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Any news on what's gonna be on it?

Would Lucas talk himself into putting in Luke's Tatooine scenes with Biggs? Or the sandstorm meeting outside the Falcon from ROTJ?
Two scenes that have never been seen. I know it would mean altering the tempo, but it's thirty plus year now - what the hell...

Originally posted by queeq
Any news on what's gonna be on it?

I hear Greedo shoots first, we will get color correction, and the matte boxes around the ships will be removed.

I would love for them to compromise with fans and put both original release and Special Edition on the discs.

We're finding all kinds of scenes from dailies that have never been seen before. Beyond all of those things that you know about... there are some real treasures.

Originally posted by roughrider
Would Lucas talk himself into putting in Luke's Tatooine scenes with Biggs? Or the sandstorm meeting outside the Falcon from ROTJ?
Two scenes that have never been seen. I know it would mean altering the tempo, but it's thirty plus year now - what the hell...

Whatcha mean? The Biggs scene can be seen anywhere on the internet... I;ve seen them, many times.

The sandstorm meeting? No.
Nor the wampa attack on the rebel base from ESB.

Don't add any more scenes to the movies themselves...put them in the special features!

Oh I agree on that. But it's mot like some scenes cannot be seen. In fact, the scenes with Biggs in the desert aren't that great. The acting is quite poor.

Is anyone gonna pick up the whole set ? or just the OT ? I love the OT more then the PT but i also want all the extres . Its abit like the Alien Quidrilogy if you want all the extres you have to buy the box set which has AR too and bones disk !!

We're still a year away right? I first have to see what's on it. But I'll prolly will.

Originally posted by queeq
Whatcha mean? The Biggs scene can be seen anywhere on the internet... I;ve seen them, many times.



I actually hadn't thought about that. I read the scenes in my Marvel Comic adaptation from 1977, and in the novelization...
I have just been to YouTube to see the Tatooine scenes now! That actress who played Fixer's girlfriend Camie (Koo Stark), was and still is a beauty. More so than Carrie Fisher was.

But I'm talking about seeing them in the film at last, like the Jabba scene finally got in.

The original Jabba scene is around as well somewhere.

Originally posted by queeq
The original Jabba scene is around as well somewhere.

I know, but that was never supposed to be seen in the original form; the actor is just a stand in for Jabba. The creature didn't work back in 1976, so Lucas scrapped the scene until 1997.

When I was a little one I always wondered why the story book of Star Wars had Biggs in the desert scene and why it was never in the movie.

Hopefully they include those awful scenes that have that someone's random girl friend who was a porn star in the 1970s, forget her name but she is old now.

Originally posted by sweersa

Hopefully they include those awful scenes that have that someone's random girl friend who was a porn star in the 1970s, forget her name but she is old now.

What - Koo Stark, whom I just posted about up above?
She made one or two films that had soft core sex; it was enough for the royal family to get Prince Andrew to dump her.

Originally posted by roughrider
What - Koo Stark, whom I just posted about up above?
She made one or two films that had soft core sex; it was enough for the royal family to get Prince Andrew to dump her.

Yeah, that is her name.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070912170844/starwars/images/2/26/Camie2.jpg

Not bad!

NIce.

Theres lots of stuff in the books making of etc so if they can put that onto blu ray that would be great . The set will be expensive but fans will buy it

Well, a book is a book...

Originally posted by queeq
Well, a book is a book...

I think I have heard of those before. They are like movies right?

Yes but with things called letters.

Originally posted by queeq
Yes but with things called letters.

Ah, so a movie consisting entirely of subtitles?

Something like that. And less pictures.

Originally posted by queeq
Something like that. And less pictures.

Sounds boring.

Yes, and it's educational too. Better stay away from them.

Originally posted by queeq
Yes, and it's educational too. Better stay away from them.

Ah, thanks for the warning. Thankfully the books I read consist of many pop up pictures.

Those are the one to read. They don't give you any ideas.

check this out

http://www.dvdactive.com/editorial/articles/the-ten-things-that-the-forthcoming-star-wars-blu-ray-should-include.html

A whish list.... At least we can wish.

If we get all that in one box set that would be great. It would be the best box set ever !! Anyway whats a ROTJ sand storm?

You never heard of that?

In the script, and apparantly it's been filmed since pics have leaked, there's a sandstorm after Luke has saved Han from jabba. There's a short dialogue outside the Millenium Falcon as the sand storm rages around them. In the comic books Han comments to Luke that he's bceoming more sympathetic with the whole Force concept. It's basically a scene where Han acknowledges Luke has become a grown up, strong enough to take of himself.

Originally posted by coolmovies
If we get all that in one box set that would be great. It would be the best box set ever !! Anyway whats a ROTJ sand storm?

If you read the novelization, it's in there. Lots of things got in the novelization when the script wasn't fully finalized, and the film was in production, but the sandstorm scene was actually filmed. But instead, they took parts of the dialogue from there and threw it over the sequence of the Falcon & X-Wing leaving Tatooine. To speed things up, in the opinion of GL.

Yup... and I think he was right in doing so.

The sandstorm deleted scene?

I hope we get a good transfer on all six films but let me warn you ANH will have grain

Nice grain is not bad grain.

However, when they have a good scan it's gonna look smashing. But I'm sure Lucas will color correct it and ruin the whole authentic look.

Ever seen the Godfather movies in their most recent blu ray restoration? Outstanding.

Since today is May 4th, it's time to wish everyone Happy Star Wars Day.

May The Fourth Be With You.

THe Fourth? Fourth what?

And yes, Happy SW Day to you too...

Originally posted by queeq
Nice grain is not bad grain.

However, when they have a good scan it's gonna look smashing. But I'm sure Lucas will color correct it and ruin the whole authentic look.


You are probability spot on there, unfortunately after the 2nd part.

Yup... *cries*

Originally posted by queeq
Yup... *cries*

Initiate order steal original film from Lucasfilm.

Operation is a failure, original footage was destroyed!

Oops... back to the old VHS then.

Originally posted by queeq
Oops... back to the old VHS then.

Lucky, you have the widescreen ones! I have the full screen ones. Sadly eBay > Lucasfilm archives in this instance.

Does anyone here own a PS3 system for playing Blu-rays, rather than buying a player? Are there any real differences?

Originally posted by roughrider
Does anyone here own a PS3 system for playing Blu-rays, rather than buying a player? Are there any real differences?

I wouldn't think so. I hear PS3s are amazing blu ray players that can even play a few games.

Originally posted by roughrider
Does anyone here own a PS3 system for playing Blu-rays, rather than buying a player? Are there any real differences?

*raises hand*

I've never owned a regular Bluray player, but they look perfect on my PS3 and HDTV.

Originally posted by roughrider
Does anyone here own a PS3 system for playing Blu-rays, rather than buying a player? Are there any real differences?

the PS3 is one of the top (if not THE top) bluray players on the market, from what i've heard.

Thanks for the feedback. I haven't jumped and gotten a Blu-ray player yet - even once that format war ended - because I couldn't come up with a really good reason to spend the extra cash. A gaming system is a good excuse; especially if there are good Star Wars games to use on it.

There ya go.

am waiting for the price to go down

Of the Playstation3...?? That will only go down when PS4 comes out.

Originally posted by coolmovies
am waiting for the price to go down

It's not gonna get any lower until the PS4 comes out, like queeq said. It's already just about half the price compared to when it came out...and you get more storage, sleeker design, and it runs better than version 1 PS3's.

In other words: get one now.

Originally posted by queeq
Of the Playstation3...?? That will only go down when PS4 comes out.

no of a blu ray player

They're not that expensive anymore.

And a PS3 only works on a HDTV, right?
I checked one out on the weekend - only seems to have outlets for an HDMI cable for video, optical digital out for audio.

(So you can't take it to a friends place when they don't have a HDTV.)

Originally posted by roughrider
And a PS3 only works on a HDTV, right?
I checked one out on the weekend - only seems to have outlets for an HDMI cable for video, optical digital out for audio.

(So you can't take it to a friends place when they don't have a HDTV.)

...no.

PS3 comes with component cables for standard TVs. You have to buy the HDMI cable separate if you want it to look sexy on an HDTV.

Yep, I have a PS3, it works on whichever TV you have. Blue-Ray looks fantastic, and the PS3 games look great too. Obviously, you get the most out of the console though if you have an HDTV. The quality is stunning.

Originally posted by Sith Master X
Yep, I have a PS3, it works on whichever TV you have. Blue-Ray looks fantastic, and the PS3 games look great too. Obviously, you get the most out of the console though if you have an HDTV. The quality is stunning.

So true.

I bring my system over to my uncles house on occasion and play on his big screen, but it's not HD and the picture looks very bad. Blurry, pixelated, the colors are off. Yuck.

Originally posted by LanceWindu
...no.

PS3 comes with component cables for standard TVs. You have to buy the HDMI cable separate if you want it to look sexy on an HDTV.

Oh, good. You have options. I'm getting sold on it.

And I know now, it's WAY cheaper to buy an HDMI cable online, rather than from a box store. My current one cost me around $100, for just a three footer!

Originally posted by roughrider
Oh, good. You have options. I'm getting sold on it.

And I know now, it's WAY cheaper to buy an HDMI cable online, rather than from a box store. My current one cost me around $100, for just a three footer!

I got a 6' HDMI cable from Best Buy for $20. Don't buy into Monster cables and shit. Mine looks damn good one a lesser name brand cable.

Wait...can the PS3 play any Blu-ray disc you buy?
I seem to remember those Spider Man movies, where you had to buy the PS3 movie version, to play on the system...
Or was that a previous system's limits with regular DVD?

As far as I know, any legal Blu-ray movie will play on the PS3.

Yup.

A PS3 is a cool Blu ray player because I hear it can play some games.

I only want IV V VI

Originally posted by sweersa
A PS3 is a cool Blu ray player because I hear it can play some games.

REALLY?????? Wow...

Originally posted by queeq
REALLY?????? Wow...

Yeah, it plays only a few games though, remember. I thought it was amusing when PS3s were cheaper than stand along blue ray players happened. Maybe that is why people at one point bought them.

Originally posted by coolmovies
I only want IV V VI

Lucas will sell you the six film box set for Blu-ray, and dare you to take it or leave it, I bet.

And then another one.. and another one... and another one...

i swear, that Biggs scene looks like he was trying make out and/or trying have sex with luke just cause he was leaving for war and all. he kept touching luke and kept standing real close to him as they spoke almost never talking his eyes of luke, with luke being none the wiser. i swear Biggs smacked his ass when he told him to cheer up.

his moustache didn't help for some reason either..there's something about being clean shaven with a moustache and being gay. i dunno.

the scene reeked of homosexuality even though it's really supose to just be unadulterated true friendship.

lol Well that's probably why the whole scene got cut then.

Or Biggs decided to join the Village People instead of the Rebellion.

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
his moustache didn't help for some reason either..there's something about being clean shaven with a moustache and being gay. i dunno.

the scene reeked of homosexuality even though it's really supose to just be unadulterated true friendship.

I loved that scene, amazing.

It's crap.

The biggest problem with the scene is that it doesn't move the story from point A to point B. Almost 90 percent of all deleted scenes are done for this very reason, it doesn't move the story along.

Sometimes scenes that are very good are cut for this reason. They're nice, but it doesn't move you along in the film.

Exactly. This is a scene that provides background for Luke's motivation to go to the academy. But the scene at the dinner table already does that very well.

Originally posted by Sith Master X
The biggest problem with the scene is that it doesn't move the story from point A to point B. Almost 90 percent of all deleted scenes are done for this very reason, it doesn't move the story along.

Sometimes scenes that are very good are cut for this reason. They're nice, but it doesn't move you along in the film.

That's what I was starting to see in some of the LOTR extended editions. The first one was even more awesome with the extra half hour, the second one even better with the extra forty minutes (but some scenes weren't necessary) - by the third one it was half and half, with some scenes you'd only get away with if you were doing a miniseries. Peter Jackson was indulging himself too much by then.

He didn't bring them out in the theatres... but he made it available for us. I liked it.

You can see a lot of deleted scenes on the PT DVD's. I would have liked to have seen several put back in the films - Anakin's fight with Greedo and the sprint away from Mos Espa, scenes with Padme's family and the senators. Lucas just has a peeve about length, and never indulges in a running time over 2 1/2 hours.

The one thing I can't figure out for the life of me is why they cut the 37 second clip of Yoda landing on Dagobah at the end of ROTS. That was such a beautiful scene. Quick, but beautiful, and was a great way to tie in to the OT. That really disappointing me.

I keep re-watching it and I'm like "why why why?" lol It was a perfect fit in.

It wasn't necessary. The ending was slow as it was trying to tie it all together a little too nicely. The Yoda scene would be overdoing it.

But it was less than 40 seconds, and it was just....gorgeous. Felt completely like ESB. Might not have been absolutely 100 percent necessary, but I don't think it would have killed anything either.

No, but it wouldn't have added anything either. That officially makes it a waste of screentime.

Well if you think about it, what does the shot of Vader and the Emperor looking out the window watching the construction of the Death Star really add to the story of ROTS? We didn't hear a word about it all in the movie, and it doesn't help to wrap up the story we just saw. What it does try to do however, is go "oh hey, let's try and bridge these last 2 hours now to the OT in a matter of 5 minutes." lol

If scenes like that made it in the final cut, I just thought spending 35 seconds to show some closure to Yoda would have been acceptable. His last line is "teach you to commune with him, I will." And that's it. We don't see him again until ESB. So I guess that scene to me would have said that he goes to Dagobah immediately after he speaks to Obi-Wan. I know for the most part you should assume that anyway, given what had happened in the movie, but I still would have liked it.

I don't think anything was lost by not showing Yoda landing on Dagobah. Give a bit of mystery to the future fans who will one day watch these in order of I - VI (not matter how much the old guys grumble.) I'm just glad he resisted shots of Yavin & Hoth.

Oh I don't think anything was tremendously lost either, I just don't think it was a necessity to delete.

Originally posted by Sith Master X
Well if you think about it, what does the shot of Vader and the Emperor looking out the window watching the construction of the Death Star really add to the story of ROTS? We didn't hear a word about it all in the movie, and it doesn't help to wrap up the story we just saw. What it does try to do however, is go "oh hey, let's try and bridge these last 2 hours now to the OT in a matter of 5 minutes." lol

If scenes like that made it in the final cut, I just thought spending 35 seconds to show some closure to Yoda would have been acceptable. His last line is "teach you to commune with him, I will." And that's it. We don't see him again until ESB. So I guess that scene to me would have said that he goes to Dagobah immediately after he speaks to Obi-Wan. I know for the most part you should assume that anyway, given what had happened in the movie, but I still would have liked it.

I agree with you. As I said before: the end of ROTS tries to wrap things up a little too much, too neat. The whole DS thing was obsolete too... A lot was.

In a normal six part saga that one'd make from epsiode one, a filmmaker would never make such ending scenes to set the stage for the next one. There'd be a cliffhanger, or a loose thread (like VAder escaping alive at the end of ANH) but not a whole set of scenes: ooooh... look where they are going, that's where you are going to see them in the next episode...

To me, all that was flawed. I'd have preferred to see some scene of Anakin painfully accepting his new fate or finding out how inescapable his new life has become. No he loses his legs and arms, gets a portable iron lung and just stands there as the happy Palpy dog companion. And his bad ass days are still ahead of him, of which we hardly see anything.

I would have liked that also, the ending showing Anakin accepting his new life so to speak. That would have been awesome.

Originally posted by queeq
I agree with you. As I said before: the end of ROTS tries to wrap things up a little too much, too neat. The whole DS thing was obsolete too... A lot was.

In a normal six part saga that one'd make from epsiode one, a filmmaker would never make such ending scenes to set the stage for the next one. There'd be a cliffhanger, or a loose thread (like VAder escaping alive at the end of ANH) but not a whole set of scenes: ooooh... look where they are going, that's where you are going to see them in the next episode...

To me, all that was flawed. I'd have preferred to see some scene of Anakin painfully accepting his new fate or finding out how inescapable his new life has become. No he loses his legs and arms, gets a portable iron lung and just stands there as the happy Palpy dog companion. And his bad ass days are still ahead of him, of which we hardly see anything.

You forget there's a twenty year gap between ROTS and ANH. What kind of cliffhanger ending would you put in? It's not like the uncertainty of the future we see from AOTC and ROTS, or the ending of TESB to ROTJ - both cases, the films are seperated by a single year.
We already had a scene in ROTS that shows Anakin's painful acceptance of his fate, when he awakes in his armour and finds Padme is (indirectly)dead because of him, and he's trapped in a fate he made for himself. I don't think we needed more scenes after that of Palpatine giving him pep talks. Just the silent montage around the galaxy of the central players was enough, with Anakin learning to live in his new role.
And Lucas was shaping it not so much as a six-part series, but as a pair of trilogies. Yes, he threw in visual foreshadowing hints in the closing scenes of ROTS - things people who have seen the OT already know. But that was just for the fans.

Don't get me wrong or anything, I really liked the last 10 minutes of the movie and the ending, I did.

But it was just sort of thrown in there for the sake of throwing it in and appealing to the fans, as you just mentioned, rather then let the ending unfold naturally.

It's nothing I lose any sleep over, but there's alot of Episode III that doesn't really bridge anything together into the OT (not that it really had to) and then in the last 10 minutes I feel like it was trying to take a two hour movie and convince us that the entire thing was a seamless transition into Episode 4, and it wasn't.

Originally posted by roughrider
You forget there's a twenty year gap between ROTS and ANH. What kind of cliffhanger ending would you put in? It's not like the uncertainty of the future we see from AOTC and ROTS, or the ending of TESB to ROTJ - both cases, the films are seperated by a single year.
We already had a scene in ROTS that shows Anakin's painful acceptance of his fate, when he awakes in his armour and finds Padme is (indirectly)dead because of him, and he's trapped in a fate he made for himself. I don't think we needed more scenes after that of Palpatine giving him pep talks. Just the silent montage around the galaxy of the central players was enough, with Anakin learning to live in his new role.
And Lucas was shaping it not so much as a six-part series, but as a pair of trilogies. Yes, he threw in visual foreshadowing hints in the closing scenes of ROTS - things people who have seen the OT already know. But that was just for the fans.

What acceptance did we see???? First we see him yell NOOOOOOOOOOO... and then he is there on the bridge...

To me, the whole structure of the PT is lacking. I think at least two episodes should have been the story of ROTS. And the last of Anakin being a being mofo tracking down Jedi, finding OB1 on his way for one final attempt to turn him back to the light side. As OB1 musings in ANH suggested.

Now we get a very long runway with a very obsolete AOTC and an overly rushed finale in ROTS. So th climax would then be Anakin locked up forever in the suit, but his turn and his bad assnes would already have been on great display. Now he's just a kid killer.

Abit off topic but you should check out the Alien Anthology tread in the DVD section to see what 20 century fox has done !!

All four films with over 60 hours of extres !!!!!!!!!!!! Now thats the treatment SW needs

I will admit I wanted to see Anakin as Vader killing more Jedi.

Originally posted by queeq
What acceptance did we see???? First we see him yell NOOOOOOOOOOO... and then he is there on the bridge...

To me, the whole structure of the PT is lacking. I think at least two episodes should have been the story of ROTS. And the last of Anakin being a being mofo tracking down Jedi, finding OB1 on his way for one final attempt to turn him back to the light side. As OB1 musings in ANH suggested.

Now we get a very long runway with a very obsolete AOTC and an overly rushed finale in ROTS. So th climax would then be Anakin locked up forever in the suit, but his turn and his bad assnes would already have been on great display. Now he's just a kid killer.

The cut away from his "NOOOOOO......" is a time cut, as we go to several other places and events going on (like Padme's funeral) before coming back to Palpatine & Vader on the Star Destroyer. We get the feeling time has passed, and Anakin/Vader has had time adjusting to his new role. (Because he's not sulking in the back of the ship, refusing to come out...)

But apparently, filmmaking craft can be too subtle for some people. While Lucas assumes the audience is paying attention and has gotten the idea, others apparently need a title card to appear on the bottom of the screen detailing HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED. Thankfully, those people are few in number.

The other events of hunting down further Jedi are something Lucas wanted to deal with in a different way, with the EU and the forthcoming live action series. He wanted it to end with Luke & Leia been given away to be raised separately; that is the appropriate ending.

And we always knew Anakin/Vader was a killer - children & otherwise - from ANH onward. We just didn't see it up close until ROTS. It's not unexpected.

My 06 dvds look great on my blu ray player

Originally posted by roughrider
The cut away from his "NOOOOOO......" is a time cut, as we go to several other places and events going on (like Padme's funeral) before coming back to Palpatine & Vader on the Star Destroyer. We get the feeling time has passed, and Anakin/Vader has had time adjusting to his new role. (Because he's not sulking in the back of the ship, refusing to come out...)

But apparently, filmmaking craft can be too subtle for some people. While Lucas assumes the audience is paying attention and has gotten the idea, others apparently need a title card to appear on the bottom of the screen detailing HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED. Thankfully, those people are few in number.

The other events of hunting down further Jedi are something Lucas wanted to deal with in a different way, with the EU and the forthcoming live action series. He wanted it to end with Luke & Leia been given away to be raised separately; that is the appropriate ending.

And we always knew Anakin/Vader was a killer - children & otherwise - from ANH onward. We just didn't see it up close until ROTS. It's not unexpected.

It has nothing to do with subtleties, because SW is far from subtle ("IF you're not with me, you are my enemy...". And I know tehre are time cuts. The point is: Anakin's charactersation sucks. We never see a hero we can cheer for and we never see the bad-ass... All we get is a sulking kid killer... LAME.

Originally posted by queeq
It has nothing to do with subtleties, because SW is far from subtle ("IF you're not with me, you are my enemy...". And I know tehre are time cuts. The point is: Anakin's charactersation sucks. We never see a hero we can cheer for and we never see the bad-ass... All we get is a sulking kid killer... LAME.

You didn't cheer for him in TPM? Or any of the adventures we see in the EU?
Cheering him in any case is more challenging than other characters, because we know what happens to him before long, while the other characters don't.

George Lucas has revealed that The Star Wars saga will be coming to Blu-Ray in Fall 2011.

"The set will feature all six live-action Star Wars feature films, with the highest picture and audio quality, along with extensive special features".

Star Wars fans at the event even got a taster of the bonus material, in the form of a long-lost deleted scene from Return of the Jedi. The sequence (which is currently up on Youtube - though don't expect that to last long) shows Darth Vader trying to communicate with Luke Skywalker via the force and a very dark side looking Luke putting the final touches to his new lightsaber prior to sending the droids into Jabba's palace. All very exciting.

Star Wars.com has a few more details about the scene and we'll give you more details about the Blu-ray releases as and when we we get them. Stay tuned.

Missing scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Bh9WRB96I

This set will have the The 2004 versions and not the OOT. It will have stuff you never seen before.

I am expecting more deleted scene's for the OT

A fans view for the BLU RAY SET

"No Originals then NO SALE! Lucas has ****ed my generation for the last time! I will not buy his lousy piece of shit films after this injustice to FILM HISTORY! I for one dont give a damn if you like his CURRENT vision of the films ( they change by the minute with him). Gary Kurtz was the greatness behind the first two films anyway not Lucas and if you so called fans knew just exactly how much Kurtz saved his ass from the friar you would flip! Lucas did nothing on TESB it was all Kurtz! To not include what was released in the theaters in those respective years is simply a crime!"

from blu ray.com

Yeah, I agree with that. But I will buy it anyway...

The deleted scene looks interesting. I wonder where it cuts in? Would that be before the droids go to Jabba's palace? It seems to be on Tatooine... Storywise it would be a strange place to have this scene, the lines are not very original (all ESB), but the shot in the cave is outstanding.

You are right its before he goes to jabba's palace

I was actually lucky enough to be at Celebration V this weekend since it was in Orlando (about an hour away from where I live), and the crowd went NUTS when they showed it. It was awesome. Lucas said that they blu rays were in fact coming out next year, but didn't give a specific time frame, i.e. summer or fall. Overall, that was an amazing experience and I can't wait for the Blu Rays to come out. Even if he does change them around alot, I still have to get them. Even just the HD versions on SpikeTV look awesome... I can only imagine the Blu Rays.

Wow...Subjekt! How's it going bud? I haven't seen you here in ages.

Celebration drove him back into the arms of SW.

I wonder if this set will ever be better then the upcomming Alien Anthology?

Which is basically the same as the one before on DVD.

I want to see this in the box set

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRVpksSfUvs

They had better check and redo or fix any effects (example if you can now see the wires on the models because of the enhanced picture)
I wonder if we will get digital yoda in episode I? the did it for the star wars concert.

We'll have to wait and see...

Well, the digital Yoda replacement for TPM was completed ages ago - the FX team worked on it as a "warm-up" for Revenge of the Sith - if you remember back, a short clip of the scene was even included on the Episode III bonus disc.
I'm pretty sure it was confirmed the scene would be added to any future release of the movie, which I'm sure includes this year's Blu-Ray box set and next year's 3D theatrical release...

f...UK STAR WARS AND F..K LUCAS ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY

ummmmm if you made a series of films and you got no money how would you feel?

Originally posted by InfernoJG95
ummmmm if you made a series of films and you got no money how would you feel?

Exaclty, People have to remember a few things.
1. people are in business to MAKE money, so if they have an idea to make more then go for it.
2. No one is forcing anyone to go see the release in the theater or buy the blurays.
3. there are always NEW people (children) that have not seen STAR WARS or may not yet own them at all or at least never seen them in the theaters. So they have the option to buy them now or see them in the theater.

And blu ray is nice.

I especially look forward to the OT in Blu Ray. But I do hope we get the originals as well in Blu Ray.... I'd like to see them in its original glory in HD.

Originally posted by darthmaul1
Exaclty, People have to remember a few things.
1. people are in business to MAKE money, so if they have an idea to make more then go for it.
2. No one is forcing anyone to go see the release in the theater or buy the blurays.
3. there are always NEW people (children) that have not seen STAR WARS or may not yet own them at all or at least never seen them in the theaters. So they have the option to buy them now or see them in the theater.

I agree but there are people out there who dont like star wars and never will

Originally posted by coolmovies
I agree but there are people out there who dont like star wars and never will
Agreed but then they wont go see it or buy it anyway so it doesn't matter.

Exactly.

more info

Tomorrow at 11:30 PST, a "most impressive" announcement will be made regarding the Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga. The event will be held at Panasonic's booth at the CES electronics fair in Las Vegas, which makes it likely that a 3D conversion of the Star Wars will also be a part of the announcement.

A 2011 street date for the saga had already been confirmed by George Lucas himself (see blu-ray.com, August 14, 2010). This release will include new, extensive special features, including documentaries, vintage behind-the-scenes moments, interviews, retrospectives and never-before-seen footage from the Lucasfilm archives.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=5689

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Originally posted by coolmovies
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Interesting when is this?

I want it!

jees youve posted that everywhere

This might change your mind


"TheForce.net user Chreff allegedly has connections at Lucasfilm, and he's explained why the 2004 DVDs looked so bad, and how the Blu-Ray version will have fixed all the problems that the 2004 transfer had, and he also makes the claim that this is Lucas's "final" version of Star Wars. I kind of doubt that since there's still the 3D release looming ahead, and if Lucas is given enough time I suspect he'll think up new things to tweak, but overall Chreff's post sounds encouraging, not just for the Blu-Ray release but for the digital preservation of Star Wars in general. He even mentions Adywan. "

" Chreff said:

Let me see if I can be more clear. The 1997 SE was a restored version of the original print plus new effects added. What they did in 2004 was completely disassemble the restored film, cleaned it more and scanned everything in the computer separately. THis basically means the celluloid negative will never have to be touched again. They then re-composited the films together back into the SE version with more additions. Because this process is almost like putting a film together again from scratch, the original color timing that was done in 1977 or 1997 was basically erased and had to be redone. The problem is that because they attempted to meet a DVD release deadline they completed the composites but never finished the color, sound and other little things that would normally be done on a full restoration. That's why things that weren't even in the original release in '77 (like the big blue halo around the Death Star explosion in ANH) are seen on the 2004 DVD. The digital transfer is almost too good.

What's good about all this though is that everything is in a computer at super high res quality. They can pretty much dial in a piece of film and the effect and adjust and correct at will. It's far less laborious than trying to redo real film. Instead of having to mess with celluloid they just hit a keyboard. They put all 3 films together for the 2004 release in less than a year. They've now had 6 years to do the same work. There's no question this quality will be the best ever for SW.

I know how this process works because I have experience in digital editing and also follow SW quite closely, obviously. I also know people in the business who are involved and I know the restoration on the SW saga was still being done long after the DVD release. People like to call GL names but he's continued to put a lot of cash into this project for years (as he should since this is where everything started). The blu-ray is essentially the final version of SW.

The lightsabers will be fixed, especially the green one in ANH. That black smudge on the Emperor in ROTJ? Gone. Those boxes around TIE fighters in ANH? Bye bye! The magically appearing TIE's in the ROTJ space battle? I don't know about that one honestly. It's won't be like that Adywan Revisited stuff though. I'm as anxious to see it as anyone to see it all on my 55" plasma!"

Do we have to post this in every forum?

Originally posted by queeq
Do we have to post this in every forum?

sorry

Ya bet.

Well then just to be thorough, $89 on amazon for the complete set.

If they do fix the boxes around ties and the light saber in anh then I will take a closer look at them. I for one would like to see a redo of the super star destroyer hitting the death star 2. And even though I will get flack for this I would like to see some additions and removals of scenes to all the movies
Ep1 add in the pod racer getting hit in the head by the bug and take out anakins pod loosing it's cable near the end of the race. Add in the extra footage of the final light saber battle.
Ep2 add in anakin and padme at her house in naboo
Ep3 add yoda landing on dagobah and one of the rebellion scenes.
Ep4 Make Han shoot first
Ep5 fix the wampas face the first time we see it. (it doesn't have big horns) and put Bobas original voice back or rerecord it with temu saying in the same tone as originally heard
Ep6 it would be nice to see Luke assembling his light saber. And change Han back to say "its all right trust me" and redo the SSD hitting the death star

I cant make up my mind which box set to get ?? If i only get the OT i wont get the extres then again i dont want the PT.

Originally posted by coolmovies
I cant make up my mind which box set to get ?? If i only get the OT i wont get the extres then again i dont want the PT.
??? I thought it was all 6 Movies together only in different packs? I could be wrong though. So I take it u didnt like the PT and are going to disregard it just like I dis with alien3 and 4 and star trek 7 9 & 10 they don't exist

well this is what Lucus has given us

Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray (9-disc Set includes all six films)
* Star Wars: Prequel Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes I-III)
* Star Wars: Original Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes IV-VI)


I agree with you when i think of SW the first thing that comes into my head is Luke Skywalker and Leia .

The PT is not that bad but i want to see the extres to 30 hours of them !! see what Lucus has done to us ??

Originally posted by coolmovies
well this is what Lucus has given us

Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray (9-disc Set includes all six films)
* Star Wars: Prequel Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes I-III)
* Star Wars: Original Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes IV-VI)


I agree with you when i think of SW the first thing that comes into my head is Luke Skywalker and Leia .

The PT is not that bad but i want to see the extres to 30 hours of them !! see what Lucus has done to us ??

He's a business man

Sorry the first thing that comes to mind when I think of star wars is vader or maul or the sith and Jedi. I liked all 6 movies they were highly enjoyable!
But 5 is the best, next for me cause I really enjoyed the pod race and mauls character and cause I met ray park is episode 1. Then 3 then 4 and 2 and 6.

The biggest crime here would be if any of that 30+ hours is just recycled documentaries and featurettes we have already seen on previous releases.

The extras are the biggest selling point for me - three discs of never seen before stuff is what I am hoping for... heavy on the archive footage and deleted scenes.
That seems to be what they are promising, but until we get a full breakdown of the extras I am not going to let myself get too excited.

I would love lots of archive and deleted scenes. Most particular I'd like to see the wampa attack on the rebel base. But I doubt we ever get to see that. Lucas seems to be a guy who doesn't like to show where they failed. Apparantly the wampa's were terrible... But I think that's why it's so interesting.

I wouldn't wind if they put all the old documentaries back, not the ones from the DVD's from the last few years. No I mean the old Making Ofs that came out on VHS in the 80's...

But again, I doubt it.

So after this I hope Lucas will release a blu ray of the Holiday Special!

Please no!! This one is much better

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=QMmaO6MzK4E

Link is not too hot, doesn't work.

The biggest crime here would be if any of that 30+ hours is just recycled documentaries and featurettes we have already seen on previous releases.

Originally posted by mossman


Thats what i am scared of getting stuff we allready seen

Try this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMmaO6MzK4E

This is funny too

Star Wars Blu-ray Announcement by Darth Vader himself !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q05CunZ82o0&feature=related

Christmas video - GREAT

Vader announcement: ouch, quite lame.

I have a funny feeling that the deleted scene that was shown last year is gonna be put back in ROTJ