Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Mavrick]

Take away the fact that this is Star Wars. And a brand new release of 6 films + 3 bonus discs and £48 would be an extremely good price. But the fact it's star wars means a lot of people would never be happy even if it was free, so this is one thing people just need to agree to disagree on.

I only payed something like £20 for it so I'm not too bothered, but it could definately drop to £35 if Harry Potter Collection can sell for under £35 so can this.

[Brightstar]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Take away the fact that this is Star Wars. And a brand new release of 6 films + 3 bonus discs and £48 would be an extremely good price. But the fact it's star wars means a lot of people would never be happy even if it was free, so this is one thing people just need to agree to disagree on.

I only payed something like £20 for it so I'm not too bothered, but it could definately drop to £35 if Harry Potter Collection can sell for under £35 so can this.

well i had enouge off star wars i am moving on to different things.


Star Wars RIP

2007 - 2012

[Aquel]

Originally Posted by joliefan

well i had enouge off star wars i am moving on to different things.


Star Wars RIP

2007 - 2012

The Phantom Menace in 3D will kill Star Wars for you in 2012?

[Groge511]

I pre-ordered this the day it was announced! Ended up paying like £58 or something by the time it came out and I think even that was a great price! 6 films plus 3 bonus discs. Even just 6 films for less than a tenner each is amazing, especially when it's brand new but then on top of that you get all those special features. Then again I'm a huge Star Wars fan and would happily have paid more than that just to have it so I can't believe the people who think £48 isn't good enough!

[Ben_UK]

I'm looking to buy Ep IV-VI when the price goes down to something reasonable like £15-20. I don't think the set is worth more than that, the discs don't look awful, but they could have looked a lot better than they do if they had actually bothered to do a full remaster.

At least they look better than the DVD and that the shadow detail (or some of it) has returned, and the crushed blacks are gone. I still hate the way the first film has been colour corrected. In some parts (using the DVD as reference here) the film looks way too dark, mainly some of the early scenes on tatooine. One scene in particular is the scene in Kenobi's house. Also scene outside the destroyed sandcrawler and the burning homestead, all look too dark and suffer from oversaturated colours and excessive contrast.

[Brightstar]

Originally Posted by Aquel

The Phantom Menace in 3D will kill Star Wars for you in 2012?

I dont want to see any of them in 3D especally TPM

[NYorker]

Originally Posted by Aquel

48 pound for 6 films (£8 per film) and 3 bonus discs isn't that much. And another set in the future.. what kind of set do you expect? All the rereleases on DVD were just repackaging and only the LE dvd's were actually any different in terms of content.

I paid about £20 for the Alien Anthology. Superior PQ, superior extras. Lucasfilm knew they could get away with a much steeper price because "it's Star Wars"....
and they were right, according to the sales figures.

What kind of set I expect? bare-bones OT...3D..."newly discovered" extras...believe me, there will be no shortage of reasons for another release!

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by NYorker

I paid about £20 for the Alien Anthology. Superior PQ, superior extras. Lucasfilm knew they could get away with a much steeper price because "it's Star Wars"....
and they were right, according to the sales figures.

What kind of set I expect? bare-bones OT...3D..."newly discovered" extras...believe me, there will be no shortage of reasons for another release!

Sorry, but your example of prices doesn't fit. The Alien Anthology didn't drop to £20 until April of this year - 6 months after release. On release it was £37 from Amazon. Star Wars on the other hand was £57 on release.

Alien Anthology: 4 films and 2 bonus discs for £37 = £6.16 per disc
Star Wars Saga: 6 films and 3 bonus discs for £57 = £6.33 per disc

Regardless of quality of content, the sets were basically comparable price-wise per disc on release.

If you're using your £20 Alien Anthology price tag then you'll have to wait and see what Star Wars is going for in March of next year. If it hits £31 by then it's had a comparable drop to the Alien Anthology.

[Alex_DeLarge]

£44.99 in Morrisons.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by atexp80

If you're using your £20 Alien Anthology price tag then you'll have to wait and see what Star Wars is going for in March of next year. If it hits £31 by then it's had a comparable drop to the Alien Anthology.

There really hasn't been anything to compare to the Star Wars films which has six high-profile films in the set. Superman has five films but only 2-3 that people are actually interested in, Planet of the Apes has even less. The Lord of the Rings set has less films (in 6 parts though....) but more extras and discs.

Possibly the Harry Potter set compares, they offer slightly less extras-wise but are better value for money as they have 8 huge blockbusters in the set.

The only way I see Star Wars hitting sub £20 is if they repackage it like the Aliens Anthology set but then would people expect the individual sets to be half that price?

I myself am waiting for a big price drop before justifying the purchase and will be happy to accept a package change if the price drops accordingly. Although I might be tempted with a trilogy set in the interim if the go below £18!

[Brightstar]

Originally Posted by chip75

There really hasn't been anything to compare to the Star Wars films which has six high-profile films in the set. Superman has five films but only 2-3 that people are actually interested in, Planet of the Apes has even less. The Lord of the Rings set has less films (in 6 parts though....) but more extras and discs.

Possibly the Harry Potter set compares, they offer slightly less extras-wise but are better value for money as they have 8 huge blockbusters in the set.

The only way I see Star Wars hitting sub £20 is if they repackage it like the Aliens Anthology set but then would people expect the individual sets to be half that price?

I myself am waiting for a big price drop before justifying the purchase and will be happy to accept a package change if the price drops accordingly. Although I might be tempted with a trilogy set in the interim if the go below £18!

Rocky has six films and its going for £17.99

[LesPaul]

Originally Posted by joliefan

Rocky has six films and its going for £17.99

There's a good reason for it being that cheap.

[Billz]

Originally Posted by joliefan

Rocky has six films and its going for £17.99

£17.99 is too much for 1 good film, and 5 pieces of dog sh*t.

[Blu-Ray Winstone]

Originally Posted by Billz

£17.99 is too much for 1 good film, and 5 pieces of dog sh*t.

Trust you are talking Rocky IV here.

[Billz]

Originally Posted by Blu-Ray Winstone

Trust you are talking Rocky IV here.

F*CKING ROBOT!!!

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by NYorker

I paid about £20 for the Alien Anthology. Superior PQ, superior extras. Lucasfilm knew they could get away with a much steeper price because "it's Star Wars"....
and they were right, according to the sales figures.

What kind of set I expect? bare-bones OT...3D..."newly discovered" extras...believe me, there will be no shortage of reasons for another release!

I would gladly pay $100 for a barebones OT. No question. I paid $235 for the laserdisc set with few extras.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Billz

F*CKING ROBOT!!!

Stallone has a passion for Robots in his movies....

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[SymbioticFunction]

I don't understand all the grumblings about price. Especially now that it's less than fifty quid for all 6. I recall paying £30 for the original trilogy on dvd. If you love Star Wars, just buy the darn set. I once paid £34 to import a Japanese blu-ray of Trainspotting, and for me, Danny Boyle's film was well worth every penny. Stop being so miserly!

[Daytrader]

Originally Posted by SymbioticFunction

I don't understand all the grumblings about price. Especially now that it's less than fifty quid for all 6. I recall paying £30 for the original trilogy on dvd. If you love Star Wars, just buy the darn set. I once paid £34 to import a Japanese blu-ray of Trainspotting, and for me, Danny Boyle's film was well worth every penny. Stop being so miserly!

Yeh i paid £250 when i imported the original trilogy on laserdisc

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Daytrader

Yeh i paid £250 when i imported the original trilogy on laserdisc

I think my 2nd cousin spent £80 on two episodes of The Pink Panther on LD, Laserdisc purchases were rarely rational they always came from the heart.... and a large wallet....