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The Drama Behind Star Wars |
| Section: THE ARTS / DVDs |
| Author: Gary Arnold |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2005 |
| Size: 983 Words, 6,353 Characters |
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Star Wars Trilogy, the first DVD edition of George Lucas' science-fiction adventure saga, looms as an irresistible gift for moviegoers who first formed an attachment to this mass-entertainment phenomenon when the prototype, Star Wars itself, arrived as a disarming delight on the weekend before Memorial Day in 1977.
One of the smartest showmen and pop-culture empire-builders of his generation, Lucas has artfully dawdled with the DVD unveiling of Stars Wars and its first generation of sequels, The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi, released theatrically in 1980 and 1983, respectively. The new collection is timed to revive fond associations, anticipating the appearance of the sixth and evidently final movie in the series. The finale to a second trilogy, this valedictory ...
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...a way that fans can't really share.
The original attachment embraced many patchy but also resourceful aspects that the proprietor would now prefer to paint over and embellish digitally. That 's his prerogative, but an optimum Star Wars collection would also present fans with a bonus DVD copy of the movie as it appeared to first-run audiences in 1977.
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