Star Wars Blu-rays in the Works

[metal_bryan]

[Benjamin Haines]

I saw Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back for the first time this past fall. They were the original theatrical versions from the most recent DVD release. I watched them on a widescreen TV, so their nonanamorphicness meant that I had to zoom in the image to make it fit the screen perfectly. That made the image look slightly blown out, like a VHS tape, and it was awesome. I think that's how the Star Wars movies should look.

I still haven't seen Return of the Jedi.

[Cookie]

Like I said, a BD disc has enough space to hold all the versions on ONE disc. I'm tired of Lucas and FOX cowing us in to buy more versions... release ONE version that we can ALL say is definitive.

[canofhumdingers]

[Benjamin Haines]

[kiryugoji04]

[The Shadow]

[canofhumdingers]

[Zombiezilla]

If the original, untouched (including no mention of the title "A New Hope" in the opening scrawl), versions came out on Blu-Ray, that would be the final push for me to finally buy a Blu-Ray player. If it is the goofy re-dos, than I will probably keep on waiting for that final push, as there is no way I am buying that junk.

[jellydonut25]

I don't think I've EVER seen a version of the first film that didn't have "A New Hope" in it...or maybe, I've always seen "Episode IV" but I feel like I've ALWAYS thought of the first film as being "Chapter IV"

[canofhumdingers]

see my second post on page one for talk about the original crawl. All official home video versions ever released until 2006 had the "Episode IV: A New Hope" subtitle, which was originally added to the 1981 theatrical re-release.

Edit: & again, I strongly urge anyone who wants to see the original cuts restored & in full HD included on this release to write Lucasfilm via SNAILMAIL & let them know!!!

[jellydonut25]

[Dr Kain]

[jellydonut25]

[Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!]

[RyanClark]

[GFan]

[SeaHawk]

[Robert Saint John]

[canofhumdingers]

Well, as I expected, Lucas officially announced the bluray set at Celebration V today. Also unsurprisingly, but incredibly disappointingly, the original theatrical cuts will not be included. In fact, it sounds like these will be the exact same as the 2004 dvd versions, backwards rear audio channels, bubblegum pink lightsabers, horribly crushed blacks and all.

George Lucas, you SUCK.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/ ... next-year/

[quote]Though nearly 35 years of “Star Warsâ€

[RyanClark]

[jellydonut25]

that sucks...

i'm not even a huge huge stickler on the "Han Shot first" thing, but the special editions really suck. I have them on DVD and I rarely watch them compared to the 2006 DVDs that I just b(urned)orrowed from my dad

[Goji 84]

Oh man......way to drop the f**king ball Lucas. I can't say I'm not surprised though..but this is still incredibly disappointing. I guess I'll be watching Star Wars in standard-def for eternity.

[MouthForWar]

Well, looks like I'm hanging on to the re-releases from a couple years ago that had the sh*tty laserdisc transfers... Yeah, it sucks, but they are prefectly watchable and even though they aren't anamorphic, at least they are in widescreen.

I'm not shelling out for the special editions on blu-ray... I know I won't ever want to watch them over the original theatrical versions. I'd take a non-anamorphic transfer with a generation less resolution over the god awful special editions (even if they are in HD) any day.

[kiryugoji04]

Ugh.

Screw you, Lucas.