Star Wars DVDs

[Crash]

picked them up last night... at the end of Jedi, you get to see the anakin from episode 3 as a ghost, it's cool... maybe i can get a picture up here. (maybe not)

[Ace195]

sweet... I'm gonna have to go buy them now.. :) after payday of course. :)

[ZebraRampage]

Does this mean that the trilogy is on dvd now?

[Crash]

yes it does 39.99 at walmart

[Fox 6]

I am looking forward to getting mine as well, cant wait :D

[Typhoid]

I like Star Wars.....but im not a SW freak. Like, i like the movies, and think they are the most creative movies ever made. ( I mean come on, what other series do you know that starts at #4?)

But I want them to make more. But i know they wont, and if they do, they will either be love stories, or all cutesie wootsey, like Jar-Jar.....stupid Lucas, ruining Star Wars.

I like the SW games though, especially the ones for N64 like Rogue Squadron. The ones where you fly the plane dealies. woot.

I wont be buying it, but im not opposed to anyone who wishes to buy it.

[ZebraRampage]

This is great! I've been waiting forever for the trilogy to come out on dvd. *does a little dance*

[Jason1]

I will be buying it within the next couple of days.

[Swan]

I won't being buying it. I can't afford it. Saving up for something else at the moment. But if one of my friends buys it, I will go over and watch it, and then play Fable.

*looks at Fox 6*

[Stonecutter]

Lemme' guess.

Pan and scam only at Wally World?

Amazon shipped mine yesterday. Can't get here fast enough.

Also picked up Battlefront for Xbox (sorry Null, I betrayed the PC this time) today, haven't played it yet.

[GameMaster]

I'll buy it or maybe ask for it for Christmas.

[Crash]

holy crap, on the bonus disk, there is this absolutely amazing footage of the battle between anakin and obiwan. oooh, looks like a volcano... and also looks like anakin is woopin up on obiwan.... this should make a very good third movie. may 05 right?

[Fox 6]

I won't being buying it. I can't afford it. Saving up for something else at the moment. But if one of my friends buys it, I will go over and watch it, and then play Fable.

*looks at Fox 6*
I dunno when I'm gonna get it, my mom or dad will probably end up buying it cus they were talking about it earlier this week.



it takes you so long to save money, I saved enough for Soul Caliber in a week, and I didnt have any money to start with.

[Null]

Lemme' guess.

Pan and scam only at Wally World?

Amazon shipped mine yesterday. Can't get here fast enough.

Also picked up Battlefront for Xbox (sorry Null, I betrayed the PC this time) today, haven't played it yet.


thats fine. PC handles over twice as many people online. runs smoother with updates and mods. muhahhahaa.

:)


as for Star wars DVD, i was lookin foward to it untill the moron said he wont be releasing the originals, but instead the updated versions which suck. then they ruined it more by putting anakins face on darth vadar when his mask explodes or whatever, and elsewhere.

unless its the originals i wont be getting it.

[Joeiss]

My aunt will definitely be getting me this for Christmas.

And yes, they fight on a volcano... Why do you think Anakin has to be in that protective body suit and his face was all messed up as Darth Vader? VOLCANO.

[Typhoid]

My aunt will definitely be getting me this for Christmas.

And yes, they fight on a volcano... Why do you think Anakin has to be in that protective body suit and his face was all messed up as Darth Vader? VOLCANO.


It could be a number of things.


Acid.
Lepracy.
Syphylis.
Flesh eating virus.
Hut.
Chewbacca.
Self mutalation.

Whos to say, we will see whos right.

*glares at screen*

[Stonecutter]

thats fine. PC handles over twice as many people online. runs smoother with updates and mods. muhahhahaa.




Yeah but I can't lay in my bed and play it in 480p on my PC, so....... meh.

[GameMaster]

The cause of the Vader suit is severe damage from a volcano related accident as Joeiss said. People have known that for years but I don't know if that's because George said something about it or someone near George leaked the detail? Still doesn't answer why his voice becomes so low and evil sounding...perhaps it's a synthetic voice or his normal voice is assisted by some gadget. It's been a while since I've seen Return of the Jedi, does Vader's voice sound different when he takes off the helmet? :vader:

[jeepnut]

I may have to finally see all the movies all the way through. Just never did it for some reason. Didn't have really any friends that were into Star Wars.

[Ginkasa]

Alright. I picked up the DVDs earlier today right after school and have been watching all three back to back to back until now. Apparently not many people here know of the new changes to the movies, so I'll list them and my thoughts on them.

Star War: Episode IV: A New Hope

-Removing the Vasoline Wasn't Enough
Lucas enhanced the digital landspeeder Luke and Co. ride into Mos Eisley a bit. It looks better, so no complaints.

- The Infamous "Greedo Shirts First" Scene
For those not in the know: in the original Star War: Episode IV: A New Hope (the original classic unaltered version), Han shot Greedo in the Mos Eisley cantina before Greedo was able to do anything. In the Special Editions, George Lucas added in Greedo shooting at Han (and missing, obviously) before Han shoots Greedo.

Although Greedo still shoots first in the DVDs, Lucas has made Han jerk to the side to make the miss more believable...or something. While I don't really care who shoots first, the jerky movement of Han to the side just really doesn't look right.

- Extra Jabba Scene
Lucas has enhanced the digital model of Jabba in the SE scene to better match the Jabba from Episode I and look a bit more like the puppet Jabba in RotJ. Jabba looks a lot better. Han's movement when he steps on Jabba's tail also looks a bit better.

- Obi-Wan Can't Read English!
Any and all English text in the film (mostly in the scene where Obi-Wan is shutting down the force fields) have been changed into Aurebesh (Star Wars language) to fit the other movies. Gotta dig continuity.

- Is It White? Blue? What?
The lightsabers in ANH have been enhanced. Although they aren't perfect, they are much brighter and more defined than they originally were. Great improvement. However, is it just me or did Luke's lightsaber in the remote training scene turn lightish green?

Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Striles Back

- Well Now the Shadows of the Empire Prologue is Ruined!
The Emperor during the short conversation between Vader and Palpatine in ESB was originally played by some guy other than Ian McDirmiad, who plays Palpatine in every other Star Wars movie (except ANH, where Palpatine never shows up). They replaced the original ESB guy with Ian, which is an improvement in my opinion (continuity and all). However, they also changed the Emperor's dialogue significantly. Originally, I always got the impression that Vader already knew Luke was his son and alive, etc. Now it seems more like the Emperor is telling Vader who Luke is. I don't really get why it was changed this way....

- If He's A Clone, Why Does He Sound Different?
They replaced Boba Fett's original voice with Temuera Morrison, who plays Jango Fett in the prequels. Makes sense to me. I have no problem with it.

- Aaaaaaaaahhhhh! Er...is that right?
Originally, when Luke jumped off that platform away from Darth Vader, he just fell without a noise. In the SE, Lucas added in the scream from the Emperor in RotJ to make it seem less like Luke was trying to commit suicide. The scream is gone now.

Star Wars: Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi

- Wormtongue Had to Shave His Eyebrows, Too
Vader's eyebrows have been removed from his face when Luke takes his helmet off. Being burned in a lake of lava does that.

- The Ewoks Are No Longer The Most Despised Creatures In The Original Trilogy (and other celebration stuff)
They added in Naboo during the celebration scene near the end. Jar Jar screams out, "Wesa free!" I'm not kidding. I personally think its a neat tie in to the prequels, but that's just me.

They also stuck in the Jedi Temple in the Coruscant scene.

- The Forgotten Ghost Scene
In the original and SE versions of the movies, an actor named Sebastian Shaw played Anakin Skywalker for that short scene in the end of the movie that has the ghosts of Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Anakin standing near the celebration (Shaw also plays Anakin after Vader's helemt has been taken off). For the DVDs, Lucas has removed Sebastian and inserted Hayden Christensen, the guy who plays Anakin Skywalker in AotC and RotS. I can get the continuity reasons, but its still a little weird seeing Hayden there...

***

That's all the important stuff. There's probably some smaller enhancement that I might have missed (like the Jabba or landspeeder ones), but nothing important.

*is still looking for a window of oppurtunity to proclaim that Ewoks and the prequels and the SE aren't as bad as most people make them out to be*


*shrugs and walks away*

[Crash]

and since i'm not a hardcore sw fan, i noticed none of those things.... none.

so i am even more pleased with wassup with the movies.

[Ginkasa]

*reads list over again*

Whoops.... Forgot the end ghost scene :p

*goes to add it in*


*shrugs and walks away*

[Bube]

Having never watched the Trilogy, I'm thniking of buying it. But I have no idea when...

[Fox 6]

The cause of the Vader suit is severe damage from a volcano related accident as Joeiss said. People have known that for years but I don't know if that's because George said something about it or someone near George leaked the detail? Still doesn't answer why his voice becomes so low and evil sounding...perhaps it's a synthetic voice or his normal voice is assisted by some gadget. It's been a while since I've seen Return of the Jedi, does Vader's voice sound different when he takes off the helmet? :vader:
his voice sounds much different

[Yoda9864]

I love these movies!! As you can imagine, being the resident SW freak, I bought them at Best Buy when they opened at midnight to sell them. And yes, I proceeded to go home and watch all three in a row. I then slept for about an hour, got up, went to class, and promptly fell asleep. Lol.

May 19th can't come fast enough!!

[DimHalo]

http://www.pvponline.com/archive/2004/pvp20040921.gif

I thought that was funny.

I think the dvds sound cool ( i didn't realize they were enhancing so much). I have seen the trilogy once but I fell asleep through part of it. I'm hoping someone I know will pick the DVDs up so I can watch them.

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

i picked it up already :D, its great, amazing remastering, both visually and audio wise. I watched a new hope yesterday, planning to watch the empire strikes back tonight, theres also a preview of Ep. 3 the game on the bonus disk, this one looks as if it may actually kick ass....unlike the other ones. + it has a demo of star wars: battle front demo for the xbox (just stick it in your xbox). i'll tell more after i see Ep. V.

[ZebraRampage]

- The Ewoks Are No Longer The Most Despised Creatures In The Original Trilogy (and other celebration stuff)
They added in Naboo during the celebration scene near the end. Jar Jar screams out, "Wesa free!" I'm not kidding. I personally think its a neat tie in to the prequels, but that's just me.

They also stuck in the Jedi Temple in the Coruscant scene.

Ha..that probably ruins the trilogy. They have to add Jar Jar in at the end...*shakes head*..well I guess it would make sense because of the prequels. And by the way, I never despised the Ewoks. They weren't annoying, and they were actually pretty smart. I tried to find out what they were saying when they talked, one time, but I failed miserably.

[Jason1]

Okay, I read the changes list, but im still slightly confused on one thing. When luke takes vaders helmet off...they havent replaced that sebastian shaw with Hayden Christain's head there have they? Because that would be just wrong, IMO.

[Ginkasa]

No, when Luke takes Vader's helmet off, it is still Sebastian Shaw's head (and voice). The only alteration to that scene is the removal of Sebastian's eyebrows to (assumedly) better fit what happens to Anakin in RotS.

****

On the bonus disc the DVD set, there is a "Making of" documentary of all three films called Star Wars: Empire of Dreams. It is AWESOME. The documentary is two and a half hours long (longer than any of the movies) and covers just about everything from THX-1138 to Episode II. Obviously, most of the time is spent in the making of the Star Wars trilogy; everything else is just kind of glazed over (especially the SE and prequels).

The doc is filled with information. It also includes some deleted dialogue that didn't make it into any version of the films ("And you call yourselves human.") and auditions and stuff.

I really enjoyed it.


*shrugs and walks away*

[Crash]

Okay, I read the changes list, but im still slightly confused on one thing. When luke takes vaders helmet off...they havent replaced that sebastian shaw with Hayden Christain's head there have they? Because that would be just wrong, IMO.


maybe they're talking about when he dreams he cuts off vaders head?

[DeathsHand]

George Lucas apparently said that when a Jedi becomes a spirit, it's in the form of the last time he/she was "pure" or what have you... That being Anakin when he was younger (As in before he becomes Darth Vader, which means when the age he's at when being played by Hayden Christensen in Episode 3)... Not when he was some sort of elderly or middle-aged-ish good Anakin which there never was (The original scene with Sebastian Shaw)...

*shrug*
I read it the other day in some looooong thread on a star wars fanatic message board, so I don't have a link or a direct quote...

I havn't seen the trilogy since the special edition came out on VHS... I never saw the big deal about things people complained about (Ewoks, for example... Or Greedo shooting first in the special edition) I'm gonna pick it up tomorrow hopefully... Yup...

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

as soon as i finish watching ROTJ, i plan to watch them all over again with the directors commentary on, should be pretty interesting.

[poisenpet13]

i gota collectoin of star wars dvd im only missing 1 :)

[thatmariolover]

I bought the Special Edition trilogy. I must say I'm very impressed, and it was definitely worth the money.

However, I think that the original trilogy should have been released on DVD as well. I've downloaded Laser Disc rips of the originals so that I can keep those alive too (the ones I've got are DVD quality widescreen - though they haven't been "degrained" so they're not as clean as the Special Edition). It's a shame they'll never officially be released on DVD.

[Jason1]

i gota collectoin of star wars dvd im only missing 1 :)


and you are?

Oh, and just for the record, I bought them today.

[Crash]

- If He's A Clone, Why Does He Sound Different?
They replaced Boba Fett's original voice with Temuera Morrison, who plays Jango Fett in the prequels. Makes sense to me. I have no problem with it.

boba fett is a clone of his father?

[Fox 6]

Boba is an unaltered clone of Jengo Fett

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

boba fett is a clone of his father?
yep, clearly states it in Ep. II, the rest of the republican army (read "Empire Army") is made still of Jango Fett clones, except genetically modified to be perfect soldiors.

[DeathsHand]

except genetically modified to be perfect soldiors.

perfect enough to lose

Damn good guys and their personal inpenetrable force fields...

[Crash]

i was watching clone wars, and noticed that they were playing star wars pod racing (you know the game) in the cantina... weird...

[Ginkasa]

1) Its called Attack of the Clones, not Clone Wars
2) Why would it be weird? Bars in the real world show big sports games on TVs, right? Why would it be any different in the Star Wars galaxy?


*shrugs and walks away*

[GameMaster]

Today I saw in the store that the widescreen collection is silver and the fullscreen collection is gold. They're also two different covers for both formats.

1. Which format did you get? Gold or silver?
2. Which cover art did you choose: Darth Vader or Luke and friends?

[Stonecutter]

Today I saw in the store that the widescreen collection is silver and the fullscreen collection is gold. They're also two different covers for both formats.

1. Which format did you get? Gold or silver?
2. Which cover art did you choose: Darth Vader or Luke and friends?

It's the same cover GM, it's just opposite sides.

And silver of course.

Pfft, pan and scam is for losers.

[Crash]

here are two great sites showing the differences between special editon and dvd edition

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/starwarschanges.html

http://perso.club-internet.fr/willow/SW_Changes/SW_Changes.htm

I never realized how crappy Jabba looked in the Special Edition Tapes (yeah, i did, but i didn't care)



http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/starwars/4-08-2004.jpg http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/starwars/4-08-1997.jpg

[Typhoid]

Wow...those are horrid..

[Joeiss]

I can't wait till I get these. I might go ahead and purchase them when I come home for Thanksgiving, instead of getting it for Christmas.

[Jason1]

Now that ive got a 53inch Widescreen Television, I of course purchased the widescreen version. Its a no-brainer.

[Swan]

That would be so cool if they put the original on dvd. Not remastered at all. Just as it was when it first came out. It would be orgasmic. :p

[GameMaster]

Now that ive got a 53inch Widescreen Television, I of course purchased the widescreen version. Its a no-brainer.

53 inches! :WHOA:

I admire your good fortune :)

[DimHalo]

Agreed. The term, *drool* comes to mind

[Jason1]

53 inches! :WHOA:

I admire your good fortune :)


Heh heh...yea, its pretty nice...

Its not a plasma or even an LCD, its just a Rear-Projection TV. But theyve come a long ways in the rear projection technology in recent years. The picture in them used to be all washed out and crappy looking, but now its damn clear. There are a few obvious downsides to Rear-Projections though. For one, you have to be basically at eye-level with the TV when watching otherwise the picture will be dark. So forget about watching while lying on the floor. (on the couch works fine though). Also, if you get to far to the right or left side of the screen it starts to get dark...I mean you can go a little ways to the side and its still fine, but go too far and you start having problems. That and you have to manually converge the picture tubes from time to time...but its really easy to do, only takes about 30 seconds. Oh, and these things are pretty heavy...I honestly dont know how the 2 circuit city guys got it down the steps to our basement without dropping it.

But as for upsides, the Price is the obvious one. We got ours as sort of a clearout model at Circuit City(They were tring to get rid of em for the newer models that were just released) But that certinly dosent mean its old technology or anything. In fact, Panasonics website still lists it at $1799, which is over 300 dollars more than we paid for it, and we even got a 100dollar gift card. So really if you know what your looking for, you can get a pretty awsome big screen progressive scan(the works) TV for just under $1500.

Oh, here it is http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelDetail?displayTab=F&storeId=11251&catalogId=11005&itemId=70548&catGroupId=11253&modelNo=PT-53TW54&surfModel=PT-53TW54&ignoreRedirect=1

Alright sorry about that guys, I'll end the rant. I just thought we got a pretty good deal on it and I thought Id share:)

[Ginkasa]

Alright sorry about that guys, I'll end the rant. I just thought we got a pretty good deal on it and I thought Id share:)


You mean brag, you bastard :p


*shrugs and walks away*

[Crash]

good choice tv, i have a panasonic myself... its the lcd one. great tv though, you chose wisely, and enjoy it to it's fullest extent!

[Swan]

It's beautiful.*sheds a single tear*

I mean...you house must be perfect to watch "The game" at. :rolleyes:

[Canyarion]

My bro got the new DVDs for €1,75 by joining a DVD club where he has to order 4 things this year.... good deal if you'd ask me. :D
He still has to receive them, so hopefully there's no catch... :(

[Seth]

Might as well throw out some SA goldmine pics.

http://images.somethingawful.com/mjolnir/images/cg09142004/Dangeross.jpg
http://images.somethingawful.com/mjolnir/images/cg09142004/ikari.jpg
http://images.somethingawful.com/mjolnir/images/cg09142004/ikari1.jpg
http://images.somethingawful.com/mjolnir/images/cg09142004/spacemountain1.jpg
http://images.somethingawful.com/mjolnir/images/cg09142004/Unkempt1.jpg
http://images.somethingawful.com/mjolnir/images/cg09142004/Combat-Wombat.jpg

and for those who missed the goldmind here's the link to all of it.
http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2374

[DimHalo]

http://images.somethingawful.com/mjolnir/images/cg09142004/spacemountain1.jpg
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LOL, I like that one

[GameMaster]

I like how it shows the elephant based machines mating.

[Neo]

I like how it shows the elephant based machines mating.

In nerdy voice: They're called Imperial Walkers! Geeez.

[Crono]

Speaking of Star Wars... they're thinking of making another Spaceballs movie. I saw the article at IGN. In case you dont know... Spaceballs was one of the funniest movies ever, it was a parody of Star Wars, was released in the late 80s.

[Canyarion]

My bro got his DVDs in today. :D Might see it this weekend. :)

[Ginkasa]

In nerdy voice: They're called Imperial Walkers! Geeez.


Actually, they're called the Imperial All Terrain Armored Transport Walker. Or AT-AT for short.

Geez.


*shrugs and walks away*

[Joeiss]

Yeah Link! I was gonna say that, but you beat me to it, lol.

And I am not sure if they should make another Spaceballs... I think the first one was too good for a sequal.

"I'm a mog, half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend."

[Bube]

I finally got the Trilogy, and I was happy to see that it had Turkish subtitles. Anyway, after watching A New Hope, I realized why people hated The Phantom Menace (I liked TPM). TPM wasn't really Star Wars. It was more like Star Politics.

I was really interested in the originals, and they haven't dissapointed so far.

[Typhoid]

I think Lucas should make more, but he said he wont....which upsets me. I want him to make more, like, maybe pre-prequils, r like...after the last movie. He just isnt good at writing anymore. Hes gotten stuck in the hollywood romance stories, and the things to put smiles on children (Jar-Jar) Now, im not saying the first three (4,5,6) didnt have like, a love dealy in it, but IMO, hes gotten carried away.

And he used the horizontal/vertical wipe waaaaay too much in Episode 1.

What do you think, someone back me up.

[Joeiss]

Wow. I was so close to purchasing these yesterday, but I forgot my debit card at university. Damn.

[GameMaster]

Grown ups can buy things whenever they want but youths always have to save or wait for a day of giving to get what they want.

[tkdbabe04]

the only reason they should make a new space balls is if it had rick moranis, (tough to get john candy to act anymore) bill pullman...and all the originals back. what are the odds they'd make a prequal for spaceballs?

[thatmariolover]

the only reason they should make a new space balls is if it had rick moranis, (tough to get john candy to act anymore) bill pullman...and all the originals back. what are the odds they'd make a prequal for spaceballs?

I wish they would. I think Chris Farley might have been able to do John Candy's part - too bad he's dead too... :(

[Joeiss]

(tough to get john candy to act anymore)

Are you just an idiot and didn't know that John Candy died? Or are you making fun of his death? **** you if you are making fun of a comedy legend.

[Ginkasa]

**** you if you are making fun of a comedy legend.

*thinks a lot of the comedy legends would laugh at a good joke - even if it was making fun of his/her (are there any she comedy legends?) death*


*shrugs and walks away*

[DeathsHand]

*thinks a lot of the comedy legends would laugh at a good joke - even if it was making fun of his/her (are there any she comedy legends?) death*


*shrugs and walks away*

Thinkin the same thing...

Hey there's always Margaret Cho and Wanda Sykes............ heh... heh heeeeeh HAAAAAAAAAH!!

[DimHalo]

Are you just an idiot and didn't know that John Candy died? Or are you making fun of his death? **** you if you are making fun of a comedy legend.


While I don't think that making fun of a death like that is really in good taste. I also don't think its worth that kind of a vent.

[Crash]

wow, no one was making fun of john candy... he is great, and made a great mog...

i think that chastising was outta place... but

"they've gone to plaid"

[Joeiss]

Sorry, I was drunk, haha. Don't mind me.

lol, I love the plaid look, haha. That was great.

[DimHalo]

Yeah, i'm a big spaceballs fan...

not sure what they would do with another one but it could be fun

[Crash]

joeistheman....

i'd like another spaceballs movie

[Joeiss]

joeistheman....




??

[Crash]

sometimes you crack me up... lol

[Blackmane]

Sometimes Crash makes very little sense...

I really want to get the trilogy, but I don't have a DVD player up here at school, and I don't have the money for either. I may ask for it for Christmas.

[GameMaster]

joeistheman....

i'd like another spaceballs movie

How about a sequel to Meet Joe Dirt?

[Crash]

you mean "joe dirt"?

how about a sequel to....titanic! that'd rule

[Blackmane]

I'm...not exactly sure where they would go with that sequel...

I mean, the ship kinda.....sank....

[Canyarion]

THANKS FOR THE SPOILERS!! :mad:












;)

[Crash]

I'm...not exactly sure where they would go with that sequel...

I mean, the ship kinda.....sank....


that's where the joke comes in....




so as far as star wars goes? what is the worst sequence in the whole set?

personally i think in Empire, when they fly outta that snakes mouth on the asteroid....worst sock puppet evar!

or the fight between obiwan and vader

or the dishonorable death of poor boba fett..

[Joeiss]

Do you know how many side stories there are of Boba Fett escape from the Sarlac? Countless stories is the answer, hhaha.


And the fight between obiwan and vader is a classic. please do not diss it, yo, dawg homie g.

[Ginkasa]

In the original original ANH where you can see the poles used for the lightsabers on occasion during the Obi-Wan/Vader fight. That always bothered my so much. Luke's white lightsaber in the remote training thing freaked me out, too (and now it has a weird greent tint on the DVD O_o).

There's also that Tauntaun that so very obviously looks like stop-motion animation in ESB. Boba Fett's "death" (you really think he couldn't escape with all that gear? Pshaw) in RotJ. Darth Vader being an albino old guy, and not James Earl Jones (they could explain it by saying Anakin's skin was charred black or something....it'd be pretty stretchy, but it'd work). Blue milk. Luke's whining. Stuff like that.


*shrugs and walks away*