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I think Carl sums it up nicely. Yeah, that screenshot showing the artifacting at the bottom of the screen does seem suspicious, but this is also a highly massaged promo video, so it's not necessarily representative of anything. Then again, back in 2004 I was convinced the pink sabers would be...

So is there any evidence regarding the sourcing of the BluRay transfers, or are we just working ourselves up into a rage for the fun of it?

It makes more sense that his ghost took a form that he had at some point in his life rather than the original version where his ghost took a form that he never had in his life. Anakin looked like Hayden Christensen 20 years before he died but Anakin never looked like Sebastian Shaw with a head...

Agreed. II'll go one further: Even though it wasn't performed by Ian McDiarmid, they should have left the ESB Emperor alone. Clive Revill's voice was perfect for that scene. Having Ian do it makes sense on paper, but his look/delivery was tailored to match the prequels, rather than the original...

I think the cover art's great. Sure, original posters would have been nice, but I'm sure there'll be many fan-made sleeves available shortly. Tried sharing the video on Facebook, authentication failed. And I'm not about to favorite the 17-second logo video on YouTube. I guess I'll see the...

The "inifnite zoom" feature is a cool concept (staggering the release of visual content to match the gradual buildup of the audience), but this morning makes me doubt they're ready for the strain of millions of fans forcing relatives, children, and pets to point their browsers to starwars.com

Thanks, Sam. You're a gentleman and a scholar. No cover art shown?

Some intern's gonna get yelled at for that one... It's as if millions of nerds pounded the server, and were suddenly denied...

After the (relative) disappointment* of the 2004 OT DVDs, I'm taking nothing for granted. I'm sure Episodes II and III, having been natively shot at 1080p, will look pixel-perfect. The others? Well, that depends. The HD transfer of TPM currently used for broadcast is terrible, having come...

Breathtaking... Maybe on BluRay4k in 10 years :D

Thanks for those links, Miel! I understand better now why Adam objected to my comparison shot. Sorry, Adam! I've lived with the films on home video for far too long, it seems.

If you have a film print laying around, I'm totally up for a proper comparison, Adam. However, for many posters, it's been literally decades since they saw a non-SE Star Wars film in theaters (and of those, many were too young to even remember the experience in detail), and the various home...

Looking at the OOT DVDs, the saber issue is chiefly due to contrast, rather than coloring. Vader's saber does show some tint variation from shot to shot in the originals too. The high contrast on the sabers means that it's not really an issue in the originals, but terribly obvious in the SEs...

It's not about resolution. Contrast, sharpness, and brightness all come into play when moving across media. VHS has only a tiny percentage of the resolution of even an average multi-generation 35mm print, and yet the FX 'scaffolding' is plainly exposed. Its showing up in a low-res medium doesn't...

Meh, I (mostly) love the prequels.   I found Episode I slightly underwhelming in that I was not expecting the story to be quite so child-friendly. But I still enjoyed it enough to see it seven times in theaters, and plenty more on the craptastic DVD release of 2001. Owning an HD copy will be...

  And even with the promise of the EEs coming down the line, fans still attacked PJ with the type of vitriol usually reserved for George Lucas.   There's still over three thousand one-star 'protest' reviews on Amazon posted before the LOTR BluRay set came out. I wonder how many there will...

  +20. Excellently put.   You know, I wish George Lucas were as greedy as some accuse him of being, because then we'd get EVERY single version the two trilogies have been released in over the years.

 

Hey Greg! Glad to see so many of the old gang still here   I arrived in January. Ashley and I got married back in Venezuela last year. We were going to live there for a while, since she's a big traveler and wanted to get to know the country, but political turmoil made it impossible. So, we...

My guess: MSRP will be $199.99, we'll get it for $120.