Topic: STAR WARS.....................DVD 4, 5, 6

[Agent XXX]

 
 
starwars.com  Episode IV  News  Article


The Star Wars Trilogy on DVD
February 10, 2004


The most requested films for the DVD format will finally become a reality this September as Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox present the eagerly-awaited Star Wars Trilogy for the ultimate home entertainment format. The four-disc collection will be released on September 21 in the U.S. and Canada, with international release dates following closely.
"We know how long fans have waited for this release and how much they have been looking forward to it, so everyone has been working overtime to make sure that the Star Wars Trilogy on DVD is an awesome experience," said Jim Ward, Vice President of Marketing and Distribution for Lucasfilm Ltd. and the DVD collection's Executive Producer.

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi will be available in a four-disc set that includes a bonus disc filled with all-new special features -- including the most comprehensive feature-length documentary ever produced about the Star Wars saga and never-before-seen footage from the making of all three films. Each of the three films in the Star Wars Trilogy has been digitally restored and re-mastered by THX for superior sound and picture quality.

"First and foremost, the DVDs will deliver the very best possible sound and picture and take advantage of everything the medium can offer. On top of that, we are creating added-value material that gets inside the creation of the Star Wars films in a fresh and fun way," Ward said. "We want watching this DVD collection to be as memorable as seeing the movies for the first time."

The films of the Star Wars Trilogy will be available exclusively as a collection and will feature Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX. All three films are closed-captioned and subtitled in English, French and Spanish in the U.S. Internationally, sound and subtitling specifications will vary by territory.

Keep checking starwars.com over the coming months for more specific details about the content of this must-own DVD set.

 

[Toasty0]

Oh baby! Daddy be happy now...  

[Dallas]

Hopefully they will include the original versions of the movies and not just
the versions that Lucas monkied with.

 

[762]

Nope, just the monkey ones.

[Kmelew]

And probably "enhanced" some more.  

[Dallas]

Bummer. I know that I'm gonna buy them anyways but it would of been
nice to have the original versions.

I only got to see the super dooper uber version of Star Wars when it was
released and I wasn't to happy with it. Yes, the new effects were nice but
I didn't care for how the story was changed. I'm refering to the cantina scene
with Han and Greedo and the hanger bay scene with Han and Jabba.

 

[762]

Actually the Han and Jabba scene was always supposed to have been there (and was always in the novel, which Lucas wrote himself). It wasn't filmed because they couldn't figure out how to do it in 1977 (and probably wouldn't have had the money anyway).

[Dallas]

762, yep I recall that. I kinda remember seeing an outtake of the that scene
when it was originally filmed and they used this large fellow to play Jabba.

The part that I didn't like in that scene was when Han steps on Jabba's tail
while they are talking. It was too comical. Jabba is suppose to be this intergalactic
bad*ss not someone that you would step on. I saw the making of and they explained
why they filmed it that way but in my opinion they should of just left the scene out.

 

[762]

Yeah, that was a bit dorky, but after that pile of $hit called Episode 2 it looks positively brilliant.

[Dallas]

Quote:
Yeah, that was a bit dorky, but after that pile of $hit called Episode 2 it looks positively brilliant.  

LMAO!! Don't get me started on Ep. 1 and 2. I could go on a rant that would
make some of our more notorious forum members seem sedate.    

[Iceman]

Don't quote me on this, well, I'm sure you will anyways but here goes.

In the new (ep 4,5,6) DVD set, Han shoots first.  So I've heard.  

[EmeraldEdge]

I heard a rumour, as well, that the Han/Greedo scene is going to be slipped back to the original, where Han shoots first (as it should be) and that in the Han/Jabba scene he doesn't rise up when he walks behind (as if he had stepped on his tail).  To me that would be a very nice adjustment.

Of course it would be nice to have an "special" edition where it includes both versions (hey, they did it with the Alien movies all in one box, 2 discs per movie one with the theatrical release and one with the editors cut).  Maybe they'll do what they did with the Lord of the Rings movies and wait for everyone to buy this version and then release the next one so everyone will buy it again.  

[Dallas]

Iceman and EmeraldEdge, thanks for the info. Man, I hope that they do restore the cantina
scene and fix the hanger scene. That would be really nice even though I would still love
to have the originals.  

I was so cranky with LOTR when they released the uber version after I had already bought
the regular version. Being the movie dork that I am I'll be getting the uber versions anyways.
Man, I need help.    

[Iceman]

The LOTR rings extended is only semi-uber, because it doesn't contain the original theatrical cut.  Thats what the ones that were released first have.  And yes, I have all 4 so far. (2 copies each of Fellowship and TTT).  

[Lono]

I just saw episode IV again on cable the other night, and man, despite the new (horrible) Han/Greedo/Jabba scenes it is still amazingly edgy and kick butt!

Episode 1, by comparrison, is simply rediculous - tho the actual pod race was pretty effective.

Now Episode 2 I didn't find half bad - especially the IMAX cut of it.

Sure there was some wooden acting and dialog, but it is highly watchable, and much much more interesting than Episode 1.

The IMAX version wisely cut the extraneous Jar Jar and over done "Romance" scenes, and really hightened the special effects (like Fett's Sonic bomb's)...

If Lucas can get a little Darker and Edgier in Episode III I think I'll be able to be satisfied with the new trilogy.

Nothing will beat Vader saying "I am your Father" right after dicing Luke's hand off tho - that was pure movie magic!



     

[Dash Jones]

And of course what followed was the worst cut of the entire trilogy remake.  In the original widescreen version that I saw...he makes a resolute choice, and steps off the little hanger thing into the garbage chute.

In the special edition...you're like...oh what?  Was Luke about to accept Vader's proposal...but slipped before he could grab a hold of Vader's arm...he SCREAMS all the way down like he slipped!  Did he make a mistake!?

It just killed the moment in my eyes.  No longer was Luke making a choice...he slipped and fell instead!

[EmeraldEdge]

Makes you wonder what the heck happened to Lucas, doesn't it.  First you get these really bad decisions the castrate the story and characters in many ways, and then we have the "pre-quel" which is in many cases drek.  I mean there were sparks of the Star Wars that was in the second one, but overall it's more like a teeny movie.  The dark tones are gone, and some of the acting and writing is just the most amazing drivel.  I had a real hard time accepting Jango's death.  I mean he's this uber-ninja fighting Obi Wan, but then he just stands there firing his blaster at a jedi knight and waits for him to walk up to him and slice his head off?  What's that?  DId he get a labotomy somewhere inbetween the two scenes?  I mean, really.  And the romance scenes seemed completely unmotivated.  Just "Hey, your half naked and I love you, let's do something wrong". lol.  Oh, well.  Not much can be done about it now.   Maybe we'll eventually get an ubdated version of the prequel, except instead of making the scenes bad, they will somehow find a way to bring it up to the level of the original.  You know there was a lot of guff about the guys from N'sync appearing in the movie, which in the end didn't happen, but I really didn't have a problem with it as long as the movie wasn't a mindless teeny bopper bubble bum pop movie.    

[Iceman]

But you just know it would have been.  

I think the point was that it would have then been proven that Lucas caved to his teeniebopper daughter.  

Episode III has to bring back what we so loved about Star Wars,  the dark, edge of your seat, galaxy in the balance of it all feeling that Knights of the Old Republic has only recently recaptured.  Lucas would be wise to go hire the writers at Bioware.  

[NCC2012]

I guess when I post topics I have to type all in CAPS for people to see or respond to.  
http://forums.taldren.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=266269&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1
Oh well....
 

[Dallas]

I'm sorry NCC, I didn't even see your post. Don't feel
bad man, we still love you.