Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Moviefan2k4]

Taking a cue from a "Scream" cover I saw in the "Custom Cover Art" thread, I came up with this in about 5 minutes. Would any of you be interested in seeing a full cover, based on such a design?

[dcowboy7]

I dont like crooked script.

Looks like it was too big & so it was angled into the cover.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

Taking a cue from a "Scream" cover I saw in the "Custom Cover Art" thread, I came up with this in about 5 minutes. Would any of you be interested in seeing a full cover, based on such a design?

No. It's boring. And not really anything new. Which is why I like the cover art we're getting.

It's a real breath of fresh air.

[Strevlac]

Originally Posted by Beast

No. It's boring. And not really anything new. Which is why I like the cover art we're getting.

It's a real breath of fresh air.

The problem with the art for the blurays is not that it's new. The problem is that it sucks.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by miniroll32

I want the film looking how I saw it at the cinema, not dark 'bluey'.

Unlikely you'd remember the color timing in the cinema.

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by Strevlac

The problem with the art for the blurays is not that it's new. The problem is that it sucks.

Agreed. I like how they did the title in "chrome white" for the trilogy sets, followed by the episode numbers, but the rest of it just feels so crowded. I mean, having Yoda and Vader as prominent characters is fine and all, but incorporating so many scenes with it just overloads the whole thing. Its way too much info, all at the same time. As for the "saga" cover, I like the idea of it, but the whole "painting" vibe just doesn't work. I'd have preferred something more realistic, like how the sky FX were done for the end of Episode III.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by greg_achen

Any way, in actual Star Wars Blu Ray news... it has been confirmed that the Blu Rays will contain DTS-HD Master Audio 6.1. Score one for actual specs on the films!

Thanks for the info, but it still doesn't specify if it's matrixed, or discreet. I hope it's discreet!

https://www.facebook.com/DTS.Inc/posts/207499869284756

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Strevlac

The problem with the art for the blurays is not that it's new. The problem is that it sucks.

I don't think it sucks. I think it's a refreshing choice in fact. The Complete Saga artwork especially.

[Breather]

Originally Posted by Ryan0503

And the Article on starwars.com is from January 6th ... and I don't put a whole lot of faith in amazon.com product description, they have my TV listed as 720p when the box says 1080p, they have the OT blu-ray listed as PG-13 (last I checked they were PG), and the run time as 117 minutes (takes me longer than that to watch all three)

The two seprate trilogies will be 4 disc.

What's your source that they will be four disc sets?

I would trust the official Star Wars site and the official 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment sites over anything else.

http://www.starwars.com/themovies/sa...ray/index.html


On top of that, here's the official 20th Century Fox site where they list the preorder and its details.

http://www.foxconnect.com/star-wars-...trilogy-1.html

http://www.foxconnect.com/star-wars-...l-trilogy.html



Both pages list each trilogy set as a three disc, available for preorder, just like the official Star Wars site. I kind of think that GL's own Star Wars site and the studio handling the distribution might just be the best sources on this.

Other than fan assumption/hopes and an outdated Q&A from a Fox Executive in Norway, I've seen nothing else mentioning a 4-disc set. Considering that StarWars.com and Fox both say 3-disc, I'd say that's authoritative until further notice

[Dynamo of Eternia]

Originally Posted by Beast

I don't think it sucks.

Well, you seem to be one of a select few that feel this way.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Dynamo of Eternia

Well, you seem to be one of a select few that feel this way.

I wouldn't trust the small number of people who post on this website to speak for everyone.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Beast

I don't think it sucks. I think it's a refreshing choice in fact. The Complete Saga artwork especially.

I don't think it's bad. It's not what I was expecting, I thought it would be mostly black, like space, but I think it's pretty cool.
To be honest though, I really don't care that much about the box, it's what's inside that counts.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I don't think it's bad. It's not what I was expecting, I thought it would be mostly black, like space, but I think it's pretty cool.
To be honest though, I really don't care that much about the box, it's what's inside that counts.

Exactly. But it's typical of movie fans and especially Star Wars fans to nitpick and never be happy.

It could come with a working lightsaber, and they'd complain about the hilt choice and/or blade color.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Breather

What's your source that they will be four disc sets?

I would trust the official Star Wars site and the official 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment sites over anything else.

http://www.starwars.com/themovies/sa...ray/index.html


On top of that, here's the official 20th Century Fox site where they list the preorder and its details.

http://www.foxconnect.com/star-wars-...trilogy-1.html

http://www.foxconnect.com/star-wars-...l-trilogy.html



Both pages list each trilogy set as a three disc, available for preorder, just like the official Star Wars site. I kind of think that GL's own Star Wars site and the studio handling the distribution might just be the best sources on this.

Other than fan assumption/hopes and an outdated Q%A from a Fox Executive in Norway, I've seen nothing else mentioning a 4-disc set. Considering that StarWars.com and Fox both say 3-disc, I'd say that's authoritative until further notice

According to this site, their is an extra bonus blu-ray disc for each trilogy, and an extra one in the complete saga, for a total of nine blu-rays.

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6326

[Beast]

Originally Posted by frogmort

According to this site, their is an extra bonus blu-ray disc for each trilogy, and an extra one in the complete saga, for a total of nine blu-rays.

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6326

But that info was going off of the Fox Norway executive's statements.

Where as more reliable sources closer to the production of the sets are saying different.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Beast

Exactly. But it's typical of movie fans and especially Star Wars fans to nitpick and never be happy.

It could come with a working lightsaber, and they'd complain about the hilt choice and/or blade color.

What about the weight? Would you have to use both hands, or just one? Oh god, I really shouldn't have said that!

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Beast

Exactly. But it's typical of movie fans and especially Star Wars fans to nitpick and never be happy.

It could come with a working lightsaber, and they'd complain about the hilt choice and/or blade color.

As long as it's not one of those forty pounders I'd probably be okay with it.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by Beast

But that info was going off of the Fox Norway executive's statements.

Where as more reliable sources closer to the production of the sets are saying different.

I did not know that! Do you have a link to the info? Do you not get any bonus discs with the single trilogies, and all three with the complete saga, or what? This is the first I've heard of this.
Thanks.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

Originally Posted by Beast

Exactly. But it's typical of movie fans and especially Star Wars fans to nitpick and never be happy.

And it's typical of people like you to lump everyone together who ever makes any kind of negative comment about anything related to Star Wars.

Honestly, the packaging wouldn't be bad if it was better executed. But the style and color pallette used for the Complete Saga set is aweful. It looks as if barf was chosen as the main source of the color pallette (and I'm not saying that to exagerate it's badness... that's just genuinely what the coloring reminds me of). And regardless of the generally 'pukey' nature of the colors chosen, the sky looks too similarly colored to the ground. There should have been a better separation in the colors used for them. The blue text looks awful against the picture. They should have at least done the titling in Silver like on the individual trilogy sets.

Someone posted a pic a while back of the poster from Celebration IV, which had a similar layout, but the coloring, etc, was better. Bascially they would just need to "drop" Anakin in there, add in some properly colored text, and it would be all set. Same concept, better execution.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by frogmort

What about the weight? Would you have to use both hands, or just one? Oh god, I really shouldn't have said that!

Originally Posted by octagon

As long as it's not one of those forty pounders I'd probably be okay with it.

I think we were basically thinking the same thing on that one.