Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Thomas Guycott

At some con panels questions are screened. I could easily see that happen at Celebration.

Good ol' corporate censorship at its finest.

[Blu-Ray73]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

Go back and watch the trailers for the OT and you'll see that they're quite similar. Substance implies revealing plot details. They're not going to do that 8 months before the film is released. That should be obvious to everyone considering the amount of secrecy on this thing. It's a teaser, not a trailer.

Frankly, I've always only been a moderate fan of Star Wars over the years (I saw them all theatrically), but I have to admit that the trailer leaves me kind of intrigued. I do want to know where they're going to take this story. Now if the film opens and got incredibly bad reviews, I probably wouldn't bother seeing it theatrically, but I have a feeling that this actually might be kind of decent, hopefully a lot better than all the comic book movies.

I'm absolutely not a Star Wars nerd and I'm no expert on all the arcane trivia. I couldn't care less about the different models of fighters, etc. But this preview tells me three things: a) there's still a battle going on, presumably between the former Empire and former Rebels or perhaps among new foes and potentially interesting new characters are fighting it; b) either Luke or Leia had a child who inherits the Force and it's going to be interesting to see who that is, how they use the Force and why it's necessary to use it; and c) Han and Chewie have been a way for a long time and it will be interesting to find out what they were doing and why they've come "home".

In addition, production values look good and different than what we've seen before.

So all that adds up to a potentially interesting movie, although I'm sure the prequel trailers looked interesting as well.

Re Han and Chewie i think that

[Show spoiler]they lose the Millenium Falcon and when hes they are home you can tell they are standing in it. So perhaps it get stolen and then finally recovered sometime during The Force Awakens

[Cook]

Originally Posted by Blu-Ray73

Re Han and Chewie i think that

[Show spoiler]they lose the Millenium Falcon and when hes they are home you can tell they are standing in it. So perhaps it get stolen and then finally recovered sometime during The Force Awakens

[Show spoiler]You're correct. Leaked info indicated that sometime after ROTJ Han and Chewie lost the Falcon somehow, and by the time of TFA they haven't had it for a while. So when they get it back it's a big moment for them.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by BillieCassin

They aren't ignoring them, but they are very definitely moving on from them (by going back, of course). I think it will be comparable to how the licensees were instructed last year to pull back from prequel/Clone Wars era - it's not eliminated, there still will be bits of it here and there, but overall, the focus is on the future of the original film content.

That's pretty much what I meant. I don't think they will ever "de-canonize" it like Fox did Origins: Wolverine, for example, but I do think they're not going to really indulge in any prequel nostalgia. I don't think we'll see cameos from any prequel characters or direct call-backs. So I think people who hate the prequels can safely pretend they don't exist.

Which is a shame in some sense, because I would like to see the better parts of the prequels maybe handled by new creative teams. An Ewan McGregor Obi-Wan film would be cool as hell in my opinion, for example.

[chadr108]

I'm getting the itch to finally pick up the Star Wars box set. Just curious, what is the lowest price that some of you have picked this up for? Looks like it's currently around $89. Assuming there will be deals for this late in the year with The Force Awakens coming out, but not sure if I want to wait that long....

[Angel Eyes]

Originally Posted by chadr108

I'm getting the itch to finally pick up the Star Wars box set. Just curious, what is the lowest price that some of you have picked this up for? Looks like it's currently around $89. Assuming there will be deals for this late in the year with The Force Awakens coming out, but not sure if I want to wait that long....

Go to the trade section guy has an extra sealed copy for 70.00

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by chadr108

I'm getting the itch to finally pick up the Star Wars box set. Just curious, what is the lowest price that some of you have picked this up for? Looks like it's currently around $89. Assuming there will be deals for this late in the year with The Force Awakens coming out, but not sure if I want to wait that long....

I picked up a new copy for $45 the day it came out and a used copy at a pawn shop for $29.99

[rickah88]

Looks like the new Andy Fairhurst tri-print will go up for order at Bottleneck on Tuesday!

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Which is a shame in some sense, because I would like to see the better parts of the prequels maybe handled by new creative teams. An Ewan McGregor Obi-Wan film would be cool as hell in my opinion, for example.

I think part of the success of the original SW trilogy was that we didn't know every-single-detail about the characters.
Now with the prequels and possible spinoffs which show the origins of each charcater, and with the sequels showing what happened to each character, that magic of the first films is going away..
That's why I am against any Star Wars film, series etc., apart from the original trilogy!

Thank heavens there is no prequel or sequel of E.T. (my favourite film)! (yet )
I don't want to know how is E.T.'s life on his planet, and what became of him afterwards, if he revisited Elliot etc. etc.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by chadr108

I'm getting the itch to finally pick up the Star Wars box set. Just curious, what is the lowest price that some of you have picked this up for? Looks like it's currently around $89. Assuming there will be deals for this late in the year with The Force Awakens coming out, but not sure if I want to wait that long....

Oh, I wouldn't do that if I were you.

There are rumblings of new 4k restorations that were performed recently on the original trilogy. Some are speculating that they could be the much anticipated original, uncut, un-monkeyed with theatrical versions to coincide with the new films.

I would LOVE for that to be true and that's the version I'd purchase in a heartbeat.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

I think part of the success of the original SW trilogy was that we didn't know every-single-detail about the characters.
Now with the prequels and possible spinoffs which show the origins of each charcater, and with the sequels showing what happened to each character, that magic of the first films is going away..
That's why I am against any Star Wars film, series etc., apart from the original trilogy!

Thank heavens there is no prequel or sequel of E.T. (my favourite film)! (yet )
I don't want to know how is E.T.'s life on his planet, and what became of him afterwards, if he revisited Elliot etc. etc.

Certain films lend themselves to long franchises and I think Star Wars is one of those. Generally I am not big on sequels at all, but with stuff like Star Wars, Star Trek, James Bond, Indiana Jones, etc. the stories themselves are set up for serialized storytelling.

[Angel Eyes]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

I think part of the success of the original SW trilogy was that we didn't know every-single-detail about the characters.
Now with the prequels and possible spinoffs which show the origins of each charcater, and with the sequels showing what happened to each character, that magic of the first films is going away..
That's why I am against any Star Wars film, series etc., apart from the original trilogy!

Thank heavens there is no prequel or sequel of E.T. (my favourite film)! (yet )
I don't want to know how is E.T.'s life on his planet, and what became of him afterwards, if he revisited Elliot etc. etc.

Most of the time less is more.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Angel Eyes

Most of the time less is more.

Try telling that to Hollywood nowadays.

They think MORE is MORE!!!!

[AaronSCH]

Originally Posted by chadr108

I'm getting the itch to finally pick up the Star Wars box set. Just curious, what is the lowest price that some of you have picked this up for? Looks like it's currently around $89. Assuming there will be deals for this late in the year with The Force Awakens coming out, but not sure if I want to wait that long....

I'm feelin' it too... but I'm gonna wait just a bit longer...there will no doubt be a re-release as the release date of the new film approaches. It will no doubt be a major part of the marketing. They've already released the digital versions is there any doubt a new Blu-ray set or the individual titles (I hope) are on the way as well?

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by AaronSCH

They've already released the digital versions is there any doubt a new Blu-ray set or the individual titles (I hope) are on the way as well?

I think there is no doubt we will see again Blurays of Star Wars this year.
The thing is:
Will they be the UOT or just a repackage?

If they release the UOT, I may as well go to see the 7th film at the cinema as a "thank you" (although I'm not interested in the least)!

[AaronSCH]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

...If they release the UOT, I may as well go to see the 7th film at the cinema as a "thank you" (although I'm not interested in the least)!

I don't believe you in the least You'll be on line with the rest of us regardless.

[Nocturnaloner]

Originally Posted by chadr108

what is the lowest price that some of you have picked this up for?

Picked it up used for $70 shipped on ebay.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by AaronSCH

I don't believe you in the least You'll be on line with the rest of us regardless.

What do you mean "on line"?
Online in the internet, or it's an expression?

[Brightstar]

With the new star wars trailer out i was wondring will we get another complete box set with all nine films in 2020 ?

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Brightstar

With the new star wars trailer out i was wondring will we get another complete box set with all nine films in 2020 ?

yes. And the UOT will still be unreleased!
(and we will be at around 5000-6000 pages in this thread wondering when it will be released.)