Star Wars Animated Adventures - Droids (The Pirates and the Prince / Treasures of the Hidden Planet)

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Summary: Lucasfilm fails us again... sorta
Review: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... maybe. As a kid I never really understood if these adventures took place before or after Episode IV, but I guess it doesn't really matter when we're only getting part of the series' 13 episode run. It's a shame, really, as they could have easily put the entire series on 2 discs or one that is double-sided. I'll admit, I'm not all that excited about this release, as the episodes will be edited and the opening/closing credits are to be dropped. I guess it's hard for Lucas to leave anything the way it originally was produced, huh? The price tag is the redeeming feature here, as these episodes have not aired on the Sci Fi channel for some time. Those expecting a STAR WARS cartoon will be sadly dissapointed. As a kid I never understood why the droids and ewoks deserved further animated adventures when what I really wanted to see were the further adventures of ALL the main STAR WARS characters, even if it relied on nothing more than the MARVEL comic stories or CLASSIC STAR WARS comic strips. Recommened for fans of R2 and 3PO, but if you're looking for Jedi Knights and epic space battles, stick with the live action stories. These adventures are kid-friendly, however, and adults in their 20s (like me) will get a lot of nostalgic value out of seeing these episodes again.

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Summary: Droids 'R' Fun!
Review: For fans of R2-D2 and C3PO, the loveable droids from the Star Wars trilogy, this is the thing for you! Whether you are old enough to remember enjoying these classic cartoons, or just now getting into the wonder of the Saga, you can do no wrong in picking this up and joining the droids as they have their adventures away from Luke Skywalker and the rest of the rebels! Your kids will love it!

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Summary: Five Year Old Loved It
Review: I got this DVD when my five year old begged for it. He loves Star Wars at his early age. I was too old to watch the original show on TV and remembered not thinking it was very good as a teenager. Seeing it again in my 30's I realize it was pretty bad. I left him alone with it after the first 30 minutes. But, my five year old loves the show. His only complaint was not getting to see favorite characters from the movies (including I and II). Long story short: I can't stand the stories, but my five year old love the DVD.

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Summary: Rip-Off!!!!
Review: I used to love this cartoon when I was a kid so I was very excited to se it on the shelf last Tuesday.

After having just watched it now, I want my money back!

I mainly bought this for the fabulous "In Trouble Again" theme, but it is MISSING! As are most of the episodes.

Why does Lucas like to screw over fans so much?

Has he gotten so fat that blood no longer flows to his brain? What a pig.

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Summary: I have DVD of the full series - but this ain't it
Review: I was severely disappointed by this DVD. On 2 DVDs they could have given us the full series with some bonuses. So why didn't they? After some searching online I've found it; it's not the highest quality, but it's the real deal, every episode.
If anyone is interested, [e-mail] can give more info.

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Summary: Finally on DVD
Review: I'm not sure if the other reviewers have watched Droids recently but the episodes were actually made in story arcs with 3 or 4 episodes making up one large story. Ewoks was more episodic in nature and you could watch them out of order and not miss anything. So I don't see what their beef is with putting them together to make a movie, it makes sense.
As long as all the episodes are put out on DVD I will be happy I can stop watching my poorly encoded video files.

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Summary: Star Wars DROIDS finally released on DVD.
Review: It's great to see Droids cartoons re-released on dvd and whats even better is that they are in movie format.Not sure why some people dont like this, it makes perfect sense, as 4 episodes made up one story. I hope they release the remaining 4 episodes and The Great Heep episode real soon.

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Summary: What a farce.
Review: Man, I was really looking forward to this. "Droids-The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO on DVD? Sweet beans!" Ah, no. Instead of a standard DVD boxed set of the fifteen episodes in the series, we get, after years of waiting, a couple of poorly edited episodes stuck together and billed as a "feature film" just a few years after the same stunt was pulled on VHS. Hmmmm . . .

Seriously now: does ANYONE prefer these cobbled-together "movies" with about five separate plots to the ordinary method of NOT BUTCHERING the original episodes and packaging them together by season with the opening theme song and closing credits intact? Maybe if they made both versions available, but NO. We get stuck with the same crap that we can still get on VHS.

And as if this abominable amalgamation wasn't bad enough, they're not even releasing all the episodes in this format. Someone, PLEASE help me wrap my head around this logic. What possible reason can there be for not releasing all of the episodes, especially when half of the ones they are releasing, screwed up though they may be, were just released a few years ago? What is this, some kind of sick mental game? Will they wait until DVDs are obsolete and then start selectively releasing episodes AGAIN?

Come on, Lucasfilm, you're better than this. Almost EVERYBODY ELSE gets this stuff right; why can't you?

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Summary: Doomed
Review: The original droids cartoon was awesome in its time, but not awesome enough to run for two seasons. It originally ran with the Ewoks in a show called "The Ewoks & Droids Adventure Hour" with a theme song by Stewart Copeland of The Police. There were 13 episodes in all & also had a prime-time special called The Great Heep, which preluded the last story arc (which seems like the 4 Mungo Baobab episodes will be on the new DVD). At any rate, there was the Trigon Cycle, which had four episodes & had the droids with racers Thall Joben & Jord Dusat. They encountered the planet Boonta (the origin of the Boonta Eve Podrace) & famed bounty hunter, Boba Fett. By the way, cycle one isn't included on the new DVD. The second cycle (the Pirates & the Prince) involved them with miner Jann Tosh & the space pirate Kybo Ren. It ran for 5 episodes, but on VHS they cut the last one & they probably will here too. The third cycle, as mentioned before, began with the hour-long Heep special & then had four episodes that followed, involving the Empire & the truly fearsome Admiral Screed.
Either way, this is not it. It will be cut & gutted & have different music (no original opening credits). Would a commentary by Anthony Daniels be too much to ask? Most likely. In other words, we're doomed.