pittrek said:

To see the Biggs scenes in "normal" quality is for me a reason to buy it.

I do not blame you, but unfortunately that is one of the reasons Lucasfilm can continue on with the suppression of the original films.

I did hear that they aim to keep the bitrate very high for the video, so that is definitely an improvement over what is out there now I'd say.

I'm hoping they do fix some of the crap they pulled in 2004, specifically the coloring and the sound mix for ANH.

I'd also wager that some folks on this forum may be more adept at creating an excellent mix for the trilogy than anyone at Lucasfilm.

 

ThiefCobbler4ever said:

What does to the Blu-Ray set has to offer according to ThiefCobbler4ever:

-The 6 films in their DVD Versions. No alterations, no changes, no nothing.

TPM will/should have the digital Yoda that's been bandied about.

-However, color correction (even though I have no problem with the transfers we have now) could be applied and the lightsabers fixed.

I will be very surprised if this happens. I will buy this set if the "collars" are fixed.

-Transfer quality looking better, sharper, and highest in quality, it will blow the DVD transfers away.

That's a given.

-Extras from all DVD releases, Laserdisc releases, VHS releases and anywhere else. Every last one.

Doesn't seem Lucas' style. Especially since they might include things that aren't exactly true anymore.

-The deleted scenes from ANH (that we seen time after time) brilliantly restored

I would believe, as hurtful as it is to have deleted scenes from a cut that doesn't exist anymore.

-Classic documentaries finally making the official digital debut.

See above.

-New extras can't hurt either.

It will probably be all-new extras.

-Hopefully that some of the money we paid goes to do a proper and tender, loving, caring restoration to the theatrical versions of the OT (and maybe the PT).

More like it will go towards the 3Dification of the rest of the prequels, which will drop off before the OT due to "lack of interest".

-Also the possibility of bringing the Ewok Adventures and the Clone Wars Micro-Series to Blu-Ray individually. after the Saga release.

I'm sure those were mastered in SD, so a BD release would add nothing but more episodes per disc.

oklahomasmith said:

ray_afraid said:

ChainsawAsh said:

New deleted scenes, probably for all six movies, in HD.

Say what you will, but that has me sold.

In my case, no, thanks. I've never seen an added scene in the original trilogy that did anything but mess up the pacing for me. Guess I'm forever locked in the mindset of the original theatrical runs. In fact, the Blu-ray set has absolutely nothing to offer to me.

 

You and me both, buddy. This'll be exactly like the DVD set with me; I'll want the extras, but can't justify the purchase as I'd never watch these versions of the films. I'm mostly wondering what can of messing they'll do this time.

I might consider the prequel set down the road, as I'm not as purist on those, but I doubt I'll get the classic set myself. Shame too, since I should be frothing at the mouth for these. They're just not going to have the films I love.

There will probably be a way to buy the extras discs separately, like there was with the bonus disc from 2004.

For a long time, you could find it for $3 on amazon.

 

And in those screencaps in the previous page. I have to say the color has significantly been corrected back to how it should look. It still looks too dark in some scenes and some details such as shadows on people's faces still look too pronounced. But it doesn't look over the top flat out wrong.

Can't say that the color is tinted properly everywhere. Hoth still looks too blue. But it's far more reasonable and not so extreme.

Ah, it seems George lost a little bit more of his mind.  Digital Yoda in Ep1 was merely the tip of the iceberg.  ROTJ has a couple of staggeringly stupid changes this time around - the Ewoks now have new eyes that blink because...?

But easily the worst part is that Vader now lets out not one, but two NNNOOOOOOO's as he throws the Emperor down the shaft.  After all, everybody loved that in ROTS, so why not do it again?  And thus a formerly poetic moment now got stupid.  Does Richard Marquand have an estate that can sue over this shit? 

News report can be found here

 

 

Just saw that. Unsurprised at the Ewoks, since CBS did the same with the Gorn in the Star Trek remasters as a cheap way to "add more life" to them, but the "Nooo" is really left field. Vader's silence was perfectly fine, and resonates more. He's making his choice, and no time to articulate it there. The no is meaningless melodrama. It's not horrid, but completely unnecessary.

And I'm a guy that absolutely loves the Radio Drama's take on the scene. In that, he's screaming, "MY SOOOONNNN!" and has a great dialog with the Emperor about putting him down. What makes it is the line about Palpatine being Vader's master, but not Anakin Skywalker's.

We're also getting that new Krayt Dragon call. Who knows what else.

On the plus side, they sound like they might color time it properly this time, and have fixed the swapped music.

jamiemark said:

I don't want the damn prequels, having them on DVD is bad enough. 

Then why have you bought them?

Klingon_Jedi said:

And I'm a guy that absolutely loves the Radio Drama's take on the scene. In that, he's screaming, "MY SOOOONNNN!" and has a great dialog with the Emperor about putting him down. What makes it is the line about Palpatine being Vader's master, but not Anakin Skywalker's.

I forgot how that played out... Wow, that was good, wasn't it?

I like CG yoda in TPM and the blinking Ewoks, although seeing as TPM is my least favorite of the saga and I always thought the Ewoks are silly, that's not really the biggest of consolations. I hate the new audio stuff they added, and if anything I was hoping that Lucas would listen to some of the criticisms and change back Boba Fett's voice (speaking of which, does anyone know if they still have the phoned-in overdub in there?), but instead we get an even sillier Kraayte Dragon scream and Darth Vader's "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" now ruining the ending of ROTJ. It sounds like Lucas was more interested in tweaking the artistic aspects of the film to suit his more recent tastes than he was in actually cleaning up the film, because I hear that there are still plenty of color errors all over the place.

My room mate is picking up his copy of the Saga tonight, and we're going to have a marathon of the whole thing so I will have a chance to see for myself what has been fixed, and what has been meddled with. I am actually a bit of an apologist for some of the "enhancements" Lucas has made over the years, because I am all for making the movies look prettier-- as long as the original version is still available, and Lucas is only fiddling with things that there was no money or technology for originally, and not compromising the artistic choices of the original version. To me, inserting CG ships and making the creatures look more alive is an "enhancement," but having Greedo shoot first or replacing actors is changing, and changes really boil my butt because they are undermining the original artistic intent instead of enhancing it.

The Blu-Ray still does not have the original versions of the films, and Lucas has made even more daft changes, so I'm not exactly in a rush to go buy it (my current financial situation doesn't help either, though). If anything though, hopefully we'll get a Blu-Ray version of ROTJ Revisited now that a low-compression 1080p source is available.