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Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Limited Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Actors: Kenny Baker, Phil Brown, Eddie Byrne, Peter Cushing
Bonus Features: Disc 1: **Feature **Commentary by George Lucas, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren and Carrie Fisher **Easter Egg - Credit Roll Disc 2: **Feature **Commentary by George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren and Carrie Fisher **Easter Egg - Credit Roll Disc 3: **Feature **Commentary by George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren and Carrie Fisher **Easter Egg - Credit Roll Episode Description: Disc 1: *Star Wars: A New Hope / Episode IV Disc 2: *Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back / Episode V Disc 3: *Star Wars: Return of the Jedi / Episode VI
This 2005 three-disc edition of George Lucas's Star Wars Trilogy is basically the same set as the 2004 edition minus the bonus fourth disc. That means you get the three original films--A New Hope (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983)--in their brilliant-looking and -sounding DVD glory. That means you also get both the changes that were made for the 1997 special-edition versions as well as the revisions that were made for the films' DVD debut, including Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker) being added to a scene in Jedi, Ian McDiarmid (the Emperor) replacing Clive Revill with slightly revised lines in Empire, and Temuera Morrison rerecording Boba Fett's minimal dialogue, plus some other small details. The discs don't qualify as bare-bones because they do include the commentary tracks recorded by Lucas, Ben Burtt (sound design), Dennis Muren (visual effects), and Carrie Fisher (Leia), plus Irvin Kershner added for The Empire Strikes Back. But what you lose is the fourth disc's 150-minute documentary Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy, the three substantial featurettes ("The Characters of Star Wars," "The Birth of the Lightsaber," and "The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of Star Wars"), the Xbox sampler, the no-longer-exciting Episode III preview, and other odds and ends. Star Wars aficionados will certainly stick with the four-disc set, but casual fans might be satisfied with this lower-priced version. --David Horiuchi
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| Star Wars (altered) |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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When I was a kid I remember looking forward to the new installment of Star Wars soon to hit the theatre. When the VHS format became popular I bought the tapes and could watch them at my leisure.
Now, with the DVD, I see only the "remastered" (read = altered) versions of the films. I don't recognize the story anymore. The old films recognized that the viewers had an imagination; the newer films spell everything out, hence erasing the mystery and the very thing that made them legendary.
Now it's almost cartoon-ish and obviously for no other reason than that Lucas, at least theoretically, could make more money by recycling an established story. What happened to Darth Vader? Why was he replaced by the snivelling snot who played him in Episode IV? Get real. I liked the original guy better. Much.
For the original trilogy I give 5 stars; for this rewritten betrayal (for mercenary reasons) of the original trilogy, I give 3, and only because it reminds me of the original.
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| No retouches, please! |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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If you like the edits Lucas made to this classic trilogy, then you can upgrade my review by one or two stars. If you agree that he should have left them alone, then I think 3 stars is fair:
I have little to add to what other reviewers have said, other than that while George has the right to remake the original movies, it would be nice to buy the original releases. I enjoyed the original films immensely, and agree that although the technology was not up today's standards, they possessed a certain charm in spite of, or because of, that. I was going to buy the DVD set of the movies to replace my VHS tapes, but have realized that unless Lucas decides to release the original footage without his "improvements," I really am not interested in owning them.
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| Good but... |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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I am happy with my purchase except that one case was broken and the DVD does not hold in there and it rattles; really annoying and I don't think that will be good for the disc.
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| Updated version |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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When I purchased these movies, I didn't realize they were the updated version. Well, they are, so if you like that, this is for you, if you want the strictly classic ones, this isn't them. I happen to like the updated version.
The Dave_
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| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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only thing i did not like was the addition of the guy who played annakin skywalker in episode 2 and 3 to the scene of the jedi ghosts in episode 6. otherwise, it did not ruin the movies at all that they were digitally remastered.
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