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I see your Schwartz is as big as mine

MTV caught up with George Lucas at a dinner for Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people.

On Indy 4, he said that the film will be different, won’t be louder or bigger, and will be more about dialogue than stuff blowing up really good, and will probably start shooting next year:

“We’re working on it, we’re working on it,” Lucas said. “We’ve been working on it for 10 years. I think it’ll be a great film, but it’s completely different. It’s still got a lot of action, and it’s still very funny. I think it works like crazy.”

He was vague on Star Wars 3-D, but I know what you really want to know. Here’s what he said about the rerelease of the OOT:

He says he’s curious to see what the reception will be for the upcoming limited-edition DVD release of the three original “Star Wars” films. “It’s just the original versions, as they were,” Lucas said. “We didn’t do anything to it at all. But we’re not sure how many people want that.”

You might say quite a few, considering how many fans were angered by the digitized, expanded updates of episodes IV, V and VI. Lucas claims he’s not re-releasing the originals to appease fans, but rather to bate them. “Now we’ll find out whether they really wanted the original or whether they wanted the improved versions,” he said. “It’ll all come out in the end.”

So it’s a challenge then. Right-o, Big G.

3 Replies to “I see your Schwartz is as big as mine”

  1. Oh, I am literally angry with rage. George, I could just kick you in the shins. Packaging the originals with the XSEs I, you know, ALREADY BOUGHT, is just unbelievably ballsy.

  2. Except, that, if you’re like me and you haven’t bought the new ones on DVD yet and only have the VHS, you’re actually getting the “best” of both worlds with these new releases because he’s INCLUDING those with.

    Of course I’m not going to buy BOTH, so I’ll buy the ones with the originals and the 2004 improved versions and be perfectly happy.

  3. I have the 2004 DVD set, and I don’t care about having to buy ’em again to get the originals. Just being able to get the originals, blue boxes and all, will be worth it.

    What would be really cool if you could switch back and forth between the two and compare/contrast. I don’t think your average DVD has enough room for two complete movies plus whatever other programming is needed, but it would be neat.

    I bet that they’ll come out with that eventually. When the next-gen format comes out or something. And yeah, I’d buy it, too. I guess I really did drink the Kool-Aid. ::shrug::

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