Lost Star Wars Footage Found On LaserDisc

drxenos writes "A LaserDisc purchased on eBay was found to contain raw footage from Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi. From the article: 'The origin of the LaserDisc isn't entirely clear, but it was purchased for $699 off eBay, apparently once used to demonstrate Lucasfilm's EditDroid station — one of the first digital film editing systems sold nearly 30 years ago. Ironically, George Lucas himself never used EditDroid to make a movie; the Star Wars clips were loaded simply to show off its capabilities to prospective buyers.'"

So yet another version

[Bob the Super Hamste]

So I guess there will now be a "special extended digitally remastered unseen original footage director's uncut edition" that everyone will have to buy.

The Real Story

[CanHasDIY]

I think we're all missing the real news here, folks:

Somebody paid almost $700 for a fucking LaserDisc!!!

mind == blown.

Re:Some more star wars footage?

[meerling]

He paid $700 for unreleased and presumably lost recordings of a Star Wars movie of the original trilogy on an obsolete media format.

He'll get at least $7000 if he sells it to a collector, or even to Lucas or Disney so they can take it off the market. I bet if it went to a collectors auction, it could go for x10 that. Yeah, sure, he paid too much for it... NOT

Re:footage

[ArbitraryName]

Your sig, on a response to someone asking why you posted as AC, is hilarious.