http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 14th 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Han shot first!]]>Aug 14th 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 14th 2010 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
Returned to helping children cross the road, likely near a roundabound.]]>Aug 14th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 14th 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 14th 2010 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
You mean *Roundabound* surely?]]>Aug 14th 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 14th 2010 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
"As rumored, all six Star Wars movies . . ."
Should be:
"As rumored, all three Star Wars movies (1977, 1980, 1983) . . ."]]>Aug 14th 2010 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
AMEN]]>Aug 14th 2010 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
Greedo, man. GREEDO. You've been watching "Jersey Shore" too much.]]>Aug 14th 2010 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/I'd also like the Star Wars holiday special on BD please.]]>Aug 14th 2010 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ljFfL-mL70]]>Aug 15th 2010 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/my lord, i take it your sith don't stink either. ;)]]>Aug 15th 2010 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
Strictly speaking Han was the only one who even fired his weapon, before the scene was bastardized in the new releases of course.]]>Aug 15th 2010 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/George Lucas is an asshole. I mean shiet, how much money would it really cost to restore the originals? 100 million? 200 million? You're company can afford it, heck i would think that maybe you would at least want it done, its your baby, and you're a MULTI billionaire. Shoot, enuff people are gonna buy this on bluray for you to add some more zeros to ur bank account. jerk. ]]>Aug 15th 2010 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Milk that cow, 'till it's dry, and then milk it 'till its dead. You know there's money to be made when the audience is a bunch of addicted fanatics.]]>Aug 15th 2010 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
that was OB1 in the cave.
]]>Aug 15th 2010 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://gizmodo.com/5604368/bill-gates-convinces-40-billionaires-to-give-away-half-their-fortunes) instead of giving his fanbase of 30-40 year olds, the experience they remember from their childhood! He's practically mindraping us!

No but in al seriousness, i was hoping for a 'I Am Legend'-style release, where you can select either the original footage, or the altered version. They could even have used that niffty PIP commentary feature on blu-rays, so you can see the difference between the two simultaniously. But hopefully they will do that in their next release.]]>Aug 15th 2010 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
Goood....let the hate flow through you...]]>Aug 15th 2010 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
Put those on Blu-Ray and maybe I'll buy the series all over again. Otherwise, I'll wait 5 years to buy the box set at a low price or torrent it using my 100Mbit wimax with no bandwidth cap.]]>Aug 15th 2010 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 15th 2010 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 15th 2010 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 15th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/That's not true I'm a big fan of Star Wars, but I'm not going to buy any Blu Ray release unless it's the original three.

@Herlev
Lucas is so damn rich he could afford to do both. If it wasn't for those 30/40 year olds he would not be where he is today. ]]>Aug 15th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 15th 2010 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
Note:
The expanded universe shows that Luke used parts from Obi-Wan's old house to make his new lightsaber. These parts are from Anakin's old blade that Obi-Wan picked up after their epic duel; as seen in Revenge of the Sith!]]>Aug 15th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/This has been a nerd test!
This of course makes no sense to a nerd, but I'm sure Yoda could figure it out. If it makes sense, then you are not a nerd.]]>Aug 15th 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
What an insulting lie.]]>Aug 15th 2010 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 16th 2010 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://bit.ly/dqqzIU]]>Aug 17th 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 14th 2010 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 14th 2010 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/ Moooney.... Moooney....]]>Aug 14th 2010 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
Vader, will you PLEEEASE choke this guy?]]>Aug 14th 2010 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 14th 2010 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 14th 2010 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
Wesley!]]>Aug 14th 2010 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 15th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
DVDs? I still have the original laserdiscs. Given that poor 'ol George can't afford to release the original, un-butchered movies on BR, I guess I'll be hanging on to them for a few more years.
]]>Aug 16th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
I still have the original release on 70mm film. I swapped it out from a StarWars fan festival with the film they put in their Time Vault. Boy, are they gonna be surprised. I replaced the original with Highlander II.]]>Aug 16th 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 17th 2010 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 14th 2010 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 14th 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
Blu-ray support that complies with all the DRM/licensing mumbo-jumbo is a very complex engineering challenge. Microsoft had to add all this whole protected media pipeline to Windows and updated display driver models to support it so blu-ray discs could be played legally. And they just got bad press over "new DRM support" for it.]]>Aug 14th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 14th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Yeah, but that's what they do. They're a computer company. The ins and outs of DRM should not be made our problem.

Incidentally my Macbook wouldn't play an HD movie rented from iTunes the other day. I got a pop up warning stating there was an "unauthorized" display detected. Nothing was connected to the laptop. All DRM is a bucket of hurt, so that's no excuse. ]]>Aug 14th 2010 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/Aug 14th 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/
You're not paying attention.

There is a lot of extra BS that you have to tolerate and implement if you want to have either BluRay or CableCard on a platform. You basically have to consent to allow either licensing organization to hijack some very low level parts of your operating system. From an engineering point of view, I can understand why Jobs would give a big F-U to both consortia.

OTOH, I don't think it's really about engineering.

Then again, it's a level of meddling you really don't want.]]>Aug 15th 2010 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/14/george-lucas-officially-announces-star-wars-on-blu-ray-in-2011/If it was so complicated no other computer manufacturer would have Blu Ray.]]>Aug 15th 2010 12:43PM