I've Got a Good Feeling About This

Still catching up on some news from when I was sick. I know you've heard about the impending release of the original versions of the first Star Wars trilogy. I'll save you the usual, vindicated, "Han shot first," "original is best" verbage that's accompanied most of the blog posts about this news. Instead, I'd just like to offer up a big "I Told You So" to all the nay-sayers who thought that Lucas's revisionist hubris was greater than his love for a buck and believed him when he said that the Special Editions were going to be the only versions available.

The original versions will be available individually in two-disc sets that also include the 2004 digitally remastered versions. They'll come out on September 12, stick around for Christmas, then disappear again (for a while, at least) on December 31st.

In other Star Wars news, producer Rick McCallum has announced that the TV series is still a long way off (at least a year-and-a-half) and denied the reports that it would be based on the Skywalker family. Instead, he said that it would focus on all-new characters and added, "Think bounty hunter."

The most telling comment of his though was that "it's still really, really early stages. (Lucas) hasn't really sat down to think about which direction (he's going in)." Reminds me of the days during the original trilogy where we'd hear all this stuff from Lucas about things he hoped or planned to do in the movies, only to find out later that he'd had to go a different direction. At the end of the day, the TV show will be whatever it turns out to be. Trying to keep up with its progress along the way will probably be useless.