I'm sure someone will end up making custom covers for these...which without doubt will be infinity x better.

I like the covers, and I love the spines. One of the reasons I'd actually like to buy these. But I am still on the fence.

What in the heck is up with the photo-shopped peice of poo covers? Why not use the original poster art?
Not real sure about yet another dip into the Lucas pool.

LLcruize wrote: To me, there is no doubt this was a quick response by Lucas Films to get these out as quickly as possible to the market of folks that were crying afoul about not having the original versions on DVD. No doubt about it.

How do you work that out then? People have been asking for these DVDs since the beginnings of the format. Hardly a quick turnaround. And just because they are using the laserdisc sources doesn't mean they can't be encoded anamorphically.

I would do amything for this if I didn't buy the "2004" editions

Andrew Perkins wrote: Cable wrote: I know this probably a stupid question, but if I buy the Full-screen sets, will the Original films also be full screen? or Nobody knows yet?
Why the hell would you want these great films in fullscreen?

Anyway if the originals are being taken from the 93 Laserdisc release then they will only be in non-anamorphic widescreen.

Thanks Andrew, just wanted to know.

For Star Wars DVDs I buy them both in FS and WS. Sometimes I fell like watching them in FS, and sometimes I fell like watching them in WS.

Why does no one ever use the pan and scan on the fly that is part of the DVD spec?

Adrian - some studios make discs that support the "pan and scan on the fly", but most haven't.  It's one of those weird things.  I've tried using that, but found that maybe only 1/8th of my discs can do this.

R.I.P star wars i have to agree with you I was 12 when star wars came out and can still remember the evening news showing the hysteria on it's release,it was so big for it's time much better than the sci fi efforts shown on tv like dr who and blakes seven,it changed cinema forever and a lot of us.i've saw all 3 fims in the cinema and the 97 releases,my fondest memory is seeing star wars at home for the 1st time with my new betamax vcr and 21 inch 4:3 television it was the also the 1st video I ever watched,since then i've saw it on widescreen video laserdisc tv dvd,still got the memory it,we may not be happy with george lucas decision in not remastering it for this release but moving with the times i've grew out of star wars now 1997 is a long time away most of you rambling about this release probably never were born 1st time around,i'll settle with the new release as a piece of history and continue to view the 2004 version,times have changed 21 inch is like a portable tv now mono sound gone betamax gone but not forgotten,move on with the times i've now got plasma tv thx surround sound system,looking back over the years it was good at the time,but nows probably the time to let star wars the star wars ghost to rest and accept what we have

I loved the old Star Wars trilogy. Saw the new versions. Haven't seen it the way it looked like when it was in theaters, so I'll definitely buy this. Must pre-order, because I LOVE STAR WARS!!!

Bloody hell, Matt's were better than those...

It's cool that George Lucas is releasing these at all. People that want to buy them, buy them. People that don't, don't. Stop whining.
Everyone was screaming for "THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY ON DVD..." and now you are finally getting it and what do people say?...."I can't believe he's not remixing the sound to 5.1 Surround Sound THX....I can't believe he is not restoring the picture......I can't believe this, I can't believe that..."..blah blah blah.
You gripe about the digitally enhanced ones and now you are griping because he HASN"T touched up the old ones?....come out of the fog people. Make up your freakin minds.

Them's purdy.  I actually still think I will stick with the special editions.  I dont agree with all the changes, but I like them better than with out.  

Why still no word when SAGA Collection is coming out?  How much more c**p/stuff can he add to or behind the flick to entice me?

IT looks like they're using that same photoshop filter they used on the Indiana Jones motion menus. It was ugly then too.

I sort of liked the Indiana Jones menus.  They were sort of classy, looking old and worn as if the video was recovered in an archeological expedition.  It was apt.  That said, I don't think the style is appropriate for Star Wars.

At first when I saw the shots I thought, "oh no, those are screen shots, the film actually looks that bad!"  I wonder whether they might be using film footage for the menus and  they look so distorted because they are--in fact--old and dicrepid.  I hope you're right, that it's the Indy style, because if it's not we're getting some terrible quality film here.  The thumbnail shots on the scene selection pages aren't very encouraging.

I love Star Wars, and I was fine with the 1997 special editions for the most part (obviously not Greedo's shooting and Jabba's look), and was happier with the improvements made in the 2004 DVDs.  As a consequence, I almost had no use for the original versions.  I wanted them, for the novelty, but I knew I'd opt to watch the SEs.  That is... until I heard Temeura Morrison voicing Boba Fett in Empire.  My favorite film of all time, and one of the coolest characters, and they changed his kick-butt voice!?!  It cannot be allowed!

Bottom line, now I need the Original version for Empire (which had the fewest alterations in 1997 anyway), just so I can hear "as you wish," "he's no good to me dead," and "put Captain Solo in the cargo hold" spoken in the proper voice.  Or, just give us the 1997 version on DVD.  I'd gladly trade back for the Greedo guffaw and Jabba-lite to have one of my favorite characters speak as I remember him.

It irks the hell outa me that Lucasfilm would so disrespect the films and the fans with this release.