Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Norbie]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Haha! I asked the exact same question the other day, and the reply I got was because he was fatigued lol.

The Jedi's powers are clouded due to the dark side. Hence, they are not as powerful as before so their powers are receding.


peace

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by HRC

The little dancing routine with Donny and Marie make buying the complete saga well worth it.

What is worst, I actually could remember seeing that way back then on a Friday night

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Norbie

The Jedi's powers are clouded due to the dark side. Hence, they are not as powerful as before so their powers are receding.


peace

Within the time of them getting from the Trade Federation ship to the final battle? If thats the rate at which they were losing their abilities they'd be no more than spastic aliens by the time the 2nd episode came around.

[Norbie]

Originally Posted by greg_achen

Just got done watching TPM. Whoever said the DNR is not that bad is BLIND. So disappointing. I had high hopes for this film looking phenomenal. Oh well. The audio is wonderful and the new CGI Yoda is a BIG improvement. Had Lucasfilm not scrubbed away all the grain, this could have easily been the best looking of the prequels.

I too have noticed that a lot of the faces have that waxy look in TPM. However, i feel that this was done intentionaly so as to even out how the digital creatures look - since they outnumber real human actors.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

I could be wrong, but the "New Hope" subtitle was added in 1981, and the earliest VHS I could find listed was from 1982, so I think it's a safe bet that the new title was used on all of them.

I think A New Hope was put in for the re-releases in theaters of both Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back in the fall in 1982, 6 months before the release of Return Of The Jedi in May of 1983.

[Norbie]

Originally Posted by 22soultaker

Does anyone else find it rather annoying going through the special features? They set this whole thing up by planets. It took me awhile to figure it out and all that time and it was some stupid low quality scene idk it was weird haha the PT deleted scenes are worthless to me.

I find the frame that's always around the picture/video distracting. Also, the majority of the interviews make their way onto the audio commentary.


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[-RONIN-]

Originally Posted by Norbie

I too have noticed that a lot of the faces have that waxy look in TPM. However, i feel that this was done intentionaly so as to even out how the digital creatures look - since they outnumber real human actors.

I don't know, Norbie. 2 & 3 don't suffer from the same DNR abuse and have just as many digital aspects as the 1st. I'm watching on a 60in LCD and don't find it as bad as some here, I am not a nit-picker though. I watch movies to enjoy the experience, not to critique everything I see that isn't perfect.

I still feel the movies have never looked or sounded so good on home video and totally satisfied with my purchase. I can't wait for the weekend when I can sit down and totally geek out.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Norbie

I find the frame that's always around the picture/video distracting. Also, the majority of the interviews make their way onto the audio commentary.


peace

Thats the idea behind Archival Commentary. It's a cut and paste job from interviews that already exist, just like the ones done for the Bond Ultimate Edition DVDs .

[BohemianGraham]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

All the Talk of wanting the Holiday Special in the bonus features, why no love for Ewoks: Battle For Endor and it's sequel

My Dad claims that the set I just bought is not the complete Saga because the Ewok movies are missing. So there's your Ewoks love.

[Norbie]

Right now i'm watching The Making of Star Wars, and i've just heard George Lucas say that "It's anybodys guess who ends of with Liea" (recarding Luke and Han) Is GL just toying with the people at the time, or didn't he know back then that Luke was her brother?


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[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by BohemianGraham

My Dad claims that the set I just bought is not the complete Saga because the Ewok movies are missing. So there's your Ewoks love.

Haha! Woo!

[Tommymang]

Originally Posted by Tommymang

Seems to be in perfect condition ! What a great buy, congrats !

I know there are a lot of extras on this LD set (The Difinitive Collection). Anybody knows if all these have been released on DVD (and maybe some on the current BD)?

Anyone?

Thx

[Jumpman]

Right now i'm watching The Making of Star Wars, and i've just heard George Lucas say that "It's anybodys guess who ends of with Liea" (recarding Luke and Han) Is GL just toying with the people at the time, or didn't he know back then that Luke was her brother?

He hadn't made his mind up yet on that issue. Since '73, he had ideas of a brother and sister but he didn't really make his mind up on the whole thing, along with the "Father" issue, until either in pre-production on Empire or during production of Empire.

Either way, he's had a lot of ideas about the direction of the Original Trilogy that he really didn't set in stone until Empire.

[Chris81]

Originally Posted by Norbie

Right now i'm watching The Making of Star Wars, and i've just heard George Lucas say that "It's anybodys guess who ends of with Liea" (recarding Luke and Han) Is GL just toying with the people at the time, or didn't he know back then that Luke was her brother?

At that time he didn't even know that Vader was Lukes father.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Jumpman

He hadn't made his mind up yet on that issue. Since '73, he had ideas of a brother and sister but he didn't really make his mind up on the whole thing, along with the "Father" issue, until either in pre-production on Empire or during production of Empire.

Either way, he's had a lot of ideas about the direction of the Original Trilogy that he really didn't set in stone until Empire.

Yeah, and there are even pre production paintings/concept art of a Female Luke as the BD description puts it. Also Luke and Leia were originally the same charecter. So he hadn't even locked down on the hero charecter until late in the game. At least thats what I would call late.

[Jumpman]

Yeah, and there are even pre production paintings/concept art of a Female Luke as the BD description puts it. Also Luke and Leia were originally the same charecter. So he hadn't even locked down on the hero charecter until late in the game. At least thats what I would call late.

Yeah. Essentially, the Empire Strikes Back was the end point for a lot of decisions on the trilogy..and in a way, the saga.

[Mavrick]

It's mind boggling to think of what could have been. There were so many changes to the initial story and so many ideas all got jumbled into one with elements from all the different itterations. It's amazing that the end product worked so well.

[Jumpman]

Yeah. And whatever ideas he couldn't get in the Original Trilogy, he shifted them around and put them in the Prequels.

As he said in the box set, he's a pack rat...and that includes ideas.

By the way, did anyone find it mesmerizing during the Empire Strikes Back segment in the archival bonus disc when Lucas, during a Clone Wars meeting, talk about the Force?

I've heard him explain it many times before but not on video. It was just sort of awesome how everyone in the meeting was hanging on his every word about the Force....

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Jumpman

Yeah. And whatever ideas he couldn't get in the Original Trilogy, he shifted them around and put them in the Prequels.

As he said in the box set, he's a pack rat...and that includes ideas.

By the way, did anyone find it mesmerizing during the Empire Strikes Back segment in the archival bonus disc when Lucas, during a Clone Wars meeting, talk about the Force?

I've heard him explain it many times before but not on video. It was just sort of awesome how everyone in the meeting was hanging on his every word about the Force....

Yeah I found it cringe worthy with that one woman who was soooo into it, acting like she gave a flying f!#k lol

I'm not a hater of GL Im not a fanboy either, but whenever you see those behind the scenes footage, and when he's there stamping his aproval on things everyone is kinda just hanging around real nervous like in the background just making eye contact with each other...

And then when GL make a change or suggests something, everyone all of a sudden has a huge smile and starts nodding in agreement.

It's as if he's surrounded himself with "yes" men.

[Jumpman]

Yeah I found it cringe worthy with that one woman who was soooo into it, acting like she gave a flying f!#k lol

Which one because his daughter was in that meeting...she's a writer on the show.