage of the distribution (no “profit” loopholes, you keep x% of gross) and we’re all happy.” Fox: (furiously typing numbers into a Casio) (Eyes bug out) “Kewl. Let’s do it.” Lucas: “But that’s not the right movie! SFX was the movie I wanted to make!!!” MH and Fox: “Fuck off, oh bearded one. You wanted to keep control? Shouldn’t have the sold the company. Go back to sleep, old man.” ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723/20 "2014-08-17T18:24:47Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > MouseHouse: “Look, we’ll pay for it. Fox, you keep a (probably decent) percentage of the distribution (no “profit” loopholes, you keep x% of gross) and we’re all happy.” > Fox: (furiously typing numbers into a Casio) (Eyes bug out) “Kewl. Let’s do it.” Of course this will happen. All these people saying that Disney CAN’T release it because Fox owns the distribution rights are ignoring that Fox can’t release the unaltered films without Disney’s approval (because Disney owns them now). And the Special Editions are already out on Blu-ray. So the only way for Fox to make more cash is to partner with Disney. And only a fool would think they won’t, because anything is better than nothing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-unaltered-star-wars-movies-coming-to-blu-ray/695723.md?page=2)