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sitwiththeguru 02-01-09 02:52 PM

Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 
2004 Release /w Bonus Disk
4 Disks: Comes with enhanced version of each movie plus a bonus disk.

2006 Release
6 Disks: Comes with enhanced and original version of each movie.

Would you guys rather have the bonus disk or copies of the original theatrical versions of each movie?

Ace Of Spades 02-01-09 03:03 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 
2006 Release
6 Disks: Comes with enhanced and original version of each movie.

...the only way to go, IMNSHO.

nothingfails 02-01-09 03:07 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 
The newest release also takes up a fraction of shelf-space, which comes in handy as well.

Jedi Master 33 02-01-09 06:52 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 
I would say get the 2006 ones and get the bonus disk off of ebay.

joltman 02-01-09 07:18 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 
Just to verify, the 2006 releases were re-released in 2008 as a set with all three two-disc movies in slim cases. So, as above, get the 2008 slim cases and find the 2004 bonus disc.

milo bloom 02-01-09 07:20 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 
Remember, there's no 16x9 of the original, untouched versions available on (legitimate) DVD.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there's been an update.

sracer 02-01-09 07:23 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 

Originally Posted by milo bloom (Post 9237790)
Remember, there's no 16x9 of the original, untouched versions available on (legitimate) DVD.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there's been an update.

If by "16x9" you are referring to "anamorphic" then you are correct. But the OOT versions included are OAR.

xage 02-01-09 08:26 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 
this is for me:

http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/r...ge02/SW001.jpg

Travis McClain 02-01-09 08:39 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 
The correct answer is, "Wait for the inevitable, eventual, Star Wars: The Complete Saga Extra-Special Edition with CGI Yoda box set." But, given the current options, the question is whether or not you prefer to have a two hour documentary brainwashing you to worship at the altar of George Lucas's "Vision" or non-anamporphic, 2.0 audio original versions of the films. If it helps, the individual releases includes more Slave Leia artwork. ;)

tylergfoster 02-01-09 10:19 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 
Get the 2-disc sets, you can probably find the bonus disc for sale all by itself.

Fok 02-01-09 10:24 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 
you can do what I did, get both :(

starman9000 02-01-09 10:31 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 

Originally Posted by Fok (Post 9238452)
you can do what I did, get both :(

Me too, but I sold my original set (movies only), so now I have the boxset with all 7 discs :)

lee_hero 02-01-09 10:36 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 
My set consists of

Best Buy Exclusive 6 Disc Original Trilogy in Tin [sold my original set]
The 2 disc Widescreens of Episodes 1-3
Wal Mart Exclusive The Story of Star Wars DVD
Star Wars Animated Adventures: Droids
Star Wars Ewok Adventures: Caravan of Courage/The Battle For Endor
Star Wars Clone Wars: Volume 1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars [Movie] [2 Disc with Lenticular Slipcover]

I still gotta get the following
Star Wars Clone Wars: Volume 2
Star Wars Animated Adventures: Ewoks
Star Wars: The Clone Wars [Movie] [Best Buy Exclusive Steelbook]
The Bonus Disc that came with the original trilogy

milo bloom 02-02-09 10:55 AM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 

Originally Posted by sracer (Post 9237794)
If by "16x9" you are referring to "anamorphic" then you are correct. But the OOT versions included are OAR.

Right, I guess I always see 16x9 as "anamorphic", didn't think that anyone else might not see it the same way.

hasslein 02-02-09 11:20 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 
Beware, a couple of days ago, I saw the 2004 versions on best buy shelves sold individually, with a sticker that says it is the 2006 version. It wasn't an isolated incident, where someone pulled a scam, there were several copies, with a barcode sticker covering original barcode.

Abob Teff 02-02-09 11:24 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 

Originally Posted by lee_hero (Post 9238479)
My set consists of

Best Buy Exclusive 6 Disc Original Trilogy in Tin [sold my original set]
The 2 disc Widescreens of Episodes 1-3
Wal Mart Exclusive The Story of Star Wars DVD
Star Wars Animated Adventures: Droids
Star Wars Ewok Adventures: Caravan of Courage/The Battle For Endor
Star Wars Clone Wars: Volume 1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars [Movie] [2 Disc with Lenticular Slipcover]

I still gotta get the following
Star Wars Clone Wars: Volume 2
Star Wars Animated Adventures: Ewoks
Star Wars: The Clone Wars [Movie] [Best Buy Exclusive Steelbook]
The Bonus Disc that came with the original trilogy

You're missing R2-D2: Beneath the Dome!

milo bloom 09-26-09 10:28 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 

Originally Posted by hasslein (Post 9241182)
Beware, a couple of days ago, I saw the 2004 versions on best buy shelves sold individually, with a sticker that says it is the 2006 version. It wasn't an isolated incident, where someone pulled a scam, there were several copies, with a barcode sticker covering original barcode.


I couldn't figure out what you meant by this when you first posted this, but I've noticed in Best Buy a couple of times now what looks like the silver bordered 2004 editions that have a sticker saying that the original versions are included. Since they're still showing up (7 months later :| ) I'm starting to think they may not be a scam but just Fox/LFL moving older inventory by adding the original versions. So of course the eternal optimist in me has to wonder if they quietly upgraded the originals to 16x9. Has anyone picked up these particular versions and checked the originals?

Sorry for the thread necro, but I keep seeing these and just had to get it off my chest.

wd40cloud 09-27-09 09:24 AM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 

Originally Posted by hasslein (Post 9241182)
Beware, a couple of days ago, I saw the 2004 versions on best buy shelves sold individually, with a sticker that says it is the 2006 version. It wasn't an isolated incident, where someone pulled a scam, there were several copies, with a barcode sticker covering original barcode.

My local Wal*Mart is selling them too, with a sticker UPC on the back. Looks like all they did was break up the contents of the old boxsets.

jjcool 09-27-09 01:28 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 
Star Wars has got to be the only Movie series that I will repeatedly buy, no matter what. I must have at least 5 sets at least of the original trilogy in its various incarnations. But only one set so far of the prequels.

Cheato 09-27-09 01:39 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 

Originally Posted by milo bloom (Post 9733666)
So of course the eternal optimist in me has to wonder if they quietly upgraded the originals to 16x9. Has anyone picked up these particular versions and checked the originals?

I haven't seen them, but I'm going to say a 100% no to that possibility. Sorry, but you're being blindly optimistic, not just eternally optimistic.

Considering the massive number of complaints they got about them not being anamorphic (even before they were released), this would be a major announcement from LucasFilms, and the Star Wars fan community would have already made a million posts about it all over the place. It wouldn't be something that would happen where new versions would quietly be slipped into old cases and sold at a discount in Wal-Mart and Best Buy.

milo bloom 09-27-09 04:20 PM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 

Originally Posted by Cheato (Post 9734612)
I haven't seen them, but I'm going to say a 100% no to that possibility. Sorry, but you're being blindly optimistic, not just eternally optimistic.

Considering the massive number of complaints they got about them not being anamorphic (even before they were released), this would be a major announcement from LucasFilms, and the Star Wars fan community would have already made a million posts about it all over the place. It wouldn't be something that would happen where new versions would quietly be slipped into old cases and sold at a discount in Wal-Mart and Best Buy.

I know you're probably right about that, but I couldn't help but think that all the fuss that was made would be a good reason to do it quietly. Announcing a new version with big fanfare would of course get everyone riled up with calls of recall or mail-in trade programs, but a quiet upgrade would fly under the radar of everyone but the most interested. It's not the first time it's happened, so the idea is out there.

Anyways, now that this thread has been moved to one of the forum graveyards I'm even less likely to get a definitive answer.

MTRodaba2468 09-28-09 01:37 AM

Re: Which Star Wars OT DVDs To Get?
 

Originally Posted by Jedi Master 33 (Post 9237711)
I would say get the 2006 ones and get the bonus disk off of ebay.

This is what I did. I'm happy with that route.


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