Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[retablo]

Originally Posted by Reference_head

I canceled my order and then reordered it at the 79 price done deal

Again, no need.


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[DarkDune]

Originally Posted by hitmanhart408

just pre ordered on amazon for 79.99. Will be delivered on release day. totally excited.

Shouldn't Amazon re-adjust your order price if it goes lower before it ships?!?!

Why are some people cancelling and re-ordering?

[DarkDune]

OK!

This is one trench run change I am debating the value of, but it's making me hungry!

LOL

[Sasy18]

I think ANH and ROTS look look the best picture wise. A new hope has those outside shots in the dessert that look amazing. ROTS has really vivid colors and nice sharpness. The other movies look alright. I think attack of the clones looks the worst for some reason.

[Indyjones]

Originally Posted by PixarPerfect

i preordered at best buy, if i bring a target ad will they price match the preorder?

BB dropped the price of the Saga set to $79.99 on their site, so you probably don't need the Target ad. Just have them match their own price. Walmart dropped their price to $79.99 as well.

[beckmen]

Originally Posted by DarkDune

Shouldn't Amazon re-adjust your order price if it goes lower before it ships?!?!

Why are some people cancelling and re-ordering?

I'd be afraid of getting slapped with a backorder, quite frankly. It's their policy to charge you lowest price on their site between the time you pre-ordered it and the time it ships out (the pre-order price guarantee), so people should be fine.

Originally Posted by Sasy18

I think ANH and ROTS look look the best picture wise. A new hope has those outside shots in the dessert that look amazing. ROTS has really vivid colors and nice sharpness. The other movies look alright. I think attack of the clones looks the worst for some reason.

It was shot on a somewhat early HD video camera, when the technology wasn't quite 'there' for replicating film-like quality. I expect to see a lot of noise, a general lack of sharpness, etc. I actually disliked HD video cameras until the RED came along and raised the bar.

[Fenny]

Originally Posted by beckmen

I'd be afraid of getting slapped with a backorder, quite frankly. It's their policy to charge you lowest price on their site between the time you pre-ordered it and the time it ships out (the pre-order price guarantee), so people should be fine.

Doubt there will be a back order with all the people canceling

[DanzG]

Originally Posted by Fenny

Doubt there will be a back order with all the people canceling

I really doubt that many people are actually cancelling as they say they are.

[NYorker]

Originally Posted by koreyman

I believe that They're HIS FILMS.Yes, yes, they're an important part of pop culture and they mean something to all of us, but the bizarre sense of entitlement leading some fans to demonize Lucas for never being satisfied with his cinematic children is beyond me.They're HIS films. He can play with them all he wants until he's satisfied...heck, even if he's never satisfied. It's his universe; the audience just gets to visit it now and then.I don't need to preserve the Star Wars films; that childhood wonder lives on in my memory. And I will never be seven again, but as long as Lucas keeps Star Wars alive and keeps updating it to make it palatable to future generations, new seven year olds will keep falling in love with it. And THAT is the goal...not treating as sacred the memories of a graying fandom.They're HIS FILMS.

Did Kubrik go back and make constant changes to 2001?
Did Coppola go back and make changes to The Godfather?
Did Spielberg make changes to Jaws, or Jurassic Park...?

No.

A film is not a software or Madden game that needs to be updated all the time...

There are lots of ways Gl could have kept it "palatable" for new generations. The fact that he continues to do what he does tells me that he's a businessman first and a filmmaker second. Because no filmmaker in their right mind would endlessly revise their creation - without at least offering the original to the fans who helped make the film what it is today.

[CodyCourtBlack2]

Originally Posted by danzg

i really doubt that many people are actually cancelling as they say they are.

jynx

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by Fenny

Doubt there will be a back order with all the people canceling

Yeah, but even Amazon must have a limit on the number of copies it's holding in stock at any one time, and also the packed ones ready to ship. I would assume that the people cancelling and re-ordering are really only slipping themselves further down the queue.

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by NYorker

Did Spielberg make changes to Jaws, or Jurassic Park...?

To be fair, we don't know the answer to that question yet.

He did make changes to E.T, of course. (And I wonder which version we'll get when that finally turns Blu. Or will we get both?)

There are lots of ways Gl could have kept it "palatable" for new generations. The fact that he continues to do what he does tells me that he's a businessman first and a filmmaker second. Because no filmmaker in their right mind would endlessly revise their creation - without at least offering the original to the fans who helped make the film what it is today.

Sadly, I think this is true.

[DarkDune]

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

To be fair, we don't know the answer to that question yet.

He did make changes to E.T, of course. (And I wonder which version we'll get when that finally turns Blu. Or will we get both?)



Sadly, I think this is true.

George Lucas was a film editor before directing film. We are doomed to endure more changes for years to come!

LOL

[JoshKelhoffer]

Originally Posted by NYorker

Did Kubrik go back and make constant changes to 2001?

Well, actually he did. He made some removals while the film was in theaters. He did the same to The Shining, which at one point was screening with an epilogue at a hospital.

A more valid argument isn't that Lucas made changes at all, but that the changes he made are just outlandishly silly.

"Mos Eisely spaceport, where you will never find a more wretched hide of scum and villainy..etc..etc.." CUT TO Shot of a droid mocking another droid, cartoonishly like a child, and getting slammed like a Hannah-Barbara character. It would have made more sense to add, you know, actual scum to Mos Eisely, which is even mostly missing from the original version of them.

[elliotroad]

Originally Posted by NYorker

Did Kubrik go back and make constant changes to 2001?
Did Coppola go back and make changes to The Godfather?
Did Spielberg make changes to Jaws, or Jurassic Park...?

No.

A film is not a software or Madden game that needs to be updated all the time...

There are lots of ways Gl could have kept it "palatable" for new generations. The fact that he continues to do what he does tells me that he's a businessman first and a filmmaker second. Because no filmmaker in their right mind would endlessly revise their creation - without at least offering the original to the fans who helped make the film what it is today.

While I definitely respect your opinion on this, I have to say that I feel the same way about this. These are George's films. None of the movies you mentioned above have had a 10th of the success Star Wars has had. Besides, Star Wars is bigger than just the movies themselves, its a massive industry of its own, that has spawned games, toys, conventions, and more. Last time I checked Godfather didn't have a rabid fanboy following, no one would give a crap if Coppola changed anything in those movies, if he could make one change it would be to have never made Godfather Pt. 3, lol. George is simply updating Star Wars for the sake of preserving the films and making them applicable for future generations. I am sorry, but you will NEVER see the "original" versions again, except on DVD, VHS, and LD.

This conversation is getting tiresome and old. Give it up folks. Keep the versions you have of the "old" films, as you will never see them on Blu-Ray or the next medium. Case closed, move on please!

[Spikey]

i was at the local Jb Hi Fi and they were showing the return of the jedi on blu ray not out here yet in Australia, but it looked very sharp way better than the dvds

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

You know, I quite like the Complete Saga artwork. :/

I've always really liked that poster, though. It's the first Star Wars poster I ever saw, and it holds all the nostalgic memories for me -- regardless of how Frazetta-ish people think the representation of Luke and Leia might be.

If that had been the box art, I would have had no problem with it. The art they actually chose, I feel no personal resonance with at all.

[-RONIN-]

Originally Posted by NYorker

Did Kubrik go back and make constant changes to 2001?
Did Coppola go back and make changes to The Godfather?
Did Spielberg make changes to Jaws, or Jurassic Park...?

No.

A film is not a software or Madden game that needs to be updated all the time...

There are lots of ways Gl could have kept it "palatable" for new generations. The fact that he continues to do what he does tells me that he's a businessman first and a filmmaker second. Because no filmmaker in their right mind would endlessly revise their creation - without at least offering the original to the fans who helped make the film what it is today.

[The Wizard]

I'm sure this has been covered, but couldn't find the info easily...so here goes.

In the first post, it states that the UK version is region free. When I click the link, Amazon UK says it's region B/2.

Did something change since it was originally posted?

I like the UK version better since each disk has it's own place to snap into, and won't get damaged/scratched like the North American version where you have to slide the disc into it's slit.

Thoughts?

[Merlinpants]

Originally Posted by The Wizard

I'm sure this has been covered, but couldn't find the info easily...so here goes.

In the first post, it states that the UK version is region free. When I click the link, Amazon UK says it's region B/2.

Did something change since it was originally posted?

I like the UK version better since each disk has it's own place to snap into, and won't get damaged/scratched like the North American version where you have to slide the disc into it's slit.

Thoughts?

Amazon is wrong. I have the Uk set and it is region ABC.