Original Trilogy DVD- Discussion thread

See, that there is the scene from the movie...now let me get a pic of the menu when it is blue to show you a comparison for those color blind people out there...

probably should have posted this here instead of finti's link:

i got the box set yesterday. oh, the joys of pre ordering. and no, i am not lying.

has anyone played the battlefront demo yet? oh my god! it is sick!
luckily i have an xbox!

*thrusts pelvis into air*

i have noticed that the ROTJ luke saber looks like theyve just gone into photoshop and painted over them again! it looks crappier than the original green saber.

and this:

by the way, i havent watched rotj all the way through yet, but does hayden appear at the end as a ghost? i am not sure whether this is true or a big fat lie. if its true, can someone post a screenshot?

Hey, I have the DVDs also...and I have played the battlefront demo...you can play the Endor level...it seems like an awesome game from what I could tell. Also, I noticed that they made the ROTJ lightsabers kinda crappy looking too...I have not also finished Return of the Jedi, but I have skimmed through it, and looked at the ending...it does in fact, as many know, include Hayden as Anakin...very badly inserted in...although, despite what some said, it IS in fact his real body...not the older actor's, as you can see Hayden isn't as big as him...but it still looks bad...and saying Hayden in the old trilogy...yikes...and also the bit with Naboo and a Gungan (possibly Jar Jar) yelling "Wesa Free!" Again, yikes...here's a screenshot of Hayden as Anakin...

and lukes saber is not green. compare that saber with ROTJ saber. the blade leans more towards the blue side than green side. its much clearer on the link than the thumbnail preview you guys are posting.
its a colour distortion.

Dude I have the DVDs...its freakin Green.

thanks for the pic hunchy. i'll have a look tonight at the saber but from the screenshots posted, it dont look green.

hey hunchy, have you used the atst in battlefront? its damn hard to control. hope they fix it up for the actual release. when is the release anyway?

Hey Mist,
yeah Battlefront is cool. It comes out tomorrow along with the DVDs! Did you say you had the DVDs too?

yeah, sweet im buying battlefront. should i get it on pc or xbox? ( i dont have LIVE in case you were wondering, so no online for me)

I don't know, I have XBOX...so that's what I'd get it on...I have a Mac too...not a PC...so its up to you...but I'd get it on XBOX personally...

Hey Hunchy, got your PM. Don't worry about it man I'll hav'em in my hand by tomorrow evening. By then this place will flooded with rants and raves and praise. I'm also debating on getting Battlefront tomorrow. That'll be about hundred bucks total. Decesions Decesions.

Gotta love 24 Hr Wal Mart. 😎

I was intrigued when I saw one guy walking out of the store with the display, then I saw another one and just did a little "inspectigating", and the stocker told me I could have it. Right time, right place.

If I were still a huge SW collector, I'd be geeked out right now, but, this one will probably go to eBay or one of my old collecting pals.

MAKE SURE YOU BUY WIDESCREEN. It's bad enough that these aren't the "real" movies, buying it in foolscreen will only make it worse.

yea, Im gonna swing by Borders tommorow and pick it up.
Been saving a while for this...

freggin awesome

Empire of dreams is also interesting.
I didn't know they had that much trouble making A new hope. I will see the rest of EOD later, if anyone has some question.

I WOULD have it right now, had I not had to spend my available cash on other things. First chance I get I'm picking up the DVDs.

And I know, I should have ordered it on Amazon a while ago so I wouldn't have had this problem 🙁

EoD is damn nice, though it has too much "Lucas is a visionary, and r0x and we love him and hooray lucas" moments for my taste.

btw did you guys notice that shine sometimes on c3po while he is on tatooine during ANH

Originally posted by OB1-adobe
More or less. It is not done all CGI, but they did something, I don't what they did but they did something. Check out the link if you want to see it:

http://perso.club-internet.fr/willow/Index.html

They finally removed the awful matte lines in the rancor scene. PLus they changed the colour of the lighting and the difference in focus. Judging by the screenshots it look a little better. I;m getting my DVD's tomorrow, I'll check that scene first! And then ANH. I can only hope GL didn't make anymore changes to my beloved ESB... that scene with Vader going to his shuttle was sooooo obsolete...

Oh yeah. I am totally blown away by the picture and sound on this one. Probably the best remastered version of a movie to hit DVD in those categories. Can't wait to delve into the rest of 'em.

There were a few surprises in ANH, content wise;

* Temuera Morrison apparently DID NOT end up doing the voice of the Stormtroopers.

* Han vs Greedo was cleaned up BEAUTIFULLY with Han leaning over.

* The lightsaber ignition scenes w/ Luke, when he recieved the saber from Obi Wan, and after Han's "Good blaster" line, were both condensed almost seamlessly.

* Ponda Baba's severed arm in Wuher's Cantina was still gory, despite a lightsaber cauterizing the wound.

Of course there were a few others. There was one HUGE glaring error in Wuher's Cantina during Max Rebo Band's second set where the soundtrack lapsed as if a record skipped, during the close up on one of the Modal Nodes.

Anywho..incredible transfer and clean up job on Lucas' behalf. Well worth the $44 so far.