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Star Wars on Blu-ray confirmed
2010-04-19, 7:19 PM #1
http://bluray.ign.com/articles/108/1084415p1.html

Quote:
"We have been at work for a couple of years working on—I won't call it the Ultimate Set because we keep finding stuff—but, a very full set of all six movies on Blu-ray with lots of extra material. 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."

When will the set come out? Sansweet says, "We're not ready to announce exactly when it's coming out, but it won't be in the too distant future."


Yes, I've been looking forward to this for a long time. I just hope some of those weird issues from the DVDs will be fixed like the green boxes around the TIE Fighters and the white lightsaber Luke has in A New Hope.

Speaking of which, I wonder if any more edits will be made to the movies.....
2010-04-19, 7:40 PM #2
To help solidify Greedo as a villain and Han Solo as the non-bad-ass, A New Hope will be edited such that it was Greedo that killed Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, further justifying Han shooting him.
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2010-04-19, 7:44 PM #3
Greedo was Space Hitler.
2010-04-19, 8:00 PM #4
Han will kiss Greedo, which prompts Greedo to shoot and miss, and then walrus man shoots Greedo with his only working arm. Han is innocent in the whole affair.
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2010-04-19, 8:16 PM #5

2010-04-19, 8:16 PM #6
Waaaaaaaaah. George Lucas edited the Star Wars movies.

Get over it. Or don't watch them.

EDIT: hahahahaha mzzt. That would be the ultimate version of the scene, though it lacks in the exposition department. Then again, all of that same information is covered in the Han/Jabba conversation moments later. Now that is a change worth *****ing about. That thing sucks ass.
>>untie shoes
2010-04-19, 8:25 PM #7
They will replace all scenes with Harrison Ford with the alternate footage featuring Adam West cast as Han Solo, and certain script modification to fit his acting style.
2010-04-19, 8:27 PM #8
Screw Adam West. How about Nick Nolte?
>>untie shoes
2010-04-19, 8:34 PM #9
So... I get to buy the OT for a 4th time?
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2010-04-19, 8:44 PM #10
I guess it's a good thing I never got around to buying them after I moved out way back when. :P

I can pretty much guarantee that I'll buy this when it comes out.., but weren't people saying that the original film was trashed so no HD version was possible?
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2010-04-19, 8:54 PM #11
To give Lucasfilm and ILM its credit: If anyone can pull off something deemed impossible, its them.
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2010-04-19, 8:57 PM #12
Ooh, I may buy Star Wars for the first time!
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2010-04-19, 9:07 PM #13
maybe if Im still alive in the future I may get the opportunity to purchase the 3-d Holographic version.
He who controls the spice controls the universe-
2010-04-19, 9:10 PM #14
I want the version that jacks me off while the Leia slave outfit scenes play on loop.
>>untie shoes
2010-04-19, 9:19 PM #15
Well that just took a turn for the worse. :confused:
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2010-04-19, 9:27 PM #16
:suicide::argh:

closest emoticon representation of Antony's version?
2010-04-19, 9:32 PM #17
Haha. I think it should be obvious that I was just trying to get a reaction with that comment.
>>untie shoes
2010-04-19, 9:44 PM #18
Should be fun.
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2010-04-19, 10:27 PM #19
Originally posted by The MAZZTer:


only edit i'll ever accept
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2010-04-19, 10:55 PM #20
As a certain comic pointed out , "Back and to the left"
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2010-04-20, 1:07 AM #21
Originally posted by Antony:
I want the version that jacks me off while the Leia slave outfit scenes play on loop.


That version never got past the initial test audience. In fact it's still there...
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2010-04-20, 1:27 AM #22
I don't think I've EVER seen the original pure 1977 Theatrical version of Star Wars. I'd probably be pretty amazed if I did, there's probably a lot of stuff I've seen in the special editions and re-re-re-re-re-releases that I didn't know wasn't original.
2010-04-20, 1:58 AM #23
Eh, there's not a huge amount, but the bits that are have been heavily criticised by hardcore fans.

I'm looking at you, Massassi!
You can't judge a book by it's file size
2010-04-20, 6:41 AM #24
i remember the original star wars with jabba being a fat man wearing fur but thats really it.
i got the special editions of DVD, iwasnt gonna buy the DVD twice

might buy the blu ray though, its meant to have new extras that they keep finding
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2010-04-20, 6:50 AM #25
I remember as a young kid watching a new hope when it was just released in the theaters in 1977. (yeah I know I have high mileage)
He who controls the spice controls the universe-
2010-04-20, 6:55 AM #26
They took out Yub Nub from the special editions, and forever afterwards that part of my childhood died...

Although it's still on the theatrical DVDs of course...
2010-04-20, 7:05 AM #27
Originally posted by Dash_rendar:
I don't think I've EVER seen the original pure 1977 Theatrical version of Star Wars. I'd probably be pretty amazed if I did, there's probably a lot of stuff I've seen in the special editions and re-re-re-re-re-releases that I didn't know wasn't original.


If you ever saw Star Wars previous to 1997, or a VHS tape produced before then, then you most likely saw a film extremely close to the original 1977 theatrical version. I actually don't know if the 1977 version has ever been released. Does the two disc DVD release with the theatrical version contain the text above the crawl "Episode IV: A New Hope"?
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2010-04-20, 9:28 AM #28
Originally posted by Deadman:
Eh, there's not a huge amount, but the bits that are have been heavily criticised by hardcore fans.

I'm looking at you, Massassi!

Except we can no longer be considered fans.
2010-04-20, 9:43 AM #29
I think it's been mentioned that the most "authentic" release of Star Wars, and highest quality, was the Laserdisc version.
2010-04-20, 9:53 AM #30
Originally posted by Wookie06:
Does the two disc DVD release with the theatrical version contain the text above the crawl "Episode IV: A New Hope"?


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Attachment: 23796/sw-e4-crawl.jpg (22,951 bytes)
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2010-04-20, 11:54 AM #31
Originally posted by Brian:
Except we can no longer be considered fans.


And can now be considered as nerds? :P
幻術
2010-04-20, 12:43 PM #32
Originally posted by DrkJedi82:
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Well, there you go. It appears that if you've seen the theatrical version included in the recent DVDs, you have seen Star Wars as it was meant to be seen before it was seen as it was meant to be seen.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-04-20, 12:44 PM #33
Unless of course, you're a real fan and saw the original release in the theater.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-04-20, 1:05 PM #34
Originally posted by Antony:
I want the version that jacks me off while the Leia slave outfit scenes play on loop.


If in 15-20 years entertainment industry such as motion pictures and video games would go into the direct-brain-simulation of feel and touch, imagine the pornography. That might as well come into being. Unless by then everyone forgets about Return of the Jedi, of course.
幻術
2010-04-20, 2:07 PM #35
Originally posted by Wookie06:
Unless of course, you're a real fan and saw the original release in the theater.


What if you're a real fan who just wasn't born at the time?
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2010-04-20, 2:14 PM #36
Stop making excuses!
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-04-20, 3:43 PM #37
The original theatrical release has the Jabba scene?

If that's the case, did they cut it out later for the TV and VHS releases?
2010-04-20, 4:00 PM #38
no the jabba scene was never in the theatrical version

it was filmed with the stand in but they never finished it... i've heard multiple reasons why (they had yet to decide on what jabba would look like, they didn't have the money, they didn't have the time)

the only difference between theatrical and the original home video versions was the original home video versions said "Episode IV: A New Hope" at the beginning of the text crawl... the laser disc and the theatrical version from the limited edition DVD set reflect the original theatrical version which has the text crawl as it appears in the above screenshot
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2010-04-20, 4:28 PM #39
If you noticed that wasn't also the only scene they cut out as well, there was also a part where Luke was tending a moisture vaporator and witnessed the attack on the Tantive IV in low orbit above Tattooine.
He who controls the spice controls the universe-
2010-04-20, 4:33 PM #40
It wasn't also the only!
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