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STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA ON BLU-RAY is presented in widescreen with 6.1 DTS Surround Sound. Special features include:

DISC ONE – STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE
Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren and Scott Squires
Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
DISC TWO – STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES
Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow
Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
DISC THREE – STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH
Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Rob Coleman, John Knoll and Roger Guyett
Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
DISC FOUR – STAR WARS: EPISODE IV A NEW HOPE
Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren
Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
DISC FIVE – STAR WARS: EPISODE V THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren
Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
DISC SIX – STAR WARS: EPISODE VI RETURN OF THE JEDI
Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren
Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
DISC SEVEN – NEW! STAR WARS ARCHIVES: EPISODES I-III
Including: deleted, extended and alternate scenes; prop, maquette and costume turnarounds; matte paintings and concept art; supplementary interviews with cast and crew; a flythrough of the Lucasfilm Archives and more
DISC EIGHT – NEW! STAR WARS ARCHIVES: EPISODES IV-VI
Including: deleted, extended and alternate scenes; prop, maquette and costume turnarounds; matte paintings and concept art; supplementary interviews with cast and crew; and more
DISC NINE – THE STAR WARS DOCUMENTARIES
NEW! Star Warriors (2007, Color, Apx. 84 Minutes) – Some Star Wars fans want to collect action figures...these fans want to be action figures! A tribute to the 501st Legion, a global organization of Star Wars costume enthusiasts, this insightful documentary shows how the super-fan club promotes interest in the films through charity and volunteer work at fundraisers and high-profile special events around the world.
NEW! A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later (2010, Color, Apx. 25 Minutes) – George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan and John Williams look back on the making of The Empire Strikes Back in this in-depth retrospective from Lucasfilm created to help commemorate the 30th anniversary of the movie. The masters discuss and reminisce about one of the most beloved films of all time.
NEW! Star Wars Spoofs (2011, Color, Apx. 91 Minutes) – The farce is strong with this one! Enjoy a hilarious collection of Star Wars spoofs and parodies that have been created over the years, including outrageous clips from Family Guy, The Simpsons, How I Met Your Mother and more — and don’t miss “Weird Al” Yankovic’s one-of-a-kind music video tribute to The Phantom Menace!
The Making of Star Wars (1977, Color, Apx. 49 Minutes) – Learn the incredible behind-the-scenes story of how the original Star Wars movie was brought to the big screen in this fascinating documentary hosted by C-3PO and R2-D2. Includes interviews with George Lucas and appearances by Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.
The Empire Strikes Back: SPFX (1980, Color, Apx. 48 Minutes) – Learn the secrets of making movies in a galaxy far, far away. Hosted by Mark Hamill, this revealing documentary offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into the amazing special effects that transformed George Lucas’ vision for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back into reality!
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983, Color, Apx. 48 Minutes) – Go behind the scenes — and into the costumes — as production footage from Return of the Jedi is interspersed with vintage monster movie clips in this in-depth exploration of the painstaking techniques utilized by George Lucas to create the classic creatures and characters seen in the film. Hosted and narrated by Carrie Fisher and Billie Dee Williams.
Anatomy of a Dewback (1997, Color, Apx. 26 Minutes) – See how some of the special effects in Star Wars became even more special two decades later! George Lucas explains and demonstrates how his team transformed the original dewback creatures from immovable rubber puppets (in the original 1977 release) to seemingly living, breathing creatures for the Star Wars 1997 Special Edition update.
Star Wars Tech (2007, Color, Apx. 46 Minutes) – Exploring the technical aspects of Star Wars vehicles, weapons and gadgetry, Star Wars Tech consults leading scientists in the fields of physics, prosthetics, lasers, engineering and astronomy to examine the plausibility of Star Wars technology based on science as we know it today.

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As a lifelong SW fan, alot of this stuff (documentaries) have been done a zillion times, and it is almost like, "Been there...done that!" I mean do we really need to see the 'Making of Star Wars in 1977' again? They'll say that Lucas was admitted to a hospital midway through shooting, and the production was a disaster, and he only thought it would make 50 million dollars.....

The only thing I'm interested in is the deleted scenes for the OT movies, so hopefully someone will put them up on internet (cause I only watch deleted scenes once for all my DVD's). And the doc on ESB looks interesting too.

I only like the OT movies, so for me its not worth it to buy all the crappy PT movies just to get a few OT deleted scenes which I'm sure will be on the internet sometime after the release.

It looks like the commentaries are all recycled from the the previous DVD disks too.

I'll pass......

6.1 DTS sound - woohoo!! Didn't think Lucas would have relented to something other than Dolby.

So it appears that the DVD bonus features from the prequels may not have been retained, though the description of Disc Seven is vague enough that I suppose they could be. I hope so, because "The Making of a Minute" from Revenge of the Sith is one of the most informative and comprehensive making-of features I've ever seen. Also conspicuously absent is Empire of Dreams, though I suppose it, too, may be lumped into the ambiguous description of Disc Eight. I wasn't expected From "Star Wars" to "Jedi" to be present, but I confess that as I made my way to the bottom of this list and saw some of the vintage pieces being included, I got excited hoping to find it on the list. :sad:

Star Wars Tech was fairly entertaining (though I think the one on Batman was better). That'll be nice to have in the library. I'm afraid that "Star Wars Spoofs" will amount to little more than a glorified commercial for Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy ("currently available on Blu-ray from FOX wherever home videos are sold!"). I'm neither overwhelmed nor underwhelmed by this description of content. Just kinda...whelmed.

Sweet, finally I'll know the anatomy of a dewback...

Did the countdown clock for anyone else just kind of, die?

It hit 0, it went to reload, and nothing happened. Tried again and I got redirected to Fox Movies. LOL.

I won't be rushing out to pick that up, boring, PQ and AQ better be perfect or no sale

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Originally Posted by TerryAlexFan (Post 10755972)

Did the countdown clock for anyone else just kind of, die?

It hit 0, it went to reload, and nothing happened. Tried again and I got redirected to Fox Movies. LOL.

Same here... They should have known the amount of traffic that this would generate. Fail.

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Do it.

they really shouldn't have given a timer at all - Did they really think their servers wouldn't crash??

Pretty basic description. It seems all the goods everyone wants are on disc 7 and 8. It would have been nice to give us a more detailed run down on the material on those discs.

Nice to finally see the tv specials included, I have been watching the vhs for years now.

First commentary track seems to be the same, I wonder if the second track is newly created from old audio or the one from the 1992 laserdiscs?

No 'From Star Wars to Jedi' no sale

Still no pictures of the packaging?

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Originally Posted by skywalker8 (Post 10755982)

No 'From Star Wars to Jedi' no sale

I can't believe that everyone is so high on this doc. I guess I've seen it so much that I'm bored with it. I had the original VHS release, plus the copy that came with the very first widescreen VHS boxed set. I was dying for those other docs to be re-released... Oh well, a matter of perspective I guess :)

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Originally Posted by Philzilla (Post 10755976)

I won't be rushing out to pick that up, boring, PQ and AQ better be perfect or no sale

even in 1080i Cinemax's airing of the eps 4-6 in their OAR's looked great.

I hate that the big new doc is about the 501st. I love that they do what they do (charity and all), but I'm bored to death with their "story". It's cool to see them at conventions, but they are set dressing IMO. The armor is fan made and impressive, but fan made props and costumes are boring to me.

I hope the Star Wars spoofs doc doesn't have any fan films.
Star Warriors: bless those guys, but I wish something else could have been included instead.

I'm really hoping the "Star Wars Christmas" special is part of the collection. :lies:

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Originally Posted by Blu-ray-collect (Post 10755997)

I'm really hoping the "Star Wars Christmas" special is part of the collection. :lies:

Maybe it's apart of the "Spoofs" package lol.

But they should have atleast found the elements to the Boba Fett cartoon and remastered it for HD. Nothing to be ashamed of their.

Ok....cool.

No tech specs?

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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD (Post 10756007)

No tech specs?

What tech specs are you looking for? They mention 6.1 DTS Surround Sound.

I don't know why I keep getting myself excited for SW announcements. To not even include the previous sets extras are a joke...

I'm... whelmed. Neither over- nor under-, it's just there. It wasn't on my buy list before and it still isn't.

I mean, that looks like a lot, but I'm not sure it is. And I'm still not sure if I'd rather have all the old DVD features duplicated so I can sell my DVDs, or if I want all new stuff (or at least, new to optical media stuff like the old documentaries. And where the heck is From Star Wars to Jedi? )

Maybe if the reviews are really great...

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Originally Posted by Artman (Post 10756019)

I don't know why I keep getting myself excited for SW announcements. To not even include the previous sets extras are a joke...

I agree. I gave my DVD sets away to my brother, foolishly thinking most of the extras would carry over.

Dear god I hope we at least get the trailers on here...