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Rincewind78 · 04-03-2011, 05:24 PM

well, I hope they make a better job of the packaging compared to the DVD counterparts.
Remember waiting for the release of the original trilogy DVDs (that silver boxset) only to find them to have extremely inferior packaging.
also I expected at least each film to have its own extra disc instead of what we got....something more special.

thought there would be something along the lines of the Alien Quadrilogy which was loaded with extras per movie.

Beast · 04-03-2011, 06:08 PM

Extremely inferior cases? How so? They were just your standard black plastic DVD cases.
Considering how much crying we see whenever one of the studios does something different, probably wise.

And yeah, while it would have been nice to see a bonus disc for each film, what we did get more than was satisfactory.

frogmort · 04-03-2011, 08:06 PM

I don't care what the packaging looks like, I will have The Complete Saga on day one. I might even request a couple of days off from work and have a big party.
I love all of the movies. They are not perfect, but it's just a movie

. I really enjoy them, I don't sit down and analyze the hell out of them.
I am 40 years old and first saw Star Wars when I was 7 years old, and I would say it was definitely a major sign post in my life. There are pretty much three defining things like that for me:
First seeing Star Wars (7yrs.)
First hearing Rush:Moving Pictures (11yrs.)(I'm a drummer)
First reading The Lord of the Rings (approx 12-14yrs)
These were life defining things to me, but even with the things GL has changed, I still have very fond memories from my childhood(do not feel raped), and I still enjoy them all immensely to this day.
In a weird kind of way, I'm actually a little excited to see if there any new changes that have been made to them.
I love Star Wars, flaws and all!

chip75 · 04-03-2011, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by frogmort

I love Star Wars, flaws and all!

Shouldn't a frog love them warts and all, not flaws and all?

I hope we see new versions of all the films especially the prequels, George Lucas can edit some stuff out and put some of the excised stuff back in. Like Ridley did with Alien he made it shorter not longer.

frogmort · 04-03-2011, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by chip75

Shouldn't a frog love them warts and all, not flaws and all?

I hope we see new versions of all the films especially the prequels, George Lucas can edit some stuff out and put some of the excised stuff back in. Like Ridley did with Alien he made it shorter not longer.

Touche!

chip75 · 04-03-2011, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Beast

Extremely inferior cases? How so? They were just your standard black plastic DVD cases.
Considering how much crying we see whenever one of the studios does something different, probably wise.

And yeah, while it would have been nice to see a bonus disc for each film, what we did get more than was satisfactory.

What I didn't understand is that the silver and gold represented widescreen and pan and scan. The PT's came in gold then they released the OT in silver. Confused the heck out of me!

The package was pretty decent, double slipcase and four Amaray's. Compared to the piece of crap cardboard cases for the VHS it was a vast improvement. But you guys had to put up with cardboard VHS cases a lot more than us Brits!

Rincewind78 · 04-03-2011, 10:07 PM

I guess I hate amaray cases when it comes to packs of multiple movies. prefer it in a digipack or something.
but thats just me!

frogmort · 04-03-2011, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rincewind78

I guess I hate amaray cases when it comes to packs of multiple movies. prefer it in a digipack or something.
but thats just me!

I am the exact opposite, but to each their own!

Dynamo of Eternia · 04-03-2011, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by chip75

What I didn't understand is that the silver and gold represented widescreen and pan and scan. The PT's came in gold then they released the OT in silver. Confused the heck out of me!

The package was pretty decent, double slipcase and four Amaray's. Compared to the piece of crap cardboard cases for the VHS it was a vast improvement. But you guys had to put up with cardboard VHS cases a lot more than us Brits!

Yeah, the coloring annoyed me, too. The original OT box sets came in Silver for Widescreen and Gold for Pan & Scan. The prequels were gold for Widescreen, and for Pan & Scan the bars at the top and bottom of the front of the package (where is said 'Fullscreen' and down where it had the THX info) were blue, with the lettering of the titles and on the spine still being in gold.

When they released the OT movies individually and included the original version bonus discs, the coloring matched that of the PT movies. What's sad is that as excited as I was to finally have the OT on DVD (as much as it sucks that they weren't anamorphic or remastered, considering that I only had pan & scan VHS tapes of those movies, it was still nice to get it), part of what excited me was the fact that when lined up on the shelf next to the PT, all of the movies would have a consistent color scheme.

I even went out of my way to separately buy the bonus disc from the fullscreen version of the OT box set from a 3rd party seller on Amazon just to get the packaging in gold to match up with the rest of it (the disc is formatted the same... they didn't make separate full and wide screen versions of it, they just changed the coloring of the packaging to match whichever version it was coming with). I also have the "Story of Star Wars" bonus disc (which is in a separate DVD case) that came exclusively with Episode III at Wal-Mart when it was first released.

Yes, I'm a dork when it comes to packaging!

I do hope that the packaging for the Saga Blu-Ray set is more or less like the first DVD release of the OT packaging in terms of each movie getting it's own individual case inside of a slip box. They could just put the bonus discs in a 3-disc Blu-Ray case or something like that. Even though I like slip cases, I do like having each movie individually represented on the shelf. I HATE digipack packaging for movie series for this reason. I also hate digipack packaging in general just because when you get into sets of 5, 6, or more discs, it just becomes a royal pain to unfold everything just to get to a disc.... so I don't even care for it for TV show season sets (even though for those sets I don't need each disc represented separately since I count a season as one thing).

Geoff D · 04-04-2011, 12:06 AM

I felt so relieved when I got all six movies on DVD lined up on my shelf with the gold lettering. That silver/gold thing bugged the hell out of me too!

Never went as far as getting the gold letter version of the extras disc, but now that you mention it...

shelldweller · 04-04-2011, 12:20 PM

Maybe we´ll see the packaging in the next Star Wars Insider Issue...
When does it come out again?

P@t_Mtl · 04-04-2011, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by shelldweller

Maybe we´ll see the packaging in the next Star Wars Insider Issue...
When does it come out again?

I just got my copy of the new one last week, so I think next one will be in late June

chip75 · 04-04-2011, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff D

I felt so relieved when I got all six movies on DVD lined up on my shelf with the gold lettering. That silver/gold thing bugged the hell out of me too!

Never went as far as getting the gold letter version of the extras disc, but now that you mention it...

So you bought the LE DVD's of the OT's? Did you already have the silver boxset Trilogy?

I had the 6 disc 6 set for the OT last Christmas and it's still silver. It's seems the only way you can get the silver is by getting the individual movies!

Bluyoda · 04-04-2011, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I just got my copy of the new one last week, so I think next one will be in late June

Is this the one with the article about the upcoming BD set?????????

If so, then please share details with us, but probably not, or else you would have told us already.

P@t_Mtl · 04-04-2011, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluyoda

Is this the one with the article about the upcoming BD set?????????

If so, then please share details with us, but probably not, or else you would have told us already.

I haven't read it all just yet and mostly scan it. I don't believe there will be any mention on the Bu-ray release in this one. I will chekc and let you guys know if I see anything

shelldweller · 04-04-2011, 05:30 PM

The issue Bluyoda is referring to is #125... I thought it comes out end of April?
It´s the one with Yoda on the cover.

P@t_Mtl · 04-04-2011, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by shelldweller

The issue Bluyoda is referring to is #125... I thought it comes out end of April?
It´s the one with Yoda on the cover.

I will check the copy when I get home and see what I got in there

shelldweller · 04-04-2011, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I will check the copy when I get home and see what I got in there

Thanks!

Geoff D · 04-04-2011, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by chip75

So you bought the LE DVD's of the OT's? Did you already have the silver boxset Trilogy?

I had the 6 disc 6 set for the OT last Christmas and it's still silver. It's seems the only way you can get the silver is by getting the individual movies!

Yep, I had the silver OT boxset. I bought the separate LEs when they came out to match the gold spines of the prequels. Sold the silver spine versions. Still got the silver trilogy box itself and the bonus disc.

shelldweller · 04-04-2011, 07:56 PM

What Lucas said in THIS discussion is that they never got the CGI Yoda to really work in 2D. Here´s the quote: "... We could never get Yoda to look right in that digital space in 2D. Once you saw him 3D it became real."

Now does this speak for or against further enhancements in the Blu-Ray editions?

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04-03-2011, 06:08 PM	#11502
Beast Blu-ray Champion Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:376 Blu-ray reviews:3	Extremely inferior cases? How so? They were just your standard black plastic DVD cases. Considering how much crying we see whenever one of the studios does something different, probably wise. And yeah, while it would have been nice to see a bonus disc for each film, what we did get more than was satisfactory. Last edited by Beast; 04-03-2011 at 06:10 PM.

04-03-2011, 08:06 PM	#11503
frogmort Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Frogmorton Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews:27	I don't care what the packaging looks like, I will have The Complete Saga on day one. I might even request a couple of days off from work and have a big party. I love all of the movies. They are not perfect, but it's just a movie. I really enjoy them, I don't sit down and analyze the hell out of them. I am 40 years old and first saw Star Wars when I was 7 years old, and I would say it was definitely a major sign post in my life. There are pretty much three defining things like that for me: First seeing Star Wars (7yrs.) First hearing Rush:Moving Pictures (11yrs.)(I'm a drummer) First reading The Lord of the Rings (approx 12-14yrs) These were life defining things to me, but even with the things GL has changed, I still have very fond memories from my childhood(do not feel raped), and I still enjoy them all immensely to this day. In a weird kind of way, I'm actually a little excited to see if there any new changes that have been made to them. I love Star Wars, flaws and all!

04-04-2011, 05:30 PM	#11516
shelldweller Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Blu-ray collection:73	The issue Bluyoda is referring to is #125... I thought it comes out end of April? It´s the one with Yoda on the cover. Last edited by shelldweller; 04-04-2011 at 05:35 PM.

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04-03-2011, 05:24 PM	#11501
Rincewind78 Senior Member Member since:Jan 2011 Location:Edinburgh, Scotland 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:327 DVD collection:509	well, I hope they make a better job of the packaging compared to the DVD counterparts. Remember waiting for the release of the original trilogy DVDs (that silver boxset) only to find them to have extremely inferior packaging. also I expected at least each film to have its own extra disc instead of what we got....something more special. thought there would be something along the lines of the Alien Quadrilogy which was loaded with extras per movie.

04-03-2011, 10:07 PM	#11507
Rincewind78 Senior Member Member since:Jan 2011 Location:Edinburgh, Scotland 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:327 DVD collection:509	I guess I hate amaray cases when it comes to packs of multiple movies. prefer it in a digipack or something. but thats just me!

04-04-2011, 12:06 AM	#11510
Geoff D Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Swanage, Engerland 4K collection:1348 Blu-ray collection:2525 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:33	I felt so relieved when I got all six movies on DVD lined up on my shelf with the gold lettering. That silver/gold thing bugged the hell out of me too! Never went as far as getting the gold letter version of the extras disc, but now that you mention it...

04-04-2011, 12:20 PM	#11511
shelldweller Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Blu-ray collection:73	Maybe we´ll see the packaging in the next Star Wars Insider Issue... When does it come out again?

04-04-2011, 07:56 PM	#11520
shelldweller Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Blu-ray collection:73	What Lucas said in THIS discussion is that they never got the CGI Yoda to really work in 2D. Here´s the quote: "... We could never get Yoda to look right in that digital space in 2D. Once you saw him 3D it became real." Now does this speak for or against further enhancements in the Blu-Ray editions?

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