Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Bluyoda]

Originally Posted by skyofcrack

1st report from HTF.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/31...ands-on-report

CAN NOT WAIT!!!

Originally Posted by shelldweller

Don´t worry they will always take their time to bash and moan...

What makes you think what we saw in the clips weren´t BD snippets?

They sure will.

Because they were just typical promo clips. Surely no one ever thought the first trailer consisted of actual BD footage, right? Oh, for a moment I forgot it was SW we are talking about. My bad.

Originally Posted by Jason520C

I don't know about you guys, but the one change I really, really want is in ANH. Remember when all the Rebels were having the meeting before the Battle of Yavin with the Death Star plans and how to destroy it? Well those graphics haven't aged well...at all.

Maybe they finally re-did that? It would certainly make sense...maybe more than any other change.

Either way, if it wasn't touched I wouldn't be all upset about it. With HTF and Bill Hunt talking about the conference, I have A LOT of faith in this release. This is what we have been waiting for!

I agree, and would love to see that changed as well. It's still a possibility as of now.

Originally Posted by aiman04

Bill Hunt's report is up:

The Digital Bits - The 2011 Star Wars Saga Blu-rays - First Insights

Oh, today is just amazing. I put on some SW soundtracks while reading all the reports and catching up with this thread.

Originally Posted by Jumpman

Part II from Adam Gregorich from hometheaterforum.com:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/31...i-matthew-wood

Sounds VERY promising indeed!

Originally Posted by kenkraly2004

Good reports by both Bill Hunt over at the digital bits and by home theater forum with their report as well. Looking forward to September 16th and star wars the complete saga on blu-ray disc.

Really? I think nobody knew that. Wow, that's even more amazing news than the reports on the BD saga of today.

[Show spoiler]Just messing with you, Ken. Sorry, couldn't resist. WE all know you are excited, for you have said so about a million times already, and guess what: I am too!!!

Originally Posted by gallandro

+1. Well said, and I cannot for the life of me understand why people are jumping all over Bill Hunt and HTF. They are simply reporting what they saw and their intial impressions.

People complained that Lucasfilm was not being forthcoming with info about the discs and were not answering questions to people's satisfaction. Now they are providing a format to answer some of those questions and there are more complaints. The negativity surrounding this release is simply stunning. Lucas is damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't.

Yancy

Some people just don't have any respect. I really feel sorry for them, and I would have stopped it a long time ago. People can be such mo56ns.

Originally Posted by Bukax42

Wen all know that YouTube video even in 1080p is highly compressed, but it still shows how the new color timing and framing looks.

[Show spoiler]Here's little comparison between screenshots from DVD [top] and clip from YT [bottom]:

Originally Posted by shelldweller

So the CGI Yoda in the Phantom Menace is finally confirmed! Yay!

This looks remarkable! I am really psyched about seeing and hearing TPM on BD!!! I saw it 15 times in the theater back then, and it will always hold a special place in my heart.

Originally Posted by Beast

I would do the same thing for any Artist in any medium. From Mozart to Monet. From Shakespeare to Spielberg.

It's a sign of respect to them. When I use "Creator" in that way, it's in recognition of what they've done.

In Lucas' case, it's also fitting because he's a Universe Builder. Having created the entire Star Wars Universe.

Sure others have taken that Universe to play in and built things too. But it wouldn't exist without the original dreamer.

Beautiful post, Beast

Originally Posted by Cowboy

Thanks

WOW! This has got to be the FIRST positive post of yours in this entire thread!!!
Congratulations!

[Show spoiler]Please don't report me AGAIN, for having some innocent fun. I am proud of you, honestly.

Originally Posted by joliefan

Its gonna be in full 1080p what else do you want ??

They want everything and then more.

Lossless audio would be cool though. Oh, and we ARE getting it!
Naturally.

[unkie fester]

To many pages to look through does anyone know what the packageing will look like. And i dont mean cover art

[phansson]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

I was wondering when somebody was going to bring that up.


I will pick out a Star Wars related one shortly.



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That looks somewhat orange......

[goldenrod]

Originally Posted by unkie fester

To many pages to look through does anyone know what the packageing will look like. And i dont mean cover art

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/31...ands-on-report

[unkie fester]

Thanks i personal love the AA packageing so i will love this also

[Cook]

Having read Bill Hunt's report on TheDigitalBits I have to thank the sound design team for their hard work. As a fan it means alot to me that they listened to the complaints we had with the audio mix on the 2004 release. Thanks Team!

[kenkraly2004]

Yep a big thanks to skywalker sound and LFL for listening to the fans about the complaints we had with the audio mix on the 2004 release as well as the other complaints we had about the A/V issues from the 2004 dvd release.

[Moviefan2k4]

Since its both an audio and visual issue, I hope they either fixed Hayden's lips with the "more powerful" speech to Padme, or brought him in to record the original line.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

Since its both an audio and visual issue, I hope they either fixed Hayden's lips with the "more powerful" speech to Padme, or brought him in to record the original line.

I doubt they'll worry too much about that. A lot of major movies have mis-matched lips like that when they change lines in post.

[Cook]

Originally Posted by Beast

I doubt they'll worry too much about that. A lot of major movies have mis-matched lips like that when they change lines in post.

Yeah, this happens in films, and I didn't even realize this issue until someone pointed it out. In a lot of films if the person is standing where you can't see the whole face or mouth the words don't always match the mouth. Just a by-product of ADR sometimes.

[Jumpman]

Bill Hunt updated his morning report with this:

Then there's also the Documentaries disc that includes many new and vintage featurettes and documentaries. We've listed these before. [Editor's Note: We didn't look at any of this material on Friday - and frankly it's of less interest than the two Archives discs, which are where the real gems are to be found. Be advised that you may wish to hang on to your previous Star Wars DVDs - in addition to the new BDs - if you want to keep ALL the available extras, as many of the documentaries they offered are not contained in the Blu-ray Saga set. Lucasfilm's intention was to try to include as much all-new, not previously officially released material as possible rather than simply recycling previously released extras. Just so you know.] What's more, each film has two audio commentary tracks - the ones that were on the previous DVD release as well as an all-new commentary compiled from tons of vintage and archived interviews with the cast and crew. Finally, I'm assured that there are indeed a handful of "very fun" Easter eggs scattered throughout the set.

[Editor's Note: My belief is that the 2004 DVD negative scans of the Original Trilogy were produced at 2K resolution, which would roughly match the production resolution of the Prequel Trilogy. We also believe that Lowry Digital was involved in the Blu-ray production effort. When and if we're able to officially confirm this information, we'll let you know.]

[Editor's Note: The one other thing I'll say is that the Prequel Trilogy deleted scenes appear to be IN ADDITION to those that were included on the DVDs. So this seems to be all-new material for those films.]

[nmycon]

Originally Posted by Jumpman

[Editor's Note: ...the Prequel Trilogy deleted scenes appear to be IN ADDITION to those that were included on the DVDs.

There! Now everybody can quit complaining!

[Jumpman]

Not 100% confirmed but that would be nice if the deleted scenes from the Prequels DVDs got an HD upgrade in this set...if included.

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by Jumpman

...you may wish to hang on to your previous Star Wars DVDs - in addition to the new BDs - if you want to keep ALL the available extras...

Yeah, I'll probably ditch the film discs from the DVD sets, but I'll definitely be keeping the bonus discs. There's lots of great stuff on there, and I also have the "Musical Journey" DVD, that came with the "Sith" soundtrack.

[MerrickG]

So far Im pretty pleased with all we have been hearing htus far.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

Yeah, I'll probably ditch the film discs from the DVD sets, but I'll definitely be keeping the bonus discs. There's lots of great stuff on there, and I also have the "Musical Journey" DVD, that came with the "Sith" soundtrack.

I won't be ditching the film discs, but yeah... gotta hang onto those extras and bonus discs. And LDs. And so on.

I'm kinda glad they offered as much new stuff as possible. Rather than just slapping the previous extras on the Blu.

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by MerrickG

So far Im pretty pleased with all we have been hearing htus far.

RIGHT!

"So many positive waves...man"



Maybe we can finally say goodby to 'Lobster-Man' from 'A New Hope'.










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[Breather]

Originally Posted by Beast

I won't be ditching the film discs, but yeah... gotta hang onto those extras and bonus discs. And LDs. And so on.

I'm kinda glad they offered as much new stuff as possible. Rather than just slapping the previous extras on the Blu.

True. Although they could have given us all the new while porting over the old as the best of both worlds. We better hang onto everything if we want the past extras. As the news on this set sounds more and more encouraging by the day, I've come to accept the fact that I'll need to hang onto the DVD bonus discs and all my past material. It would have been really nice to have seen them put on a 10th BD to bring over the DVD bonus disc content for convenience and completion's sake, but I guess I can deal with that. A great idea that they decided to skip.

On the other hand, I still think they should have included "From Star Wars to Jedi" and even the bonus features from the three VHS/LD sets that contained them, as those never made it to DVD/BD. It would be nice to have them on a modern format and not just dvd-r's.

The 65min "From Star Wars to Jedi" could have fit in nicely in place of the 84min 501st doc.

[nathan_393]

Originally Posted by Beast

I won't be ditching the film discs, but yeah... gotta hang onto those extras and bonus discs. And LDs. And so on.

I'm kinda glad they offered as much new stuff as possible. Rather than just slapping the previous extras on the Blu.

I've been doing some math here, and I'd like to keep all four bonus discs from the past DVD releases with the current set (like many of you I'm sure).

King Kong (2005) and Star Wars are two releases that, for me, I just like collecting all the bonus feature stuff.* It feels like a waste, but if I can come up with a nifty package for each release, I'll be happy.

Are you guys just keeping the sets separate or are you making your own Trilogy sets and putting all the discs in two or three cases?

*I won't buy Laser Discs or VHSes, only because I don't have a LD player or VCR, but otherwise, whatever works.

[Beast]

I dunno. The 501st are some pretty interesting fellows. And they make some impressive costumes.

I'm just hoping they cover R2-KT in the documentary, since she earned her way into Star Wars history with Clone Wars.