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Originally posted by [-BiG_W-]
If this is the real retail DVD screener it should be easy to tell - does Han shoot first? That scene was corrected for the retail DVD apparently.

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Hmm,there were rumours that Lucas may have gone back to do yet MORE tinkering with the dvd releases,so if anyone has managed to get this yet,it`ll be interesting to see if you can post any differences(with spoiler tags of course!).

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vIDEO 8/aUDIO 8

Why is this getting low ratings... I just burned to disc, and its very nice dvdscr or dvdrip. Doesn't matter this is a nice release the sound and pic are nice.
Some people are just arrogant and know it alls! Forget all the technical mambo jumbo. If LucasArts does this or that. Nice release by this EM Group.

9/9/10

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nope there's nothing extra in any of the 3 movies theyre the "special editions" we saw from 97. But the extras disk is quite feature packed with some nice tidbits on episode 3. and for the LAST time LUCASFILM DOESNT PRODUCE SCREENERS, and more so the trilogy is being distributed as a complete 4 dvd box set. I asked about this today, because i can from my line of work, and the box set hasnt even been sent out to reviewers yet so excuse me from being sceptical about the validity of this rls. Lucas apparantly isnt letting this go out for review til the last minute because of the content on the extras disk. And the possibility of it ending up on the net before it hits stores. Its possible someone nabbed a dvd from the pressing plant...but i'm sceptical. Anyways since i only have the VHS original version box set and the VHS spec edition box set, i think i'll be skipping the downloads and just buy it

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Compareable to the original LaserDisk copies that I have of all three movies.

Nothing to see here, move along.

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Originally posted by platinum_bomb
Dude, It wasn't there and still isn't... I was waiting to see what the pic looked like cuz the release was up, but there was no pic and i didn't find the sample, mo fo. Don't make me come and tie ur arms to ur chair and beat u silly with your own keyboard

lol

Will edit this after i get it.

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lets not forget this is PAL....... blah ... damn groups i wish they would put that

copy looks pretty decent. ive heard of this floating around for the past 2 months, but this is the 1st time ive seen it.

8/8/9

seems nothing much in the film was changed from the SE release. Greedo shoots first, Jabba is still looks rough and gets treated like a punk.

it does look like all the lightsaber effects and frame jumps have been addressed, for instance, when OB1 is fighting Vader you cant see the "stick" in his saber. Han shooting Greedo still looks unnatural, but oh well.

when this DVD set comes out, i think i am going to pass, just not enough to it to warrant not renting them. sucks it takes way too long to make a star wars film considering its 2004, because its possible production on Episode 3 took away from this DVD release. its just kind of the generic treatment for these films, i was expecting something like the Alien Quadrilogy set.

7/7/9

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Originally posted by Banelord
seems nothing much in the film was changed from the SE release.

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I think this is just the old laserdisc SE rips. It's not that sharp.
The new versions are supposed to feature at least a new Jabba using the 3D models created for episode 1. There are plently of official information regarding the new changes for the DVDs this autumn, and this release is not it.

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Originally posted by ams30gts
was anything supposed to be changed? i think not. this is exactly the way we knew the dvd would be.

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remember this is from what .. 77 ? i would more likely to see a total remake of ep 4-6 (new actors etc etc , special effects and so on). Because little things like the moving attack thingys (big robots) just look ugly (for today)

sure hope the red boxes around the tie fighters when fighting the mellenium falconare finially gone.

All these posts and everyone has failed to mention how the real quality is, so here it is

Video - Looks good, on the bad side, NO ALIEN SUBS. For that it gets a 7

Audio - What's this only 192k, bah not scene standards. Raise the audio to 224 and no more undersized disc 3. I give it an 8

Movie - Waht a simple good vs. evil plot, with some great circa 1977 special effects. Loved it as a kid, love it now - 10

This is an excellent DVD copy, can't get any better in my opinion until the actual DVD-R release.

9/10/10


Cheers

This appears to be an encode of the LD rips (As some said ealier) these have been floating around for years. I'd get the LD rips of the original trilogy (Prespecial edition) they're a little better quality without all the shit Lucas did to ruin them.


This is one release I would be avoiding anyways but I can never resist a sample.

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personally I am just generally happy to see a good release of this, even if it's fake, or not.

I will be buyin the retail release, as I have already pre-order them through my Lucas Arts Account!!!!

Kick Ass movies all of them, but this coming from a HUGE Star Wars fan!!!!

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Originally posted by Ravenhawk
Well for a die hard Star Wars fan this is the best I've seen!

Now I'm frothing at the mouth waiting for Empire strikes back & Return of the Jedi!

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Actually, there will be quite a few changes to the DVDs released in September.

Over at TheDigitalBits, they talked about the changes, and even went so far as to release a photo:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/miscgfx2/jedichanges.jpg

It's been confirmed that that photo is official, and it went on to state:

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We've been saying for months now that there were going to be changes made to these films for DVD, and while many believed us, a number of Star Wars fans have e-mailed to say we must be on crack. Nevertheless, believe it or not, we know for a FACT that several more changes are being made to these films. Trust us on this - our contacts are in positions to know. Like it or not, the films we will get on DVD on 9/21 are NOT going to be the original theatrical versions and they're not going to be the 1997 special editions either. Even Lucasfilm's Steve Sansweet has confirmed this, saying at the recent WonderCon convention that the films contained on the discs would be the incarnations of the films "as George Lucas sees them today."

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From what i have heard as far back as the episode 1 release in 1999 they were going to add more to the original trillogy. As far as what they were changing or adding i dont know. I did hear something about Ob1 and Vaders duel being altered in some way and something about a total of 17 effects shots were being added to star wars alone. I have heard nothing of they were adding on the other 2 movies but i know they were going to tinker with all of them. Now when that was said the idea was they were going to be on the dvd's when they re-release all 6 movies in a definative dvd box set. I dont know if the changes were to be done to the version coming out in September. I would think the version in September would be the standard special editions from 97. Probably some time after Episode 3 is released we will see all 6 together. Something like Episodes 1-3 special edition and Episode 4-6 special edition 2. Its all about the money think of how many versions of t2 that has come out. I know they have several versions of it. But as far as this release goes I doubt it is a screener of the dvd. Doesnt make much sense to do one if they didnt change anything in the movie from the last release.