Star Wars on Blu-Ray

[Chaplin]

Finally announced:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003ZSJ212/ref=nosim/dvdtalk

 

[Renz]

Does Greedo shoot first?

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Does Greedo shoot first?

Two things I'd need, as options at least, to see before I purchased the original trilogy on Blu-Ray:

1. Han shooting first.
2. Old Anakin's ghost, not Hayden Christian's at the end of Return of The Jedi.

 

[Mulli]

Two things I'd need, as options at least, to see before I purchased the original trilogy on Blu-Ray:

1. Han shooting first.
2. Old Anakin's ghost, not Hayden Christian's at the end of Return of The Jedi.

Yup.

 

[Chaplin]

Two things I'd need, as options at least, to see before I purchased the original trilogy on Blu-Ray:

1. Han shooting first.
2. Old Anakin's ghost, not Hayden Christian's at the end of Return of The Jedi.

You will never get that, ever. Never ever.

 

[azsportsfan01]

Two things I'd need, as options at least, to see before I purchased the original trilogy on Blu-Ray:

1. Han shooting first.
2. Old Anakin's ghost, not Hayden Christian's at the end of Return of The Jedi.

That shouldn't be your position. In reality you should demand that George Lucas not change anything else. I mean seriously, has there been a re-issue of these movies he didn't screw with?

 

[AzStevenCal]

I hope that I already own the last copy of the original trilogy that I will ever buy. I'm probably not that smart but I'm hoping anyway. I'm tired of paying money for that series and I wish they'd stop making me do it. When's it coming out again?

Steve

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Finally announced:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003ZSJ212/ref=nosim/dvdtalk

http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=2323307&postcount=14

 

[Chaplin]

http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=2323307&postcount=14

Comes out in September--technically still the summer.

 

[NJCardFan]

Two things I'd need, as options at least, to see before I purchased the original trilogy on Blu-Ray:

1. Han shooting first.
2. Old Anakin's ghost, not Hayden Christian's at the end of Return of The Jedi.

The last re-release on DVD gave you both the theatrical and updated versions. Maybe they'll do this for blu ray.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Comes out in September--technically still the summer.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

The last re-release on DVD gave you both the theatrical and updated versions. Maybe they'll do this for blu ray.

I sure hope so, because I know that if they don't, I'll still buy it and then two years later they'll release a blu-ray version with both.

 

[Chaplin]

The last re-release on DVD gave you both the theatrical and updated versions. Maybe they'll do this for blu ray.

Those releases were non-anamorphic versions of the films that were not remastered. Certainly were no better in quality than the Laserdisc release from 20 years ago. Don't hold your breath about them being released again. Certainly not in a better quality anamorphic form.

 

[Mathew81]

The last re-release on DVD gave you both the theatrical and updated versions. Maybe they'll do this for blu ray.

It doesn't look like they're going to:

Mr. Lucas said the versions of the first three “Star Wars” films – “Star Wars,” “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi” – included in the Blu-ray boxed set will be the special-edition releases that were shown theatrically in 1997 and digitally restored for a 2004 standard-definition DVD boxed set.

Perhaps bracing for the reactions of fans who decried some of the changes made to the special-edition films – like, say, an exchange of gunfire between Han Solo and a certain green-skinned bounty hunter – Mr. Lucas said that to release the original versions of these films on Blu-ray was “kind of an oxymoron because the quality of the original is not very good.”

“You have to go through and do a whole restoration on it, and you have to do that digitally,” he added. “It’s a very, very expensive process to do it. So when we did the transfer to digital, we only transferred really the upgraded version.”

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/star-wars-films-coming-to-blu-ray-next-year/

 

[Covert Rain]

I knew this was coming but it's nice to see an official announcement. I like the Special Edition versions so I am excited.

 

[azsportsfan01]

It doesn't look like they're going to:



http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/star-wars-films-coming-to-blu-ray-next-year/

Wow, that was a giant middle finger to fans.

 

[Chaplin]

Wow, that was a giant middle finger to fans.

You sound surprised. When Lucas released the theatricals on DVD it was completely out of left field. Ever since the re-releases back in 1997, Lucas has been adamant that THOSE were the "original" versions, and that the theatricals would never see the light of day. Not surprised in the least that they won't be included on the blu-ray releases.

 

[azsportsfan01]

You sound surprised. When Lucas released the theatricals on DVD it was completely out of left field. Ever since the re-releases back in 1997, Lucas has been adamant that THOSE were the "original" versions, and that the theatricals would never see the light of day. Not surprised in the least that they won't be included on the blu-ray releases.

I'm not surprised he will not make the originals the movie on the blu-ray but I am surprised he sounds like he won't even add them as special features. In reality nothing George Lucas does anymore surprises me.

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

It doesn't look like they're going to:

 

[Chaplin]

I'm not surprised he will not make the originals the movie on the blu-ray but I am surprised he sounds like he won't even add them as special features. In reality nothing George Lucas does anymore surprises me.

For the past 15 years, George Lucas has pretty much pretended the theatrical versions don't even exist.

 

[azsouthendzone]

Three discs of extra features.... can't wait!

http://www.starwars.com/themovies/saga/preorder_bluray/index.html

 

[Dback Jon]

I love Star Wars, ESB, ROTJ.

Seen them dozens of times.

None of those changes ever bothered me in the least - didn't change my watching experience one iota.



Other the other hand, Jar Jar Binks is one of the worst characters in movie history...

 

[Covert Rain]

I love Star Wars, ESB, ROTJ.

Seen them dozens of times.

None of those changes ever bothered me in the least - didn't change my watching experience one iota.



Other the other hand, Jar Jar Binks is one of the worst characters in movie history...

+1. I am a die hard fan that doesn't mind any of the changes one bit. Not to mention some of the new footage that people deem changes (like for instance Han Solo's confrontation with Jabba in episode 1) is really not a change. They added back the original footage from the deleted scene and put a CGI Jabba over the original actor. Some of these things are things that were suppose to be in the original film. The entire who shot first thing doesn't do anything to stem my enjoyment of the film either.

P.S. Have to agree. The Jar Jar character is horrible and the Gungans suck. The Gungan battle on the planet is the poster child for not what to do with CGI. That entire scene pulls me out of the movie and I feel like I am watching a CGI cartoon. Out of all 3 newer movies, that sequence is my least favorite by a long shot.

 

[Mathew81]

Lucas is screwing with the original trilogy even more.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/51019

Another "Nnnnooooooooooo!" from Vader.

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

I have no real issues with Lucas' changes at this point...it's his IP, and he can do whatever he wishes to it to fit his vision. Even if I had a beef with any of the changes beyond "wtf?" I'm powerless to do anything beyond exercising my freedom of choice.

It would be nice, and possibly more profitable, if he were to release the original theatrical versions on BluRay was well.