Star Wars 1-6 box set announced on Blu-ray.

kuntasensei
kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
edited September 2011 in Music & Movies
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4996

It's like... I want to be excited, but I know George is just gonna pre-compensate the audio for the THX rolloff the way they did on the Indy 4 Blu-ray, totally ruining the high-frequency details. But still, I'm keeping my fingers crossed, since having 1-3 in 1080p will be worth the price of this set.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2010
    At last, at last, at last, at last. Use the force, George. ;)
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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited August 2010
    not a big fan of Star wars, but i know it will have an awesome HT sound.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited August 2010
    Yep, but still no remastered "Original versions" or "original versions" period will be included of course. His explanation of why does not make sense (to me) either. Gotta stick with the LD's of episodes 4, 5, and 6.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,457
    edited August 2010
    Thank God I have the original release versions on Laserdisc. I also have VHS box sets and dvds.... no original will ever come on Blu because he butchered the masters to make the obaminations we are left with.

    I will not be getting the blurays, but I will rent a couple just to check them out.
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited August 2010
    Yeah, this is a day one buy for me. The digital changes, for the most part, don't bother me. It'll just be cool to watch these in 1080p with lossless audio crankin' (though I'm still concerned he'll pre-compensate the mix for the THX rolloff, which always sounds dull on my Audyssey'd system because it's already doing its own rolloff).

    But at least I think it's fair to say that Blu-ray has hit critical mass as a format. Hell, if we can get those extended LOTR Blu-rays, I'll be set. ;)
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited August 2010
    I have owned every single copy of Star Wars on all formats. LOL. Funny I will pick this up. I complained about all the re releases but own them all.

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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited August 2010
    I will be getting this for sure.
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited August 2010
    sweetttttttt been wondering for awhile when this was coming out.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited August 2010
    I'll pick these up on street day, the original trilogy in 1080p with uncompressed audio...the attack on the Death Star will be awesome!
    If...
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  • cwilliams
    cwilliams Posts: 58
    edited August 2010
    Excellent! I personally don't care which version is released since this is what some would call the "holy grail" of Bluray's. The DVD version of Attack of the Clones is one of my favorite to give the system a good workout. Every channel gets used well.
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  • Ric5811
    Ric5811 Posts: 400
    edited August 2010
    About time!
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited August 2010
    Now only if they would release Ewoks: The Battle for Endor on Bluray, then we'd have a deal!

    There's something about the potential of seeing an Ewok based movie in HiDef that would make it all worth....their cute fuzzy little b-tards!! :D
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited August 2010
    Sweet!
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited August 2010
    lol just as I saw this my gf went and bought the originals on DVD because she's never seen them!!! and no I'm not joking so it will be star wars fest at my place this week!
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited August 2010
    Wait a second... you were able to download all those movies in 1080p in 2008.... they never came out on bluray??? Shows how much I know... how'd people get 1080 versions? Did they air on TV??

    And wheres Indiana Jones in 1080p!?!?!
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited August 2010
    This might make me want to get a Blue Ray player now. Well....next year, maybe.
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited August 2010
    cstmar01 wrote: »
    lol just as I saw this my gf went and bought the originals on DVD because she's never seen them!!! and no I'm not joking so it will be star wars fest at my place this week!

    That sounds like a fantastic idea. I still have the non-updated VHS set of Ep.4-6, I might have to dig those out before they degrade any further. (need to transfer to DVD)
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited August 2010
    LessisNevermore wrote: »
    That sounds like a fantastic idea. I still have the non-updated VHS set of Ep.4-6, I might have to dig those out before they degrade any further. (need to transfer to DVD)

    Didn't they come out with a DVD version last year or something that is the same as the originals?

    edit: just checked, was released in 2006.

    You should check out Adywan's A new hope re-edit.. it's quite amazing. It's in HD and has hundreds of corrections. I believe it was a frame by frame edit. He is also doing Empire and Return. Right now, he has released a HD Empire version that has simply been color corrected (amazing already)

    Oh, and HAN SHOOTS FIRST!

    http://208.86.2.178/showthread.php?t=47324
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited August 2010
    I don't give a damn about the original version or whatever, but if you guys are saying these won't be the true uncompressed soundtracks then what's the point???
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited August 2010
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    I don't give a damn about the original version or whatever, but if you guys are saying these won't be the true uncompressed soundtracks then what's the point???

    1080p????
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  • camp21178
    camp21178 Posts: 273
    edited August 2010
    Keiko wrote: »
    George Lucas is Satan! :eek:



    You are soooo right.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2011
    You can already preorder these. The full saga, or the separate 3 original and sequel

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,457
    edited January 2011
    Keiko wrote: »
    Get "Lost" x. :rolleyes:

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    May the FAIL be with you. :eek:



    I knew George was tinkering around with placing a **** character in the films, but I did not think he would do this to Vader... He will now be known in the Star Wars universe as Darthie.:tongue:
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited January 2011
    For the life of me, I don't understand why some people hate the expanded versions of the original Star Wars movies. I really fail to see how it "ruins" anything. In my mind, all it does is make it better. Parts of the storyline make a lot more sense...for instance, the scene with Jabba by the Millenium Falcon. In the originals, we never really know precisely why Jabba is after Han in the first place. You get a rough idea...but you don't really get the whole picture. That's just one example.

    That IS how George Lucas originally wanted the movies to be. The only reason those scenes weren't in the original movies was because the technology of the day didn't allow Lucas to make the scenes as well as he would have liked...and a few scenes were edited out for time.


    Hopefully they take the time to do these Blu-rays the right way. I don't have a Blu-ray player yet...but when I get one, this box set will definitely be one of my first Blu-ray purchases.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,457
    edited January 2011
    The problem I have with the reworked films is that they messed with a film regarded by most as a classic. Imagine them going in and editing a few scenes of Gone With the Wind or The Wizard of Oz because technology allowed them to add scenes that the director wanted, but were not available....
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited January 2011
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    The problem I have with the reworked films is that they messed with a film regarded by most as a classic. Imagine them going in and editing a few scenes of Gone With the Wind or The Wizard of Oz because technology allowed them to add scenes that the director wanted, but were not available....


    That's a bit different. The director of both those movies is long since deceased. It's not as if someone else went in and changed Star Wars after Lucas's death or something like that...Lucas himself changed the movies to better suit the vision that he originally had for them.

    So they made Mos Eisley look like something of actual significance, rather than a building and a dust storm? That's a bad thing? On the whole, they really added relatively little to the movies. I think it's something like a grand total of 5 minutes or so worth of new footage per movie...give or take.

    But, to each their own.
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  • cheddar
    cheddar Posts: 2,390
    edited January 2011
    Just my opinion, but I think that the success of Lucas' efforts are inversely proportional to the amount of money and creative control he has over the movie. Star Wars worked because it was shot on a shoestring and he had to concentrate on story over all those special effects he couldn't do. So I'm fine with the originals and would like to see his tinkering less, not more as I think Lucas gets too distracted when he gets carte blanche. Again, just my opinion.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2011
    How would you guys introduce someone to the Star Wars movies? I mean someone that has never seen any of the movies (thinking a few years from now a kid or teenager that never saw them)?
    Would you have them start with episode 1, or maybe episode 4?????
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,059
    edited January 2011
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    The problem I have with the reworked films is that they messed with a film regarded by most as a classic. Imagine them going in and editing a few scenes of Gone With the Wind or The Wizard of Oz because technology allowed them to add scenes that the director wanted, but were not available....

    Some of the new stuff they added seemed hoakie to me, like it didn't visually flow with the original film footage. Also, when the original came out 30 or so years ago, and seeing the original close to 100 times I would guess, I never found myself questioning the storyline of why Jabba was tracking down Han. I see too many current flicks today where every little detail and nuance is verbally explained to viewers, as if the viewers are so stupid they can neither fill in the blanks or use their own imagination. Again, to each his own. I will end up buying the 6 movie set eventually anyways, and George Lucas could give a rat's **** of what we think either way.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,457
    edited January 2011
    The original trilogy (4-6)... the last three films (1-3) are not in the same league IMHO.
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