Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by madridista8700

Fixed now, thanks!

No problem.

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by Torgon

I still can't get over all the hate for the prequels. I love the OTC; I grew up with it. Yeah, the prequels weren't up to par, but they are still entertaining enough. But I do agree with most; that now that Disney has control, it would be nice to get the OTC as seen in theaters on Blu-ray.

We can only hope that Disney will see the light and release the Theatrical Cuts in HD. They would probably make tons of money on those discs.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

We can only hope that Disney will see the light and release the Theatrical Cuts in HD. They would probably make tons of money on those discs.

I think about this frequently ever since Disney bought the rights. It would be nice if we get them in the next couple years, but I imagine they will wait until 2017 since that is the 40th anniversary.

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by blonde_devil

I am actually surprised on the price for these. I thought it would have gone up again by now but the price actually seems to be going down. with most movies, you would expect that but with a lot of movies that are this popular, they are cheap for the initial sale and then go up to a set price for a long time(the Planet of the Apes set was like that).

Guessing they made the big money off of it, so now it's time to lure in those that weren't ever going to buy it for over 75 bucks. How long before new editions (maybe with the original cuts) came out?

[Majoran]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

We can only hope that Disney will see the light and release the Theatrical Cuts in HD. They would probably make tons of money on those discs.

I am goign to venture and say we will never see the Theatrical cuts in HD...Just my humble opinion though....

If anything it will be in the future after all movies have been released and part of a "ultimate" collectors edition of all 9 films. We can count on our hand the amount of times they have been released on DVD or heck even an HD scan of them.

[sk33tr]

Originally Posted by madridista8700

Finished my custom covers for my own collection. Need to do a cover for some Special Features as well.

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nice job. i like how you use father and son for the prequels and originals.

[kemcha]

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Originally Posted by madridista8700

Finished my custom covers for my own collection.

Gorgeous covers, wish we could download them. But, if you haven't seen the clip yet, The Graham Norton Show has Samuel Jackson talking about how he got his role as Mace Window, how he got a very specially customized purple lightsaber (this is a hilarious story) and what is actually inscribed on the hilt of his lightsaber. I won't spoil it for you, but check it out. The interview is about 3 minutes long and it's absolutely hilarious:

Samuel L. Jackson's Purple Light Sabre - The Graham Norton Show: Series 13 Episode 13 - BBC One - YouTube

[JavaJulien]

Originally Posted by madridista8700

Finished my custom covers for my own collection. Need to do a cover for some Special Features as well.

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That came out looking awesome.

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by kemcha

[Show spoiler]

Gorgeous covers, wish we could download them. But, if you haven't seen the clip yet, The Graham Norton Show has Samuel Jackson talking about how he got his role as Mace Window, how he got a very specially customized purple lightsaber (this is a hilarious story) and what is actually inscribed on the hilt of his lightsaber. I won't spoil it for you, but check it out. The interview is about 3 minutes long and it's absolutely hilarious:

Samuel L. Jackson's Purple Light Sabre - The Graham Norton Show: Series 13 Episode 13 - BBC One - YouTube

Mac Window? Who was thrown out of a window lol .

In all seriousness that interview's awesome. Could you imagine if he played Mace Windu like his Pulp Fiction character XD

[madridista8700]

If anyone wants the covers, pm me your email address

[thebard]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

Could you imagine if he played Mace Windu like his Pulp Fiction character XD

What do they call a Big Mac on Alderaan?

[RyanPom]

Originally Posted by Majoran

I am goign to venture and say we will never see the Theatrical cuts in HD...Just my humble opinion though....

Disney does not own the Original trilogy. They still belong to FOX, so it's their call. That was why Lucasfilm was working on 3D releases at the time. Those became part of the deal with Disney.

[Majoran]

Originally Posted by RyanPom

Disney does not own the Original trilogy. They still belong to FOX, so it's their call. That was why Lucasfilm was working on 3D releases at the time. Those became part of the deal with Disney.

Ummmm so my case would be even stronger

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by RyanPom

Disney does not own the Original trilogy. They still belong to FOX, so it's their call. That was why Lucasfilm was working on 3D releases at the time. Those became part of the deal with Disney.

Fox may own distribution right now but Lucas owns(ed) the films. he owned Empire and Jedi right when they were made and got the original Star Wars in return for doing the Special Editions. Disney does own them now, just can't do anything with them until the current deals expire. as to seeing an original version of the original trilogy in 3D - maybe. You wouldn't think Disney would pass up such an easy opportunity to get some quick cash but I can see them focusing on the new stuff and allowing Fox to keep releasing the first 6 films in exchange for a percentage of the sales. not sure how it all works in terms of the blurays but you have to think that Disney can't just stick their logo on the current discs and start selling them. since it would involve some effort, I could see them waiting until they have a set to release and then release episodes 1-9 but I don't know if they would include the original versions there either.

[RyanPom]

Originally Posted by blonde_devil

Fox may own distribution right now

Disney owns everything Star Wars related now. Lucasfilm makes the calls on the new movies as far as producing them, but Disney now controls the distribution on the new stuff. The OT films weren't included in the deal as far as I know.

[JavaJulien]

Originally Posted by RyanPom

Disney owns everything Star Wars related now. Lucasfilm makes the calls on the new movies as far as producing them, but Disney now controls the distribution on the new stuff. The OT films weren't included in the deal as far as I know.

Pretty sure Fox still has the distribution rights to A New Hope. Disney owns practically everything else.

[Roonan]

Originally Posted by blonde_devil

Fox may own distribution right now but Lucas owns(ed) the films.

Doesn't matter. As long as Fox owns the distribution rights, Disney can't release those movies unless they make an agreement.

Originally Posted by RyanPom

The OT films weren't included in the deal as far as I know.

As far as distribution goes, and neither were the prequels. Still, the distribution rights for the saga (excluding Episode IV) expire in 2020 so Disney can wait until then.

[Falaskan]

I'm so tempted to get the steel book of this. It's soo expensive on eBay!

[RyanPom]

Originally Posted by JavaJulien

Pretty sure Fox still has the distribution rights to A New Hope. Disney owns practically everything else.

I think Fox owns the OT and PT all rights, but Disney has the 3D rights. Weird.

[kemcha]

I think you got it wrong on Fox Home Video. Fox owns the distribution rights to "Star Wars: A New Hope" in perpetutity and it's doubtful that they would simply give away those rights. However, as I understand it, their rights to the rest of the films does have an expiration date on the rights. In effect, there are various "expiration dates" in regards to the remaining films, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Phantom of the Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Each film has an expiration, in regards to Fox Home Video, as to when the distribution rights for those films will revert to Disney. By 2020, Disney will have taken back ownership of the rights to Episodes II through VI by 2020. However, Fox still retains the rights to "A New Hope" simply because of the horrible agreement that Lucas received from 20th Century Fox to make that movie.

It wasn't until 20th Century Fox asked George Lucas for a sequel to "Star Wars" that he re-negotiated his contract with the studio and opted to forego his $500,000 director's fee in exchange for making the film for $150,000 and that he negotiated the right to own 100% of all Star Wars merchandise and any future sequels.

When Lucas started working on the prequel films, he paid for the budgets of those films out of his own pocket, or so the story goes. While he didn't have a studio in mind to release the films, he decided to go with 20th Century Fox because of they took a chance on the first film and released it, although many studios were competing for the rights to release the new Star Wars films.

However, when 2020 comes around, they will lose the distribution rights to five of the six Star Wars movies that they currently have the distribution rights to. The only thing that Fox got out of the deal was that it retained distribution rights to Episodes II-VI but that those rights revert back to Disney when Fox's original distribution deal with Lucasfilm expires in 2020. By 2020, the only Star Wars film that Fox will still own is "A New Hope".

I imagine that 20th Century Fox is going to move forward and start capitalizing on the rights they have left for those films. For those who have been waiting for single Blu-ray releases of those films, I also imagine that Fox Home Video will schedule individual releases of all six films within the next few years in order to capitalize on those distribution rights before they lose them altogether. After all, Fox has seven more years before their distribution rights expire to those five films.