According to DVDFile.com:
After years of waiting, hype and hope, the rumors can at last be laid to rest: the holy grail of DVD will finally be released this September. Yes, it is the original Star Wars trilogy: Episodes IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (which many regard as the best in the series) and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
While a full press release has yet to be issued, both Lucasfilm and Fox Home Entertainment confirmed today that the trilogy will touch down on September 21st as a four-disc set, available in both anamorphic widescreen and full screen versions, containing the three films plus a bonus fourth disc with extras, a la the top-selling Adventures of Indiana Jones set released late last year.
It’s about damn time.
Damn. Dale and I got all excited until I read the part that Lucas won’t release the ORIGINAL movies, just the jacked up PC’d versions from 1997. Boo to Greedo shooting first!
Yeah, it is rather disgusting. Part of me wonders if it is yet another ploy to provide them yet another way to sell a different set of the movies in a year or two. They’ve gotten really good at releasing multiple sets of the Star Wars trilogy, just far enough apart that people feel justified in buying a new, slightly different copy.
South Park got it right when they covered the issue: http://www.spscriptorium.com/Season6/E609script.htm
Alex