ooh...I might have to go to WalMart. I've got a few of these comics. This might be similar to the V for Vendetta/DC mini-graphic novel.

I think those are gonna be full-sized comics based on how small the DVD cover art is on those packages.

I'll be danged!! The U.S. gets the tin.... but at what cost? GEEZ!

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....p=1&id=1562088

Well, I would have paid it...

Wow! The tin may be nice and all but I'm not paying $40 more for a metal box.

Best Buy US is selling it for more than the Canadian ones.

Wow. Hopefully that's the full retail price and BB will have that sucker on sale the first week.

I could be wrong, but I think the price for DVDs before release date on BB's website are more than what they are on release week. So, I'd be willing to bet they'll be cheaper on release week.

lithographs at circuit city-
http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front...ives_99901.asp

trading cards ar fye-
http://www.rebelscum.com/story/front...sive_99903.asp



EDIT: right lithographs, not lenticulars...my bad

thay circuit city link doesn't appear to be lenticular covers as much as lithographs of poster art....nothing lenticular about it

Ditto. It's like a shit-filled Twinkee. It looks good on the outside....

heres some pics of Circuit City EX from Rebelscum.com .

It's true that Best Buy lists DVDs at higher prices up till release week. But I'm not expecting a discount for the Star Wars tin, at least not much of one. Maybe $10 less. But $80 is still too much for my liking. Might consider it at $60, which would be reasonable.

However, given that the tin will likely remain close to $90, I think I will be heading to Circuit City for the lithographs. I dig the one for V for Vendetta, and those for Star Wars will serve as nice companions for it. And they're free! The graphic novels offered by Wal-Mart look cool, but I'm going to purchase these only once.

--THX

MOD NOTE FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST VALEYARD.... cut the fine we get it some people are pissed about this release not being this that or the other or whatever the fuck is pissing you off about it... is against the rules so please knock it off. If you don't like the product don't buy it and don't post/bitch/whine about how much you don't like it...

I'm not sure which way to go on these. The graphic novels really don't interest me. Those lithos aren't bad but I don't have a place for 'em. The tin is nice but I'll have to wait to see the final price and if anything else comes with it.

So, at this moment, looks like I'll be heading to Target.

I wonder if the Best Buy tin will have the keepcases inside, or some sort of other disc holders?

man...iam such a loser.i've been holding of buying any Star Wars boxsets since 2004 but i can't believe that now iam tempted to buy this Tin and it's almost double the price of the previous boxset AND IT'S NO ANAMORPHIC.89.99 is just too much damn it.

Does the tin just hold the standard cases?

As much as I didn't want to buy these, those CC lithographs are looking mighty nice...

And has it actually been confirmed by a reputable source that these are not anamorphic? Not a "friend of a friend told me" kind of thing, but a "Well, we got our review disc in and no, it's not anamorphic" kind of thing.

Will someone please explain to me the difference between "anamorphic" widescreen and the widescreen that these dvd's will be presented in. I don't get it.

The original versions are being taken from an old laserdisc master that was transferred for viewing on a 4x3 screen. The aspect ratio is correct, but the resolution is far less than if they had done a new transfer for viewing on a 16x9 screen. These transfers are actually the 2.35 image and the black bars above and below, in a 4x3 shape. A 16x9 transfer would have the 2.35 image within a 16x9 shaped frame, with a substantial increase in resolution.

This is a really good explanation:
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articl...c/welcome.html

Only the original versions are Non-Anamorphic. The SE versions will be the same discs in the previous box set. However, this new set obviously doesn't have the bonus disc with all the bonus materials from the other set.

DVDTalk, for me, fails to have much validity if one can't discuss both the things in the world of DVD that please them and that dismay them, so if this isn't the place to "bitch and whine" about "whatever the fuck is pissing [us] off" (classy moderator speak there, nemein) regarding something DVD related, what do we do? Start a thread with the specific intention of "bitching and whining", or is this to be one of those "if you can't say anything good, don't say anything at all" lovefest sites?

^^^ I believe Nemein was referring to posts that were slyly referring to the DVDs not being anamorphic, etc... instead of talking only about the exclusives (which this thread is all about)

Thanks for the link! At least I "feel" like I know a little more.

As far as these DVD's in particular, this may sound weird, I don't know that I want it to look "too" good. Part of the charm of the original trilogy, for me, was the rustic feel. From what another poster said, the transfers aren't coming from the LD's themselves, just the film that the LD's were transferred from. I'm relatively sure the quality will be good enough for me.

I want to buy these because I want the "original" film(s) on DVD without all the modern re-conditioning.

On topic: I'd settle for a nice cardboard box set when they come out. Exclusives are nice in a way but they tend to just get in the way. I bought the Two Lane Blacktop tin set and the Showgirls oversized box set and they're just a pain to store with the normal DVD's I have. It's a simplistic philosophy, I know but oddball sized stuff like that has a strike against it in my book. Kudos to Best Buy on the V for Vendetta exclusive for making the overall box the same height as a regular DVD. I was more than happy to plop down the $34 for that.

Just my 2 cents. Thanks again for the info.

I'm not sure I can agree with that thinking. When these were first released to theatres, they certainly didn't look "rustic". There is simply no excuse but laziness for these to not look good. The 2004 SEs were (for the most part) very well reviewed as far as image quality, esp TESB.


Actually, all these cool exclusives are killing me, because I would have loved to have been forced to make a decision as to which one to get, heck I might have even gotten more than one and regifted the extra DVDs. Too bad Lucasfilm had to make my decision for me.

I love extra goodies like this, I have several odd shaped boxes and packagings on my DVD shelves. I sincerely wish some of these could join them. The tin is the one I'd probably end up with, but I love the lithographs and the graphic novels too.