Star Wars: A New Hope for Blu-ray

[Jazzy]

The landmark film saga is being re-released on Blu-ray on Monday. Matt Warman takes a look.



George Lucas’s classic Star Wars films have been re-released in a host of different formats. But on Monday, what is perhaps the ultimate version will hit the shops. A box set of Blu-ray discs will include all six films, totally remastered and revitalised, along with three more whole discs of extras, deleted scenes and genuinely never-before seen footage. At nine-discs in all, it is a fans’ dream but it is also a tour-de-force for the Blu-ray HD technology.



Every light sabre has been given a new, brighter definition, but more importantly, even the original 1977 film , Star Wars: A New Hope, looks as though it were made using the latest cameras in the highest definition.



In part, that’s because of the attention that such hugely popular movies command. At Lucasfilm in San Francisco, despite the countless other films that the company has made, it is still Darth Vader who commands the lobby. The Force is strong.



The most appealing aspects of the Blu-ray release are two-fold, however. Matthew Wood, of Skywalker Sound, has re-edited the soundtracks for all six films directly with George Lucas. “What’s great is that the home formats are catching up with us – so we can play this stuff back the way the movies were meant to be heard in cinemas,” he says.



Going back to the original audio reels for the first time, Wood has been able to present the films’ sound exactly as George Lucas wants, in 6.1 surround audio.



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Anybody planning on buying this box set?

 

[DrLeftover]

No.



Lucas originally put out a series of three iconic movies. As a package, the first three are epic.



Ever since then he has not ceased to screw with them, adding and re-arranging parts (think of the scene with Solo and Jaba for instance) and then just when it couldn't get any worse, he expelled a that steaming pile of glop with the Jar Jar character in it, and they went downhill from there fast.



It was like he HATED his creation and wanted to destroy it.



Now, don't get me wrong, There were good moments in each of the next three, the pre-quils if you will, but compared to the originals, they sucked stagnate swamp water through a twisty straw.



And now he has enhanced them?



No, we shall not be buying the new edition.

 

[Flurry]

Meh, I'm happy with the VHS tapes I have. And from what I read a while ago. He's giving the Ewoks eyelids in the newest updates.

 

[Jazzy]

I have no interest in buying this set. I'll watch my original ones and be happy with that.

 

[Evil Eye]

Not gonna get 'em, would have to buy a Blue Ray player first