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Hi All --
Desperately trying to get a hold of a digital copy of the '97 release of the films...can anyone help me out??
Greedo never shot.
Star Wars Trilogy 1997 Special Edition DVDs? — Page 3
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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-OT-1997-Special-Edition-Info/topic/10550/
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I know that I'm a little late on this (I'm a newbie) but the '97 versions were released on VCD.
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MrGrayson said:
I know that I'm a little late on this (I'm a newbie) but the '97 versions were released on VCD.
In Japan only and in Pan & Scan only. Both of those disqualify the VCD release from counting as a DVD release.
Anyway, I really want a DVD, Blu-Ray, or Digital release of the '97 Special Editions.
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I wonder what the recent rumors mean for the 1997 versions.
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I got the 'Five Star Collection' DVDs in 2003 for Christmas. They're ok however they freeze in certain DVD players. They'll probably play smoother in more modern DVD players. Also the covers claim they're 'Anamorphic Widescreen' but they are not.
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The negatives are still 97. That makes it easy to get them released.
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Watching the 97 VHS of ROTJ, all I could think is "so much better than 04." Reasonable colors, Shaw as Anakin (the 97 ending is awesome beyond words), correct lightsabers, etc.
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darklordoftech said:
I wonder what the recent rumors mean for the 1997 versions.
Almost certainly nothing.
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TV's Frink said:
darklordoftech said:
I wonder what the recent rumors mean for the 1997 versions.
Almost certainly nothing.
Post count junkie ...... LOL
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darklordoftech said:
I wonder what the recent rumors mean for the 1997 versions.
The absolute maximum will be deleted scenes. Even that's not likely.
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TV's Frink said:
darklordoftech said:
I wonder what the recent rumors mean for the 1997 versions.
Almost certainly nothing.
Oh come now. I'm sure it won't mean that much.
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I just bought the 2004 set again the Definitive Collection set i found online was horrible qualty so special editions it is.
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TheDoctor1987 said:
Yes i would very much like a copy of Empire and Jedi which has the real ending with Sebastion Shaw and not Hayden Christensen thanks to Adywan Han shoots first again are they in 5.1 surround sound?
Dark_Jedi’s upcoming SE’97 set will have the laserdisc 5.1 audio for all three films.
Where can I find this?
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I do have the Star Wars Trilogy 2-Disc Limited Edition Widescreen Editions on DVD including Star Wars: A New Hope (Widescreen) Disc 1: 2004 Special Edition Disc 2: 1977 Original Theatrical Version with the original opening craw and logos and the same thing for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, 2-Disc Widescreen Limited Edition DVD both Disc 1: 2004 Special Edition versions of Empire and Jedi and both Disc 2: Original 1980 & 1983 theatrical versions and I loved them on DVD.
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The '97SE vhs tapes are the Star Wars OT I grew up on, but I’ve rally struggled finding a good quality version of them since, really bums me out 😕
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The '97SE vhs tapes are the Star Wars OT I grew up on, but I’ve rally struggled finding a good quality version of them since, really bums me out 😕
Check the 1997 Special Edition OT Preservation Projects category of the An Index Of Projects & Help Thread for Star Wars Preservations thread for all the 1997SE projects, including some HD projects that have been released.
“In the future it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be “replaced” by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.” - George Lucas
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I know that I’m a little late on this (I’m a newbie) but the '97 versions were released on VCD.
I remember them being quite popular and being import option on many of the independent VHS/DVD online stores which was kind of exciting at the time. I was going to buy a set in the early 2000s, but when I saw a friend’s copy the image quality was awful and steered me clear. The box set itself did look kind of cool.
The Original Trilogy on VCD (Video Compact Disc) - albeit the 1997 Special Edition
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Why was the Lowry “restoration” even necessary. I mean wouldn’t most people have been pretty happy with the quality of an anamorphic transfer from the 1997 prints?
Remember, most of the Empire of Dreams footage is from the 1997 version in anamorphic widescreen and I think that looks pretty good. Why did they need to spend all that money on a restoration that just screwed up the video and audio presentation? So they could claim “digitally remastered” on the box?
What the hell? Why does every movie have to be “Digitally restored” or whatever? I mean what if the film already looks pretty good? Do studios think people won’t buy something unless they spend money on restoring it anyways?
Most people would have been amazed at the improved quality simply by it being on dvd. After all, not many people have even heard of laserdisc, fewer had the movies on that format so their previous reference would have been the vhs tapes. Seriously, how could a dvd not be light years ahead of fricken vhs?
If I had seen the 2006 original version dvds back in 2004, I would have thought they were amazing. Because I didn’t know anything about video technology then and I always had the impression of the Star Wars movies looking very bad on tape. Just seeing a video master without the blurriness added by vhs would have looked stunning to me. But by 2006, I knew what laserdisc was, knew what anamorphic widescreen meant and my family purchased a widescreen television.
Totally agreed!
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The '97SE vhs tapes are the Star Wars OT I grew up on, but I’ve rally struggled finding a good quality version of them since, really bums me out 😕
Check the 1997 Special Edition OT Preservation Projects category of the An Index Of Projects & Help Thread for Star Wars Preservations thread for all the 1997SE projects, including some HD projects that have been released.
Most of the preservations have yellowish colour, especially during A New Hope cantina scenes.
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