Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[insomniac013]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Unboxing the North American set.

STAR WARS BLU-RAY UNBOXING EXCLUSIVE - MIDNIGHTREVIEWS - YouTube

Can the discs really handle being dragged out like that? Because i own the LOST deluxe set and i'm always scared of messing up the discs by taking them out. Who came up with this terrible storage system??

[DaveSimonH]

Originally Posted by chris_g

Bought mine from gamestation yesterday was on sale at £74.99 , traded in a few games so only cost £40

Try trading your games into Tesco in future, the first time I traded some in I got a much better deal than GAME etc were offering, plus if they dont have what your wanting to trade it in against you can get the credit on a gift card. Very useful as the gift card credit is redeemable on the tesco-entertainment site too.

[mr young]

when i run this on region A on my multi region OPPO BD 80 it comes up
with a FBI warning.

[Rocklandsboy]

Originally Posted by insomniac013

Can the discs really handle being dragged out like that?

NO is the simple answer to that. I got the original US Alien set, which had exactly the same packaging as this Star Wars set, and it was awful. It's virtually impossible to get the discs in and out without scuffing them, or tearing the delicate semi-circle of cardboard. I sent Alien back to the US and bought the UK set instead.

The US set looks very pretty. But from a practical point of view the UK set is light years better.

[Rocklandsboy]

Originally Posted by MrE26

1. On the frame.
2. Player generated, but they've matched the font of the theatrical release, so they look burned in.
3. Yes!

URGH. Well it's good that they've made an effort to replicate the theatrical captions but OMG I hate those "US-English Forced" messages at the end. They really spoil the grandness of the credit roll.

No other studio does this. Apparently it's only there as a guide for the mastering house. WTF?!?

I hope there's at least a pause between the "screen to black" and the message. Stupid, stupid Fox!

[The Driver]

Originally Posted by Rocklandsboy

...good that they've made an effort to replicate the theatrical captions...

10/10 for the caption texts. They look part of the film. Very fine job.

[MrE26]

Originally Posted by Rocklandsboy

URGH. Well it's good that they've made an effort to replicate the theatrical captions but OMG I hate those "US-English Forced" messages at the end. They really spoil the grandness of the credit roll.

No other studio does this. Apparently it's only there as a guide for the mastering house. WTF?!?

I hope there's at least a pause between the "screen to black" and the message. Stupid, stupid Fox!

The screen goes black & then 'English' pops up for a brief moment before the copyright warnings kick in. Bit strange, but at least it's after the credits (on Ep1 at least, that's the only one i checked.)

[Billz]

And yet, the Holiday Special is not included on the spoofs disc. Lucas is pretty desperate to keep that one buried, lol!

[MattDean]

Originally Posted by Billz

And yet, the Holiday Special is not included on the spoofs disc. Lucas is pretty desperate to keep that one buried, lol!

There have been hints (from members of websites invited to the preview at the Ranch) that some, at least, of the Holiday Special may feature as easter eggs...we'll just have to wait and see. I'm always the last to find easter eggs!

Matt

[spikeyjac]

Originally Posted by DaveSimonH

Try trading your games into Tesco in future, the first time I traded some in I got a much better deal than GAME etc were offering, plus if they dont have what your wanting to trade it in against you can get the credit on a gift card. Very useful as the gift card credit is redeemable on the tesco-entertainment site too.

While that may be the case, unfortunately Tesco don't price match CEX and trade in blu-s
Jack

[crs]

Originally Posted by mr young

when i run this on region A on my multi region OPPO BD 80 it comes up
with a FBI warning.

Yeah, they get the exact same discs in the US. Which is why statements like the one from DVDWorldUSA is pretty laughable.

[tollickd]

Originally Posted by Billz

And yet, the Holiday Special is not included on the spoofs disc. Lucas is pretty desperate to keep that one buried, lol!

Are the family guy one's on the spoof disc?

[DaveSimonH]

Originally Posted by spikeyjac

While that may be the case, unfortunately Tesco don't price match CEX and trade in blu-s
Jack

True, but chris_g was only trading in games against the SW set, which from my experience I have gotten really good trade in prices at Tesco.
As for CEX, sadly I don't live near any stores. I think my nearest one is about 39 miles away, bit of a trek if I was only going for it

[Billz]

Originally Posted by tollickd

Are the family guy one's on the spoof disc?

I don't have the set so I can't say for certain. I don't think they are though.
All I know is that the 1978 Holiday Special continues to not make an appearence. I've seen it, and it is cr*ptacular, but it's still Star Wars, unfortunately.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Billz

I don't have the set so I can't say for certain. I don't think they are though.
All I know is that the 1978 Holiday Special continues to not make an appearence. I've seen it, and it is cr*ptacular, but it's still Star Wars, unfortunately.

I thought there was going to be a little highlight reel showing Family Guy and The Simpsons stuff? Is it a little documentary on spoof section or just separate clips?

If I remember the DVD's had little spoofs at the end of some of the featurettes there was a Mark Hamill bit and a disturbing one when a kid gets a lightsber for Christmas and cuts one of his grandparents in half!

[No1Mugster]

Originally Posted by lewwyt

My Amazon order has been dispatched for anyone who's interested

Mine too, although I had totally forgotten I ordered it (ordered 2nd Feb 2011) and I was going to wait till it was <£40.

[Mavrick]

I've got two games that I'd like to trade in. So I checked what HMV trade in price is with the Android app and it lists one at £13 and the other at £6. So if Tesco are as good on their trade in prices as people say I should be expecting at least a £20 discount. Surely they will be the same if not better than HMV?

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

This makes me glad that I imported the UK release.

Agreed. While I am going to have to wait a while for mine to arrive, I'm fine with that. I'd rather wait for the better packaging.

[DaveSimonH]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

I've got two games that I'd like to trade in. So I checked what HMV trade in price is with the Android app and it lists one at £13 and the other at £6. So if Tesco are as good on their trade in prices as people say I should be expecting at least a £20 discount. Surely they will be the same if not better than HMV?

Yeah you should get around £20, touch wood
When I traded in a couple of old games against Apocalypse Now, GAME were offering about £4 each for the two games. Tesco gave me £6.50 each.

[adamhopelies]

Originally Posted by Billz

All I know is that the 1978 Holiday Special continues to not make an appearence. I've seen it, and it is cr*ptacular, but it's still Star Wars, unfortunately.

The Holiday Special is widely available online. Its even on youtube -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCNGjKnTzaQ