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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT EAN: 0024543123453 Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, THX, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: 20th Century Fox Languages: Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox MPN: 2222345 Number Of Items: 4 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 21, 2004 Running Time: 388 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: May 21, 1980 Editorial Review: Product Description: Episode IV A New Hope Eighteen years later Luke Skywalker a young farmboyon Tatooine is thrust into the struggle of the Rebel Alliance when he meets Obi-Wan Kenobi who has lived for years in seclusion on the desert planet. Obi-Wan begins Luke s Jedi training as Luke joins him on a daring mission to rescue the beautiful Rebel leader Princess Leia from the clutches of the evil Empire. Although Obi-Wan sacrifices himself in a lightsabre duel with Darth Vader his former apprentice Luke proves that the Force is with him by destroying the Empire s dreaded Death Star. Episode V The Empire Strikes Back Three years later Imperial forces continue to pursue the Rebels. After the Rebellion s defeat on the ice planet Hoth Luke journeys to the planet Dagobah to train with Jedi Master Yoda who has lived in hiding since the fall of the Republic. In an attempt to convert Luke to the dark side Darth Vader lures young Skywalker into a trap in the Cloud City of Bespin. In the midst of a fierce lightsaber duel with the Sith Lord Luke faces the startling revelation that the evil Vader is in fact his father Anakin Skywalker. Episode VI Return of the Jedi In the epic conclusion of the saga the Empire prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star while the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts his father Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor. In the last second Vader makes a momentous choice: he destroys the Emperor and saves his son. The Empire is finally defeated the Sith are destroyed and Anakin Skywalker is thus redeemed. At long last freedom is restored to the galaxy.System Requirements: Running Time 387 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: PG UPC: 024543123453 Manufacturer No: 2222345 Amazon.com essential video: Was George Lucas's Star Wars Trilogy, the most anticipated DVD release ever, worth the wait? You bet. It's a must-have for any home theater, looking great, sounding great, and supplemented by generous bonus features. The Movies
How Are the Picture and Sound?
What's Been Changed? The rumors are true: Lucas made more changes to the films for their DVD debut. Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker) has been added to a scene in Jedi, Ian McDiarmid (the Emperor) replaces Clive Revill with slightly revised lines in Empire, Temuera Morrison has rerecorded Boba Fett's minimal dialogue, and some other small details have been altered. Yes, these changes mean that the Star Wars films are no longer the ones you saw 20 years ago, but these brief changes hardly affect the films, and they do make sense in the overall continuity of the two trilogies. It's not like a digitized Ewan McGregor has replaced Alec Guiness's scenes, and the infamous changes made for the 1997 special-edition versions were much more intrusive (of course, those are in the DVD versions as well). How Are the Bonus Features?
The bonus features are excellent and along the same lines as those created for The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. Each film has a commentary track, recorded by Lucas, Ben Burtt (sound design), Dennis Muren (visual effects), and Carrie Fisher, with Irvin Kershner joining in on the film he directed, The Empire Strikes Back. Recorded separately and skillfully edited together (with supertitles to identify who is speaking), the tracks lack the energy of group commentaries, but they're enjoyable and informative, with a nice mix of overall vision (Lucas), technical details (Burtt, Muren, Kershner), and actor's perspective (Fisher). Interestingly, they discuss some of the 1997 changes (Mos Eisley creatures, the new Jabba the Hutt scene) but not those made for the DVDs. There's also a sampler of the Xbox game Star Wars: Battlefront, which lets the player reenact classic film scenarios (blast Ewoks in the battle of Endor!); trailers and TV spots from the films' many releases; and a nine-minute preview of the last film in the series, Episode III, Revenge of the Sith (here identified by an earlier working title, The Return of Darth Vader). Small extra touches include anamorphic widescreen motion menus with dialogue, original poster artwork on the discs, and a whopping 50 chapter stops for each film. "The Force Is Strong with This One" The Star Wars Trilogy is an outstanding DVD set that lives up to the anticipation. There will always be resentment that the original versions of the films are not available as well, but George Lucas maintains that these are the versions he always wanted to make. If fans are able to put this debate aside, they can enjoy the adventures of Luke, Leia, and Han for years to come. --David Horiuchi Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Everybody's favourite space fairytaleWith Episode 2 currently in the theaters, and many people complaining about how shallow that movie is, and how unbelievable the story and how much better the original trilogy was etc, I think it's time to make a comment. First of all, Star Wars movies have NEVER,EVER,EVER had a good story. They're basically about the age-old tale of good vs. evil, set in various locations in a galaxy far far away. The plot is usually full of holes, the whole thing often depends on extreme coincidences and every ... Read More Rating:  - The Original Movie, but it looks HorribleOnce again, Mr. Lucas has delivered crap and we are supposed grateful. With this set you get both movies, the main movie is the re-worked edition with all the silly additions, like the cartoon Jaba talking to Han; and the bonus disk is the old 1977 edition without all that crap. The "Special" Edition looks great and sounds great. The old "Un-Special" Edition looks and sounds horrible, its widescreen, but it looks like someone copied it from a vhs version. I was quite sad when I shove this in my DVD ... Read More Rating: - This is why I waitedWhat do you look for in a STAR WARS DVD? I have some friends who several years ago were visiting China and saw that the STAR WARS Trilogy was available there on DVD. This was almost a year before it was available in the United States. My friends didn't care that it came with Chinese subtitles. They just wanted STAR WARS on DVD and couldn't wait for a U.S. edition. Likewise, there were many people like myself who simply wanted just the original movies that we saw in theaters ... Read More Rating: - MOST OVER-RATED MOVIE EVER!!!!THIS IS THE MOST OVER-RATED MOVIE OF ALL TIME! WHY DO PEOPLE STILL WATCH THIS GARBAGE!? IT'S TERRIBLE!! I CAN THINK OF AT LEAST TWENTY MOVIES FROM THE SEVENTIES THAT WERE BETTER THAN THIS! STAR TREK IS BETTER THAN STAR WARS AND STAR TREK IS AWFUL!!! DUNE WAS BETTER THAN THIS!!! THE MATRIX IS EQUALLY AS TERRIBLE AS THIS! TARKOFSKY'S "SOLARIS" IS LESS DATED THAN THESE STUPID MOVIES! GEORGE LUCAS DIDN'T EVEN DIRECT OR PRODUCE THE LAST TWO SEQUALS SO WHERE DOES HE GET OFF THINKING HE CAN ADD A BUNCH OF CGI ... Read More Rating: - Do i really need a title? is that really necessary?Look i just wanted to rate this product. it was great. i shouldn't have waited so long to buy it but then i had the VHS version till about a few months ago. the DVD set has an awesome bonus disc that contains a documentary about the struggles George Lucas had just making star wars happen. Theres only one difference i noticed in the film between the VHS version and the DVD versions and thats Hayden Christensen, His inclusion does make sense i suppose but it still feels out of place. the rest is gold. |
