Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[NYorker]

Originally Posted by kemcha

The thing is that the complete saga set, the artwork is very drab, boring, depressing. I would think that Lucas wouldn't want consumers to think of Star Wars as depressing.

Next, I don't like the interior design of the set because of how the Blu-ray disks are displayed inside the set. I don't care what other people say about these disks not being able to be scratched. If you scratch a Blu-ray disk often enough, it will become scratched.

Oh, and the people who say that George Lucas didn't design the packaging? Well, he may not have designed the packaging, but it also won't get released unless he approves the packaging. George Lucas has 100% control over how "Star Wars" is marketed, advertised and produced. I can almost guarantee you that George Lucas saw the design, saw the final product, before it went into production.

Amen to every word...

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by Merlinpants

Shame they have not changed TPM. Was looking forward to an extended Qui Gonn Darth Maul lightsabre battle on Tatooine. Have to hope it is included in the extended scenes extras.

Like I said - don't take those warnings to mean changes or not. That means that the original classification and warnings still stand. Something like a CG Yoda will not change the rating so as long as his appearance hasn't changed (e.g. he's now butt naked ) and he's not swearing every other word it has no effect on the rating.

Some people may view Christensen in Return of the Jedi to be a "scene of graphic horror" , but to the classification board one dude standing there is just the same as another so long as he's not the aforementioned butt naked. Therefore the classification would remain the same.

Then again, something which would have received a higher rating in the 70's and 80's due to the violence etc might now be reclassified and listed as modified because its classification has changed. Take The Terminator for example. Here in Australia it's been:

1985 theatrical: R (restricted to 18+)
1985 home video: M (mature - parental discretion for under 15's)
2000 home video: M (mature - parental discretion for under 15's)
2007 home video: MA (restricted to 15+)

So just because one film shows as "modified" doesn't mean the content is. It can either indicate changes to content or changes to how the classification board has viewed the material's impact. At the same time "original" could mean that they've determined the original classification to still stand and that could be because the content is unchanged or the changes do not affect the rating or warnings.

It's all a little complex, but suffice to say all of the OT have been noted as modified which means changes to the films' ratings (they haven't though), changes to the warnings associated to the rating (possible) or changes to the assessable content itself.

[greg_achen]

Hmm. I wish.

[shelldweller]

Originally Posted by atexp80

I noted this in the Australian Star Wars thread but we don't get much traffic there. All the films were classified by the Australian Government again in late June. The bonus discs were also classified and the three discs have content totaling 927 minutes: http://classification.gov.au/www/cob...5?OpenDocument

Regarding changes, the classification site shows RoTS, ANH, ESB and RotJ as "modified" and TPM and AotC as "original". Don't take this to mean changes in terms of content though - sometimes it can be something as minor as them changing one of the warnings like "coarse language" etc.

As I posted before... in Germany the movies are being rerated also. Episodes 3, 5 and 6 have not been tested yet but the other three remain the same in their running time.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

Originally Posted by greg_achen

Hmm. I wish.

Is that an official image, or was it modified in some manner from the otherwise errored image?

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

THIS!!!

Star Wars: Clip from the film Special Effects (1996)

Anybody here besides Peter-THX and I that remember this re-boot of the opening shot from Star Wars?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...38123404861219
.

I remember going to see that documentary in IMAX at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago!

[DarthMarino]

Originally Posted by shelldweller

As I posted before... in Germany the movies are being rerated also. Episodes 3, 5 and 6 have not been tested yet but the other three remain the same in their running time.

The German site is showing The Phantom Menace's running time as 131 minutes. The DVD is 136 minutes. Does this mean that the Blu Ray is the theatrical version and not the DVD version with the added scenes? I'm wondering if they just have the movie listed as 131 minutes and didn't bother to change it. It's odd how all the movie times are approximate on the site while the special features are listed accurately to the second.

[quigonjinn]

Originally Posted by DarthMarino

The German site is showing The Phantom Menace's running time as 131 minutes. The DVD is 136 minutes. Does this mean that the Blu Ray is the theatrical version and not the DVD version with the added scenes? I'm wondering if they just have the movie listed as 131 minutes and didn't bother to change it. It's odd how all the movie times are approximate on the site while the special features are listed accurately to the second.

It's 131 minutes in 25 FPS, but that's Ok because duration is 136 Min for 24 FPS.
No worries, it is the DVD cut.

[DarthMarino]

Originally Posted by quigonjinn

It's 131 minutes in 25 FPS, but that's Ok because duration is 136 Min for 24 FPS.
No worries, it is the DVD cut.

Ok, I thought they didn't have PAL speedup anymore over there with Blu Ray. I guess they still do but the problem is eliminated when played on a US player.

[Coov]

Originally Posted by jrmac2000

Well flame me if you want, but I am looking forward to this release. I hope the transfers are top notch of course, but I am not worried so much about it.

Cheers!

Why is everything so over-dramatized? Disagreeing is not flaming.

[Lope de Aguirre]

Originally Posted by DarthMarino

Ok, I thought they didn't have PAL speedup anymore over there with Blu Ray. I guess they still do but the problem is eliminated when played on a US player.

No there is no PAL speedup on HD content / BDs.

Funnily once in a while back then in the ol' DVD times they adjusted the tone pitch.
When the images (and thus the sound also) are played 4% to fast the sound is to sharp/high.

So now when a BD get's released they sometimes used the "adjusted" sound track and cause everything is played 4% slower than PAL (the "correct" speed) the sound track is now to flat/low.

That's exactly what happened eith the German "Lord of the Rings" Blu-Rays.
They are correcting this issue this time and re-release in early August but with many other BDs like "Fargo", "Firefly", "Star Trek" (TOS) and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" the dubbing folks just have to live with this unnecessary flaw.

[ObiTrentKenobi]

<awesome comment>

Speculation aside... rumors aside...

So what DO we know? That Star Wars is being released on Blu-freaking-Ray! So WOOT! This was the movie i've been dying to see in 1080 since bluray players were released to the public!

I would be perfectly happy with Lucas only releasing the SE's now on Blu, and having a completely different release one or two years down the road with the Theatrical Editions. (LIKE HE DID WITH THE DVD RELEASES).

Only time will tell though if these are a supreme processing of the editions. So let's talk about something different now, please!?

<question> which episode have you seen the most? I've seen ROTJ at least twice as much as any other episode. </question>

</awesome comment>

[bboisvert]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

I remember going to see that documentary in IMAX at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago!

Yup, I had *completely* forgotten about it, but I went to go see that in IMAX at the MoS in Boston. I can remember hunting around the gift shop after for a VHS copy and then being told that they didn't release video.

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by ObiTrentKenobi

<question> which episode have you seen the most? I've seen ROTJ at least twice as much as any other episode. </question>

</awesome comment>

I answered you in the correct thread.

[MrJoeKalel]

Originally Posted by earmullet

...and you'll probably going to be happy with it, and that's just not fair.

hahaha I do have a life outside this forum (believe it or not), and in all seriousness, people blow things out of proportion because they CANNOT control the release, that's what bothers them, specially in this society where we get what 'we want' and we post our own stuff on Facebook and Twitter, not being able to choose what the release will include makes them suffer haha

[HandyDandy]

Originally Posted by atexp80

I noted this in the Australian Star Wars thread but we don't get much traffic there. All the films were classified by the Australian Government again in late June. The bonus discs were also classified and the three discs have content totaling 927 minutes: http://classification.gov.au/www/cob...5?OpenDocument

Regarding changes, the classification site shows RoTS, ANH, ESB and RotJ as "modified" and TPM and AotC as "original". Don't take this to mean changes in terms of content though - sometimes it can be something as minor as them changing one of the warnings like "coarse language" etc.

Modified:

Color correction
+
Additional edits

= Woot Woot

[PUsokrJosh305]

Do u think they will leave the extended 2nd lap of the podrace in TPM or take it out?? And I wonder if they will leave the extended arrival at Coruscant in TPM as well.

[DarthMarino]

Originally Posted by PUsokrJosh305

Do u think they will leave the extended 2nd lap of the podrace in TPM or take it out?? And I wonder if they will leave the extended arrival at Coruscant in TPM as well.

If the German running time discussed in my post is accurate, then it would be the correct running time with those scenes included (136 minutes). I know that the Coruscant Taxi scene was included in the HD version shown on TV.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by PUsokrJosh305

Do u think they will leave the extended 2nd lap of the podrace in TPM or take it out?? And I wonder if they will leave the extended arrival at Coruscant in TPM as well.

I never understood why these extended scenes were added to the TPM DVD. They break up the pacing in a negative way IMHO. They should have been included as deleted scenes.

[whaleman]

Originally Posted by HandyDandy

Modified:

Color correction
+
Additional edits

= Woot Woot

I agree. I noticed all the OT films are modified. Hopefully these "additional edits" are actually removing things - my dream edits would be:

1) Removing scene where Han steps on Jaba's tail.

2) Revert to Han shoots first although lets just pretend I didn't say that so chaos does not ensue.

3) Take out the horrible added dialogue between Vader/Emperor ("I have no doubt that the young rebel....blah blah....offspring of Anakin Skywalker" - horrible)

4) At least at the end of RotJ put a friendlier looking Hayden Christensen ghost with no devilish smirk.

Although we may be more likely to see:

1) Extended scene where Han not only steps on Jaba's tail but then ties the tail to a speeder and goes for a ride, "comically" dragging Jaba behind him.

2) Han not only doesn't shoot first but doesn't shoot at all - the blast from Greedo ricochets off the wall and hits himself. Han then calls for medical attention. He apologizes for the mess, genuinely embarrassed about the state they have left the table in with cups everywhere.

3) The dialogue between Vader/Emperor is extended to include political discussions.

4) Evan McGregor's ghost replaces Alec Guinness at end of RotJ. Alec Guinness would still be used for the ghost in earlier scenes of RotJ.

Man, George could go any direction with these upcoming blu rays.