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Amid the hordes of fans dressed in Boba Fett and Darth Maul costumes, there were two big surprises unveiled at the annual Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, Florida this past weekend: All six "Star Wars" films will be released on Blu-ray in the fall of 2011 and, most exciting, a never-before-seen clip of "Return of the Jedi" was screened for fans in attendance.
Nothing, not even three full-length prequels, can motivate joy from "Star Wars" fans quite like any news that concerns the original trilogy of films, and deleted scenes are the Holy Grail. The much-anticipated scene was revealed over the weekend by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas himself during an interview with Jon Stewart. The scene was originally intended to be the segue between the opening scene of "Jedi," which has Darth Vader on the new Death Star, and Luke's rescue mission of Han Solo on Tatooine. The scene features Vader trying to communicate with his son, Luke, through the Force, as Luke ignites his light saber for the first time. Now that this scene has been rescued from the cutting-room floor, we know for sure that Luke had to build his new light saber himself and not just pick one up at a galactic general store.
"Star Wars" creator George Lucas, in an interview with the New York Times, explained why he waited so long to do the Blu-ray release: "We've been wanting to do it as soon as we possibly could, but we just wanted to do it when enough people would be able to buy it and see it. We came out with 'Star Wars' right at the beginning of VHS and we sold [only] 300,000 copies." The decision, according to Lucas, was less a cruel deprivation tactic and more a practice of good old-fashioned capitalism: "We learned from that experience that if you're too early in the marketplace, there's just not enough demand for it." (A prime example of Lucas' hesitation: The original "Star Wars" was not released on DVD until 2004.)
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Nothing, not even three full-length prequels, can motivate joy from "Star Wars" fans quite like any news that concerns the original trilogy of films, and deleted scenes are the Holy Grail. The much-anticipated scene was revealed over the weekend by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas himself during an interview with Jon Stewart. The scene was originally intended to be the segue between the opening scene of "Jedi," which has Darth Vader on the new Death Star, and Luke's rescue mission of Han Solo on Tatooine. The scene features Vader trying to communicate with his son, Luke, through the Force, as Luke ignites his light saber for the first time. Now that this scene has been rescued from the cutting-room floor, we know for sure that Luke had to build his new light saber himself and not just pick one up at a galactic general store.
"Star Wars" creator George Lucas, in an interview with the New York Times, explained why he waited so long to do the Blu-ray release: "We've been wanting to do it as soon as we possibly could, but we just wanted to do it when enough people would be able to buy it and see it. We came out with 'Star Wars' right at the beginning of VHS and we sold [only] 300,000 copies." The decision, according to Lucas, was less a cruel deprivation tactic and more a practice of good old-fashioned capitalism: "We learned from that experience that if you're too early in the marketplace, there's just not enough demand for it." (A prime example of Lucas' hesitation: The original "Star Wars" was not released on DVD until 2004.)
more here
Rejoice starwars fans!