No Subtitle. No CG Characters in Mos Eisley. Han Shoots FirstThos Things and More We All Back This Past Weekend As The Original, UNEDITED, Unalted Version of george lucas’ 1977 Star wars was available on the Roku App Cinema Box. Or so we’ve read. That app is no longer available on roku and with it went Star wars Too.
For that who may not know, during the 20th anniversary of Star wars, George Lucas Released The Special EditionsNew versions of the films with a bunch of changes that he demed preferable to the original. And so, the special editions the only versions lucasfilm would release officially. When you watch the movies on tv, disney+, or maybe even in a theater, they’re the special Editions. The one exception was a 2006 dvd release that originals as special features.
That, according to Screenrantwas the version that was uploaded to roku’s cinema box this past weekend. However, Men’s journey Noticed that by March 4, Not only was the original Star wars Gone, so was the cinema box app as a whole. Oops. IO9 reacted out to lucasfilm for possible comment or Clarification but didn’t hear back as of publication.
Nevertheless, even if you missed this entrere ordeal, it makes you appreciate a less things. One, how fast the powers that be can react to something like this. And two, that while lucasfilm and disney may want to shove the special editions down our throats, there is still a large, large audience hungry for the versions they Saw Growing Up. The ones they watched with their family on channel 9 on a Sunday afternoon. The ones they wore the vhs tapes out on. And heck, most people are even okay with the original minor alternations lucas made, like calling the first film “Episode iv.” It’s just the bigger stuff -greedo, jedi Rocks, the endor celebration – ha ha ha this day feel a little off.
And Yet, As we’ve argued on this very websiteIf not for there special editions being related in theaters, Star wars May have had a very different fate. At a time when the franchise was thought to be done, it was their success in 1997 Star wars Back to prominence. That Later LED to disney’s purchase and everything we have today. So, as much as the special editions can be dismissed, they did serve a purpose. We just wish they were weighed the only version we had a galaxy far, far, away.
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