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Star Wars DVD Cover Art Leaked
An anonymous reader writes "Everyone already knows that Star Wars is coming to DVD. In related news, the Digital Bits reports that the proposed cover art for the upcoming Star Wars Trilogy box set was "accidentally" leaked over the weekend by design company Neuron Syndicate. The images were pulled, but not before copies were made. Three versions of packages for the Star Wars Trilogy can currently be viewed at French fansite KamuiWeb. If only those were packages of the original versions of these childhood classics...."
Looking forward to ignoring this totally on release, as I have no interest whatsoever in owning a copy of the "restored" Star Wars in any format.
**Clutches his digitally-remastered original-version VHS tapes close and hisses something about 'precious'**
I actually prefer the fan covers since they feature the original poster art. The John Berkey painting for "Star Wars" really brings back the memories.
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
But here's the biggest problem - if the original trilogy comes in casing like this then they won't match the existing movies on DVD. I mean, perhaps I'm misreading what's going on here, but at least one of these sets looks like it's one of those deals where the book unfolds and the discs click into the pages (like when they release seasons of television shows on DVD)
Granted, with the inclusion of a fourth disc (instead of, say, three 2-disc movies) the whole thing was going to get messed up anyway, but am I the only one who wants keeper cases with "IV", "V" and "VI" to sit next to my "I", "II" and "III" DVD's?
Or perhaps this is just what the foreign markets get?
Schnapple
I'd just be happy with the option to play the original versions.
Han always came across to me as shooting in self defense in the first movie. Among other things, he was facing a BOUNTY HUNTER. Do you NEED to let them shoot first to know what a bounty hunter for jabba the hutt is going to do to you?
The restoration doesn't clarify he was shooting in self defense. The restoration just implies Han was either so monumentally nice or so monumentally stupid that he couldn't see where this was going and wouldn't shoot to save his own skin unless the other person shot first.
What I can't stand about that change is that what the restoration ultimately means is that Han did not survive that scene because of quick thinking and reflexes and the cunning to have a gun already hidden. It means that Han survived the scene solely because Greedo missed.
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must say I do like the new artwork, but it's what is inside that really counts. And maybe I'm not normal, or maybe not geeky enough, but I can't really see what all the fuss is about. So, GL decides to put only the 'SE' releases of the films onto DVD, and the problem is what? Come on people it's a FILM! it's entertainment, it's not real life! I like the SW films, and yes, I did see the SE versions at the cinema when they came out and some of the 'new' bits were a little tacky, but hey, it was just a film. it's not some way of life. If GL has decided that the SE is what will be on the disks, then so be it. I don't really think sales will be effected that much, what you going to do, dress up like stormtroopers and protest outside Best Buy? handing out leaflets telling people not to purchse the 'bad' version of the film? come on, grow up a little people. Just be thankfull you're getting the films on official DVD, GL could have waited until E3 is released on dvd before then releasing the original films on dvd. Maybe GL is keeping quiet and an easter egg on the DVDs will be to watch them in their unaltered state? doubtfull, but maybe possible.
I'm pretty disappointed about the moderation here.
How is it helpful to post that the topic is irrelevent? All of the people reading the comment thought the subject was interesting enough to click "Read More". Who are you to tell us that we shouldn't care about it?
Holy shit. Somebody took time out of his day to post a comment about other people wasting their time.
(Obviously I'm the poster above.)
Han shot first...if it was self defense, so be it. But he DID shoot first.
"Yeah, I bet you have" ZAP. One zap, one shot...greedo didn't get a round off at all.
Trust me, Han shot first. I don't care about the book or whatever...in the movie Star Wars (before the episode IV was added) Han shot first. Theres not even a question about it. It's not imperceptible nor unclear. Han shot first.
Personally, I don't really care. I'm not buying the special editions and really don't care that Lucas messed around with them...I mean, they're his movies. But I just hate revisionists saying "it was really like this before, Lucas just cleared it up". He changed it, he wussed it up and that's that. Deal with it.
"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it." - John Lennon.
Everything I've seen indicates that the DVDs coming out this fall are just the Special Edition movies, and not the rumored "Ultimate Edition" I've heard about.
I'm assuming the Ultimate Edition will come out after Ep.3. Anyone heard any different? This is the version I'm waiting to buy. If I feel the need to watch the Special Edition before then, I can just borrow my parent's video tapes. (And I've never seen the original versions, so I can't comment on the whole "The original is better than SE" thing...)
Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
The penalty for breaking the rules? The theater lost the right to show the film. Since it was the hottest movie of the year, of course no theater argued any of the rules that the jerk laid down. Talk about squeezing out every last dime...
Dear Fox Home Video,
Have you ever thought of digitally re-editing "Lawrence of Arabia" to replace Peter O'Toole with Brad Pitt? As I understand it, director David Lean had wanted to cast an actor who looks like Pitt but couldn't afford it at the time. So this change would be true to the director's original intentions.
Afterwards, could you destroy existing DVD copies of "Lawrence" and replace them solely with the new, improved version?
What? You think this is a bad idea?! Then why are you doing it with "Star Wars"??
Sincerely,
Phil Obbard
"It's amazing how our industry is strewn with beautiful, dead technology and bitter engineers." --M. Huyck
What will be interesting to see is whether Lucas is more interested in making money off the franchise or whether he really prefers his craptacular 'newer' versions.
Think about this: after Episode III is complete, and all the box sets have been delivered, see if there will be an 'anniversary/retro' pack of the original three films, in their original form.
Then you can see if he's more interested in the cash or the art.
Who put this thing together? Me, that's who.
Neuron Syndicate has some nice work in their portfolio. Especially the Aliens Quadrilogy DVD set. I'm Jealous
Shane www.pixelranger.com