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Trailer: Star Wars Blu-Ray Box Set

Anyone else geeking out about this a bit? 40 hours of new material and previously unreleased cut footage should be interesting, at least.

Video posted by Rorie on Aug. 16, 2011

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sirdesmondon Aug. 16, 2011 at 9:06 a.m.

I may have to pick this up, if it includes the non-CGI altered versions of the original three (which I think it does not).

IceColdGameron Aug. 16, 2011 at 9:07 a.m.

Wow.

RockinKemosabeon Aug. 16, 2011 at 9:20 a.m.

How long do I have to wait until I get to see Han Solo shoot first in HD?? How long George!?

DharmaBumon Aug. 16, 2011 at 9:45 a.m.

Putting Jake Lloyd on the cover seems like an insult. Then again I don't consider the prequels canon.

Toxin066on Aug. 16, 2011 at 9:50 a.m.

I don't have the series on Blu-Ray yet (only on DVD and VHS). I do believe I'll be picking this up.

@sirdesmond: I think it'd be cool to have the option of choosing altered or unaltered.

PatVB moderator on Aug. 16, 2011 at 9:56 a.m.

@sirdesmond said:

I may have to pick this up, if it includes the non-CGI altered versions of the original three (which I think it does not).

Yeah, I don't think George Lucas is ever going to re-release the un-altered versions of the original trilogy. He's said that he honestly believes the new versions are better and he's never going back.

Colonel_Furyon Aug. 16, 2011 at 10:02 a.m.

Are these the special editions? If so ... meh.

However, if they toss Empire of Dreams in there I may consider it.

mbkishon Aug. 16, 2011 at 10:06 a.m.

@RockinKemosabe said:

How long do I have to wait until I get to see Han Solo shoot first in HD?? How long George!?

Yep, apparently you can't "own every moment" just yet. I wan't Hayden Christensen scrubbed from my copy of Jedi and Yub Nub put in its place. Well, maybe as an alternate ending =D

Looseon Aug. 16, 2011 at 10:26 a.m.
God dammit I just want the 3 original unaltered films.
TheDuderon Aug. 16, 2011 at 10:49 a.m.

@Loose said:

God dammit I just want the 3 original unaltered films.

Yeah, I really just want the original 3. No goddamn edited special editions. But George has said we won't ever see those original editions ever again.

Polygon_Wizardon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:18 a.m.
We can hope that whenever Lucas finally kicks the bucket, we'll be able to get the unaltered original films in whatever glorious super-high definition format is common at the time. Until then, we're stuck wishing George Lucas wasn't so clueless and stubborn.
niqodeimuson Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:28 a.m.

Finally, been waiting for the complete sage for a while ;)) 
President_Barackbaron Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:45 a.m.

No original cuts and inclusion of 3 films I'd like to forget I ever saw? PASS.

skrutopon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:48 a.m.

I'm not interested in this at all; I'm Star War'd out. The prequels will probably look great in Blu-Ray, but I didn't like any of them enough to pay for them. The original trilogy is awesome, but I can't say that the Blu-Ray will make the picture quality so amazing that it's worth paying for them again (for the fourth f'ing time).

Also, I'd like to know what "cut" footage is being shown here. If it's a lot of prequel trilogy stuff, how good can anything that was cut from the final footage be?

NewfieBulleton Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:51 a.m.
Sucks no original 3 but I will still buy this.
OldGuyon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:51 a.m.
@TheDuder said:

@Loose said:

God dammit I just want the 3 original unaltered films.

Yeah, I really just want the original 3. No goddamn edited special editions. But George has said we won't ever see those original editions ever again.

He said that when they released them on DVD a while back... and then two years later they were put on disc two of a new set (granted they were not all spiffified transfers, but they were a a hell of a lot better than the burned DVDs I had made from my VHS box set)... So... you never know...
 
Wait till sales have dropped off and then see what happens...
 
As it stands now, I'm not getting this set.
phoenix87xon Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:59 a.m.
I want to be excited about this and in a perfect world I would be to be excited about this, but we all know, while that stubborn man is still alive we are not getting decent original versions. Also, the box art, leaves A LOT to be desired.
stevemanuon Aug. 16, 2011 at 12:28 p.m.
 You can get the original three on blu ray as well here.
dvorakon Aug. 16, 2011 at 12:31 p.m.

@NewfieBullet said:

Sucks no original 3 but I will still buy this.

Just FYI, they are actually releasing two other packs at the same time that have just the first and second trilogy separately. They just aren't really advertising that fact so much.

MrWrighton Aug. 16, 2011 at 1:08 p.m.
God dammit, I do not want to give George Lucas anymore of my money, but I know I will. That trailer has left me wanting to watch Empire again but at this point that means watching all 6 together.
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