Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[MCT]

Originally Posted by miniroll32

dudes

i have a friend who knows this guy who, like, works for lucasfilm and knows another friends-brothers-cousin who had access to the only surviving "true fan" prints of the original star wars saga. He informed me that vader's lightsaber was actually yellow, because no pink or red crystal existed at this point in time. It makes perfect sense now.

Hilarious.

[MCT]

Originally Posted by Monolithium

Character change.

1997 Vader was still a badass, Jedi killing machine.
2011 Vader is a whiny manboy who cries when he kills things.

perfect.

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by MEB

Every time I read about "real" Star Wars fans, I'm reminded of this:



Mark

I love that video!Bought the DVD,and that alongside the Bon Jovi segment was hillarious!Recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it.Blindbuy it.Can't be that much now

[Roonan]

Originally Posted by watzcoc

what's with the obsession with the original cuts?

1. you wont get them so stop trolling

What the...

[chip75]

Originally Posted by killermike2178

Actually, the video that Kenkraly2004 linked is for the International version.

Thanks. That explains the discart then. I must say the US package does look nice but I'll live with our Digistack.

[Jay444]

Originally Posted by starwarsagent

I see..so now when someone makes a good case and shuts down a theory..he's a troll..good one. I'm outta here...probably for good!

Dude, you don't have to make up some lame theory about crystals and whatever to make us think a technical error was done on purpose to help the film's story line. It was a error in the mastering of the 2004 films. That is it. No more, no less. When you start offering excuses out of the EU or whatever for bad mastering your credibility plummets.

Vader's lightsaber in Star Wars was red in 77, red in 80, and red 83, and then red in 1997. The Sith in the films, be it Tyranus, Maul, Sideous or Vader, all had red sabers. Please, for the love of god, I am talking about the red outer glow, not the fn core. The core to all Lightsabers is white. Common knowledge, so lets not go down that road.

So, let's all move on from this topic. We know they fixed some of the most glaring lightsaber issues. Didn't get em all, but I will glady take what is being offered. I liked how they showed Sam Jackson/Ewan McGregor in the brief special feature preview with them acting to a green screen and then seemlessly switching to the finished product. Hope there is a LOT of that on the bonus discs.

[the sordid sentinel]

Originally Posted by MEB

Every time I read about "real" Star Wars fans, I'm reminded of this:

Triumph the Dog @ Star Wars Attack of the Clones Premiere in NYC! - YouTube



Mark

I remember that back in the day. Still LOL funny. I really miss Triumph.

[kenkraly2004]

I'm very excited that the star wars saga is coming out on blu-ray disc in about a month. And as far as some fans complaining about the blu-ray box set just let it go. Would it be nice to have the UOT in the blu-ray box set? Yes it would be but it's not going to happen. Some are saying it won't sell well. It will sell well because it is the biggest release in the history of the blu-ray format. It's star wars on blu-ray and we should not complain about the box set. I'm going to enjoy the blu-ray box set next month when it comes out. The things I'm most looking forward to besides seeing the films on blu-ray in 1080p HD video and hearing them in DTS HD MA 6.1 are the deleted scenes from all 6 films and the stuff from the lucasfilm archives like the interviews in the mini documentaries and other stuff as well and also the vintage documentaries.

[Maggot]

Originally Posted by oat-a-bix

I swear Star Wars fans just try to find reasons to complain nowadays. We're finally getting them on Blu-ray yet people just moan about Lightsaber colours before we've seen the actual films on Blu-ray.

BRAVO! That's a spot on assesment. The nit-picking is hilarious. If it's not one thing, it's another. One wonders if these fans could ever truely be happy in life to begin with. Sounds like they are all obsessive compulsive. They have medicine for that you know.

[Jar Jar Stinks]

Originally Posted by miniroll32

I love this.

[RipleyLV426]

I'm wondering when all the store exclusives are gonna hit...I've been holding off on a preorder waiting to see if there was any release I'd want more, then I'd have to choose (just the original trilogy interests me)

[whaleman]

Originally Posted by Cook

When did people seriously begin entertaining the notion that Vader's saber is not red? This retconing BS to explain away poor adjustments to these films gets old. Vaders saber has always been red not magenta. I don't understand why its so fraking hard to make his saber red. Vader does not have a pinkish purple magenta lightsaber. Its retarded and goes against what is established for the sith. I guess vader is special though. Nothing more intimidating than a dark mass murdering overlord rocking a pink lightsaber. Magenta screams death and destruction. It has always been the symbol of blood and war, after all. Oh wait, that's not right. RED is the symbol of blood and war.

[danny_boy]

Originally Posted by Jay444

Dude, you don't have to make up some lame theory about crystals and whatever to make us think a technical error was done on purpose to help the film's story line. It was a error in the mastering of the 2004 films. That is it. No more, no less. When you start offering excuses out of the EU or whatever for bad mastering your credibility plummets.

Vader's lightsaber in Star Wars was red in 77, red in 80, and red 83, and then red in 1997. The Sith in the films, be it Tyranus, Maul, Sideous or Vader, all had red sabers. Please, for the love of god, I am talking about the red outer glow, not the fn core. The core to all Lightsabers is white. Common knowledge, so lets not go down that road.

So, let's all move on from this topic. We know they fixed some of the most glaring lightsaber issues. Didn't get em all, but I will glady take what is being offered. I liked how they showed Sam Jackson/Ewan McGregor in the brief special feature preview with them acting to a green screen and then seemlessly switching to the finished product. Hope there is a LOT of that on the bonus discs.

Actually the core of Vader's lightsaber is pinkish/white with a mild red outer glow.

And the 2004 DVD honored this fact which can be confirmed in the below comparison:

1977/1981 Technicolor print on the left/2004 DVD on the right.



In other words the 2004 DVD(and it's hidef master--to be used for the blu rays) is a faithful(although different ) rendition of the original cinematic print(in terms of color reference).

[Jar Jar Stinks]

Originally Posted by danny_boy

Actually the core of Vader's lightsaber is pinkish/white with a mild red outer glow.

And the 2004 DVD honored this fact which can be confirmed in the below comparison:

1977/1981 Technicolor print on the left/2004 DVD on the right.



In other words the 2004 DVD(and it's hidef master--to be used for the blu rays) is a faithful(although different ) rendition of the original cinematic print(in terms of color reference).

Please. Stop.

[JasonWard]

He's right. I'm not going to say there are not inconsistencies in the lightsaber coloring. There are. That inconsistency has always been there and there has always been a pinkish tint to the lightsaber on every release I've ever owned.

[miniroll32]

In other words, although the supposed legendary Technicolor print reflects the "original" film, and Vader's 2004 & 2011 sabers are look suspiciously similar to it, they're still shoddy transfers because no-one wants Vader saber to have a pink glow Beautiful!

[Merlinpants]

Originally Posted by danny_boy

Actually the core of Vader's lightsaber is pinkish/white with a mild red outer glow.

And the 2004 DVD honored this fact which can be confirmed in the below comparison:

1977/1981 Technicolor print on the left/2004 DVD on the right.



In other words the 2004 DVD(and it's hidef master--to be used for the blu rays) is a faithful(although different ) rendition of the original cinematic print(in terms of color reference).

...you are still trying to convince yourself. I hope the blu ray is coloured exactly the same as your beloved flawed technicolour print evidence photo, cause then we can also look forward to pink hangar bay lights, pink highlights on the floor, pink stormtrooper costumes AND pink lightsabres.

Try reading my earlier posts. ILM have been confirmed as going back in to change the colours of the lightsabres because they look 'funky'. Lets just wait until the blu ray comes out, then you can tell everyone how clever you are. The MODS are going to be deleting about 30 pages of this dross come monday. Nobody cares anymore, you like pink, others like red (in fact so does ILM and George Lucas according to the prequel trilogy). All we can ALL hope for is a colour match throughout all 6 films, be that pink or be that red. The Sith lords should all wield the same colour sabre yes?

Lets put this one to bed now for everyones sake.

[kenkraly2004]

Agreed let put the lightsaber colors issue to bed once and for all. End it right now.

[42041]

Originally Posted by danny_boy

It is certainly a lot more trustworthy than a bunch of anonymous fans who have nothing more than vague/ambigous memories to rely on.

Photos of 35mm prints, much like photos of TVs, are not trustworthy whatsoever.

[fgomike]

This place is going to die down after Sept 16. Wonder what else we can argue about?