Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[WorkShed]

Originally Posted by Beast

I don't recall Obi-Wan dangling over a bottomless pit and leaping up and over Anakin's head and cutting him in half.

Flip the two.

[beanham22]

Originally Posted by WorkShed

It's just that it's the exact same move. It didn't make sense to me in the film and it made less sense after III. It's not like Maul just got a saber, he obviously knew what he was doing when he tangled with two Jedi Masters (Obi-Wan became a master hours after this fight, it's not like he suddenly became better when he received the title) and actually managed to kill one of them. I never saw Maul act cocky. He acted like a trained fighter.

He was promoted to the rank of Knight after the battle.

He wasn't a Master until into the Clone Wars I believe.

My point was that with Anakin he was far more experienced.

With Maul vs Obi-Wan they were both Padawans basically and lacked experience.

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by simon_hrdng

It's the versions with the scenes and new CGI added in.

I guess I'll have to wait for Adywan's versions of Empire and Return to come out then if I want a Hi-Def transfer of the unedited OT.

[beanham22]

Originally Posted by WorkShed

WHAT?! How dare you say that. I hate you!

lol The Harrison Ford comments were getting to me

even if it is mostly true.

[Wyndam]

Can't believe this is only $90. So happy.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by WorkShed

Flip the two.

I don't recall Anakin dangling over a bottomless pit either. Or cutting Obi-Wan in half. Well, until ANH.

It's a fight with lightsabers, of course there are similarities.

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by aherron

...
It's Lucas' hope that 3-D television will be common enough by the end of the Star Wars 3D theater run that a 3-D DVD format of the films will be financially viable and practical....

Please God no.

[Uxi]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

I guess I'll have to wait for Adywan's versions of Empire and Return to come out then if I want a Hi-Def transfer of the unedited OT.

You already said that. And you will. And it will still be inferior to the quality of the real set.

[Uxi]

Heh, just noticed this note on IMDB in the Trivia for Attack of the Clones:

"This is the first "Star Wars" film in which Yoda (Frank Oz) is entirely computer-generated. After tests to see if a CG Yoda was possible failed during pre-production of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Rob Coleman and his team came back three years later and presented a reel to George Lucas showing him a CG Yoda performing the scene in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) where he explains the nature of the Force to Luke Skywalker. Lucas was impressed and decided the technology was right for a CG Yoda."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121765/trivia?tr0659745

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Stinky-Dinkins

Agreed.

Flaws like Darth Vader's red lightsaber always bothered me, as did Luke's staying one consistent color throughout the first film. Also the lack of really out-of-place and poorly done CGI creatures occasionally blocking the frame used to rub me the wrong way but we can color that problem fixed. I wish Hayden was in the OT more often. Talk about PRESENCE man!

Presence.

I laughed. This is a shining example of sarcasm done correctly.

[Alpha]

Originally Posted by N8DOGG

Trailer for the Blu-ray release!

http://www.starwars.com/video/view/001175.html

Now that's a trailer!

Pre-ordered on Amazon, but is there ANY chance that there will be store exclusives or collector's editions?

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Alpha

Now that's a trailer!

Pre-ordered on Amazon, but is there ANY chance that there will be store exclusives or collector's editions?

There wasn't for the DVD sets. Well, Wal-Mart had some action figure sets.

[neo_reloaded]

Originally Posted by Beast

I don't recall Anakin dangling over a bottomless pit either. Or cutting Obi-Wan in half. Well, until ANH.

It's a fight with lightsabers, of course there are similarities.

This is probably pointless, but we'll give this one more try....

In Episode I - Obi-Wan is dangling over the pit, and Darth Maul has "the higher ground." Yet Obi-Wan is able to leap over him and cut him in half before Maul can even react. The person with the higher ground loses.

In Episode III - Anakin is on the lava raft, and Obi-Wan warns him not to attack further since Obi-Wan has "the higher ground." When Anakin ignores him and attacks anyway, he is cut down with ease and loses 3 limbs. His takedown is performed so trivially, it makes Anakin look foolish for ignoring the "higher ground" warning. The person with the higher ground wins.

The original point someone was trying to make is that Episode III's ending makes having the higher ground out to be something very important, when in Episode I it was Darth Maul who had the higher ground and he was still defeated. If we consider this in a real-world setting, it's obvious that having the higher ground does not ensure victory, and the outcome of the battle depends on the participants' various skill levels. But in a movie heavy on symbolism and references to previous films (there are dozens of instances of things in the prequels being direct re-stagings of scenes from the original trilogy), it seems like an odd dramatic choice. If Obi-Wan had never mentioned the higher ground, and just warned him with some other threat, this would never come up. But the higher ground warning seems silly by itself, nevermind when compared with the resolution of Episode I's big fight.

Regardless of whether you agree with the point, do you at least SEE what the point was?

[popeflick]

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

Regardless of whether you agree with the point, do you at least SEE what the point was?

I do - when in a lightsaber fight run for a staircase and get to the top.

You win.

[DaleDark]

I'm wondering if I'm alone in this thinking? While some of the changes to IV and VI in the SE run the table between meh and horrible (I'm not gonna go point by point as my complaints mirror those which have been discussed numerous times on countless threads), I actually really like what they did w/ Empire. Most of the added cg is fairly unnoticable (mainly cuz they were digital mattes which opened up Cloud City), and save for the Wampa scene, and the Vader leaving Cloud City/arriving on the Super Star Destroyer nothing has been added. Even the Special Special Edition doesn't bother me w/ the replacing the original Emperor and Boba Fett's voice. Maybe its because Empire is my favorite, that I'm more forgiving?

[Alpha]

Originally Posted by Beast

There wasn't for the DVD sets. Well, Wal-Mart had some action figure sets.

DVD didn't have A LOT of things, lol.

[Kryptonic]

Pre-ordered!

[jja]

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

Regardless of whether you agree with the point, do you at least SEE what the point was?

it's a TRAP!

[Darthvong]

[Uxi]

Originally Posted by popeflick

I do - when in a lightsaber fight run for a staircase and get to the top.

You win.

Only if you're Obi-wan.

or

Unless you're Darth Maul.