I loved the original, and I remember paying the unheard of amount of $3.75 to get in and see this. I lost my shit, and I was hooked. I bought all of the Marvel Comics comic books, the paperbacks, the action figures, and every single stupid thing that hit the shelves. I saw the sequels, and snuck in and saw them over and over too. Luckily, when I went into the Army in 1984, all of the crap I had bought was either 'stolen' by my younger brother or 'lost' by my mother.

(I say luckily because if they hadn't done it, I'd have ended up wearing all black, sitting in a comic book store somewhere listening to Danzig, and trading my wizardy wizard cards for older copies of “The Dark Knight” or something because of the INK, man! The INK! ... and besides, living in my mother's basement isn't ALL that bad, is it, guys?)

Anyway, Lucas has taken in quite a bit of money from the average geek. Last year, Forbes estimated that Lucas' empire has generated more than $20 billion in sales, no small chunk of which is likely due to home video. To date, the complete, theatrical version of Star Wars has been available in box sets, in non-box sets, on fullscreen VHS, on widescreen VHS, on THX-mastered VHS, on Beta, on a couple of early laser disc formats, and on the more traditional laserdisc format (where it was issued first in fullscreen, natch, and later in widescreen, natch), but just not on DVD.

Officially, the upcoming DVD sales will end on Dec. 31 - that's when the limited-edition releases are to be pulled from stores. But unofficially, maybe one or two more DVD packages may show up in the coming years, including a six-pack that would include all of the movies. And, dedicated as ever, the geeks shall arise from playing Warcraft online and, like the well-heeled lemmings that they are, will go and buy it two or three more times.

Asked how Lucas foresaw the future of Star Wars on DVD (and whatever format comes after DVD), a Lucasfilm spokesman said simply, “You're going to have to wait and see what the future holds.” Well, I know the future, and I see a red-skinned lizard type happily poking and twisting a pitchfork into the raw bloody asshole of George Lucas for all of eternity. And I ain't talking some lowly Greedo, or Jar-Jar.

Well, maybe not Greedo. I guess that would truly be Hell to me - a pitchfork, and Jar-Jar fucking Binks holding the handle.

(p.s. - I have yet to buy ANY version of Star Wars on DVD. Why? I can RENT it, and since George is rolling over faster than a crack whore on payday night, why line his pockets? I'll leave that to the fat guy who's wearing the “Greedo Shot First” t-shirt two sizes too small for him and has all the original figures in the original boxes, because why? Because of the PACKAGING, man, the PACKAGING!)