so...sniff...there really are no plans for a new box set???

[IrishJedi]

I know there has to be hundreds of hours that has never been seen.

THOUSANDS. There is over 900 hours of BTS footage from TPM alone, just to give you an example.

And you're right, NOBODY documents films as thoroughly as Lucasfilm does. They shoot everything. I've even been to several press events/junkets and they have had a documentary crew at each one just shooting stuff for the archives. The film productions themselves are covered in every way possible... the prequels moreso than the OT, though LFL still has more archival footage and photos from the OT productions than people could ever imagine.

I'd be down with a bunch of discs with that stuff, too.

 

[RoboDad]

That would be cool to have just one bluray disc for the whole 6 movies.

I'm not sure where you got this idea, but it would not be possible to fit all six movies in HD on one Blu-ray disc, any more than it would be possible to fit all six on one DVD in SD. Blu-ray discs do have a lot more room than DVDs, but HD movies also take a LOT more room on the disc.

Besides, why would you want that anyway? That only increases the pain if you have a problem. One disc glitch, and all six movies would be gone, as opposed to only one.

 

[bonsey]

My guess is that we are going to see Star Wars Saga in 3-D released in theaters before we see another DVD release.

That is where we will first see the new CG Episode I Yoda, I believe... as well as any new changes Lucas has under his sleeves.

There is going to be a CG Yoda in TPM?? Where did you hear it?? That would be fantastic!!

 

[devlinboy]

is there a prequel box set out there?? i do want a comprehensive all movie box set of star wars....real bad ....

 

[Protozaius]

There is going to be a CG Yoda in TPM?? Where did you hear it?? That would be fantastic!!

A scene from Episode I with the new CG Yoda appears in a featurette on the Revenge of the Sith DVD. Animator Rob Coleman discloses that Lucas assigned him and his team the task of "re-animating" Yoda during the break between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith... to keep them "in character".

As for the prospect of seeing the Star Wars Saga in 3-D....

A couple of years ago, George Lucas was VERY excited about the prospect of converting Star Wars to 3-D and re-releasing them in theaters... and would say so in practically every interview he gave at the time. However, Rick McCallum would then have to counter this by saying that such a release MIGHT be possible IF there were enough digital screens to support such a release. You see, this new 3-D process is only possible with a digital projection system. So... at the time, there wasn't enough digital screens out there to support it.

However, a lot has changed since in just the last few years. Disney has done it's share to increase digital screens with the release of all of there major animation films in digital and/or 3-D including Chicken Little, Nightmare Before Christmas, Meet the Robinsons and pretty soon Ratatouille. In fact, the numbers for the 3-D Meet the Robinsons were very strong... and they are planning a re-release of Nightmare Before Christmas again this Halloween. Also, Pirates of the Caribbean III had the biggest digital roll out in history... with 1250 screens, I believe.

So I think that the day we see the Star Wars Sagew in 3-D is coming closer to a reality. But I do think we wouldn't see any real work on this until Indy 4 is completed.

 

[Agent0028]

Thanks for the info, guess I have to be patient a wee bit longer. That's okay, plenty of other movies out this year.

On a side note, I went to see POTC in digital and really couldn't tell a difference. Maybe I could if I saw digital and, um, whatever the other is called, side by side.