zombie84 said:I'd go for a 5-disk Star Wars set, and then a 4-disk set of ESB and ROTJ, without any SE nonesense--save the SE stuff for the 6-film boxset, because the SE really is only relevant to the prequels.
Star Wars:
disk 1: Digitally restored version sourced from 8k scans of the O-neg (of course color-timed from the best surviving color source, the Technicolor masters). 1981 Crawl optional via seamless branching as a bonus. Audio options: original mono, stereo and a 5.1 mix from the 70mm.
disk 2: New 3-hour documentary just on the making of ANH.
disk 3: Featurettes and mini-documentaries on various topics, plus deleted scenes
disk 4: Archive: Vintage documentaries, interviews, trailers, commercials, etc
disk 5: The Lost Cut. A new 4K transfer of the black and white workprint cut, with commentary track by the editing team.
The set would come with a hardcover book of black and white photographs from the production, a reproduction of the lobby cards, a reproduction of the theatrical souvinir magazine, and a reproduction of a ticket to the premiere. A pared-down 2-disk set could be made for the average consumer.
The ESB/ROTJ sets would basically follow the same format but without the workprint disk. For the boxset I'd include a bonus disk with additional material and a remastered transfer of The Holiday Special.
With the Saga boxset, there would then be maybe additional documentary disks dealing with the 6-film series as a whole, and then each OT film would get an SE disk that would link up with the PT packaging (maybe in some kind of book-like design) with the latest incarnation of the SE, with the previous 2 versions available via seamless branching. A bonus disk would feature SE documentaries, including a feature-length one detailing the alteration of the saga starting in 1981, the origins of the anniversary theatrical re-release, the 1993-1995 restoration effort, the work that went into the 1997 SE, the media and fan reaction, and then the continued revision throughout 2004 and whenever the new one comes out. The prequels would all get new HD transfers from their digital masters, with selectable "bluescreen only" version on the BR release, and a 2-disk documentary set about the making of the trilogy.
I really like the idea of having a "bluescreen only" version of prequels. I'd like to see what the movie looked like without any compositing.