Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by chad_1138

Trying to figure out how to upload an image. Any help?

I'm using imageshack.

When you upload the image you can select the BBCode and just paste it her and it should come up.

Or, you can right click the image select copy image location, then come here hit new post then choose "insert image" at the top of the box you wright in and paste the link in to the box that pops up and hit ok.

[chad_1138]

Let's try this...

[DrChadman]

Originally Posted by Mahatma

Individual releases are just standard 3-disc BD case Nothing special,just the discs Jack,just the discs

Thats fine with me. I really want the boxset but those cardboard sleeves scare me!!! And I've been burned once before (Back to the Future Box Set)

[naturephoto1]

I bit the bullet and pre-ordered the complete saga from Amazon. I hope to have it on Friday.

Rich

[Blu Bull]

Originally Posted by chad_1138

Let's try this...

Missing the Gold Yoda Can, but the rest are all there with 3 extras.

[HandyDandy]

Originally Posted by alexroubaix

I was more upset about DNR and digital looking grain. My problem with the changes has to do with effects consistency. It's annoying to see a hodgepodge of old and new effects.

But this won't stop me from buying the set day one.

Neither will it stop me.

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by chad_1138

Let's try this...

One question on your rather impressive softdrink collection:Is there a picture of Terrence Stamp there?Was he in the PT?Must say I am impressed on that collection though.The weirdest I've seen yet

[miniroll32]

Just watched A New Hope.

I watched it twice actually; one all the way through with the audio ramped up, and another where I picked out scenes and looked at them in more detail.

Firstly, there are some changes that haven't been picked up on yet.

DEATH STAR

- When Han runs after the Stormtroopers and then intercepts the large 'platoon' of them in a room around the corner (the '97 edit), the sequence of him seeing the platoon, reacting and running backwards has been shortened by about 2 seconds, making his reaction more blunt.

- When Luke and Leia cross the 'gorge'/open via the grappling hook, their speech has new echo sound effects that arrive from the distance shots, making make the space seem more vast. A great change, in my honest opinion, and takes the scene further away from the 'studio' feel.

- A couple of minor edits between 'troopers and all the characters as they run back to the Falcon.

YAVIN

- A couple of sound cue edits, most notably before Luke makes his attack run (the fanfare as one of the pilots crashes is now more imminent, and not a delayed reaction to the crash).

- The colours within the cockpits are far brighter, and the control surfaces/buttons/graphics are much more vivid in colours. I can't vouch for the exact changes in colour shift, but they look far more engaging and alive.

There were a few more, but I forgot to write them down!

Overall however i'm mightily impressed. Sure, the film is very inconsistent in terms of its image quality... Grain is one minute fine, the next scene its smudgy... Some scenes look like they've had 4K scans on par with Alien, and others look like the 2K DVD scans.

Yet although a new full wack restoration job could have made this film look even better (and i'm absolutely convinced about this), for home presentation its absolutely fine.

The main difference is the colours... Wow! Don't trust the screen-caps and videos that we've been looking at for months - the film is a massive leap over the DVD's. They are no longer dark and crushed. The actors skin tones are naturally glowing and brown, and environments have detail that was lost on the DVD's. The computers/graphics in the cockpits just pop out like some Technicolor film. Its only marginally darker than the 'UOT'.

And then there's the sound... Unbelievable to say the least. Anyone who has a sub will be punching the air with joy once the Death Star blows up, thats how powerful it is. The music is lovely and high in the mix which i'm absolutely delighted with. Even the speech is crisp and could have been recorded yesterday.

The definition just leaps over any other release i've owned/heard. Restoring the soundtrack from those original elements has to be the best thing Lucasfilm has done in a long while!

You might be thinking that i'm getting carried away, but i'm really not. In terms of looks, the colours feel more like the 1997 edition which i'm totally satisfied with, and the new edits that i've found in no way alter the experience for the bad.

I'll be watching ESB tomorrow, so another report then

[HandyDandy]

Originally Posted by naturephoto1

I bit the bullet and per-ordered the complete saga from Amazon. I hope to have it on Friday.

Rich

Alright score one for the Fans..

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by DanzG

Maybe he was disappointed with the video quality because his version has 108p encodes instead of 1080p. I would be pretty down on them as well if that is what I was watching.

Yeah, I lost track of what the review was saying after a while, because all I could focus on was all the typos crying out for a good subbing. (Occupational habit, I'm afraid -- I sub-edit for a living. )

But really -- does no-one on the 'net even read the article they've written before uploading it?

[Mr. Joshua]

Originally Posted by andyman1970

+ 1,000,000,000 Anakin's whining totally ruined the whole Darth Vader methos for me. I was like "seriously??? the baddest mo fo in the universe is really just a whinny little mama's boy?"



I'd like to Beavis in Ep III standing next to Palpantine lighting a cigarette and going "fire, fire, fire!"

Yippie!!! That was my favorite Anakin line in Episode I....

[chad_1138]

Originally Posted by Mahatma

One question on your rather impressive softdrink collection:Is there a picture of Terrence Stamp there?Was he in the PT?Must say I am impressed on that collection though.The weirdest I've seen yet

Yes, he was the Chancellor in Episode 1.

Thanks for the comment btw

[Mr. Joshua]

Well, Lucas messed up the prequel. Here is what should have happened:

No Qui Gon Jin. Obi Won finds an older Anakin and starts to train him in Episode I. In Episode II Anakin turns to the dark side and actually hunts down all the Jedi and kills them. Episode III shows Vader and the Empire and whats going on with Luke and Obi and Leia and then we go to the original trilogy. Lucas just had to make a kiddie film. Screw the kiddies....

[Jay444]

Originally Posted by Mr. Joshua

Yippie!!! That was my favorite Anakin line in Episode I....

"That's so wizard!"

Hate the dialogue in the PT. Not that the OT was much better, but I mean..damn...lol

[DanzG]

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

Yeah, I lost track of what the review was saying after a while, because all I could focus on was all the typos crying out for a good subbing. (Occupational habit, I'm afraid -- I sub-edit for a living. )

But really -- does no-one on the 'net even read the article they've written before uploading it?

I was reading the review and just got to that part and had to say something, thought it was pretty funny but I am glad to see the video and audio get such a high review. I hope the great reviews keep coming.

bye the way i,ll not read this postt later or before i publihs it i find it extrmley insultin to read my own righting sense my righting is always perrfect

[Mr. Joshua]

Originally Posted by hobgoblin

One here at the Digital Fix (original trilogy only though).

This does not sound good. Old transfers? Lucas come on!!! I may not buy it now. Will see what blu-ray.com has to say....

[boxterduke]

Originally Posted by killermike2178

Here's why:
What if Obi-Wan had used Force Speed? - YouTube

That is so funny

[Monk360]

Alderaan shot first:

[nmycon]

Originally Posted by Mr. Joshua

This does not sound good. Old transfers? Lucas come on!!! I may not buy it now. Will see what blu-ray.com has to say....

We've known this for months...

[MrJoeKalel]

Watching this

[Show spoiler]

full size picture on my PC monitor gives me chills...imagine him (or it?) in front of you wielding FOUR lightsabers...

Originally Posted by Mr. Joshua

Well, Lucas messed up the prequel. Here is what should have happened:

No Qui Gon Jin. Obi Won finds an older Anakin and starts to train him in Episode I. In Episode II Anakin turns to the dark side and actually hunts down all the Jedi and kills them. Episode III shows Vader and the Empire and whats going on with Luke and Obi and Leia and then we go to the original trilogy. Lucas just had to make a kiddie film. Screw the kiddies....

It's Obi-Wan but I like your ideas, except for III...I think all that time would be 'awkward' to show on film. Maybe the TV series (if it ever comes out) will make it justice.