Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Hardback247]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

They did? They always looked like shit

Maybe it's because I only first got into Star Wars around when the DVDs first came out, but I don't mind how the official OT DVDs and Blu-Rays look. I'm just used to it.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Kinard717

I really hope they release these Disney+ versions of 1-6 on standard 1080p blu rays.

I reckon that'll happen with the inevitable big-bastard 9 movie 'saga' set, which is what makes that recent re-release of the 2011 Blus in different covers such a piss take

[EddieLarkin]

4K77 and 4K83 (the latter especially) look fantastic (even more so after the further colour corrections, on releases 1.4 and 1.1 respectively), and I doubt even a HDR grade could sway me to go back to versions with the Lucas changes.

Patiently awaiting 4K80 though because the Despecialised versions completely suck in comparison. The crappy Blu-ray masters with SD inserts where appropriate? Blergh.

[Hardback247]

It's hard to be confident in your own opinion about a movie's transfer when everyone else thinks the transfer sucks.

[Hardback247]

Are any of the Special Edition changes really all THAT bad?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Hardback247

Are any of the Special Edition changes really all THAT bad?

If they're not then why do you swear by another version that does its own corrections and highly questionable revisions? Or is that another of your rhetorical questions that will be resolved with a YouTube video in due course?

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by Hardback247

Are any of the Special Edition changes really all THAT bad?

Yep.

[Hardback247]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

If they're not then why do you swear by another version that does its own corrections and highly questionable revisions? Or is that another of your rhetorical questions that will be resolved with a YouTube video in due course?

It's just a question I wanted to ask, that's all.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Hardback247

It's just a question I wanted to ask, that's all.

Do you have some sort of database where you collate all these questions and answers?

[stvn1974]

Originally Posted by Hardback247

Are any of the Special Edition changes really all THAT bad?

If and I mean if there had to be changes the only things I could get behind are the wampa arm error corrected and cleaning up the lightsabers. Plus garbage/matte errors. If this was all that was done and the UOT was also offered like what was done with the Blade Runner set I could have gotten behind it.

[Braktastic]

The problem with the SE changes has always been a matter of Lucas not being able to see the forest for the trees. If there's one SE change I could've gotten behind it would've been replacing the Emperor, but they even managed to hamstring that scene with some Maklunkey dialogue.

[Hardback247]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Do you have some sort of database where you collate all these questions and answers?

No. I'm just trying to form my own concrete opinion.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Braktastic

The problem with the SE changes has always been a matter of Lucas not being able to see the forest for the trees. If there's one SE I could've gotten behind it would've been replacing the Emperor, but they even managed to hamstring that scene with some McLunky dialogue.

It's not even the added dialogue that gets me in that scene - it's Vader trying to play dumb - but rather Ian McDiarmid's inert performance, it's like they slipped a sedative into his latte before they shot the scene. No menace, no threat, give me monkey eyes lady any day of the week.

[Hardback247]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

It's not even the added dialogue that gets me in that scene - it's Vader trying to play dumb - but rather Ian McDiarmid's inert performance, it's like they slipped a sedative into his latte before they shot the scene. No menace, no threat, give me monkey eyes lady any day of the week.

How's THIS?

Emperor: Revisited "Proper final version" - YouTube

[Geoff D]

Oh **** no.

[Jumpman]

Originally Posted by Kinard717

I really hope they release these Disney+ versions of 1-6 on standard 1080p blu rays.

Check your Vudu digital copies.

[Braktastic]

Palps still looks like he's hitting the quaaludes pretty hard.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Braktastic

Palps still looks like he's hitting the quaaludes pretty hard.

[crissrudd4554]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

It's not even the added dialogue that gets me in that scene - it's Vader trying to play dumb - but rather Ian McDiarmid's inert performance, it's like they slipped a sedative into his latte before they shot the scene. No menace, no threat, give me monkey eyes lady any day of the week.

It’s like I say he looks and sounds like he’s legit reading off cue cards. And the added dialogue adds nothing. Actually that’s a lie it adds confusion to what we assume Vader should already know. Vader establishes early on that he’s looking for Luke so how is ‘Vader playing dumb’ suppose to add anything???

[Jay G.]

Originally Posted by koberulz

It says two years, but how long ago was that said?

Well, the 4K80 project "ramped up" in November of 2018. I don't know if we need to be coy about it and not post links, but there's an official project page that's easy to find, and it shows they've finished all of reel 1, and are 10% done with reel 2, out of 6 reels.