George… I don’t know what to say about you…

You see, when the Star Wars OT came out on DVD, I forbade myself from buying them. I decided that I’d rather watch my old VHS copies of the films and see Han shoot first rather than buy the patched versions of the film. Nobody thought I could do it, but I did. I held out.

Today, my waiting was sort of rewarded. The OT was released with two copies of the movie in each case - one the patched 2004 version, the other the original theatrical release. Sure, the transfer of the original is from the freakin’ non-anamorphic laserdiscs, but at least it’s something, right? Right.

But then, just to spite those of us who love the original movies, George put almost no extras on this release. The 2004 version of the film has commentary, each disc has a trailer, and the OT disc has demos for LEGO Star Wars II, but other than that, nothing.

No hints whatsoever of the extras that accompanied episodes I-III and the 2004 DVD release of the OT.

But then, what should George care? He’s got my $60. And he’ll just screw me again when the inevitable 30 year anniversary mega-whammy box set of all the films is released next year. I swear, George does more iterative releases of his product than Apple does with their iPod.

At least now I won’t have to cringe when I hear the VCR make that loud chunk noise when the tape is rewound. I can watch these films over and over again without worrying about wearing out my only copies.