Star Wars needs to die

http://starwars.com/episode-iv/release/video/news20060503.html

The official Star Wars website posted that the original unaltered trilogy will be released on DVD on September 12. Each film will be released in a two disc set – the first disc containing the super special 2004 version and the second containing the original theatrical version.

I bought the original 4disc set of Eps 4-6 when they were released near the end of 2004. A "special" 3disc set – identical to the 4disc set minus the 4th disc – was released for the holiday season 2005. Now here comes three two disc sets – three of the discs being identical to previous releases.
My thoughts on this new release? Fuck you George Lucas. All the hardcore fans who actually care about the differences between the special editions and the original trilogy have already purchased the 2004 release. Now, a short two years later, we get the opportunity to shell out another $60 to buy what we should have been able to buy originally? And all we get are the original films, none of the extras that were missing from the original 4disc set? Oy oy.

What's so sad is that not only do fans encourage this type of behaviour, they demand it. From a business standpoint Lucas and Fox are doing exactly what they should rereleasing the same film over and over again as long as each release gets them more money. Lucas has long disrespected his fans, even though they built his empire through merchandising purchases, and they love him for it.

For a long time I've been a part of this system buying the original trilogy VHS tapes twice (THX versions and Special Editions) and then the DVD set. But I've had enough of this for now and there's no way I'm paying for virtually the same movies again. The people who buy this set – the people that are so in love with Star Wars that they have to have it all – should really think about what this set does for them. Is "strengthening" your fantastical isolated world worth encouraging a fat old man to peddle more worthless product on you?

I'm not buying the same thing again, not this time. In two or three years we'll be seeing a high def release of all the Star Wars films, though we'll probably see the same multiple release schenannigans again. I might buy the films again then, but only if there is a significant jump in quality over the DVD releases and I can get all the material that should be there. This is the last straw for me – these are just movies and I'll enjoy them for what they are. But I refuse to keep endorsing a practice that encourages shitting on me and you.

-Bob