The disc looks like the Canadian flag...

Ha! Ha! Ha!

I haven't minded the roman numerals for years, but those covers are pretty bad. I seriously hope they're photochops.

That is Ian McDiarmid on the ESB cover. Looks just about like he did in ROTJ, rather than the Emporer that was used in the original version of ESB.

You are very correct. Where did you get this picture?

Yea, it's a shot from ROTJ.

Oh well.

So Lucas will replace Clive Revill with Ian McDiarmid and Sebastian Shaw with Hayden Christiansen? What's next? Replacing Alec Guiness with Ewan McGregor? Guess he'll have to change Boba Fett's voice too while he's at it.

Is it just me or do they look like Thinpaks?

Ian is on the cover of my Empire Special Edition VHS. That shot isn't new.

True.

People are allowed to dislike cover art the last time I checked.

I, for one, hate the art. But, it certainly isn't going to stop me from buying the set.

Yeah, yeah. Did you have to walk uphill barefoot in the snow to get to the theater?

That pic is actually not the shot of the EMP on the SW DVD...

It's a diff one. Look closer.

[Mr Burns] Excellent [Mr Burns]

I don't see how you can tell the Emperor on the ESB DVD is not the same. The image is so small, I can't tell. They look the same as far as I can tell.

Actually, I'm not totally convinced that this is the real, official coverart.

I like them. As long as the spines match Im happy. I figured they would have silver accents versus the gold accents on the prequels.

They look fine to me.

What DV said ^^

But then again it doesn't really matter since I'm not gonna use em anyway

the purpose of the roman numerals can mean only one thing...

as soon as Ep3 is in the bag, they will re-release I, II and III in similar packaging

Maybe for you.

I am sure that Lucas does not give a sht that you will not be buying them. Plenty of people will be purchasing them.

I applaud him for updating them with current technology. Like someone said earlier, they are his movies. I didn't like the whole 'Greedo shoots first' or the band scene in ROTJ, but I can get over it. Its no big deal to me.

As far as the cover art, it looks fine. I have seen better and I have seen worse. I like the box though.

It is about damn time.

The picture used looks exactly the same to me...other than the location and the art around it.

And is that the SLAVE I on the cover of Return of the Jedi...or is that an A-Wing fighter? The skiff from the desert scene? Just asking, because the SLAVE I never made an appearance in ROTJ.

Those are not the covers the commercial showed! Now I'm less excited.

It's hard to tell if those are keepcases or cardboard digipaks. Let's hope they are in keepcases so they don't get scuffed quickly when slid into the trilogy box.

I speculate there to be IV-VI covers that match I-II after III has been released, after the final/archival versions of IV-VI have finished their theatrical runs. I also see a I-VI foldout digipak saga set (similar to Alien Quadrilogy) being released sometime in 2006-2007. It doesn't take the powers of the Force (TM) to predict such a marketing plan.

Who cares what the covers look like? Those of you who hate them will be making replacement covers in droves anyway.

From The Digital Bits:

Of course it's not. The Emperor on the soundtrack is a painted drawing! It's Drew Struzan's artwork.

They look okay.

Looks to me like someone at Lucasfilm Marketing needs a lesson in Photoshop cut n' paste.... yuck.... Although, yes I will still buy them (Scara, hurry up with those customs lol )...