Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[NYorker]

Originally Posted by chip75

It's not really nerve, the suckers don't have to buy anything they don't want to and personally I've come to accept that not every new release is aimed at me, they're aimed at new fans and to promote the franchise.

I only get annoyed when they release special-editions with new transfers months after the original release!

Are they new transfers? looks like the highlight is the new packaging, and a good part of the extras are commentaries, anyway.

Usually when a movie comes out with standard - to poor PQ/AQ, I believe that down the line there will always be another release (Gladiator is an example of the extreme). Sometimes in the next release the studio will even subtract something and reserve it for future editions.

Empire of Dreams, for example. If it can be converted to HD, I'm sure they're keeping it for another BD release, maybe even Ultra BD.

[Yungheat]

What time is pre order going to be up today and will Amazon have it

[svenge]

Originally Posted by NYorker

Are they new transfers? looks like the highlight is the new packaging, and a good part of the extras are commentaries, anyway.

All 9 discs from the 2011 set are being reused for this re-packaging. Zero additional content.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by Thomas Guycott

The Legacy EU decided after only eight years that he survived and escaped, so...

Books and comics never matter like movies do. If they ever revive him in the movies I'll be pretty annoyed. He died in that pit, end of story. A prequel would be fine.

[svenge]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Books and comics never matter like movies do. If they ever revive him in the movies I'll be pretty annoyed. He died in that pit, end of story. A prequel would be fine.

Haven't we learned our lesson regarding Star Wars and prequels yet?

[Arch Stanton]

Originally Posted by Thomas Guycott

The Legacy EU decided after only eight years that he survived and escaped, so...

I think anyone with a brain knows that stuff isn't in any way canonical.

[Nada]

Feels like this belongs here.































Now let's take a look at the OT.

Fon Davis, ILM Model Maker - Extended Interview - YouTube

[seannyd]

Originally Posted by Arch Stanton

I think anyone with a brain knows that stuff isn't in any way canonical.

Plus, in current canon, Darth Maul survived. He showed up in a bunch of Clone Wars episodes which the almighty gods of Lucasfilm have declared as canon. So there is precedent for seemingly dead characters to return. And Fett only fell into a pit. Maul was sliced in half. That's persistence.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Nada

Feels like this belongs here

It really doesn't, since no-one's discussing it here right now and it seems like you're just baiting people for the sake of it. But thanks for the spamming anyway.

[Blu-Benny]

What's up with all the random pix from both trilogies??

[Stinky-Dinkins]

Originally Posted by Nada

"How do I possibly make this movie worse than it already is?"

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by Stinky-Dinkins

"How do I possibly make this movie worse than it already is?"

[Illy Scorsese]

Originally Posted by Stinky-Dinkins

"How do I possibly make this movie worse than it already is?"

[chip75]

Originally Posted by NYorker

Usually when a movie comes out with standard - to poor PQ/AQ, I believe that down the line there will always be another release (Gladiator is an example of the extreme). Sometimes in the next release the studio will even subtract something and reserve it for future editions.

There's a good chance that there will be new releases with new transfers, but these aren't them.

The original trilogy are more or less the masters used for the DVDs, The Phantom Menace is the new transfer which was created for the Blu-ray (and the 3D release) and Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith will more or less always look the same as they were created in 1080p or 2K.

Star Wars isn't Gladiator, you just can't put out a new BD from a new scan or transfer because you cock-up the first encoding. You have to spend serious time and money on the thing. You have to create new effects and re-composite old ones, it's a mammoth task.

Adding Empire of Dreams in HD would have been a nice bonus disc. There are excerpts on Star Wars' YouTube channel. If they'd been really crafty they could have spread it out over six discs and made us buy the complete set (or worse a digital download code!), but I don't think Empire of Dreams' fans are the target audience for the Steelbook range.

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

What's up with all the random pix from both trilogies??

Nada is on a crusade to make everyone believe the prequels are the greatest movies ever conceived. Was basically told to piss off in the Episode VII thread by a moderator. Guess he is coming to infect this thread now.

[Vlad Draculi]

Originally Posted by wormraper

since the new script for episode VII isn't using the one from Lucas does that mean it isn't fan fiction? even though Lucas authorized the EU?

The novels are all fanfiction. They were written by fans and are set in Lucas' universe.

Personally, I think Disney made the right call by removing them officially because they aren't able to clog up their vision of the universe.

[iamsometal]

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by Nada

Feels like this belongs here.































Now let's take a look at the OT.













Fon Davis, ILM Model Maker - Extended Interview - YouTube

Yet the prequels still look like bad 90's - early 2000's video game cutscenes. Despite how beautiful any of the prequels' practical sets and miniatures were prior to Lucas and shooting crew showing up on set, nothing can fix how poorly written, acted, shot, directed and edited they were.

[WhySoBlu?]

If ever there was a thread that needed this video...

[Show spoiler]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BBhNkywMJY

Patton Oswalt is awesome.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by iamsometal

Yet the prequels still look like bad 90's - early 2000's video game cutscenes. Despite how beautiful any of the prequels' practical sets and miniatures were prior to Lucas and shooting crew showing up on set, nothing can fix how poorly written, acted, shot, directed and edited they were.

I'm not trying to start any PT-bashing, but I honestly think the CG holds up mostly fine. Even under the extra scrutiny of Blu-ray, I was surprised that aside from the some of the CG characters, it all holds up well. I dunno how people can compare it to 90s/videogame-style graphics, they might not be as good as today's VFX but I don't find them distracting.

[Barry the Nomad]

Had some fun in photoshop and made a TFA blu-ray case in the style of the reissues: