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Bobby Jay
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Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!)
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21-Jul-2011, 6:09 PM

danny_boy

A blu ray forum poster linked up to this:

There was a massive HD monitor set up over the top of a rebel briefing pedestal, much like the one tracking the movements of the Death Star in A New Hope. We were then treated to an abridged presentation of the Battle of Yavin in full 1080 resolution and I have to say it looked absolutely stunning. There were some Special Edition shots included and they seemed to match even more flawlessly than before in high definition. It was really something you just need to see to believe. It’s going to be a stunning looking set. In fact, I was able to handle the box and the concerns over the art, both inside and out, are pretty unfounded. It looks much more well designed and good looking in person than the screen captures could ever lead us to believe.

http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/30405

Pardon my French but with regards to the writer of that article:

Fuck Swank!

The guys an idiot who just doesn't get it. Read about our run in with him here

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/CNN-writer-blasts-Star-Wars-in-3D-and-other-stuff-Georges-changed/topic/12020/page/1/

http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/17765

http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/17816

I agree, we shouldn't comment on the blu-rays quality until we've actually seen them ourselves but lets be honest, If you over look the changes and the messed up colours, the films are inevitably going to look good presented at 1080p. That's why everyone is saying they look stunning. A messed up HD transfer is going to look good when compared to a messed up SD transfer.

I retain a little hope that the colours will be sorted but why should we expect them to give us a decent quality transfer?

They messed up the 2006 DVD's, they messed up the 2004 DVD's, they messed up the 1993 Laserdiscs and they messed up the 1989 Widescreen Laserdisc.