Star Wars: The Complete Saga [Blu-ray]

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This nine-disc collection brings the wonder of the entire saga direct to your living room, where you can revisit all of your favourite 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.

Play.com have it also for £40
http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/4-/21692055/-/Product.html
Rakuten have it for £49.99
Tesco have it for £45

Soarer

Can someone answer me this?

The kid is looking to start watching Star Wars. Would ye go old school (4,5,6,1,2,3), or start with 1?

ziedth

Go in the order they were released. If yea start with the phantom menace there is a good chance he might not bother with the rest of them

WildCardDoW

Kids will probably find the first three more entertaining at a younger age IMO, and so for that reason....4,5,6!:D

the groutch

3 blu rays and 3 coasters

ablelocks

Soarer wrote: »

Can someone answer me this?

The kid is looking to start watching Star Wars. Would ye go old school (4,5,6,1,2,3), or start with 1?

after a long and drunken discussion only this weekend, the conclusion we came to was old school.

it's £40 on amazon too by the way.

splashthecash

Soarer wrote: »

Can someone answer me this?

The kid is looking to start watching Star Wars. Would ye go old school (4,5,6,1,2,3), or start with 1?

Also, viewing in chronological order will rob your kid of the big twist that reveals itself in Empire Strikes Back! :eek:

splashthecash

Also...I would just go with 4, 5, 6 and leave 1, 2, 3 until he is old enough to make that decision for himself, cos otherwise you will be forever known as "that person who ruined star wars for him"

:pac::pac:

splashthecash

ablelocks wrote: »

after a long and drunken discussion only this weekend, the conclusion we came to was old school.

it's £40 on amazon too by the way.

drunken discussion obviously means my assumption that your "kid" was 7-10 years old, was way off....either that or you are as bad a dad as Darth Vader was :P

ablelocks

splashthecash wrote: »

drunken discussion obviously means my assumption that your "kid" was 7-10 years old, was way off....either that or you are as bad a dad as Darth Vader was :P

no your assumption was spot on.

to clarify the drunken discussion was between a group of 40 something year old dads of 7-10 year olds. When to show them - 8+ is about right - and in what order.

By the end of the night, it was a group of 40 something year old dads behaving like 7-10 year olds.

BostonB

A lot of Kids I know prefer the new ones. More light sabres and they love the droid armies. They that world better from the cartoons and lego etc.

That said I would always advise to watch them in the order they were released in. As the thin thread of logic to the storyline, is evaporated in any other order.

Of course these ones will be the edited revised versions of the originals.

emo72

I'm gonna hang on till 7,8,9 come out. Then I'll have the ULTIMATE box set.

NIMAN

There is no such thing as a bargain when it comes to buying DVDs or BRs, imho.

The vast majority will be watched once at most, and then sit on a shelf for years to come, and you will probably find that you will watch the film again when its on TV rather than actually taking the DVD out and putting it on yourself.

DVDs were one of the worst 'investments' people got conned into making.

Grumpypants

Go 3,4,5 then throw 1,2,3 in the bin.

Shiminay

I don't understand the hate that people who were children when they first saw 4, 5 and 6 have for what are, once again, kid friendly films. I'm a Star Wars fan and I loved episodes 1, 2 and 3 and I think any kid would be lucky to be able to watch them in order of 1 to 6

gerryk

Machete Order is best order.

Racket

NIMAN wrote: »

and you will probably find that you will watch the film again when its on TV rather than actually taking the DVD out and putting it on yourself.

I certainly wouldn't with Star Wars seeing as the picture is generally guaranteed to be cropped on TV.

BostonB

NIMAN wrote: »

There is no such thing as a bargain when it comes to buying DVDs or BRs, imho.

The vast majority will be watched once at most, and then sit on a shelf for years to come, and you will probably find that you will watch the film again when its on TV rather than actually taking the DVD out and putting it on yourself.

DVDs were one of the worst 'investments' people got conned into making.

Not for me. I enjoy watching the DVD or BR version. It looks better than what you get on the TV. Unless its HD from something like Netflix. My BR player upscales DVD very nicely. Was watching Das Boot on it.

Ceist_Beag

1-6 in that order for me. As others have said, 1-3 are very kid friendly and I don't agree that they are inferior to 4-6. The special effects, characters and fight scenes in 1-3 are fantastic. Also I don't think you need to wait until kids are 8+ for Star Wars. Our youngest is only 4 and loves them.

BostonB

I'm not sure all the cutting of heads and hands, or the 3 is younger kid friendly.

The action and effects are good. But the story is gibberish. Get a kid to watch them and then ask them what the story is. They won't have a clue.

BostonB

gerryk wrote: »

Machete Order is best order.

Thats an interesting idea alright.

BostonB

Shiminay wrote: »

I don't understand the hate that people who were children when they first saw 4, 5 and 6 have for what are, once again, kid friendly films. I'm a Star Wars fan and I loved episodes 1, 2 and 3 and I think any kid would be lucky to be able to watch them in order of 1 to 6

I think the point is the "storyline" in 1~3 isn't kid friendly. It has no logic. I don't think the acting is that great either.

imitation

NIMAN wrote: »

There is no such thing as a bargain when it comes to buying DVDs or BRs, imho.

The vast majority will be watched once at most, and then sit on a shelf for years to come, and you will probably find that you will watch the film again when its on TV rather than actually taking the DVD out and putting it on yourself.

DVDs were one of the worst 'investments' people got conned into making.

Depends, maybe if you were talking like a random good movie maybe, but seminal stuff like star wars gets pulled out every year or more, so its a good buy imo.

Rsaeire

Thanks OP, good find

I find the prequels to be boring in a number of places, especially when they start waffling on about politics. With that said, they're not as bad as some people make them out to be but are inferior to the originals.

It will be interesting to see how Episode VII turns out when it comes to the story-line, what themes are touched on etc; however, I'm pretty sure it will be more like the originals than the prequels.

BostonB

Lets hope there's less lens flare than in Star Trek

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/03/star-trek-into-darkness-jj-abrams-lens-flare

Rsaeire

BostonB wrote: »

Lets hope there's less lens flare than in Star Trek

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/03/star-trek-into-darkness-jj-abrams-lens-flare

I never had a problem with the lens flares and find it's typical of a lot of criticism you see online. Someone makes a comment that draws attention to something a lot of people didn't notice in the first place and then, next thing you know, you see a lot of people saying "oh yeah, I hate that!"

The above isn't a criticism of your comment, by the way, just my opinion on the vitriol I've seen from some people online when these types of situations occur

BostonB

It really annoyed me in those movies.

Considering that's the director saying it, I think it has some credibility.

Rsaeire

BostonB wrote: »

It really annoyed me in those movies.

Considering that's the director saying it, I think it has some credibility.

Yeah, I've read what J.J. said a few times about its use and found it interesting how he took the criticism; he could have dismissed it entirely but he seemed to find it amusing. I still think the lens flares get a bad rep.

Synode

I tried starting at IV with my 4 year old but he only lasted an hour or so. He said it was too grown up (i.e. not enough battles etc)

About a month later, we started at I and he loved it. Watched II and III over the following few weeks and he's now dying to get on to IV.

BostonB

...dismiss it entirely? its everywhere!

http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/lighting/112577-j-j-abram-s-star-trek-lens-flares.html

It even shows you a before and after in the extras!

Rsaeire

BostonB wrote: »

...dismiss it entirely? its everywhere!

http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/lighting/112577-j-j-abram-s-star-trek-lens-flares.html

It even shows you a before and after in the extras!

Dismiss the criticism, i.e. "I added lens flares to give the movie a documentary type of look. I don't get why some people are complaining; I really like them!" He obviously didn't go down that route :cool:

Grumpypants

They are not kids films

Synode

Grumpypants wrote: »

They are not kids films

What? Of course they're kids films

beauf

Synode wrote: »

What? Of course they're kids films

By what standard?

uck51js9zml2yt

I wouldnt let my 4 year old look at them.

Synode

Would you let your 10 year old watch them?

Pretty much everyone sees the Star ware movies before the age of 13.

My 5 year old can't get enough of them

Synode

beauf wrote: »

By what standard?

By the standard that it's mostly kids that watch them (as well as adults who remember and love them from watching them as a kid)

Skerries

Synode wrote: »

By the standard that it's mostly kids that watch them (as well as adults who remember and love them from watching them as a kid)

quiet you and back in your box!

beauf

One of them is rated 13. So that's like letting a 12 watch 18 rated movies. Obviously that's exaggerated. But its curious how desensitised to violence we have become and how its crept into "kids" movies. Same with other franchises like Spiderman.

Anyway its getting off the point of the bargain. I'm kinda annoyed how the originals have been messed with by Luas over the years. But its great watching them on blue ray.