A couple of months ago, I chucked my Star Wars Blu-rays after I was shocked by TROS, but I'm getting a hankering to watching the movies again, this time on Google Play streaming.
Anyone know what changes there have been to the above trilogies since that Blu-ray release so many years ago? I'm only aware of the Greedo "Mcklunky" thing.
None. The same versions have been on blu-ray ever since.
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Why would you do that? What does TROS have to do with your Blu-rays?
Because TROS exists and IS canon, they are all now retroactively RUINED. That's why.
Logically, the Disney movies aren't canon, because Disney had nothing to do with the creation of the Star Wars IP. But regardless of what is and what isn't canon, you can simply ignore any element of the Star Wars franchise that you don't like. You throwing away old movies that you bought and liked, because you don't like a new movie in the same franchise, isn't even remotely rational.
I've loved the original trilogy (theatrical cuts, not special editions) ever since I was a kid in the '80s, and there's nothing Disney or anyone else could ever do to change my opinion of them. The prequels are okay, and I accept that they are logically canon, but I still put them in a different category than the OT. They are just "what if?" stories to me. As for the Disney movies, I don't even view them as "what if?" stories, they are just bad fan fiction featuring the poster child for Mary Sues. I haven't even bothered to watch TLJ and TROS, and I don't have any intention of ever doing so.
No, perhaps it wasn't rational at all. I had a look at Blu-ray prices for Star Wars movies on Amazon earlier today, and they've shot up in value! D'ohh!
That's strange. I wonder why they're suddenly so expensive. I have these box sets:
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trilogy-Episodes-IV-VI-Blu-ray/dp/B00E9PMMX0
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trilogy-Episodes-I-III-Blu-ray/dp/B00E9PMML2
But I didn't pay anywhere near those prices for them. I paid $23.99, free shipping, for the PT box set a couple of years ago, and I got the OT box set for free from a friend who Amazon randomly shipped it to by mistake, and she doesn't care about Star Wars so she gave it to me.
I've only watched my OT Blu-rays once to see what the picture quality looked like. When I actually want to watch the OT I don't want to see the special editions that are on the Blu-rays. Instead I watch 35mm film print transfers of the original theatrical cuts from Team Negative One.
Why on earth would you not watch the OT SEs, when you have the PT as well?
I always figured that purists who wanted nothing to do with the PT didn't bother with the OT SEs.
"Why on earth would you not watch the OT SEs, when you have the PT as well?"
I'm not in favor of any post-release changes to movies, especially not ones done ~20 years after release using blatant, cartoony CGI that didn't even exist in the late '70s and early '80. Plus, the overall effect of the changes is for the worse, i.e., Greedo shooting first, a redundant scene with a hokey looking cartoon Jabba the Hutt, and plenty of other horseshit.
What does having the PT as well have to do with anything?
"I always figured that purists who wanted nothing to do with the PT didn't bother with the OT SEs."
I don't know what you're talking about. I never said that I wanted nothing to do with the PT; to the contrary in fact, given that I said that I bought the PT Blu-ray box set a couple years ago. As for the OT SEs, I don't bother with them. As I already said, I got the box set for free, and I only watched them once to see how the picture quality looked.
Why on earth would you not watch the OT SEs, when you have the PT as well?To preserve that piece of movie history, especially if that's how you first experienced them.
The color grading looks superior on the OT (especially lightsaber colors), but no content changes other than McKlunkey.
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