STAR WARS The Complete Saga Episodes 1 - 6

The quality of the 6 films vary, and I'm not really a "Star Wars" fan. But if you are a fan of "Star Wars," then this is the DVD set you want. I'm not going to go into the content of the films. If you are on this webpage, you probably already know the stories. You probably already have your opinions of which of the 6 films you like, and which ones you watch grudgingly to complete the marathon.The point of my review is that if you are a "Star Wars" fan, this is the DVD set you want. Why? (A) You get all 6 films in one package. (A) "The Phantom Menace" (B) "Attack of the Clones" (C) "Revenge of the Sith" (D) "A New Hope" (E) "The Empire Strikes Back" (F) "Return of the Jedi" ALSO, AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT, you are given both the re-edited AND the original and unaltered original theatrical trilogy. Whichever version you prefer, you get it in this DVD set.Quick comparing of the popular orders. (A) "Numerical Order" 1,2,3,4,5,6 This is a good choice. This order presents the events in logical order and gives you a well written story. Darth Vader's childhood, troubled teenage years, his fall to the dark side, his rise to power, his redemption and finally his death. The main disadvantage is that you have to accept a 20 + year step back in special effect time between 3 and 4. (Although 4 is often hailed as the best.) So this may not be an issue for you.(B) "Production Order" 4,5,6,1,2,3 Some people like this. It has its logic. Some people consider 4,5,6 the question films and 1,2,3 the answer films. Also, this leads to cinematic continuity. The main disadvantage here is that you end in the middle of the story. (Especially when the end of Part 3 makes it look like a whole new chapter is beginning.)(C) "Machete Order" 4,5,1,2,3,6 This approach tries to keep cinematic continuity in tact while at the same time putting "Return of the Jedi" last. While I prefer 'Numerical Order,' this approach has a special advantage. You get to see the hero's journey in 4 and 5. Then you go back and see the villain's path in 1,2, and 3 before the final showdown in 6. The one disadvantage here is that you end up with a 6 hour flashback in the middle of "Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi."So whether you prefer the older original films (of 4, 5,and 6) or the edited newer versions, you will find what you want in this package. As I said, I'm not the biggest fan of "Star Wars." But knowing the advantages and disadvantages of the 3 orders is probably the best idea. No one order is going to work for everyone. Numerical Order, Production Order, and Machete Order all work for different people.

The way this movie trilogy is meant to be watched. The case is sturdy and the dvds are great.

Haven't watched them all yet, and have them on Blu-Ray, but wanted everyone to know that - YES - the 2nd disc of "A New Hope" is the actual 1977 release!No "Episode IV - A New Hope" for the text scrawl"Rebel" is not capitalized throughout the scrawlNo rocks in front of R2D2 when hiding from the sand peopleNo replacement of werewolf boy, etc. in the bar in Mos EisleyNo Jabba The Hutt just outside the spaceportAnd yesIt's thereHan Shot First.(Greedo didn't even shoot!)If I had no other movies in this set, this would have been worth the purchase by itself.Now for those who really care...Yes, the image is grainy as it's a transfer from other media - it wasn't reprocessed, but that's the point!The copyright is 1977 only for that video... no re-release dates at all.Thought you'd like to know!update: 7/8 - I apologize to Star Wars fans everywhere - In my excitement, I misspelled Greedo's name. It has been corrected. I also thought I'd let you know that I verified all three original films are in their original form on the bonus discs - Copyrights 1977, 1980, and 1983 respectively - nothing whatsoever noted for anything afterwards. (I watched the credits!)

While there was no issue with how the dvd came to me in terms of packaging, the way the dvd case is made with flimsy plastic has made it be broken upon arrival. All the disc's work and play fine but the case itself had bits of broken plastic upon opening it. Case still opens and closes properly but will be able to tell when handled that its broken. All in all will make a wonderful Christmas gift this year!

I was skeptical when I bought this because the description was not very good. It was vague. But after reading reviews of geeks who expect greatness, I took the chance to buy it.All the movies are in great condition. They play better on a blue ray player than an Xbox, just for future reference. I thought the quality as fuzzy until I watched it by chance on my blue ray player. It must have something to do with the Xbox processor. But whatever, they’re great!It was shippEd very, very well. It was in a box in a bad in another bag and I had to get out a knife to rip into it. The case was unharmed and it was a beautiful case. I do not keep thdon’t cases or I would take a picture, but it was spectacular.Also all six movies have bonus feature disks that I haven’t even watched yet. But it’s nice to have the option for every movie.

The discs rattled about from inside the case. Moment we opened it up, they all went flying out. The piece holding all of the discs came flying out. We couldn't watch episode five because it skipped throughout.

I can confirm that although there is neither information on the box about it nor inside the box, the 12 disc DVD version of this box set contains the theatrical release versions of the original trilogy on the "bonus disc" for each film (discs 8, 10, and 12). As far as I've been able to find, these DVDs are the last time the theatrical versions of the original trilogy made it to home video.I can also confirm that they are so, so, so much better than the re-edited special edition versions that Lucas mucked up in the 90s or even the blu-ray versions released a few years ago. The original versions flow so much better without the unnecessary scenes that were shoe-horned in later and there are also terrible cgi additions throughout the new versions that stand out from the backgrounds so much that they jar you right out of your movie experience.Buy this, you will not be disappointed.