Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 4K UHD (1977-2019)

[KillaKiloz]

Originally Posted by KillaKiloz

Any Canadians successfully pre-order this yet? The Best Buy Canada website no longer has it listed, though the American site still has it and the UK Amazon has it as well. Any luck from anyone?

Anybody? I am hesitant to order from the UK - I am bit out of step on the technology side of things, but aren't discs region locked?

[Farerb]

Yeah... the prequels had really amazing three dimensional characters...sure

https://youtu.be/AXA21RL9-IY

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

If I have to have a digibook style case then those 'half moon' slots seen above are about as good as it gets. It's when they're almost completely enclosed with only a tiny little slot at the top or side that I gets real nervous.

Yeah, I've got the Australian version of the 50-film Warners set and not only is almost none of the disc visible, most of them are so tight it's a five-minute wrestle to get them out, and getting fingerprints all over the read side is unavoidable. Very much looking forward to the day I can get those on my Emby server and never have to deal with them again.

[jala12]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Personally I didn’t find anything soulful about the prequels, excluding the final 20 minutes of ROTS.

For me they were lifeless, synthetic clones.

The Disney films that I’ve seen, as flawed as they are, both have genuine, spine-chilling moments.

Han’s demise in TFA and Luke winking at C-3PO as he walks out to meet Kylo.

...the latter is one of my favorite Star Wars moments.

The worldbuilding and music are the best parts about the prequels. In comparison, the ST has non-existent worldbuilding and though the music is still good, never reaches the highs that the PT's score did.

[LegacyCosts]

They don't have world building because the disney films are remakes/rehashes. They offer no new content, attack of the clones was innovative at the time for its use of digital technology. Can anyone name one innovative thing about the force awakens? No.

[Indiana Jones]

Originally Posted by KillaKiloz

Anybody? I am hesitant to order from the UK - I am bit out of step on the technology side of things, but aren't discs region locked?

Depends on the studio releasing the Blu-Ray, in this case they will be region free.

[KillaKiloz]

Originally Posted by Indiana Jones

Depends on the studio releasing the Blu-Ray, in this case they will be region free.

Thanks for the reply. So to confirm, a Canadian should be ok to order this boxset and would not experience any playback issues?

I reached out to Best Buy Canada and they told me they anticipate having it but could not confirm that or an ETA.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by LegacyCosts

They don't have world building because the disney films are remakes/rehashes. They offer no new content, attack of the clones was innovative at the time for its use of digital technology. Can anyone name one innovative thing about the force awakens? No.

I don’t see how anyone can say that The Last Jedi is a rehash of anything.

Attack of the Clones had innovative digital technology, but literally everything else about it sucked imo.

And the digital parts haven’t held up well over time imo.

...they just make it look like a video game.

[RodChester]

Originally Posted by LegacyCosts

They don't have world building because the disney films are remakes/rehashes. They offer no new content, attack of the clones was innovative at the time for its use of digital technology. Can anyone name one innovative thing about the force awakens? No.

Innovation does not make a good film.

[howarmat]

Originally Posted by KillaKiloz

Anybody? I am hesitant to order from the UK - I am bit out of step on the technology side of things, but aren't discs region locked?

Originally Posted by Indiana Jones

Depends on the studio releasing the Blu-Ray, in this case they will be region free.

Originally Posted by KillaKiloz

Thanks for the reply. So to confirm, a Canadian should be ok to order this boxset and would not experience any playback issues?

I reached out to Best Buy Canada and they told me they anticipate having it but could not confirm that or an ETA.

4k is always region free and yes in this case the blurays should be as well. Loads cheaper from the UK as well

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

I feel like I have no allies, because I think the plot and "diversity" and whatnot are fine, but I think the dialogue writing and pacing are terrible. That makes me an enemy of both the haters and the lovers. Reminds me of today's political climate honestly. Everything is black or white.

Of course it is. It's a Star Wars film. All of them have terrible dialogue. They may be enjoyable, they may be fun, they may be exciting, but not a one is known for scintillating dialogue.

"We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?" is funny and tension relief, but it's not great dialogue.

And you're definitely right in that arguing about The Last Jedi is like a political argument in current climes. Everyone's made up their mind about what's what, and refuses to budge.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by KillaKiloz

Anybody? I am hesitant to order from the UK - I am bit out of step on the technology side of things, but aren't discs region locked?

The 4K discs will be region-free. There has yet to be any 4K release that's region locked. As for Blu-ray discs, it's generally a crap-shoot. But Disney, along with Warner, typically do not region lock their discs. Region-locking tends to be used to ensure that different rights-holders in different markets are "protected". Disney (and Warner) tend to have worldwide rights to their films, so there's no need to lock them.

[PenguinInfinity]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Of course it is. It's a Star Wars film. All of them have terrible dialogue. They may be enjoyable, they may be fun, they may be exciting, but not a one is known for scintillating dialogue.

"We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?" is funny and tension relief, but it's not great dialogue.

That line is intentionally stupid. Using it as an example to represent the dialogue of the whole series is ridiculous.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

That line is intentionally stupid. Using it as an example to represent the dialogue of the whole series is ridiculous.

(1) I wasn't using it to represent the dialogue of the whole series. I used it to point out that even one of the best movies of the series has some not-very-good dialogue. It would be far too easy to ridicule something like The Phantom Menace, which was awful from beginning to end.

(2) I don't think it's "intentionally stupid". It's meant to be humorous. And it is. People laugh. And they laugh with it, not laugh at it. But "funny" dialogue (as opposed to, say, "witty" dialogue) tends to reflect the circumstances of the scene, and is not, in itself, necessarily good dialogue.

The writing as a whole (not just the dialogue) throughout the series is OK at best, and more often than not, clunky. Well, there might well be a line here or there that rises above. But the writers of the SW movies just don't hold a candle to writers like Ernest Lehman, William Goldman, Robert Towne, Ethan Coen, Elmore Leonard, Woody Allen (regardless of what you might think of the man himself, his writing is terrific), et alia.

[Brightstar]

Is Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - Limited Edition the only way to own the whole set ? i was expecting it to be available world wide

[Vangeli]

It will surely be available elsewhere. I’m hoping a region that cares a little more about quality packaging will get it, like Korea.

Was hoping for Steelbooks but BestBuy pretty much always gets those as exclusives in the US and they have this set already so they’re unlikely to also run exclusive steelbooks alongside it, at least right now.

[Brightstar]

Unless it contains extres that are not available anywhere else or even the unaltered versions we will have to wait and see

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Brightstar

Is Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - Limited Edition the only way to own the whole set ? i was expecting it to be available world wide

At the moment, it's a Best Buy exclusive in the US and Canada, and an Amazon exclusive in the UK. The Rise of Skywalker appears to be getting a wider release separate from the set.

I'm sure that the exclusivity will be relatively short term, and that all of the films will be getting their own 4K releases somewhere down the road. And there will undoubtedly be another set of all nine films released, though in different packaging.

Originally Posted by Vangeli

Was hoping for Steelbooks but BestBuy pretty much always gets those as exclusives in the US and they have this set already so they’re unlikely to also run exclusive steelbooks alongside it, at least right now.

Yes, but maybe not later. BB, for example, released the three Matrix films in SteelBooks individually, and later as a SteelBook set. And then did the same with the 90s Batman films. I've little doubt that there will be BBSBs for the individual films later in the year.

[JAL4U2C]

If i were a betting man i would say they are saving the individual steelbooks for May the Fourth promotion. Probably some more trilogy box sets as well.

[jh901]

Originally Posted by LegacyCosts

Lucas is an auteur

Is this satire? Or parody?