No CG characters in Mos Eisley.Han shoots first.
Or so weve read.
That app is no longer available on Roku and with it wentStar Warstoo.
Drew Struzan’s poster for the Star Wars Special Edition, which was not the version on Roku this week.Image: Lucasfilm
And so, the Special Editions became the only versions Lucasfilm would release officially.
The one exception was a 2006 DVD release that included the originals as special features.
That, according toScreenrant, was the version that was uploaded to Rokus Cinema Box this past weekend.
io9 reached out to Lucasfilm for possible comment or clarification but didnt hear back as of publication.
Nevertheless, even if you missed this entire ordeal, it makes you appreciate a few things.
One, how fast the powers that be can react to something like this.
The ones they watched with their family on channel 9 on a Sunday afternoon.
The ones they wore the VHS tapes out on.
That later led to Disneys purchase and everything we have today.
So, as much as the Special Editions can be dismissed, they did serve a purpose.
We just wish they werent the only version we had of a galaxy far, far, away.
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