Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by mrpink134

Seeing this really ticks me off! If GL cared about his movies and fans this set could of been the set of the century! I'm so happy he's out of the picture! I hope Disney will do us right! Bye GL and good riddance! Don't let the door hit you in the behind on the way out This also goes towards the yes man Rick McCallum

Yea, I know how you feel.

When I was watching that, I was blown away by the fact that it was the fans doing all this 'hard work' at restoring this very important piece of film history, and not the multi billionaire filmmaker himself. Unbelievable!

Not what would George say if he watched that?

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[SethRex]

Well, after much delay the Original Trilogy is in the mail and on its way to my house. I now have ALL SIX on Blu-Ray.

[HomerThompson]

Originally Posted by mrpink134

I'm so happy he's out of the picture! Bye GL and good riddance! Don't let the door hit you in the behind on the way out

Yeah, screw the guy who invented this whole thing in the first place! We don't need him!

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Originally Posted by HomerThompson

Yeah, screw the guy who invented this whole thing in the first place! We don't need him!

He's become his creattion's own worst enemy. I'm glad he's still around as a creative advisor, but no longer has the reins.

I look forward to Disney restoring movie history and integrity once rights revert to them from FOX.

[mrpink134]

Originally Posted by HomerThompson

Yeah, screw the guy who invented this whole thing in the first place! We don't need him!

Originally Posted by BouCoupDinkyDau

He's become his creattion's own worst enemy. I'm glad he's still around as a creative advisor, but no longer has the reins.

I look forward to Disney restoring movie history and integrity once rights revert to them from FOX.

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by HomerThompson

Yeah, screw the guy who invented this whole thing in the first place! We don't need him!

Gotta love the freaks...

And I just about remember watching A New Hope on release - first film I saw in the cinema I think.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by SethRex

Well, after much delay the Original Trilogy is in the mail and on its way to my house. I now have ALL SIX on Blu-Ray.

So you don't mind missing all of the extras?

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by BouCoupDinkyDau

He's become his creattion's own worst enemy. I'm glad he's still around as a creative advisor, but no longer has the reins.

I look forward to Disney restoring movie history and integrity once rights revert to them from FOX.

Well - Disney is quite capable of focking the whole thing up too. They arent without errors in their past. This a new thing for them. How do you "restore history"? History is already there. We dont need them dicking around with the established universe or whatever. They need to concentrate on making the next 3 episodes worthy of the SW name. Thats ALL they should be worrying about.

I know there are some that might like to see them retry the prequels or redo something. No thanks.

[HeavyHitter]

The original color timing looks SO much better than everything that has been released since 1997. That would be my fear if the originals ever get released; will they actually refer to the original color?

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Well - Disney is quite capable of focking the whole thing up too.

When I heard Disney was taking over the franchise, the first thing I thought of was John Carter of Mars. I think the corporate mindset, and construction by committee, could prove disastrous.

I hope they find a single, strong, creative mind to take the helm for the ongoing story. I think that's its last hope. (Lucas is essentially out of the chair, but ... is there another?)

[42041]

Originally Posted by Operation Swordfish

Yup that took care of it! Thanks! I had it at 65

To me it also looks like you might want to set your TV to 1:1 mode, or whatever your TV calls it, if it supports it. The grid-like pattern of of the sharpened grain noise looks like a scaling artifact, though that can also be part of the image on the disc.

[42041]

Originally Posted by yoricksdeath

I thought I'd share this. It's a mini-documentary covering the sources and work put into the despecialized editions (Fan made). I love these versions of the Original Trilogy .

http://youtu.be/imW_a_TEOqo

Good lord. When you're building your own film scanners, maybe it's time to sit back, take a few deep breaths, and just enjoy the movie

[Geoff D]

With any movie other than Star Wars, you'd be right. But this shows you just how loony Lucas has sent people by refusing to restore the original originals, and I for one am glad that there are folks out there doing this kind of crazy stuff.

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Originally Posted by 42041

Good lord. When you're building your own film scanners, maybe it's time to sit back, take a few deep breaths, and just enjoy the movie

Nope. It's people who do things as passionate hobbyists that become the top teir of the next generation of professionals in their respective fields. I think it's awesome these guys are doing this, simply because I love to see passionate people show their ingenuity and determination.

It also shows just how badly the community at large wants this to happen.

Bravo to the Despecialized team.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

With any movie other than Star Wars, you'd be right. But this shows you just how loony Lucas has sent people by refusing to restore the original originals, and I for one am glad that there are folks out there doing this kind of crazy stuff.

So that I never have to watch (or hear) the BD's ever again.

[mrpink134]

Originally Posted by 42041

Good lord. When you're building your own film scanners, maybe it's time to sit back, take a few deep breaths, and just enjoy the movie

Wait! You made this statement? The same person that nitpicks every movie to death

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by 42041

Good lord. When you're building your own film scanners, maybe it's time to sit back, take a few deep breaths, and just enjoy the movie

I don't even think they "built" anything, just modified what bootleggers have been using since the 70s.

I saw "Empire" and "Jedi" on VHS bootleg back in the early 80s long before they were on legit home video or cable. Pirates would "borrow" or outright steal a film print and make their own transfers on telecines...with horrible pan & scan. But to a kid it was really neat.

[Agent Bond]

Yeah, screw the guy who invented this whole thing in the first place! We don't need him!

I had respect for him until he disrespected his fanbase by not giving them the option on having the original films (which I'm happy with having on DVD) that made him rich to begin with. The prequel trilogy also showed he is not a good director.

To be fair, I enjoyed the Blu-Ray version of Empire Strikes Back. The changes he added made it a better film.

[Operation Swordfish]

Originally Posted by 42041

To me it also looks like you might want to set your TV to 1:1 mode, or whatever your TV calls it, if it supports it. The grid-like pattern of of the sharpened grain noise looks like a scaling artifact, though that can also be part of the image on the disc.

It is, I was just zooming in on the most grained area with my phone. My TV is always at 1:1. But the grain/distortion is all fixed now and looks great

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by Agent Bond

I had respect for him until he disrespected his fanbase by not giving them the option on having the original films (which I'm happy with having on DVD) that made him rich to begin with. The prequel trilogy also showed he is not a good director.

To be fair, I enjoyed the Blu-Ray version of Empire Strikes Back. The changes he added made it a better film.

I will say the changes in Empire were better compared to the other two movies. One exception was the scene with Vader going to his Star Destroyer near the end - really hurt continuity of that entire sequence.