Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Hardback247]

Here's a nice series of Star Wars Blu-Ray covers that I use:

[GrouchoFan]

Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

Awesome job! They look great! I imagine you had to go through a lot of photos to locate appropriate images for those covers.

I'm not crazy about that image of Luke for "A New Hope." I have to imagine there's a better one out there....

I must concur. Mark Hamill still had his original nose in the first movie; that's definitely his post-accident nose on your cover.

But they're still about a thousand times better than anything I could do! I tip my lightsaber to you.

[kaden1108]

For those of you interested in a music only option.

Shawn Murphy and Leslie Ann Jones created a template that could be used for each Episode to add some consistency for both the stereo and 5.1 mixes.

This is from last year's remasters of the scores. Though it may not any proof of a music only option will be available on this. But the fact that they remastered 5.1 may be a good hint.

But if they do, let's just hope they put it on the disc and not make it a Digital exclusive.

HDtracks (click on the about album)

[octagon]

Originally Posted by CreasyBear

Source?

There are a lot of articles and references that talk about this stuff. This one is well-sourced and pretty comprehensive.

https://medium.com/@Oozer3993/george...i-c272563cc3ba

Originally Posted by bobbyh64

There’s a basic similarity I guess but I contend that they’re vastly different because in the ROTJ scene he’s reacting to threats made by Vader and the emperor whereas with Ben he reacted to something he saw that hasn’t happened yet and might not happen since no one can predict the future with certainty, which Luke knows since Yoda taught him that.

For me the relevant parallel is that in both cases he's reacting to potential threats to others. Luke was tempted twice in Palpatine's throne room to abandon his 'I won't fight you, father' approach. The first time was when he learned the Death Star was operation and Palpatine knew about the mission to deactivate the shield generator on the moon. The second was when Vader learned Leia was his daughter.

Luke's concerns for his own immediate physical well-being never caused him to lose control. It was threats to others. And in the case of Vader turning Leia it was a threat that might never come to pass.

That seems very similar to his reaction to his visions of Future Ben.

Originally Posted by bobbyh64

The part that bothers me is Luke igniting his saber while standing over a sleeping Ben in his hut. If it was merely a thought Luke had with no “briefest moment of pure instinct” then I’d be much more okay with it. But of course that would’ve resulted in a vastly different movie.

Yeah, I can kind of see that but I really like that TLJ didn't let Luke off the hook. It would have been very easy to come up with a way to have Luke feel responsible for losing Ben without him having anything to really feel bad about.

I like that the tortured hero actually has a legitimate reason to beat himself up.

As for wanting to kill somebody but not drawing a weapon being different from wanting to kill somebody and drawing but not using a weapon...eh, I dunno. It's a little different but it doesn't seem that different. Not in any 'is this in his character' sense anyway.

I can get why it would have been easier to take though. Even in Luke's version of the story he seemed like he was standing over Ben for like twenty minutes.

[stvn1974]

Ah Star Wars, where it is up to the fans to make things good.

You want to watch the films where they don't look and sound like garbage? The fans have your back.

You want cover art that doesn't look like it was put together by crack addicted test chimps? The fans have your back.

[Galactus123]

Originally Posted by madridista8700

Thought I’d share these here since a lot of folks are bashing the artwork of the upcoming re-releases.

I just finished these up and all are readily available to download on hirescovers.net I have 4K UHD versions of all as well, and will upload those once announced. This collection will also feature all of Clone Wars and Rebels, but probably not before the end of the year.

Those look great. One thing I'm not sure about is that purple color in Episode 3. The orange color from the ESB cover might work better.

[Arawn]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

Well I agree that a lot of the plot was taken from The Hidden Fortress (1958), but as far as characters* go, I believe the androids are the only direct correlation to characters in said film.

*****y princess who complains to her rescuers? Former general now turned lone samurai? Ring any bells?

[shinobipopcorn]

Originally Posted by Arawn

*****y princess who complains to her rescuers? Former general now turned lone samurai? Ring any bells?

Duel with former rival? (Although different outcome....)

[gumperman]

Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

Awesome job! They look great! I imagine you had to go through a lot of photos to locate appropriate images for those covers.

I'm not crazy about that image of Luke for "A New Hope." I have to imagine there's a better one out there. Also, the crop on the Vader photos looks a little strange. I like the idea of the bottom middle placement, which frames his helmet, but maybe don't crop it so closely.

Yeah, I don't believe that photo was even from A New Hope, it could be a marketing photo or something, because it is clearly Mark Hamill after his accident with his face looking different from A New Hope.

[steel_breeze]

So tonight I took 3 hours to examine THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, going back 'n' forth between the official 2011 Blu-rays and the Despecialized Edition to decide which cut I'd show my wife 'n' friends in the run-up to RISE OF SKYWALKER this November/December... and you know what? I discovered that on top of everything else wrong with the official 2011 Blu-rays (weird last-minute Lucas changes, magenta color grading, Lowry frozen grain)... on top of ALL THAT, the friggin' highlights aren't even within "legal" range. Crazy!

On my projector's waveform monitor, I'm seeing all the highlights topping out wayyy into the "whiter than white" zone, well over 100 IRE. Even double checked my player/projector combo by putting in the trusty Spears and Munsil disc, and it all checked out as perfectly calibrated. Cray-zee. I've now recorded into my database of color-grade changes that I need to lower my projector's contrast by 5 whenever I watch EMPIRE; will check JEDI next time I watch it, and I never ever ever watch the Special Edition of A NEW HOPE (opting instead for 4K77), so I don't give a damn about that.

Anyhoo... just thought if ANYone cared, it would be here.

And by the way: I'm actually gonna stick with Lucas' official 2011 version of EMPIRE, for all its abominations... just to avoid the weird compression issues and color fringing I'm seeing around the lightsabers in my DESPECIALIZED EDITIONS. Can't be distracted during those key moments, so I'll take all the other nonsense instead.

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by steel_breeze

So tonight I took 3 hours to examine THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

[SymbioticFunction]

It takes me 2 hours 7 minutes to examine The Empire Strikes Back.

(Unlike many folks, I don't mind the current blu-ray special edition cut).

[steel_breeze]

Originally Posted by SymbioticFunction

It takes me 2 hours 7 minutes to examine The Empire Strikes Back.

(Unlike many folks, I don't mind the current blu-ray special edition cut).

Ha... yeah, I went in with the idea that I was just going to watch the Despecialized Edition; actually watch it, no "examination" in mind... but little compression artifacts kept buggin' me, so I started watching large chunks of each (Despecialized then Official then Despecialized, etc.) to compare. Not so arduous, really, watching huge portions of one of my favorite flicks twice in one night. Really really loud. With a bit of whiskey to help the experiment. This wasn't exactly a clinical laboratory examination, lol.

I was surprised that for me the official release came out on top... at least as something I would show a group of friends and my wife, when we watch the whole Saga this fall in the run-up to RISE OF SKYWALKER. Granted, I do a lot of color grading in my projector to get the 2011 Blu-rays to look "correct" to my eyes... but once I do that adjustment, they're not terrible. Y'know... except for the horrendous frozen grain and the "alert my star destroyer to prepare for my arrival" nonsense. There's no color grading that can help THAT.

[Gold Ranger]

Ah ues, The Blu-ray of The Empire Strikes Back where Both is Blue!

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Hardback247

Here's a nice series of Star Wars Blu-Ray covers that I use:

My High School theater director was a brilliant man in the twilight of his life, directed on Broadway in the 40's, was only teaching to pay for his health care...we're talking about a guy so smart and educated, when he wanted to do Sophocles, he performed his own translation...yeah.

Anyway, he pulled no punches, so when actors would turn out in rehearsals in 3/4 or full back, he'd yell out, "Stop showing the audience your ass!"

I don't think he'd like these covers...not sure if Finn's stormtrooper ass is how I'd go with Force Awakens. Or the Falcon's ass with Solo. You've heard of full-front, these are all full-back. Some work. Some don't.

[stvn1974]

Is it just me or is that post by Hardback of his cover art murder on your device? It locks my computer up and I have to reboot both my phone and tablet because of it.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Ah ues, The Blu-ray of The Empire Strikes Back where Both is Blue!

Hoth IS supposed to be blue.

[bobbyh64]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

My High School theater director was a brilliant man in the twilight of his life, directed on Broadway in the 40's, was only teaching to pay for his health care...we're talking about a guy so smart and educated, when he wanted to do Sophocles, he performed his own translation...yeah.

Anyway, he pulled no punches, so when actors would turn out in rehearsals in 3/4 or full back, he'd yell out, "Stop showing the audience your ass!"

I don't think he'd like these covers...not sure if Finn's stormtrooper ass is how I'd go with Force Awakens. Or the Falcon's ass with Solo. You've heard of full-front, these are all full-back. Some work. Some don't.

I’m not a fan of those covers either. They look like stills from a third-person video game.

[jayman3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfGk...ature=youtu.be

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by jayman3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfGk...ature=youtu.be

Evidence to any actor out there that a reading of even a one syllable single word can be horribly wrong and incredibly right. I can't believe I'm just discovering this.