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[[[Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)]]]

Discription : For the first time ever and for a limited time only, the enhanced versions of the Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi will be available individually on DVD. Plus, these 2-Disc DVD's will feature a bonus disc that includes, for the first time ever on DVD, the original films as seen in theaters in 1977, 1980 and 1983.


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Why do you people keep crying that this is the laserdisk version for one thing the laser disk version was a re-release and it clearly said a new hope in the crawl this one does not so end of story the only thing you can complain about is it isn't the 16:9 ratio but hell i have a 2005 sdtv and it looks good to me so no bithing from me just wanted to clear this up because some people need to get their facts straight before they claim to no it all or claim to be real fans

Speaking of hope, hopefully the same care that was given THX remastered version of the VHS [at least] could be given to the transfer to DVD.

-help us, Lucas, you're only hope. . .

I think nostalgia is clouding your judgement... Do you really think that the aliens in the cantina for example look more realistic than the Navi in Avatar or that Bespin looks more realistic than Minis Tirith in Lord of the Rings?

It all boils down to how the effects are used. That has not changed a bit since the original "Star Wars". There was a hell lot of movies in the seventies and eighties in a brutal special effects done in practice. Just as there are a lot of movies today is a terrible effect in digital form.

Do you think those old movies with stop motion dinosaurs looked more realistic than the T-Rex in Jurassic Park? That those old Titanic movies that sunk a model boat looked more realistic than the sinking in James Cameron's movie? That 'The Sands Of Iwo Jima' had more a realistic looking war than 'Letters From Iwo Jima'?

"I'm sure you can think of some, like the new King Kong or Spiderman Trilogy, if anyone thinks that crap looked real you need your vision checked."

Yeah, because the stop motion puppet in the 1933 King Kong and Superman hanging by wires in front of a green screen were sooooo much more realistic.

The problem is not with modern effects. The problem is that now that anything can be done easily and simply using CGI they have a tendency to go way overboard to the point where it doesnt look real anymore. When they were doing things practically they were forced by necessity to keep things grounded.


The 2006 limited-edition two-disc release of George Lucas's epic space fantasy Star Wars is not only the first time the movie has been officially available by itself on DVD. It marks the first-ever DVD release of Star Warsas it originally played in theaters in 1977. What does this mean exactly? Well, for starters, the initial scan the title proclaims, it is simply Star wars And not Episode IV, A New Hope

What do you lose by watching the 1977 version? Dolby Digital 5.1 EX sound, for one thing (only 2.0 Surround here). Digital cleanup for another--Tatooine looks like it's been coated with an additional layer of sand cloud. But for home-theater owners, the biggest frustration will be from the non-anamorphic picture. On a widescreen TV, an anamorphically enhanced (16x9) picture at a 2.35:1 aspect ratio will fill the screen with the exception of small black bars on the top and bottom. The original edition of Star Wars

Yes, it's true that serious home-theater lovers who want spectacular sound and anamorphically enhanced picture can always watch the 2004 version of the movie also included in this set. But chances are good that they already picked up the trilogy edition of all three films, so their decision to buy the 2006 two-disc edition depends on how much they want the original film. The official LucasFilm stance is that this is an individual release of the 2004 version of Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope, and the 1977 version of the film is merely a "bonus feature." Common speculation is that the only reason the original versions are seeing the official light of day at all is to undercut the booming black market for the laserdisc version. Star Wars fans will have to decide for themselves if that's worth the purchase. --David Horiuchi
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Buy here (at discount) Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope "(1977 and 2004 versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)