Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition Without Bonus Disc)
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Actor: Eddie Byrne, Kenny Baker, Peter Cushing, Phil BrownDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Limited Edition, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 388 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-06
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition Without Bonus Disc)
Movie Review: Star Wars (altered)
Summary: 3 Stars
When I was a kid I remember looking forward to the new installment of Star Wars soon to hit the theatre. When the VHS format became popular I bought the tapes and could watch them at my leisure.
Now, with the DVD, I see only the "remastered" (read = altered) versions of the films. I don't recognize the story anymore. The old films recognized that the viewers had an imagination; the newer films spell everything out, hence erasing the mystery and the very thing that made them legendary.
Now it's almost cartoon-ish and obviously for no other reason than that Lucas, at least theoretically, could make more money by recycling an established story. What happened to Darth Vader? Why was he replaced by the snivelling snot who played him in Episode IV? Get real. I liked the original guy better. Much.
For the original trilogy I give 5 stars; for this rewritten betrayal (for mercenary reasons) of the original trilogy, I give 3, and only because it reminds me of the original.
Summary of Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition Without Bonus Disc)
Bonus Features: Disc 1: **Feature **Commentary by George Lucas, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren and Carrie Fisher **Easter Egg - Credit RollDisc 2: **Feature **Commentary by George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren and Carrie Fisher **Easter Egg - Credit Roll
Disc 3: **Feature **Commentary by George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan, Ben Burtt, Dennis Muren and Carrie Fisher **Easter Egg - Credit Roll
Episode Description: Disc 1: *Star Wars: A New Hope / Episode IV
Disc 2: *Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back / Episode V
Disc 3: *Star Wars: Return of the Jedi / Episode VI
This 2005 three-disc edition of George Lucas's Star Wars Trilogy is basically the same set as the 2004 edition minus the bonus fourth disc. That means you get the three original films--A New Hope (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983)--in their brilliant-looking and -sounding DVD glory. That means you also get both the changes that were made for the 1997 special-edition versions as well as the revisions that were made for the films' DVD debut, including Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker) being added to a scene in Jedi, Ian McDiarmid (the Emperor) replacing Clive Revill with slightly revised lines in Empire, and Temuera Morrison rerecording Boba Fett's minimal dialogue, plus some other small details.
The discs don't qualify as bare-bones because they do include the commentary tracks recorded by Lucas, Ben Burtt (sound design), Dennis Muren (visual effects), and Carrie Fisher (Leia), plus Irvin Kershner added for The Empire Strikes Back. But what you lose is the fourth disc's 150-minute documentary Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy, the three substantial featurettes ("The Characters of Star Wars," "The Birth of the Lightsaber," and "The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of Star Wars"), the Xbox sampler, the no-longer-exciting Episode III preview, and other odds and ends. Star Wars aficionados will certainly stick with the four-disc set, but casual fans might be satisfied with this lower-priced version. --David Horiuchi
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