Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Jay444]

Originally Posted by IndefinentBlu

Lucas gave the fans the opportunity to see their beloved UOT during the 2004 dvd run.

That is all he will do.

Now Lucas will show us more of his vision come september the UOT is old news to him.

Amazing you are so sure about this. Almost like you think its fact? Well, I think it would be rather naive to think he won't be releasing the UOT on blu ray. Sure, maybe it doesn't happen right away with this first release, but can you honestly rule it out entirely? If so, the odds are a bit against you.

Let's see, the UOT was released on Beta, VHS, LD and DVD. Hmmm. Its currently batting a thousand. Will it have the picture qaulity of the Special Editions? Probably not. But will it be released in some manner/shape/form on blu ray? Chances are good I would say. Just not happening in Sept.

[bookcase]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

I like that too, however if that was the 'Complete Saga Edition', shouldn't it have a couple of prequel pics on it?

It seems somewhat plain.

No, it's classic! I hope that's the cover art.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Uxi

Badump dah!

lol seriously, though. How many times are 'regular' movies re-released in the same packaging that you never recognize?

Sometimes I wish Lucas would release the inferior original cuts just to shut up the trolls and milk them with the 1997 THX edition. Then again with the 1981 "Ep IV title crawl version". Then again with the 1977 'plain ol Star Wars' version knowing that some of these suckers couldn't resist their nostalgia induced fanaticism pleasing purchases.

But then I recall that 1) I get a lot of entertainment from them and 2) they'll find something else to whine about - most likely they'd want upgraded SFX but original cut/content aka "salad bar" purists.

Best post I read so far today, had me going

[kamphausd1]

Originally Posted by KubrickFan

and someone at Lowry said that they're restoring the original versions as well, so why should we stop now?

I read about that too, but it's really just a rumor at this point. Allegedly John Lowry made claims about it, but there hasn't been anything else said at this point.

Supposedly though, there has been evidence that Lucas' attitude is perhaps starting to change, such as the fact that he refereed to the originals as the "classic" versions rather than half complete embarrassments in that New York Times interview, or perhaps I just misunderstood what he was really saying, so who really knows at this point? Maybe he's planning on surprising everybody and is trying to keep it top secret? It might just be wishful thinking on my part, but like I said, who really knows.

All we really do know for sure at this point is that they definitely won't be included on the upcoming September sets because the number of discs in each set has been confirmed and, even though I disagree with a lot of his views, I tend to side with Beast when he says that they can't be seamlessly branched due to how many alterations there are. Plus, if Lucas really is planning such a release, he likely wouldn't announce it until after the September sets are released because it would likely cause a lot of people to cancer their pre-orders.

[frogmort]

"Salad Bar" purists
I really like that!

[Brightstar]

The artwork for that boxset looks fake also lucus will never give us the OT in its orignal version . It will all ways be the Special eddition

[rpc94]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

Or the back cover maybe, otherwise I am not buying that this is the 'Complete Saga' and it would not make any sense leaving off pics from the other trilogy as it would cause some confusion.

So for now I will assume that this is a photoshop job.

Are you kidding me! You won't buy this for the fact that it doesn't have pictures of the prequel trilogy on the box art! That's just stupid....

[Jay444]

Originally Posted by rpc94

Are you kidding me! You won't buy this for the fact that it doesn't have pictures of the prequel trilogy on the box art! That's just stupid....

Oh no, I think you might have misunderstood. I think the OP was trying to say that he didn't believe this was the actual cover is all. Like "I am sooo not buying that the Red Sox are going to go 0-7..." Figure of speech my good man!

[Rincewind78]

I must admit - I doubt thats the cover.
I think it may incorporate Vader if anything.
but truth be told, i quite like just the Yellow Star Wars logo on a black background. i think that says it all .

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Beast

So there's no sense wishing for something that won't happen.

Isn't that what wishes are for Beast? Or do you go round looking for Birthday cakes, chicken bones, dandelions and other wishing paraphernalia wishing Monday will be after Sunday just to play it safe? That way you keep your wishing average up!

When I wish, I wish big!

[Rincewind78]

Originally Posted by chip75

Isn't that what wishes are for Beast? Or do you go round looking for Birthday cakes, chicken bones, dandelions and other wishing paraphernalia wishing Monday will be after Sunday just to play it safe? That way you keep your wishing average up!

When I wish, I wish big!

that wish to win the Euro Millions never came true though

[Beast]

Originally Posted by chip75

Isn't that what wishes are for Beast? Or do you go round looking for Birthday cakes, chicken bones, dandelions and other wishing paraphernalia wishing Monday will be after Sunday just to play it safe? That way you keep your wishing average up!

When I wish, I wish big!

I take the wisdom of MST3K to heart here.

Mike: Well, wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which piles up first!

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

I like that too, however if that was the 'Complete Saga Edition', shouldn't it have a couple of prequel pics on it?

It seems somewhat plain.

It seems somewhat fake to me.

[IndefinentBlu]

Originally Posted by Jay444

Amazing you are so sure about this. Almost like you think its fact? Well, I think it would be rather naive to think he won't be releasing the UOT on blu ray. Sure, maybe it doesn't happen right away with this first release, but can you honestly rule it out entirely? If so, the odds are a bit against you.

Let's see, the UOT was released on Beta, VHS, LD and DVD. Hmmm. Its currently batting a thousand. Will it have the picture qaulity of the Special Editions? Probably not. But will it be released in some manner/shape/form on blu ray? Chances are good I would say. Just not happening in Sept.

You're right but what i mean is if he has put every possible thing that he found into the blu's including every deleted scene than what would be the point if it is the same old stuff.

IF he puts the UOT on blu than i could see him releasing it again.

The only way he will re-release these is if there is a format higher than blu in the future.

[IndefinentBlu]

As i have said before IF Lucas releases these again it will only be for each individual 3d release hence it will be a 2d/3d individual release.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

Originally Posted by Jay444

Amazing you are so sure about this. Almost like you think its fact?

Oh, don't worry about that. He makes a lot of statements (and not just in this thread, but in many other threads as well) that come off sounding like "facts," each of which have at least one (though usually more) of the following characteristics:

A. He has no way of having any definite, factual knowledge of what he is saying.

B. Often times what he is saying completely goes against logic, common sense, and in some cases precedent set by previous similar situations (i.e. his whole arguement that there can't possibly be any re-releases/repackings of the SW movies on Blu-Ray for at least so many years after this fall's release, despite all of the variations that they had over roughly a 4 year period on DVD). So, he becomes really, REALLY certain about things that he not only has no factual knowledge of knowing one way or the other, but that actually contradict any and all reasonable logic on the matter at hand.

C. Contradicts previous definite "facts" that he has stated. (See the two below quotes as prime examples):

Quote #1:

Originally Posted by IndefinentBlu

The Complete Saga Will have the UOT.

I called it remember!!

Quote #2:

Originally Posted by IndefinentBlu

Lucas gave the fans the opportunity to see their beloved UOT during the 2004 dvd run.

That is all he will do.

Now Lucas will show us more of his vision come september the UOT is old news to him.

(Now comes the part where he will respond to this with some kind of sarcastic remark about how he really "deserved" this criticism, while simultaneously completely failing to address the fact that he blatantly contradicted himself... let alone try to provide an explanation for said contradiction).


Having said all of that...

Originally Posted by Jay444

Well, I think it would be rather naive to think he won't be releasing the UOT on blu ray. Sure, maybe it doesn't happen right away with this first release, but can you honestly rule it out entirely? If so, the odds are a bit against you.

Let's see, the UOT was released on Beta, VHS, LD and DVD. Hmmm. Its currently batting a thousand. Will it have the picture qaulity of the Special Editions? Probably not. But will it be released in some manner/shape/form on blu ray? Chances are good I would say. Just not happening in Sept.

I will say that it is up in the air as to whether or not the UOT will ever see a Blu-Ray release... at least a proper one, anyway. Lucas doesn't seem to want to put the effort into it. So, while there's no way to know for a fact one way or the other if this will ever happen, for once IndefinentBlu is making a statement that actually has some precedent to back it up... that being Lucas's dislike of the UOT (though it should be noted that his recent statement still contained characteristics A and C from the above list).

However, at the same time, Lucas did say that he was never going to release them again at all what-so-ever, and then we did get them as bonus discs in 2006, even if they were old non-anamorphic Laser Disc masters. So, the fact that he went back on this once leaves at least some ray of hope that something more could happen with the UOT in the future, so again, there's no way to be sure one way or the other.

If it were to happen (a proper hi-def mastering of the UOT), they most likely would at minimum be packaged with the newest editions of the movies in the same package, similar to the 2006 DVDs, but that would be okay. If they just get released at some point, I'll be happy.

Originally Posted by IndefinentBlu

IF he puts the UOT on blu than i could see him releasing it again.

This statement makes NO sense. And once again is completely lacking in logic. You could see him releasing it again if he puts it on Blu. Why would he even bother creating some kind of Blu-Ray of the UOT if he didn't intend to release it? That makes no sense at all. If he has no intention of releasing them, then he's not going to bother putting together a Blu-Ray disc of them.

Do you actually think any of these things through before you post them? Or do you just take the "1,000 monkeys at 1,000 typewriters" approach to posting?

Originally Posted by IndefinentBlu

As i have said before IF Lucas releases these again it will only be for each individual 3d release hence it will be a 2d/3d individual release.

Which you didn't start saying until AFTER I suggested this possibility. Before that, you were just so certain that there wouldn't be another release for at least a certain number of years no matter what after this fall's Blu-Ray release.

The reality is that he's going to do whatever he's going to do. Individual 3D/2D releases would make sense, and it is logical to figure them as a strong possibility. But we have no way of knowing for sure what will happen until it happens. Maybe he won't do it that way.... or maybe he will, but it could be in addition to other reconfigurations/repackings of the movies. We have no way of knowing for sure at this point.

[IndefinentBlu]

Originally Posted by Dynamo of Eternia

Oh, don't worry about that. He makes a lot of statements (and not just in this thread, but in many other threads as well) that come off sounding like "facts," each of which have at least one (though usually more) of the following characteristics:

A. He has no way of having any definite, factual knowledge of what he is saying.

B. Often times what he is saying completely goes against logic, common sense, and in some cases precedent set by previous similar situations (i.e. his whole arguement that there can't possibly be any re-releases/repackings of the SW movies on Blu-Ray for at least so many years after this fall's release, despite all of the variations that they had over roughly a 4 year period on DVD). So, he becomes really, REALLY certain about things that he not only has no factual knowledge of knowing one way or the other, but that actually contradict any and all reasonable logic on the matter at hand.

C. Contradicts previous definite "facts" that he has stated. (See the two below quotes as prime examples):

Quote #1:



Quote #2:



(Now comes the part where he will respond to this with some kind of sarcastic remark about how he really "deserved" this criticism, while simultaneously completely failing to address the fact that he blatantly contradicted himself... let alone try to provide an explanation for said contradiction).


Having said all of that...



I will say that it is up in the air as to whether or not the UOT will ever see a Blu-Ray release... at least a proper one, anyway. Lucas doesn't seem to want to put the effort into it. So, while there's no way to know for a fact one way or the other if this will ever happen, for once IndefinentBlu is making a statement that actually has some precedent to back it up... that being Lucas's dislike of the UOT (though it should be noted that his recent statement still contained characteristics A and C from the above list).

However, at the same time, Lucas did say that he was never going to release them again at all what-so-ever, and then we did get them as bonus discs in 2006, even if they were old non-anamorphic Laser Disc masters. So, the fact that he went back on this once leaves at least some ray of hope that something more could happen with the UOT in the future, so again, there's no way to be sure one way or the other.

If it were to happen (a proper hi-def mastering of the UOT), they most likely would at minimum be packaged with the newest editions of the movies in the same package, similar to the 2006 DVDs, but that would be okay. If they just get released at some point, I'll be happy.

I don't think Lucas cares to go through the timely costly and painstaking trouble of porting the UOT to blu.

IF he does a 2nd release of the blu than he probably will do it individually boxed together with the 3d versions.

[IndefinentBlu]

Originally Posted by Dynamo of Eternia

Oh, don't worry about that. He makes a lot of statements (and not just in this thread, but in many other threads as well) that come off sounding like "facts," each of which have at least one (though usually more) of the following characteristics:

A. He has no way of having any definite, factual knowledge of what he is saying.

B. Often times what he is saying completely goes against logic, common sense, and in some cases precedent set by previous similar situations (i.e. his whole arguement that there can't possibly be any re-releases/repackings of the SW movies on Blu-Ray for at least so many years after this fall's release, despite all of the variations that they had over roughly a 4 year period on DVD). So, he becomes really, REALLY certain about things that he not only has no factual knowledge of knowing one way or the other, but that actually contradict any and all reasonable logic on the matter at hand.

C. Contradicts previous definite "facts" that he has stated. (See the two below quotes as prime examples):

Quote #1:



Quote #2:



(Now comes the part where he will respond to this with some kind of sarcastic remark about how he really "deserved" this criticism, while simultaneously completely failing to address the fact that he blatantly contradicted himself... let alone try to provide an explanation for said contradiction).


Having said all of that...



I will say that it is up in the air as to whether or not the UOT will ever see a Blu-Ray release... at least a proper one, anyway. Lucas doesn't seem to want to put the effort into it. So, while there's no way to know for a fact one way or the other if this will ever happen, for once IndefinentBlu is making a statement that actually has some precedent to back it up... that being Lucas's dislike of the UOT (though it should be noted that his recent statement still contained characteristics A and C from the above list).

However, at the same time, Lucas did say that he was never going to release them again at all what-so-ever, and then we did get them as bonus discs in 2006, even if they were old non-anamorphic Laser Disc masters. So, the fact that he went back on this once leaves at least some ray of hope that something more could happen with the UOT in the future, so again, there's no way to be sure one way or the other.

If it were to happen (a proper hi-def mastering of the UOT), they most likely would at minimum be packaged with the newest editions of the movies in the same package, similar to the 2006 DVDs, but that would be okay. If they just get released at some point, I'll be happy.








This statement makes NO sense. And once again is completely lacking in logic. You could see him releasing it again if he puts it on Blu. Why would he even bother creating some kind of Blu-Ray of the UOT if he didn't intend to release it? That makes no sense at all. If he has no intention of releasing them, then he's not going to bother putting together a Blu-Ray disc of them.

Do you actually think any of these things through before you post them? Or do you just take the "1,000 monkey at 1,000 typewriters" approach to posting?

Lets be nice to each other okay

[IndefinentBlu]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

It seems somewhat fake to me.

Yeah it does look fake.

[kenkraly2004]

I whould hope the official official box artwork for the star wars blu-ray box set better than the temp / fake artwork. Hopefully by June around comic-con we will get more details on the blu-ray by then.