Third in a series of posts that will offer a review of the newly released Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray. I'll be avoiding detailed plot rundowns as I assume that most reading have seen the movies. If you haven't be warned that these reviews may contain spoilers.
Entry 1 can be found here: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Entry 2 can be found here: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
The anticipation level was high when Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith arrived in theaters in 2005. We all knew where the story was going and this would be the film that finally got us there.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Blu-ray Review
Second in a series of posts that will offer a review of the newly released Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray. I'll be avoiding detailed plot rundowns as I assume that most reading have seen the movies. If you haven't be warned that these reviews may contain spoilers.
Entry 1 can be found here: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
When Star Wars: Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones was released in 2002 I pretty much knew what to expect. The Phantom Menace had established that the prequel films would ramp up the goofy aspects of the series. In retrospect no one should have been surprised. After all Lucas had filled the original Return of the Jedi with many goofy moments, and the '97 special edition added even more nonsense. Lucas was clearly going in a different direction than anticipated and we could either jump off or buckle up and enjoy the ride. Like most fans I buckled up.
Entry 1 can be found here: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
When Star Wars: Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones was released in 2002 I pretty much knew what to expect. The Phantom Menace had established that the prequel films would ramp up the goofy aspects of the series. In retrospect no one should have been surprised. After all Lucas had filled the original Return of the Jedi with many goofy moments, and the '97 special edition added even more nonsense. Lucas was clearly going in a different direction than anticipated and we could either jump off or buckle up and enjoy the ride. Like most fans I buckled up.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Blu-ray Review
First in a series of posts that will offer a review of the newly released Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray. I'll be avoiding detailed plot rundowns as I assume that most reading have seen the movies. If you haven't be warned that these reviews may contain spoilers.
Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace was released in theaters 16 years after the last entry in the series, Return of the Jedi, and 2 years after the Special Edition re-releases. Needless to say many fans could not wait.
Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace was released in theaters 16 years after the last entry in the series, Return of the Jedi, and 2 years after the Special Edition re-releases. Needless to say many fans could not wait.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray
This past Friday all six of the Star Wars movies were released on Blu-ray.
The movies are available in separate sets for each trilogy and a combined 9 disc set that features all 6 films and 3 discs of bonus contents. The Complete Saga includes deleted scenes, documentaries, and a slew of other goodies. All told the set includes 40 hours of (mostly) new to home video special features. For many these special features (mainly the deleted scenes) are cause enough to buy these films yet again.
I'll spend the next few weeks giving an in-depth review of the set. Look for my write-up on Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace later this week.
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