Star Wars VII - The Force Awakens, on BluRay and Dvd April 5th, 2016

[Kelsain]

I had the LD's long ago, but decided I didn't need them or the player when my Dad moved. Didn't take the chance to buy the Dual DVD set when I could either.

<Spleen> BIG MISTAKE!! </Spleen>

After I saw that Lucas was trying to swap out the print in the National Archives, I decided I should go ahead & Order the DVD set on eBay. Got it for about $50, just the original discs, no SE's. My daughter's not quite ready to watch it yet, but I'm thinking next 5/4. And dangit, she's gonna see the real version first!

Duke: I've heard of those, has he done all 3 movies, or just the first one?

[Duke Togo]

Harmy's Star Wars is up to version 2.5. Empire just hit version 2.0 a month ago. Jedi is still stuck at version 1.0 and is awaiting materials from a group called Team Negative 1, which is restoring and remastering 35mm reels of all three films. Their work is really what everyone is following. They've bought several reels of each original movie and have been working on all three for the past year or so. Those will truly be the versions to have once they are done. Amazing work. You can check all of this stuff out over at originaltrilogy.com.

[Dangard Ace]

Harmys Star Wars is amazing! 19GB download but the restoration to HD and the work they put into it is mind boggling. If you look up "Star Wars despecialized" on YouTube there's a video explaining all the work they did.

[Kyp Durron]

Go Harmy despecialized editions, or go home.

This.

[Mommar]

I've never been able to finish downloading that.

[Mr March]

I think I may have heard about this Harmy Despecialized version before, but it's been a long time since I thought about it. Very ambitious project. I hope the end result is watchable.

[Dangard Ace]

It's VERY watchable. In ANH you can see Hamills freckles!

ANH 2.5 is about 19GB

ESB 2.0 is about 19GB

Haven't gotten ROTJ since it's a 1.0 and they said they were still working on it.

[derex3592]

I'm so gonna get my buddy to get me a copy of this!!!

[areaseven]

I'll just park this here.

[Black Valkyrie]

wow, very nice .

[peter]

Furries....ugh.....Leia slave-girl outfit would have been more preferable.

[Gakken85]

[azrael]

Fan-art.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Best-Star-Wars-7-Posters-From-Fans-66994.html

[Duke Togo]

Yeah, if it's not Drew Struzan, it's not official.

[Mommar]

Is it "fan art" or is it a joke about JJ Abrams. I see lens flare and the most iconic ship with holes in it exploding everywhere... kinda like Star Trek, really.

[Gakken85]

Yeah its a knock on the Star Trek poster. funny stuff.

[azrael]

I see lens flare and the most iconic ship with holes in it exploding everywhere... kinda like Star Trek, really.

Look at the link I posted. Easier than posting the picture it was inspired from.

[jvmacross]

It would appear the helmet is legit....

http://www.starwars7news.com/2014/08/confirmation-that-the-stormtrooper-helmet-picture-is-legit-episode-7-resumes-shooting.html

So does this mean the Imperial fighting machine has not stopped evolving since ROTJ?

[mechaninac]

That's a very TRON-esque evolution of the stormtrooper helmet design... not surprising since Disney is behind both, and I kind of like it; there is a definite design lineage going on from the Rocketeer style from AotC to bridging version from RotS, to the classic design, and now this.

[electric indigo]

It will look fine in Abrams' Apple Store Enterprise Bridge.

"The iTrooper 7c now comes in a variety of fashionable colors and increased accuracy of fire..."

Makes you wonder why the Rebels are still flying around in some rusty junk pieces.

Edited September 3, 2014 by electric indigo

[Mommar]

Part of the design makes sense, the clear bit wrapping around to their ears gives them peripheral vision. Having it wrap down to their mouths is superfluous, fancy design aesthetic.

[Chronocidal]

Part of the design makes sense, the clear bit wrapping around to their ears gives them peripheral vision. Having it wrap down to their mouths is superfluous, fancy design aesthetic.

I thought in previous pics you could see the eyes are still the same individual lenses, just buried in that black background? Giving them peripheral vision might make sense, but I don't think it actually does.

[derex3592]

It will look fine in Abrams' Apple Store Enterprise Bridge.

"The iTrooper 7c now comes in a variety of fashionable colors and increased accuracy of fire..."

Makes you wonder why the Rebels are still flying around in some rusty junk pieces.

LMAO!!!

[Mommar]

I thought in previous pics you could see the eyes are still the same individual lenses, just buried in that black background? Giving them peripheral vision might make sense, but I don't think it actually does.

I don't know, I hadn't seen that. If that's the case then it's a dumb redesign IMO.

[wm cheng]

I think its a wonderful update... very respectful of the original intent and unmistakably iconic, yet much more modern and advanced. I just love Darren Gilford's sensibilities, so hard to attempt to update something so iconic and embedded into everyone's collective consciousness - I just hope JJ doesn't cover up all his amazing work with lens flares!

[Dynaman]

Even if the new design did not have the eyeballs the stormtrooper helmets are a terrible design, seeing anything out of them even with the wrap around view is nearly impossible. Unless they are supposed to be sensors rather then eye holes.

I've had paintball goggles with better vision and it is still extremely limited.

[SchizophrenicMC]

You're not going to have excellent visibility in any helmet. That's the tradeoff you get for head protection.

They're just redesigning things for the sake of redesigning things. I don't like it. After the mess Abrams made of the Star Trek films he made, I'm not holding my breath for EpVII. I'll still go see it, and I'm sure that's what Disney is counting on, but there's absolutely no way this film is going to be the same epic that Lucas and 20th Century Fox made 37 years ago.

And why did they have to kill the EU? Dammit, I liked those novels.

[Duke Togo]

And why did they have to kill the EU? Dammit, I liked those novels.

Because most of them sucked, and a great many played way too fast and loose with the rules of the SW universe.

[ErikElvis]

I like the helmet. But its still to be seen if its a new jedi order of stormtroopers or they're fighting the millions of troopers of the empire left throughout the galaxy.

i liked both styles of clone trooper helmets.

[F-ZeroOne]

In the West End Games Star Wars RPG (from which a lot of the EU background material was derived), the Stormtrooper helmets did indeed include visual sensors - and also came complete with tongue-operated controls for various suit functions...

...OTOH, Luke couldn't see a thing in his. Couldn't reach the switch marked "VISION ON" with his tongue?

Edited September 6, 2014 by F-ZeroOne

[anime52k8]

In the West End Games Star Wars RPG (from which a lot of the EU background material was derived), the Stormtrooper helmets did indeed include visual sensors - and also came complete with tongue-operated controls for various suit functions...

...OTOH, Luke couldn't see a thing in his. Couldn't reach the switch marked "VISION ON" with his tongue?

That is just incredibly stupid.

Edited September 6, 2014 by anime52k8

[DuelGundam2099]

^seems very smart to me.

Because most of them sucked

More like "clean slate", no professional de-canonizes something because it "sucked".

[Duke Togo]

That is just incredibly stupid.

Par for the course with EU productions.

[Dobber]

The Star Wars visual dictionary shows that the Eye Lenses are some form of sensor.

Maybe Luke's line about not being able to see was due to it not fitting correctly? Or not being tailored to him possibly?

Chris

[azrael]

Considering Vader had a HUD in his mask, why not Stormtroopers.