Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Exactly, a sort of warning. Beside the Emperor and Vader (which are probably surrounded by so much mistyc by then) most people have not hear or seen a Jedi in a generation. Even then Jedi would still have never been seen by most people. So if someone came to you can said "these guys can run fast and deflect laser bolts with their bright color sabers and they can influence your mind", most people reaction might well be "yeah right!"

So push that for 20 years, most troopers on the Death Stars would probably thing "that Kenobi guy, please we will catch him in a second"

Clones didn't have any problem wiping out hundereds of Jedi in their prime.

[Jumpman]

Finished the final bonus disc a few minutes ago and overall, this set is the best Blu Ray set I own. A lot of that has to do with my love for the films but, in my humble opinion, it's just well put together, this set.

It stands beside the Godfather Trilogy and Band of Brothers as the Best Blu Rays of my collection. I greatly anticipate Ben Hur joining the ranks in two weeks.

I guess the final question is will Star Wars get another release on a different disc format in a decade or so?

Between my DVDs and this set, I don't care. I have all I need. The only instance of buying Star Wars yet again is if there was a severe uptick in picture quality for the six films, but considering where Episodes II and III sit on the resolution side, I don't see it happening.

[punisher]

Originally Posted by rikraq

After watching the prequels, it makes some things in A New Hope seem weird to me now. If they were trying to hide Luke, why didn't Owen and Beru just say he was their son and change his last name to Lars? Why couldn't Vader sense anything off of Leia?

Why does Vader say, "Obi-Wan is here. The Force is with him."? That line has always seemed odd to me. It's like The Force is Obi-Wan's sidekick or something.

I don't really like that green spark they added every time Vader and Obi-Wan's lightsabers clash.

Getting ready to watch ESB, now.

there are a few inconsistencies in the story lines from the OT to the prequels....especially how aged Owen and Buru and Obi Won look in the OT and they were so young at the end of EP3..Obi Won has no recollection of R2D2...and of course you never hear the name Padme..ever..but that is because there never was a pre story line and never was there ever going to be any more movies made no matter what Lucas says

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by svenge

It's also collaborated on the Digital Bits' review: http://www.digitalbits.com/reviews3/...rstrilogy.html

I think you mean "corroborated".

[svenge]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

I think you mean "corroborated".

Yep, it's been a looong night and my mental spell-check didn't check in

[punisher]

Originally Posted by mrpink134

Just wondering, what players are having problems with the set?

my Oppo 83 needed the last FW to play back the discs,which I did not want to install because it had some glitches..but no choice

plays fine also with the last old FW on my panny 60K and my Pioneer Elite 05

like the resume playback on these discs also

[LetoAtreides82]

Originally Posted by punisher

there are a few inconsistencies in the story lines from the OT to the prequels....especially how aged Owen and Buru and Obi Won look in the OT and they were so young at the end of EP3..Obi Won has no recollection of R2D2...and of course you never hear the name Padme..ever..but that is because there never was a pre story line and never was there ever going to be any more movies made no matter what Lucas says

Correct me if I'm wrong but Obi-Wan only lied to Luke about not knowing R2D2. When Luke's not looking you can see Obi-Wan quickly press something on R2D2 that made R2D2 project the holographic information, and then Obi-Wan pretended that he got lucky.

[Jumpman]

What I find most interesting about the set is the fact that, after watching Episodes II and III, you realize how great those DVDs were, in terms of video quality.

Obviously, Episode III gets a major boast in image quality between the DVD and Blu Ray, but Episode II is the film that pretty much dictates how the Saga will look from here on out because of the cameras they used for that film.

The image boast between the DVD and Blu Ray for Episode II is there, but it's not major. It's better than upconverted DVD for sure, but I'd say it's about a 35 to 40% image improvement for Episode II.

And because Lucas can't get anymore resolution out of Episodes II and III, the rest of the films will technically suffer for it.

Now, if Lucas just releases the theatrical cuts of the Original Trilogy by themselves on Blu Ray, the sky's the limit in terms of resolution for those.

The Prequels will also be set at basically 2K.

[Colonel Kurtz]

Originally Posted by phansson

There is a lot of kool aid bing consumed.....

Hysteria juice is a favourite of many as well... let's just say that there are some people around who definitely had too much of either one.

Originally Posted by s2mikey

- The droid factory scene where they have to go through like a video game is tedious and could have been chopped right out. Its like an advertisement for ILM studios. This can be skipped, IMO. Threepios worthless humor can also go.

Oh yeah, and a bad ad at that (say that three times fast!). The 3PO scenes are atrocious and take away from the drama that the showdown should be.

[Nick At Now]

so I forgot to get the Lithograph set from Target with my purchase of the Complete Saga - you think I'll have any trouble getting it if I bring in my reciept today?

[punisher]

Originally Posted by LetoAtreides82

Correct me if I'm wrong but Obi-Wan only lied to Luke about not knowing R2D2. When Luke's not looking you can see Obi-Wan quickly press something on R2D2 that made R2D2 project the holographic information, and then Obi-Wan pretended that he got lucky.

perhaps..but on first seeing R2, he clearly doesn't recognize him..I have a theory or an idea as an explanation..Obi Won himself has his memory or identity removed via meditation or by Yoda..he only responds to the name Ben Kenobi..this helps protect Luke and himself from Vadar ever finding him..but his memory returns when someone addresses him as Obi Won,like breaking a spell..you can clearly see he has some sort of memory rush on his face when Luke says the magic words."he claims to be the property of an Obi Won Kenobi"Ben then repeats "Obi Won" appears stunned, and the hypnotic spell is broken

food for thought as C3PO had his memory wiped..so was Obi Won's

[nmycon]

Originally Posted by NiCK Crush

so I forgot to get the Lithograph set from Target with my purchase of the Complete Saga - you think I'll have any trouble getting it if I bring in my reciept today?

if they have any left... they were limited.

THe Future Shop I bought the Saga at had a stack of around 30, and it's now 2 days after release...

[Post Prod]

I do wish there was a cheaper way to get all of the old bonus features without rebuying the DVD set I sold a bit prematurely.

[DarkDune]

Originally Posted by DarkDune

The Packaging SMELLS like I imagine Jurassic Park would, when you first walk in to the brand spankin' NEW Dinosaur Theme Park -- before the T-Rex takes over!!!

Anyone else agree?

Kinda like a new theme park smell, right?

Even 2 Days later, it still SMELLS awesome!

LOL

[Post Prod]

Originally Posted by punisher

perhaps..but on first seeing R2, he clearly doesn't recognize him..I have a theory or an idea as an explanation..Obi Won himself has his memory or identity removed via meditation or by Yoda..he only responds to the name Ben Kenobi..this helps protect Luke and himself from Vadar ever finding him..but his memory returns when someone addresses him as Obi Won,like breaking a spell..you can clearly see he has some sort of memory rush on his face when Luke says the magic words."he claims to be the property of an Obi Won Kenobi"Ben then repeats "Obi Won" appears stunned, and the hypnotic spell is broken

food for thought as C3PO had his memory wiped..so was Obi Won's

well astro-droids all look very, very similar and it had been many years. Same with protocol droids.


Now waiting for someone form the Droid Defense League to chime in with "WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE ALL LOOK ALIKE"

[fgomike]

Watched Ep II last night. Loved the Kamino battle and Arena battle.

[Shanester]

Haven't picked up this set yet but if I do enjoy reading these posts. There are some serious fans out there

PS Would only purchase the original trilogy since I have no interest in the PT after watching PM. Hayden's acting was brutal and he looked completely miscast imo

[DarkDune]

Just thought I'd mention that the DVDs of these films are STILL worth having for the packaging artwork, and especially the special features.

Some that I am missing on the Blu-rays are especially:

Empire of Dreams (Star Wars Trilogy DVDs) - one of the absolute BEST documentaries on the Star Wars films I have EVER seen. Especially the bit where they include the original opening crawl from 1977 -- the one without "Episode IV: A New Hope" added. This documentary is chock full of gems like that, and put together in a wonderful way.

The Beginning (Episode I: The Phantom Menace DVD) - This documentary gives the best look -- compared to the Episode II, and III documentaries on their respective DVDs -- at what goes on over at LucasFilm during the production of the current Star Wars films. This documentary goes all the way from the written story through to full film production. It is really interesting to see how LucasFilm went through creating the first new Star Wars film in some 15 years at the time.

From Puppets to Pixels (Episode II: Attack of the Clones DVD) - This is a thoroughly interesting documentary on the creation of a digital version of Yoda based entirely on the Yoda used in The Empire Strikes Back. Rob Coleman's team did SO well with a test where they replaced Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back that George Lucas gave the "green light" (Yoda pun intended LOL) to use this digital model for one scene in TPM, and then all of AOTC.

The Chosen One (Episode III: Revenge of the Sith DVD) - A really cool documentary about the creation of the first symmetrical Darth Vader helmet, and first donning of that costume since worn on Return of the Jedi! Hayden Christensen is himself even in awe of the chance to literally "become" THE Dark Lord of the Sith!

For these reasons, I will continue to keep and love the DVDs of these films. If you haven't seen them yet, they are all well-worth the current price of the DVDs IMHO.

[denger76]

After viewing Star Wars (yes I still call it that), ESB & ROTS I can say that I was blown away by the image quality of ROTS. It was of almost Avatar quality! The sound wasn't as good as ESB but I think that was due to the sound technicians! Crashes and explosions were not as crisp and loud as ESB and Star Wars. I find it sad that so many people are upset with the few changes that Lucas made to the original trilogy because they are losing out on enjoying the epic films in HD sound and video. This is the best I have seen these movies look and sound! End of story - anyone saying that their dvd looks better either has cataracts or going blind! To be honest I don't mind the added CGI enhancements to these movies (in fact I think they become more current than before). But what do I know? I only saw Star Wars 1977 version 14 times in the theatre!

[Post Prod]

Originally Posted by Shanester

Haven't picked up this set yet but if I do enjoy reading these posts. There are some serious fans out there

PS Would only purchase the original trilogy since I have no interest in the PT after watching PM. Hayden's acting was brutal and he looked completely miscast imo

he wasn't in phantom menace.