Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 4K UHD (1980)

[Ben_UK]

Its interesting that over the years they have dropped the "special edition" moniker entirely, probably after the VHS release. Its now just "The Empire Strikes Back" and the SE versions kinda morphed into the bog standard edition by stealth.

[Patsfan123]

Originally Posted by phobicsquirrel

Covers suck. And the bottom area with the device list is becoming silly AF. Hope the steelbooks are better. At least they aren't only doing SW in that horrible set.

These covers are not official. Someone just modified the recent BD covers.

Originally Posted by Ben_UK

Its interesting that over the years they have dropped the "special edition" moniker entirely, probably after the VHS release. Its now just "The Empire Strikes Back" and the SE versions kinda morphed into the bog standard edition by stealth.

You say over the years, but after the initial VHS releases they had dropped SE from the title. I did watch Star Wars on Disney+ in 4K/DV and I did notice the end credits refer to the film as the special edition.

[Geoff D]

The end credits do because they were adjusted in 1997 to include the main players who worked on the SEs, but as they've been revised THREE times since then even those credits are out of date

[XavierTheaterPotato]

Originally Posted by Patsfan123

These covers are not official. Someone just modified the recent BD covers.

Correct, but don't joke yourself here, the "TBD" fanmade covers are literally going to be what Disney will use for the UHD releases of these. Like they did with the MCU UHD releases.

Not like Disney releases new covers for their films only not use them!

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by XavierTheaterPotato

Like they did with the MCU UHD releases

… and the Pixar UHD releases.

[Geoff D]

Yeah, they like getting their money's worth from the new cover designs.

[jh901]

The thread title should include "1997 SE".

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by jh901

The thread title should include "1997 SE".

It isn't the 1997 SE, though.

[jFug]

Originally Posted by XavierTheaterPotato

Correct, but don't joke yourself here, the "TBD" fanmade covers are literally going to be what Disney will use for the UHD releases of these. Like they did with the MCU UHD releases.

Not like Disney releases new covers for their films only not use them!

Yeah that bottom banner is ugly AF and is better just being on the back of the case.

[Rizor]

Yeah I really dislike those monochrome covers from the last video wave. Hoping for something new or some nice looking steel books or something.

[Amano]

No original cut, no buy. Easy as that. Is there any hope left that both cuts could be available?

Or are we supposed to wait for another fan preservation effort to compensate for the sloppiness of the "professionals"? Or stick to the old DVD Set?

I'd even buy the Episode one UHD if it was offered in its un****ed not so glory

[Pans]

Empire has received the least amount of tampering of the OT trilogy subsequent to the SE editions, even including the few extra changes from the Disney+ version, so I'd still be in the market for this.

[Anthifisher]

I don't mind the covers as long as they release Rise of Skywalker matching the rest cos you can bet they won't or they'll do their usual Disney move and release it months down the line when everyone has bought a none matching set and forgotten about it

[Viking61]

Back cover Nordic release.

[BenjaminG]

Originally Posted by Cliff

And yet... I find Empire to have the single worst change to the entire Trilogy. The "Alert my Star Destroyer to prepare for my arrival" and subsequent cutaways to the shuttle fly to and landing on the Star Destroyer completely and without question destroy the pacing of what was once a perfectly edited and paced finale. It's the single most destructive change Lucas made because it doesn't just change a moment, but actually deflates and makes the ending of Empire worse.

I don't agree in that there's more egregious changes in my view, but "bring my shuttle" worked so much better. The line reading from James Earl Jones was fantastic. Sounds terrifying and mightily pissed off at the same time.

[Jar Jar Stinks]

Originally Posted by Patsfan123

These covers are not official. Someone just modified the recent BD covers.

You sure?



https://cdon.se/film/star-wars-episo...-disc-50778284

[JG-havkroll]

Originally Posted by XavierTheaterPotato

Correct, but don't joke yourself here, the "TBD" fanmade covers are literally going to be what Disney will use for the UHD releases of these. Like they did with the MCU UHD releases.

Not like Disney releases new covers for their films only not use them!

The ones posted here ARE “fan-made” but yes, that will more-or-less be the artwork anyway.

[Raphdude]

Originally Posted by Viking61

Back cover Nordic release.

Thanks, Viking 61, for posting this!

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by Cliff

And yet... I find Empire to have the single worst change to the entire Trilogy. The "Alert my Star Destroyer to prepare for my arrival" and subsequent cutaways to the shuttle fly to and landing on the Star Destroyer completely and without question destroy the pacing of what was once a perfectly edited and paced finale. It's the single most destructive change Lucas made because it doesn't just change a moment, but actually deflates and makes the ending of Empire worse.

I tend to agree. That entire original part of the movie was one the most high tension, dramatic, well played out sequences in trilogy (or entire series) with a perfect musical score as icing on the cake. The "Alert" alteration was a huge deflater.

[DapperDanMan]

Originally Posted by Viking61

Back cover Nordic release.

Thanks, so this pretty much confirms no Theatrical Cut. Guess it is just the most recent Disney+ version. Shame.