Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[PowellPressburger]

It would be nice to get really nice cover art etc.

I love the ALIEN set dearly but we got no sense of history of the original poster artwork for the films.

I hope LUCAS will finally celebrate the films and their history more so instead of just collecting another check. (This means the Original Trilogy Cuts and the 1997 Special Ed Cuts)

[Beast]

Hopefully it's just the latest versions of the films. I want the "Never Again Available On Home Video" to finally ring true.

[RYJAPE21]

The anticipation is killing me

[Batman1980]

I just hope George found a way to make most of his fans happy, I really don't care which cuts we get as long as it looks good.

[dudeabides38]

Would multiple versions of each film be possible via seamless branching? I know i'm just adding to the fire here. Hopefully this will be revealed in less than an hour now. Im getting giddy as a schoolboy!

[Beast]

Originally Posted by dudeabides38

Would multiple versions of each film be possible via seamless branching? I know i'm just adding to the fire here. Hopefully this will be revealed in less than an hour now. Im getting giddy as a schoolboy!

No. As has been noted a few pages back, seamless branching is pretty much impossible.

There's too many small changes throughout the films (replacing starfields, text, recompositing, redoing wipes, etc.) to do it.

[beanham22]

Originally Posted by dudeabides38

Would multiple versions of each film be possible via seamless branching? I know i'm just adding to the fire here. Hopefully this will be revealed in less than an hour now. Im getting giddy as a schoolboy!

Unless you want the addition in as well no, they could cut out the added scenes though.

[WorkShed]

Originally Posted by Beast

Hopefully it's just the latest versions of the films. I want the "Never Again Available On Home Video" to finally ring true.

Why? Why do you care so much to continually bash anyone who wants to have the original celebrated films?

I think by not releasing the original version it is a slight against the original artists that worked on the films. Look at the credits, there's far more people that worked on them than just Uncle George. By removing their work, generations will grow up without knowing what the films looked like back in the 1970s and 1980s unless they buy bootleg or keep their VCR or, even more unlikely, laser-disc player running (good luck).

Do you really hold such spite for any OOT enthusiast based on a marketing campaign in the early 1990s? That's ridiculous.

[I_Like_Movies]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

I really don't care which cuts we get as long as it looks good.

100% Agree

[Beast]

Originally Posted by WorkShed

Why? Why do you care so much to continually bash anyone who wants to have the original celebrated films?

I think by not releasing the original version it is a slight against the original artists that worked on the films. Look at the credits, there's far more people that worked on them than just Uncle George. By removing their work, generations will grow up without knowing what the films looked like back in the 1970s and 1980s unless they buy bootleg or keep their VCR or, even more unlikely, laser-disc player running (good luck).

Do you really hold such spite for any OOT enthusiast based on a marketing campaign in the early 1990s? That's ridiculous.

They were work for hire. And most of that work is still there on the screen.

Tweaking a few things, adding a few more ships, doesn't remove everything they contributed.

And there's no spite involved. There's some level of headshaking at the people who bash Lucas cause they feel entitled.

[dudeabides38]

Originally Posted by Beast

No. As has been noted a few pages back, seamless branching is pretty much impossible.

There's too many small changes throughout the films (replacing starfields, text, recompositing, redoing wipes, etc.) to do it.

Thanks! I'm sure this is the HOT BUTTON of discussion in this thread.

[dudeabides38]

Any guesses as to the title of this mega set?

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by Jumpman

I'm really wondering how many deleted scenes we'll get with the Prequels? From the scripts and knowing what they shot, there's still a lot left. I know we're getting stuff from the Original Trilogy but I'm more curious to see the other deleted material from the Prequels...like the scene between Obi-Wan and Padme in Episode III that's actually referenced in the film....

The one deleted/alternate scene from the prequels that I'm morbidly curious about is the original version of Anakin's turn. Lucas originally had him kneel before Palpatine when he revealed that he was Darth Sidious. Which makes even less sense than what ended up in the final cut. I'd still love to see it though.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by dudeabides38

Any guesses as to the title of this mega set?

Star Wars: The Complete Saga. At least from the press release picture that went out.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by dudeabides38

Thanks! I'm sure this is the HOT BUTTON of discussion in this thread.

Well I'm sure at least with the OT they could put 2 cuts of each movie on one disc and then put the special features on another disc. I don't recall differences between the cuts of the PT so they should be fine with 1 cut on each disc there.

[rickah88]

October 18, 2011!

Mark your calendars!

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Well I'm sure at least with the OT they could put 2 cuts of each movie on one disc and then put the special features on another disc. I don't recall differences between the cuts of the PT so they should be fine with 1 cut on each disc there.

There's not too many in the PT. Most of them would be in Phantom Menace. But I doubt Lucas would cram two versions of each film on a disc.

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace DVD Release

* Sebulba's subtitles during his enraged talk with Anakin originally read, "You won't walk away from this one, Skywalker... you slave scum!". For the DVD, "Skywalker" was removed from the subtitle, since Sebulba does not actually say Anakin's last name in the scene.
* Watto's celebratory cry of "Sebulba!" is removed.
* The podracing sequence is extended. Such enhancements include a scene with Anakin facing off with Gasgano, Anakin losing one of his engines, only to recover it, and more.
* The air taxi sequence is reincorporated.
* Orn Free Taa's human aides are replaced by Twi'leks.

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones DVD Release

* Several speeders were removed from a shot during the Bounty Hunter pursuit scene.
* New dialogue added to the scene where Anakin confesses to the Tusken slaughter.
* After Padmé falls out of the gunship on Geonosis, a clone trooper asks if she is all right. Her alert response of "Yes" has been changed to a more realistically groggy "Uh-huh."
* Anakin's mechanical hand now holds Padmé's hand during the closing wedding sequence (this was originally included in the DLP theatrical release of the film, but not in the 35 mm film version).
* During their duel on Kamino, a shot of Jango Fett headbutting Obi-Wan is removed from the UK version of the DVD.
* Jedi Coleman Trebor confronts Count Dooku on the lookout balcony during the battle of Geonosis. Trebor is instantly shot dead by Jango Fett. The following shot shows Jango twirling his blaster pistol before slotting it back into his holster. In the theatrical release, this was a solo shot of Jango, but the widescreen version of the DVD has Count Dooku in the foreground, smiling as Jango twirls his pistol.
* Moments before Mace Windu decapitates Jango Fett, sparks and a slight puff of smoke from Jango's jetpack can be seen, signifying that his jetpack malfunctioned.

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith DVD Release

* Despite Lucasfilm's official statement that there were absolutely no changes made to the theatrical version of the film, the November 1, 2005 DVD release of Revenge of the Sith had one slight change from the theatrical cut. In the scene where a shot transitions to Anakin crawling up the lava bank, the original theatrical release used a wipe effect from the shot of Obi-Wan and C-3PO in the cockpit of Padmé's ship leaving Mustafar to Anakin's mechanical hand grasping at the volcanic soil, whereas the DVD instead uses a straight cut from the Padmé's ship shot to that of Anakin.

[dudeabides38]

Originally Posted by Beast

Star Wars: The Complete Saga. At least from the press release picture that went out.

Decent if uninspired title. Now what scares me is the butchered/ schlocky photoshop version of cover art we will get now. Of course we could all be surprised and FINALLY get original/ unaltered artwork. We will see.......

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by rickah88

October 18, 2011!

Mark your calendars!

Source?

[minarets77]

Originally Posted by dudeabides38

Any guesses as to the title of this mega set?

Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Edit: too late. thread moving too fast.