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And I actually enjoyed them - especially the first two. Let me see: "Does home theater let people experience the Star Wars films the way you intended?"Ah-ha - well, I didn't intend them to be seen in home theaters, but that's the way the world is today. And if you have a very good system, and you watch them on DVD on a digital projector, then it would obviously be as close as possible to the way I intended them to be. But you have to have a big screen. I mean, Star Wars was meant to be seen -

Yeah, huge . They want to know what type of equipment you have. I love that I have to ask you a question like this.I'm not sure what we have. Well, the projectors are Texas Instruments derivatives. I don't know who actually makes them. And I have about a 10 x 20-foot screen.

And do you have special sound? Of course you do.I have THX sound and the whole deal. I also have a Kaleidescape, which is a computerized system that stores all my DVDs.

Reeaally?Yeeaahh, it's really cool. All I have to do is push a button and any movie in my library comes up on the screen.

Wait, you push a button, like in a jukebox?Yeah, but it's a huge one. It has 500 films in it.

That's fantastic. But that's not like a normal thing that just anybody can have.Yeah, you can buy it. They're expensive, but anybody can buy one. [Click to read the Kaleidescape Movie Server . . . - Ed. ]

That's brilliant.That'll give you something techno to say.

I'll never sound like I'm saying anything technical. "Does it concern you that more and more people watch movies at home?"No, it's great that people can watch all kinds of movies and not be a victim of what happen s to be playing in a movie theater at any given moment. You can watch movies that ar e 10, 30, or 50 years old and not have to wait for them to come on TV in a bad print or -

With the commercials - or have the deterioration you said happens, which surprises me.Yeah.

"What impact will home theater have on movie making?"I think it has already had an effect because DVD had a huge impact.

Because it has those extras?You can put back your director's cut or put extra material on it. It allows you more freedom ultimately than what you're allowed in a theatrical experience. Sometimes you can't put material in the theatrical version because it makes it too long. There are all kinds of restrictions that go into theatrical filmmaking that don't apply to DVDs.

Virtually no restrictions, right?Right.

"Your THX program made the home theater movement legitimate" - I didn't know that. "Have you been able to do everything you wanted with it?"Well, it's now gone on to working on things like digital projection. THX has spent a huge amount of time trying to ensure quality in the theaters as well as at home. It's getting to the point that if you have a good DVD player and a good digital projector and a nice big screen, you can get a better picture than you can in a movie theater.