Happy Star Wars Day!

jaykhunter

May the 4th be with you :pac:

that is definitely the nerdiest thing I've ever written.

Skerries

several other threads out there today

jaykhunter

Feel free to post any star wars pics u like

Phony Scott

I saw the clock counting down at maythe4th.starwars.com and when the clock reached zero...nada. Apparently it was to announce the Blu-ray specs for the saga, but they can be found here which read as follows (sorry if they've been posted up already):

Press release
Bring home the adventure and share Star Wars™ with your whole family – when STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA comes to Blu-ray Disc from Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment! To be released beginning on September 12 internationally and on September 16 in North America, the nine-disc collection brings the wonder of the entire Saga direct to your living room, where you can revisit all of your favorite Star Wars moments – in gorgeous high definition and with pristine, 6.1 DTS Surround Sound. Dive deeper into the universe with an unprecedented 40+ hours of special features, highlighted by never-before-seen content sourced from the Lucasfilm archives.

Special Features:
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.

humanji

They kind of ruined the surprise by having the blu-ray logo and "Star Wars: The Complete Saga" on the banners for the page. It'd be a better surprise to be told that US special forces had shot an unarmed Jar-Jar Binks in a compound in Pakistan.

Sad Professor

Is that the original making of specials? Good stuff! And the new "A Conversation with the Masters" looks good too. Shame it's only 25 mins long. I'd like to hear more from Kasdan.

Although I take it we have to buy the whole set to get the documentaries disc, right?

Roar

thats kind of a bit.. underwhelming.. who cares about the 501st legion? why is that 90 minutes when an "indepth" retrospective on Empire just 25? How can something be "indepth" if it's only 25 minutes? if i wanna see family guy clips i'll look them up on youtube..

Theboinkmaster

Phony Scott wrote: »

I saw the clock counting down at maythe4th.starwars.com and when the clock reached zero...nada. Apparently it was to announce the Blu-ray specs for the saga, but they can be found here which read as follows (sorry if they've been posted up already):

Disappointing but not exactly surprising. I'll pass thanks George.

krudler

blu-ray cover art revealed:



Me likey

Mickeroo

I presume the Blu-Ray won't be the original cuts?

krudler

Mickeroo wrote: »

I presume the Blu-Ray won't be the original cuts?

nope, they dont exist as far as Lucas is concerned. he'll probably put some more stuff in there, I think Yoda has been cgi'ed for Phantom Menace, which I have no problem with as the puppet in that is absolutely godawful.

Goldstein

Enjoy ye're day in the...well, the rain.

Tomorrow is Revenge of the Fifth! :pac:

bonerm

Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983, Color, Apx. 48 Minutes)

Anatomy of a Dewback (1997, Color, Apx. 26 Minutes)

Nice to see these two on the set. I have the Dewback one on a PC magazine coverdisk but it doesn't even load anymore because it was made for Windows 95. So it'll be good to have another look.

It's a pity they didn't throw on "'From 'Star Wars' to 'Jedi': The Making of a Saga (1983) (TV) " which imho is a great SW doc (made at the time of ROTJ so mainly focusing on that). I guess they probably thought it overlapped too much with the "Classic Creatures" (and for all I know the 77 doc and 80 doc included was the source for most of it anyway).

Magic Eight Ball

krudler wrote: »

blu-ray cover art revealed:

A few more covers.





+ I don’t think any of us were under the illusion that Lucas would remaster the original trilogy for Blu-ray. I think that’s simply wishful thinking at this point.

Sprucing up the films a bit here and there to clean up obvious flaws is one thing. But changing up the music, making Han shoot second, adding the Jabba scene, things like that significantly alters the film.
What was wrong with the original music?

This is just arbitrary stuff, and it just takes away from the original experience we had. There's a certain nostalgia associated with the original films that we feel we're being robbed of.

bonerm

Magic Eight Ball wrote: »

Wersa Jah-jah binks? Nice to see even Lucas has given up trying to defend that CG disaster.

Skerries

wheres the '78 Holiday Special huh? huh?

krudler

Skerries wrote: »

wheres the '78 Holiday Special huh? huh?

thats out the same day as well, pity its not bundled with the boxset for completeness sake. I already own the bootleg of it but it'll be nice to have it with a proper lossless digital DTS-EX soundtrack and the art book looks lovely. Cant wait to hear the directors commentary and see the behind the scenes effects stuff.

Antar Bolaeisk

Please tell me that's a joke. I thought all copies of that show had to be annihilated in accordance with the law against painfully bad television.