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Summary: Bad Timing for once great films
Review: Fans have waited and begged for the original trilogy on DVD since the media was introduced. These special edition features are a nicely graphically enhanced product with some very poor plot additions Lucas felt were needed. Think about why now? Why not wait as Lucas said he would until the whole series was finished? With the lackluster releases of Ep1 and Ep2 combined with the long wait to the 3rd installment they need to keep people interested (yes they made money but no staying power). Not to mention the "special editions" that will come out after the last film hits dvd and boxed sets with whatever silly bonuses. They're planning to con people into ending up with 3 different DVD sets of the movies just like many fans fell into with the VHS releases. Personally, I have no interest in purchasing these. (...). Maybe George should pay attention to what his customers want and not to his flawed vision(...). Let them know you're dissapointed, wait to buy these things for a long while... it's not like there'll be a shortage.
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Summary: A long time ago...
Review: Hurrah for this DVD, but from the packaging I can tell it will be a throw away when/if the (ultimate editions) of the 6 films come out.
For starters it isn't a trilogy it is 6 films (for now) and I wish people including Lucasfilm would quit calling it such.
I disapprove of the packaging like the Indiana Jones set. These movies should be marketed separetly (as Lucas probably wanted but the studio won out) I will toss the cover box as I did Indy's real fast and add the special features disc to the first in with a 2-disc slim box.
And studios quit making Fullscreen! 5 years ago!
And George hurry up with the (ultimate editions).
I want to see Vader and Sidious in a sabre duel at the end of Episode VI.
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Summary: Original prints no longer available so these will have to do
Review: For those wanting the original releases on DVD (rather than the SE), George Lucas has stated that those film prints are no longer available. All that is left are the SE film prints, so you'll just have to live with the VHS tapes you have.As for the SE on DVD - it's about time! However, I'm a little miffed that another version will come out as a 6-set DVD. Are these going to have even MORE extra features than what is already out there? What a scam. I'm getting tired of these re-releases. But, enough harping. Episodes IV through VI are excellent in their own right. I myself, however, find the cute and fuzzy Ewoks a little more annoying than Jar Jar. Hey. Without Jar Jar, these episodes wouldn't have happened! So, you can't hate him THAT much right? He was the one that swung the voting in favor of creating a clone army, which eventually becomes the empire. Without his vote in the absence of the Senator, do you think we'd have these three episodes? All in all, these are excellent movies. I also find Episodes I and II excellent as well. Do I have a favorite? That's really hard to say at this point. Each movie has it's own strengths and weaknesses in them. To me, Star Wars is more of a space cowboy movie rather than movies that explain the meaning of life. I think people who look for those "hidden messages" in these movies have nothing better to do. These movies are for the pure enjoyment of escapism. Even George Lucas has stated that at one point. It's a fantasy adventure that borrows from many of the action serials from the early days of movies. It's not meant to be anything else. Finally, I can complete my collection (almost). Episode III is something I'm anxiously awaiting to see how it wraps up this segment and hopefully, gives an excellent bridge into the next three chapters of this excellent saga. I can't wait to finally have these three episodes on DVD. Star Wars will have never sounded nor looked as good as they will when I pop these DVDs into my player!
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Summary: Bout time, but too bad.
Review: You wonder why I give it 3 stars? My rating is not based on the movies, if it was it be a 5 out of 5, it's based on the decision made by Lucas to release the versions from the 90s after he added extra scenes and extra special features. I will still buy this, but only because I've been waiting so long...I just think Lucas should choose to release the original versions. Also I'd like to see a release for the Clone War series on Cartoon Network, but thats another story...(end music plays now and credits roll)
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Summary: Avoid at all costs
Review: C'mon Children of the 70's, stay away from this set like you would the Plague...why you ask? Like any other kid growing up in the late 70's/ early 80's I lived breathed and dreamt Star Wars. But this box set coming out does not contain the movies we grew up on, but instead Mega Ego, er, I mean Lucas' "Special Editions" that he came up with 20 years later. If you want to expand on something fine, but leave the original version as it was for the people who remember and more importantly WANT IT THAT WAY!!!! The Who release re-mastered versions of their albums all the time but none of them are so far removed from the original that you can't recognize it. Star Wars from 1977 is a completely different movie from Star Wars the Special Edition 1997...know going in which one you are buying because chances are it's not the one you want...
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Summary: Here They Come!
Review: Rivaled only by The Lord of the Rings, and with much of the same elements. It is interesting to note that The Lord of the Rings was influential in the creation of the Star Wars saga and Star Wars in turn influenced Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings.
Note that the battle on Hoth in Star Wars against the Imperial Walkers is adapted in Return of the King's battle against the elephants. This edition arrives on Sept. 21 1994 as a 4 disc DVD set of the Special Editions only, with a new Making of Documentary.
It proves that George Lucas is a genius, and the Star Wars series is one of the very best in the history of cinema.
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Summary: FINALLY
Review: After a long long wait, we get one of motion pictures greatest series in an awsome box set that is worth any price. As you all know, Star Wars is one of movies best series and is the best Sci-fi series. The acting in these movies are unbeatable, the special effects are unbelievable and the action is superb. I don't know what the features will be like in this set, but I'm sure it will be good. I like R2D2. He's a cute little robot, that only C3-PO can understand. I don't know if the first 2 in the star wars saga are really worth buying because there nothing no where near the other 3. Maybe the 3 star wars will be a good film. Who knows, we can only wait. Since the Indiana Jones trilogy was realesed on dvd, it's about time they realesed the star wars trilogy. The series will be in Widescreen and maybe we will get a Fullscreen box set for the people who like Fullscreen better. We'll just have to wait and find out. Star Wars Episode 4- This is may second favorite of the series including the first 2. It has great acting and action mixed in with some slick humor that makes a perfect movie. Ofcoarse Luke Skywalker isn't a good Jedi yet, because he onlt started. He gets better in the later sequels.
10/10 Star Wars Episode 5: Return Of The Jedi- This is an awsome movie, but some how didn't have the magic of episode 4. It was still a great movies with good acting skills, but some how it lacked on the action. That's the wat it seemed for me. I still loved it.
9/10 Star Wars Episode 6: The Empire Strikes Back- This is my favorite out of the whole entire series. It had awsome acting, lots of action and tons of humor. Mix all that together and you got Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. This is an awsome movie and is one of my favorite movies of all time.
10/10
So don't wait, order this set, NOW.
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Summary: Finally!!
Review: This movie was made for dvd with the heart pounding musical score to the great sounds of the light saber battles and laser shots. I had a friend who hasn't seen any of the 5 movies and she asked should she see the movies in order, the answer is a resounding NO!! Star Wars - A new hope is the reason we all wore chewy t-shirts and c3po lunch boxes...A true fantasy of good vs evil with wonderfully developed characters. I believe the stregnth of this movie is due to our ability to be these characters..that is what is lacking in most movies these days...It was a fantasy that I and You and everyone can relate too...We did relate to these characters so we didn't just watch, we were right along with them for the ride of our lives.
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Summary: Great movie, bad DVD
Review: In an era when we are getting great DVDs for many films with different versions available (think Abyss and the Alien 9 disk series) it is a shameful that perhaps the greatest Sci-Fi movie ever made is not available in its original version, only in the director's cut. Whether or not you like this version better, the lack of availability of the original is a crime to any film lover.
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Summary: It's about time.....but
Review: I like many StarWars fans couldn't wait for the original trilogy to come out on dvd. However, I think both versions of the films should be released and just not the Special Editions. I loved the original version of Return of the Jedi and the Special Edition takes the darkness mytery out of the Jabber the Hut scene. I mean the scene with creatures perforrning there is now turned into annoying cgi musical number. It's just goofy and doesn't belong in a scene that is meant to be dark and mysterious. Well Lucas obviously didn't think it was meant to stay that way. The new score at the end of the Return of the Jedi as well, I think is really bad and I miss the original score. Lucas is too much into effects and todays technology. Mean look at the prequels, if he put more time into the scripts and less into the visuals, the movies might compare with the original movies. Anyway I think the original movies were fine before the special editions. Ok the Jabber the hut and Han Solo scene that was added to the original in entertaning. Some other changes like the ones to Return of the Jedi are really bad though. I heard rumors that Lucas actually wants to make Special Special Editions now but I think he hacked his beloved trilogy to bits enough. I'm still gonna buy these dvd's, don't get me wrong but the original versions should be there as well. If anything needs to be hacked up to be made better.....it should be the prequels.
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