zombie84 said:
2) Impressed that the classic docs are being put on here. Nothing new for us, but a lot of people haven't seen them. Unfortunately, they are 1970s and 1980s video masters, and not likely to look much better than what was on the LDs. Not much you can do about that. Maybe the footage will be good replacement candidates for the GOUT but I doubt it. Too bad the best one--SW to Jedi--is left out
The original making of docs were on 16mm film - probably too much to expect Lucasfilm (with their OT track record!) to transfer these from scratch, rather than take them from existing (if they still exist) telecines of them. Would be nice to see them in their best possible light however. If that was the case, AND they'd included From Star Wars to Jedi I would seriously consider pre-ordering the Saga set.
As it stands, I have to say I LOVE the artwork for the OT bluray set (hey, credit where credit is due and all that). Sort of retro and similar to some of the original concept artwork for Star Wars in feel. I would actually be happy to pre-order the OT set, IF all the video & audio problems have been sorted out finally, AND the deleted scenes disc includes the original bits chopped out or changed in the SEs...
I'm usually quite the pessimist, but I have the strangest feeling these scenes will be on the extras disc.....