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Summary: It can't get much better than this
Review: For those who don't have the special edition, you're missing a great treat. The added scenes and improved special effects makes these movies well worth watching. Carrie Fisher (Priness Leia) in the bikini is HOT!
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Summary: Classic Star Wars
Review: These are the Star Wars films we cheered and hissed at the theaters when we were younger. Sometimes having the original is the best gift of all.
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Summary: It was great, but what happened?
Review: I'm a fan of the films as they were, not what Lucas intended them to be, or so he says.In my opinion, Lucas added or replaced characters with CGI ... just so he could test pilot 'technology' that would be used in subsequent films. The changes made turn Han from being a dangerous smuggler into someone that has survived because only far-sighted idiots have chased him across the galaxy ( I refer to the Greedo shoots first scene ). The changes make the story inconsistent. In episode 4 Jabba is a laid back, don't worry about it pal, when you get the chance dude, but a I'm going to send bounty hunters after you at the same time. If he is so mad, then shouldn't he had offed Solo when they met in e. 4? They also axed the classic ROTJ songs. Again I feel that it was done as an excuse to show off what would and wouldn't work for episode 1. Now that episode 1 is out, can we get the ORIGINAL trilogy? IF dvds ever come out for this trilogy, I hope they have a 'watch the original movie' option.
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Summary: Not Wars' finest hour...
Review: This movie isn't that great. I am glad, however, that it spawned more movies, which were good. I mean, it's OK, but the best one is Return of the Jedi!
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Summary: Star Wars, Yeah
Review: It simply doesn't get any better than Star Wars.
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Summary: Star Wars the best in film storytelling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Star Wars is beyond a normal movie, its so good it trasports you to another time and place. I didn't know really anything about star wars as a kid living the the 80's. It wasn't until I grew up and was in my teenage years that I really took to the galaxy far, far away. Now I'm a huge fan and can't wait to see the trilogy fully completed. These films changed hollywood forever(you could debate forever if it was for the good or bad). One thing is for sure at one point in everybodys life we've all felt like Luke Skywalker longing to be are own person!!!! Long live the galaxy far, far away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: The Destruction of a Treasure
Review: Greedo shooting first? What the [heck] is that all about? It had to be one of two things. Lucas thought that Solo's character wasn't noble enough and shooting Greedo unexpectedly just wasn't nice so he had him defending himself. If this is the case then it is a total rewrite and rape. The guy is a smuggler come on! The only other reason would be that the original script called for it and with this new edition he wanted give everyone a look at the way it was supposed to be. If you want to digitally remaster it great, but don't rewrite history you turkey. I don't care if he directed it...I had to give this version three stars. The orginal deserves ten of course.
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Summary: See Star Wars as was in Theatres
Review: Anyone who thinks that apparently, Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, or Return of the Jedi will never be released widescreen will be proven wrong. Now that this Trilogy has been released in Widescreen Format, you have access to all four released STAR WARS movies in Widescreen. If you have a widescreen TV, this is recommended. The Star Wars films have all been updated from the original 1977, 1980, and 1983 releases. First off, there are new scenes that were never seen before in the actual film. Second of all, Lucas updated the Battle of Yavin and Hoth with effects that couldn't be done before. Third, the explosions have been updated with energy rings that weren't there before. Fourth, the Star Wars: A New Hope print has been cleaned up, actually "Better than the Theatrical Release". I only gave this package four stars because the scenes with Biggs Darklighter(Tatooine) from SW:ANH, the Hoth scene with the Snowtroopers getting clobbered by the Wampas in TESB, and the Sandstorm scene from ROTJ haven't been restored into this, or any for that case, release. So, overall, getting these movies in this Widescreen Package is better than to get the package that can be found easily for 29.99. These are the only movies that are really needed in a "full" video library: Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. BONUS: Comes with a 10-Minute Behind the Scenes Featurette on Star Wars: Episode II(Now known as Attack of the Clones.) PS: For the last time, it's not "STAR WARS", it's A NEW HOPE or Star Wars: A New Hope. The Empire Strikes Back is not Part 2, it's Part 5, Return of the Jedi is Part 6, and A New Hope is Part 4. Then technically, it's not a "real" trilogy, because there are prequels.
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Summary: Great series, but tell Lucas we're waiting for the DVD.
Review: Lucas needs to see beyond his greed and attend to the needs of his fans: we want the DVD for these movies, and we want them now!
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Summary: It's Quality is In Doubt
Review: As a kid of 6 when this movie first hit the movie palace, I was taken aback - and still am when I think of the memories that were spawned from this film and the two original sequels. Over the years, I returned to see this film time and time again -- marveling at it's ability to still captivate after so many viewings and so many years; not to mention its impact of pop culture, filmmaking and merchandising. Star Wars became more than a movie phenomenon, it became part of the public trust. However, when George Lucas decided to return to his so-called well of imagination for the notoriously divisive and no doubt reprehensible Phantom Menance, he forever marred the earlier works - completely. One truly can no longer appreciate the original three films, because of the near butchery of the magic done by Episode I. I'll even wager that the Episode II: Attack of the Clones does more to denigrate the Star Wars trilogy. And let's not forget the incessant tampering that Lucas has continued to do with the original trilogy when he re-released them back in 1997. I'm so glad that I have the THX laserdisc boxed-set, so I can see these films as they were first introduced to the public, not some retooled pieces of digital wizardry that they have become. Can anyone truly justify (with a straight face) the re-edit that has Greedo shoot at Han first? Or how thoroughly ananchronistic the CGI Jabba appears? There is even rumor that Episodes IV-VI will be rejiggered again when they finally appear on DVD. If one doesn't leave a work alone can the subjective rating of that work remain constant? One could argue the continual tampering lessens the overall quality of the original. Star Wars circa 1996 was a classic film, now... I don't know what it is, perhaps the continual workings of an obivously misdubbed, misguided and spent creative spirit.
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