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11,000 Words on the Star Wars Trilogy DVDs

Posted by michael on from the han-shoots-first dept.

The Barking Dog writes "On Monday, September 27th DVD Verdict posted a bantha-sized review of the Star Wars Trilogy. Written by ten people and weighing in at over 11,000 words, it's probably the net's most thorough, extensive review of not only the DVDs, but Star Wars's impact on sci-fi and filmmaking in general. And as one of the contributors, I think that's a good thing."

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  1. Re:11 Words on the Star Wars Trilogy DVDs (Condens by pete-classic · · Score: 5, Informative

    Three?

    1. Fox video stereo edition
    2. "THX" edition
    3. Laserdisc
    4. Special Edition
    5. Special Edition - Letterbox
    6. Special Edition on DVD

    That's just what I'm sure of off the top of my head. I would guess that the Fox video version was also available on Betamax, but I'm not sure.

    -Peter

  2. Re:/.'d already... Article Text by SpiffyMarc · · Score: 4, Informative

    This isn't text of the linked article.

  3. True by paranode · · Score: 2, Informative
    I thought it was good also. Having only a copy of the VHS fullscreen special edition version, the widescreen DVDs are a big improvement.

    The biggest changes that I noticed:
    • Ep 4 - Jabba was redone and looks a lot better than in the original special edition. Still obviously CG, but at least it's an improvement and not something worse. Also, Han and Greedo shoot at the same time.
    • Ep 5 - The emperor is now the actual emperor when you see Vader talking to him through the big communicator. Before it was a fugly emperor that looked nothing like the Ep. 6 emperor. Also, they added dialogue about Luke being the son of Anakin Skywalker and yada yada.
    • Ep 6 - At the end, it is Hayden instead of the original Vader guy. They did it well, but that one's left up to personal preference as to whether it's Good or Bad.
    So if all you have is the VHS special edition, this is worth picking up. Even if you have the originals, the improved picture and sound is nice.
  4. Re:My Impressions of the DVD set by kin_korn_karn · · Score: 2, Informative

    (actually, I have mixed feeling on this one -- I know that the Emperor was killed, but would the Empire crumble that quickly? We are talking about hours to a day or so from the destruction of the Death Star II to Vader's funeral pyre.)
    Timothy Zahn's first trilogy of SW novels explains this. The gist is that the Emperor was using his powers in the force to keep the Empire together and when he died the power structure sort of 'snapped out of it'