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Originally Posted by droidguy1119 (Post 10864483)

Uh oh. Based on recurrent video glitches, there's heavy theorizing over at Blu-Ray.com that these Blus are not actually newly remastered, but sourced from the 2004 masters.

http://forum.blu-ray.com/blu-ray-mov...011-a-849.html

I though that 2004 re-masters were already confirmed..??

So, is Luke's lightsaber still going to be green on the Millennium Falcon in A New Hope?

I can't wait for this set!!!

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Originally Posted by Artman (Post 10862931)

Early word is the transfers look great.

That was the "early word" on the DVDs as well...then we found out we got green (Star Wars) and pink (Empire) lightsabers, etc. The transfers could be 'great' (technically) but still look awful (color correction, audio mix, etc.). We won't really know until a real die-hard fan gets a look at these.

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Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt (Post 10865332)

Also, what does "great" mean exactly? Some guy at Comic Con probably saw them on a 60 inch LCD display in torch mode from 20 feet away? C'mon.

Those gray boxes around the TIE Fighters are going to look amazing in high def.

Amazon has lowered the price of the OT set to $39.99.

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Originally Posted by droidguy1119 (Post 10863072)

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article...lu-ray-release

Per this link, was it known that only the entire saga would have the deleted scenes? I also read on the DB that there will be a total of 45 deleted scenes.

I have a question for anyone who knows their stuff about movies being remastered for BluRay:

From what I have been reading, Lucasfilm is taking the 2004 master for the BluRay set, instead of doing a new transfer. If I pop in my 2004 DVD's and just upscale them on my BluRay Player, wont that be close to the BluRay disks that come out in Sept?

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Originally Posted by mcnabb (Post 10871965)

:doh:

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Originally Posted by anomynous (Post 10871976)

:doh:

Thanks jerkoff. It's a fucking question that you could you have respectfully answered instead of being a smartass.

The reason I asked it as wouldn't this be a publicity nightmare if fans caught on that they aren't getting that much better quality from the 2004 DVD's? Or is Lucas banking on most SW fans wont notice?

DVD maxes out at 480p. The master is much bigger than that. Well, it should be. I think we read that Lucas only mastered the films to 1080p so Blu-Ray, in theory, is as good as it'll get with a remastering anyway.

Master -> DVD loses information

DVD -> Up-rezzed TV interpolates missing information

Master -> Blu-Ray preserves that missing information

Blu-Ray > Up-rezzed DVD

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Originally Posted by ericmylad (Post 10871801)

Per this link, was it known that only the entire saga would have the deleted scenes?

I thought that was pretty clear. Lucasfilm knows the deleted scenes are the biggest thing they've got going for them (aside from the originals), so of course they'll be in the biggest box for maximum money-moving.

This will be strictly a blu-ray release right? There is no DVD version of the box set being released right?

I wonder how significantly this could help boost consumer adoption and sales of blu.

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Originally Posted by Mabuse (Post 10874593)

This will be strictly a blu-ray release right? There is no DVD version of the box set being released right?

I wonder how significantly this could help boost consumer adoption and sales of blu.

It's entirely possible the Star Wars movies will never be released on DVD ever again.

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Originally Posted by Disc-Flipper (Post 10874621)

It's entirely possible the Star Wars movies will never be released on DVD ever again.

Until 3D

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Originally Posted by Rob V (Post 10874636)

Until 3D

:hscratch:

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Originally Posted by Disc-Flipper (Post 10874621)

It's entirely possible the Star Wars movies will never be released on DVD ever again.

Ehh, there's still enough DVD players out there to make it worth their while, but don't expect anything more than a budget re-release of the discs already available. Like those Fox trilogy slimpacks.

Of course if Lucas ever did decide to release restored versions of the originals, he could always make us buy them on DVD first, then re-release on Bluray.

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Originally Posted by milo bloom (Post 10874698)

Of course if Lucas ever did decide to release restored versions of the originals, he could always make us buy them on DVD first, then re-release on Bluray.

What an excellent idea. Lets also hike the price up $5-7 and include movie cash for Red Tails.

Any word on exclusives from Wal-mart, Target, Best Buy, etc.?

Gone are the days when I would read through 41 pages of Lucas raped my wallet and my childhood before I asked a question... therefore, if this question has already been answered, you have my apologies:
Will there be exclusives for this set? Also, based on previous Black Friday sales, will these be any cheaper?

Re: Any word on exclusives from Wal-mart, Target, Best Buy, etc.?

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Originally Posted by Wannabe (Post 10878407)

Will there be exclusives for this set? Also, based on previous Black Friday sales, will these be any cheaper?

In the UK, there's a Limited Edition that comes with a film cell:

http://www.whathifi.com/news/update-...aga-on-blu-ray
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Co.../dp/B004HYH94K

Haven't heard of any US or store exclusives.

As for Black Friday, that's just speculation at this point.

Re: Any word on exclusives from Wal-mart, Target, Best Buy, etc.?

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Originally Posted by Jay G. (Post 10878448)

Thanks, Jay G!

Not sure if this has been posted.
http://www.starwarz.com/tbone/index.php?categoryid=8
Possible deleted scenes. From another forum:

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SW
Luke's Introduction
More Vader on Blockade Runner
Anchorhead Scenes
Other Biggs Scenes?
More Owen & Beru
Expanded Sandcrawler Scenes & Droid Sale
3po pilots landspeeder when searching for R2
Ben's Hut (Luke doesn't replace 3po's restraining bolt)
Luke sells landspeeder
Cantina shots
More Garindan w/ Stormtroopers
The Snitch shots
Han and Jenny
Full Jabba scene
Vader and Chief Blast
Luke's reaction after Alderaan is destroyed
Original Dianoga
Ben sneaking around on Death Star
Han, Luke, Leia & Chewie casual walks through the halls of the DS
More Death Star Imperial employee shots
More celebration after escaping DS
Rebel Hangar & Briefing Room
Yavin IV Shots
Rebel Pilots - Red Leader
Luke's first trench run
Interior shot of exploding TIE fighter
TIE-Bomber

ESB
Probe Droid w/ force field
Probe Droid shoots Hoth squirrel
Wampa pen / attack
Luke gunner shooting Wampa
More Echo Base
Han on tauntaun shot
More Luke Bacta & mask
Luke & Leia kiss
More Rebel Soldiers
3po rips off Wampa pen sign
AT-ST shot (where the background fell)
AT-AT w/ head blown off / oddly fallen walker
General Veer's death
Luke leaving Hoth / X-Wing shots
Vader talks to Sate Pestage before talking to Emperor
More Bounty Hunters
Misc Imperial Officer Shots
Space Slug alt shots
More Dagobah Dragonsnake
Luke's 7 pieces lesson from Yoda / other lessons (seeker)
Leaving Dagobah alt shots
Alt takes of MF Arrival on Cloud City
Misc Cloud City - Peoples and establishing shots
Han & Leia's Kiss
Han torture scene
More of Luke's arrival on Bespin
Leia & Ugnaughts
More Lobot
Exterior shot of Lando pulling in Luke
Luke's mechanical hand alt shots

*EDIT*

Dagobah swamp/tree monster

RotJ
The Cave, The Inn, The Dream, The Jawas...
More EV-9D9
More Jabba's Palace establishing shots (light man)
Yak Face & Ree-Yees argument, 3po translates
Luke jumping up in Rancor Pit
Expanded Sail Barge
Leia reaches for gun to kill Jabba
Sandstorm
Emperor arrival shots
Rebel Briefing & Departure shots
Expanded 'certain point of view' scene
Expanded Luke & Vader going to Emperor scene
More Endor shots / 3po storytelling
More of the Emperor's Minions
General Madine commanding the Mon Calamari Ship
Falcon gunners in the turrets
Bunker infiltration
More Ackbar & Calamari
female pilot
Wedge at celebration

Prequels:

Spoiler:

From ANH that's Chief "Bast". It only sticks out because they reused the footage (with new lines dubbed in) for the Holiday Special and I believe there was one of those VHS tape based games.

I've heard of a good chunk of those, and there's a lot of stuff for ROTJ and the prequels that would go a long way towards improving those movies. Just little character beats that would take the edge off some of the other flaws.

I wish they would make a "build your own cut" version of all six films where you could drop in deleted scenes and watch it a different way each time.

The C-3PO storytelling from ROTJ is one that I always enjoyed reading in the novelization and I've always missed seeing it in the movie. There's also supposed to be more combat shots that would make the ground battle on Endor go over better with the Ewok haters.

Quick question, are the deleted scenes going to be on the individual movie discs? Cause I'm only getting the OT and have an interest in the deleted scenes.