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Originally Posted by InChiefsHell
Well shit, somebody should re-realease the original but enhanced versions of Ben-Hur, and The Ten Commandments, and every other movie that was ****ing awesome but a little technologically behind...sometimes, technology does NOT improve things.
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As technology improves, movies and music are remastered, cleaned up, etc. and so on, not only to preserve and archive, but for new media formats.
The original Star Trek series has undergone a similar restoration and complete overhaul of the special effects, as has The Next Generation. Many movies have received the "Director's Cut" treatment in which special effects have been replaced and enhanced.
The original Star Wars trilogy is hardly alone in this regard.
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Originally Posted by InChiefsHell
I'm sure we'll disagree. But if Lucas was so successful with the Star Wars franchise, he'd never have sold it. The guy thinks special effects make movies. They don't.
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First off, there's no way we can "disagree" because clearly, you don't have all the facts.
George Lucas sold LUCASFILMS to Disney, not just the Star Wars properties. That includes Indiana Jones as well. But the reason he decided to sell was that he wanted Star Wars to have a long-lasting and productive future. He wanted the Star Wars universe to rival and surpass that of Marvel.
At his age (and health issues), he decided to "hand off" his life's work to a company that would preserve and extend his legacy.