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You Can See Some Extras From The Upcoming STAR WARS Blu-Rays on your iPad, This Week!?
Merrick here...
Engadget reveals that we'll soon be getting a provocative tease of the numerous extras we'll find on the forthcoming STAR WARS Blu-Rays.
Set to debut in time for Comic-Con on July 20th, the free app promises some of the 40+ hours of bonus materials planned for the discs, including concept art, models and interviews with cast and crew.
Says Engadget HERE, where you can also find a few screenshot from the app.
Scheduled for release in mid-September, the STAR WARS Blu-Rays are already up for pre-order in various derivations (the "prequels" bunched together, the Special Edition "classic" trilogy bunched together, or the all of 'em in a single giganto-box) HERE.
I love this idea - previewing discs and whatnot via iPad apps - and hope we see more studios and filmmakers embracing this notion in the future.
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My first first!
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is sweeeet, but exclusive for iPad users seems a lil..weak
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July 19, 2011, 11:03 a.m. CST
A thrilling idea if the extras included the original versions of that one movie "Star Wars" from the 1970s.
by ClayMatthews
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July 19, 2011, 11:12 a.m. CST
I know Amazon pays the bills, but Criterions are half off at Barns and Noble.
by Jeffrey
Too good to pass up.
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Even if nothing else does.
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You basically went back and "redid" your original post because you weren't happy with how it looked. Kind of like a "Special Edition." Ah well. I guess it was yours to do with as you pleased since you created it.
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hahaha - that cracked me up! Nice.
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people are slaves to those stupid fucking things.
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The only thing i'm really keen to see as extras on these discs are the deleted scenes - hopefully at blu ray quality. Thus providing more material for the best fan editors like Adywan who did STAR WARS: REVISITED to go to town.... be pretty cool to see extended editions.
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July 19, 2011, 11:31 a.m. CST
samuellappdance: exactly - while earning your scorn and not making it any better. See?
by ClayMatthews
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Just came in to take my daily dump on Star Wars. Leaving now.
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Screw you Lucasfilm and Apple!
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July 19, 2011, 11:35 a.m. CST
samuellappdance: of course, if my original post made you happy, it's there for you to read any time you like!
by ClayMatthews
But I do have to give you credit - that was pretty funny.
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July 19, 2011, 11:42 a.m. CST
YES, PLEASE! GIVE ME EVEN LESS ACCESS TO THE MOVIE I'VE ALREADY SEEN A THOUSAND TIMES!
by denzacar
That's what the public craves for! Having to own a VERY specific overpriced piece of hardware so you can view "previews" of a 34 years old movie? Oh boy-o-boy, joy and happiness! Where do I sign up for that "service", does it come with a free lobotomy and can I pay for it with my liver and kidneys?
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Episode 1 Alternate Ending:......everyone dies. Except R2....
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I really fucking miss Han Solo.
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I can't stick those men in teddy bear outfits any more. ROTJ would be vastly improved if those man in bad suits were removed.
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July 19, 2011, 11:58 a.m. CST
Can't people shut the fuck up about the original versions?
by kwisatzhaderach
Seriously. It's been 14 years people. Get over it.
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July 19, 2011, noon CST
I'm only buying if the worst special effects have ALL been improved.
by LORDOFLIGHT
Let's face it there's effects in the original trilogy that should have been improved (like the X Wing crashing into the Death Star in ANH, which looks like a puff of smoke) but weren't....whilst others were altered too much (cartoon robots and aliens clowning around).
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People would get off the Ipad humping and make apps more available to EVERYONE. Not everyone can get a fricking 300 dollar plus phone. And Android is kicking Iphone's arse. Mark my words...
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July 19, 2011, 12:21 p.m. CST
theveryfirst = I gotta give it to 'appdance, man. Pretty damn clever.
by ClayMatthews
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Suffering from one too many cosmetic overhauls waiting for that final dose of demerol.
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Deleted scenes of wampa attack on echo base, yes, or no?
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lol, legendary pwn :D
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July 19, 2011, 12:46 p.m. CST
2004 dvds fixed that original horrid rancor composite job in Jedi
by Samuel Fulmer
I was pissed when the special editions came out in '97 and that was still shitty looking.
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Other than hawking a product, what purpose is there in following this franchise anymore? Star Wars is dead. Deader than post-Enterprise Star Trek dead until the 2009 reboot. Hmm... Star Wars: The Reboot Search your feelings, you know it to be true. T.'.
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It will be ripped on to everything 2 seconds later. Let them live in their fantasy land where media can be locked down.
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And iPod Touch, probably
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July 19, 2011, 1:01 p.m. CST
Han Solo to be replaced by Hope Solo in Star Wars reboot
by Samuel Fulmer
Vader force chokes to be replaced with World Cup chokes.
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July 19, 2011, 1:15 p.m. CST
My favorite deleted scene is the one from TPM where we see an extreme closeup of George Lucas' dick entering your childhood's asshole.
by AzulTool
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He did. I don't see what the big argument is about. Just put on the DVD and watch it. You can clearly see that Greedo shot at Han and Han awkwardly blasted back.
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Oh hi Star Wars. Haven't seen you in a while. I see you've been doing pretty well for yourself though. You're all over cartoons and there have been a ton of comedy bits about you. And I see a lot of cute toys that frankly kind of make it hard for me to take you seriously. I want to love you like I used to. I want to feel that rush of anticipation as I slide you out of that VHS case. I want to hear what you have to say. It's just...well, I just don't even recognize you anymore. Yeah yeah, I know we already fought about the prequels and I've gotten over that. It's the way you just flaunt yourself - so many cartoons and ads and toys and I just really don't like those funny toys and funny videos of you on Youtube. It's over, Star Wars. You're going down a path I can't follow.
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You and your starwars are a laughing stock, parodied into oblivion, milked till the teats are red raw and empty, raped till the cock hath bored. Once upon a time star wars was the coolest thing on this or any earth, now it's just an embarrassing bloated mound of Shit.
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Ouch! So many years after those terrible movies that had "Star Wars" in the title, I still can't sit.....and his dick is tiny!
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Fuck 'em both.
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Is it just me or does this feel like pure marketing of AICN on behalf of the DVD Release? We learn nothing, but we can click and buy everything. Or am I just paranoid?
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July 19, 2011, 2:17 p.m. CST
Blah, blah, blah "The prequels suck" Blah, blah, blah "I'll only watch the classic versions of the original trilogy" Blah, blah, blah "Lucas won't get anymore of my money" Blah, blah, blah...
by EastBayFrankenstein
...with THAT out of the way, could we PLEASE just enjoy the FUCKIN' MOVIES for what they are- super high quality, space opera, popcorn flicks! Relax and have some FUCKIN' fun, fer cry in' out loud!
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What kind of dumb-fuck mongoloid attacks a media device?
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as he puts a bunch of new and stupid sounding documentaries in it, but no Empire of Dreams. WTF? Also, we have to buy the big ass full saga box-set to get any extras. I already have Episode II and III on DVD, and that's enough for me (I refuse to ever watch Phantom Menace again). I just want the originals, but then Lucas shafts me by not including any extra features besides commentaries. I know it is cool to bash Star Wars, but I am not a hater. I don't think the prequels are as bad as most people make them out to be, besides the cinematic turd that was The Phantom Menace, but at this rate I just don't have the excitement I once had for the prequels. At the time they were released it was fun to see them in the theater and for a few years after, they held up for me on DVD. Nowadays, I don't know what it is, but they haven't aged well compared to the original trilogy. I just don't really feel like watching the prequels, even if it is just Episodes II and III. Whenever they are on TV, I try to watch them and I just can't stay with them. Same thing when I've tried to re-watch the DVD's of II and III. On the other hand, if A New Hope, Empire, or Jedi is on as I am channel surfing I will always get sucked in and loose an entire afternoon watching the whole damn trilogy because they usually air the whole trilogy back to back nowadays. I think that when it comes down to it, it is not so much that I didn't like the overall execution of much of the prequel trilogy (it surely has its problems though). No, I think it is that the prequel trilogy is just redundant from a storytelling perspective. We already knew all we needed to know about Vader in the OT storyline, and in fact it worked better with Vader's past being more mysterious. Another thing is that now that the effects have aged several years, the prequels just look way too damn sterile and synthetic to me. Compared to the OT, the prequels just don't feel all there if you will. I think what it comes down to is that the prequel trilogy lacks a heart and soul in some subconscious way that is hard to immediately grasp, but we who don't like them just know it because we can feel it... even though they aren't badly made films in terms of most technical aspects.
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July 19, 2011, 2:26 p.m. CST
So to sum it up, the prequels were enjoyable for me up until a point
by lv_426
They just don't have nearly the same type of shelf life that the originals (still) have. I think that is more the problem with the prequels instead of the often stated =they suck= comments from some people.
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July 19, 2011, 2:28 p.m. CST
Lucas: "Fuck your couch!......Oh, and your childhood, too!"
by EastBayFrankenstein
Man, that guy won't let me have ANYTHING good!
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July 19, 2011, 2:32 p.m. CST
Fanboy: "The movie with salamander-people was WAY worse than the movie with the little bear-people!"
by EastBayFrankenstein
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July 19, 2011, 2:38 p.m. CST
The prequel effects are way too clean compared to the original trilogy. I like those slightly dirty effects better. That's why I like the chef to rub a little SHIT on my filet mignon before I eat it!
by EastBayFrankenstein
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Its like reading the same fucking talkback every time.......GET........OVER.........IT!
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the second those trade federation dudes were on the screen with their painfully stupid accents and terrible lines. Viceroy? I don't remember their names. They sounded like someone was making fun of asians or something. When did all of you know Episode I was going to suck?
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July 19, 2011, 2:56 p.m. CST
I knew it would suck when someone leaned over and said, "This sucks. Now YOU must think it sucks or you're an idiot". So I decided it "sucked" so other people would like me more.
by EastBayFrankenstein
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July 19, 2011, 2:58 p.m. CST
Y'know....cuz I want to share the same opinion as everyone else while sublimating my own thoughts and opinions.
by EastBayFrankenstein
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during the opening crawl of The Phantom Menace. A kid's movie about a trade dispute. Uh oh. Knew it went from boring to sucking as soon as Jake Lloyd opened his mouth to say a line. Disaster. Darth Maul looked cool though.
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July 19, 2011, 3:09 p.m. CST
Yeah, proevad. I prefer the "kid's movie" that involves the local governors potentially losing control of their territories once the bureaucracy of the dissolved senate is dismantled!
by EastBayFrankenstein
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July 19, 2011, 3:10 p.m. CST
I believe they originally called THAT movie "Star Wars".
by EastBayFrankenstein
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that watched the fucking thing 30 times to try to convince myself that I liked it. Saw it once. ONCE. It sucked. Moved on.
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but Star Wars wasn't actually ABOUT any of that shit. Was all background noise. The prequels actually put that shit on the screen.
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July 19, 2011, 3:20 p.m. CST
So to get the nice extras I have to buy all 6 movies?
by Carl XVI Gustaf
No nice extras for me.
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July 19, 2011, 3:26 p.m. CST
You know me pretty well, proevad! Now, how many time did I nut on your mom's face before I realized that NO amount of jizz can cover that freakishly deformed excuse for a mug she got?
by EastBayFrankenstein
Answer: Once. I couldn't muster up a bone after seeing her John Merrick-like visage sputtering and coughing up my load. I consider my goo a charitable donation.
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when I read "Jizz on my Mother" in the next response. Mom has looked like a fucking crispy creme for years.
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July 19, 2011, 3:30 p.m. CST
Actually, proevad, that "background noise" WAS on the screen! Try watching it with the sound ON, instead of syncing it up with the audio to the Teletubbies, you child!
by EastBayFrankenstein
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July 19, 2011, 3:35 p.m. CST
Look frank. Not my fault you wasted 60 hours of your life on a shitty movie
by proevad
and the more you scream and defend it, the more i know that you know it's a shitty movie. don't know why you guys won't just admit it. Now let's move on to The Clone Wars--an even WORSE fucking movie.
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July 19, 2011, 3:35 p.m. CST
I know. I know. Plots are hard. Too much talking. Just focus on the shiny lights and loud noises! Ahhhhh, THAT's better. Have some warm milk.
by EastBayFrankenstein
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July 19, 2011, 3:38 p.m. CST
If I want a complicated plot I'll watch David Mamet not George fucking Lucas
by proevad
shouldn't have to fucking take notes on who the big lipped alien fuckfaces are working for when I go to see a Star Wars movie. Guilty.
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July 19, 2011, 3:42 p.m. CST
I give up, proevad. You're right. the Phantom Menace is too complicate......BwwaaaaHaaaaHaaaa.....I'm sorry! I couldn't say it with a straight face! Now go back and watch The Spanish Prisoner for the 60th time, instead. I'm sure you'll eventually fig
by EastBayFrankenstein
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July 19, 2011, 3:51 p.m. CST
Of the prequels Phantom Menace and Sith aren't the bad ones
by Samuel Fulmer
That would be Attack of the Clones. That's the one that really doesn't hold up at all.
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July 19, 2011, 3:58 p.m. CST
it takes A LOT of digital effect to give David Letterman thT kinda-human looK. Don't ask me WHY George Lucas works there. I just like shining his stones.
by EastBayFrankenstein
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What do the transfers look like? That's what I want to know.
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celebration song at the last parting "fuck you" shot at the end of jedi. talk about raping your dreams, like they did on south park! i get the feeling this is now like an "only upon my death" clause in his will... for some damned reason, he just don't wanna do it right.
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Really? Seriously? Really? I'll stick to the OT.
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July 19, 2011, 5:40 p.m. CST
I wonder if Hope Solo was named after "A New Hope." (nt)
by Triple_J_72
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July 19, 2011, 5:46 p.m. CST
No Eastbay, I realized the first prequel sucked...
by DreadPirateRoberts
...when I went to see it and it sucked. It really is that simple. It is similar in NO WAY to the original Star Wars. That stuff is NOT "on the screen so to speak". I looked forward to it, got psyched about the previews. Heck, I have an original giant theater hanging of Jake Lloyd as Anakin in my garage. It never went up though. If you love them, fine. But aside from a really cool final light sabre fight, the first prequel sucks.
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July 19, 2011, 6:10 p.m. CST
@gaygoonie - I think they're buying the prequels because you have to buy the full set to get the extras
by AlienFanatic
Like many, I'd buy the set of eps 4-6 if they came with the extras, but I simply cannot watch the prequels. I literally can't stand the dialog or wooden acting. Sadly, that's the only way you get the huge number of goodies, so many of us are taking a pass this time around.
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C3PO AND R2D2 ARE FUCKING ANDROIDS!!!
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RIP.
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July 19, 2011, 9:07 p.m. CST
Best bet is to buy the set with ep. 4-6, and then pick up the Making of Star Wars books by J. W. Rinzler
by lv_426
or pick them up from your local library and give them a read. That is what I am going to do. The books on the making of the original Star Wars films are supposedly the best behind the scenes stuff on them available. Only thing that sucks is so far, there isn't one for Return of the Jedi yet. I'd be willing to bet it will be released sometime within the next year though.
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...or his Gamorrean love-child. Seriously, were you even BORN when the original was released? I was standing in line and didn't see you.
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July 19, 2011, 9:59 p.m. CST
First: dreadpirateroberts and sir loin are both retarded. Literally. I saw a commercial with them begging for my hard earned dollars in hopes of curing their retardation. Sad. They're also gay, but I admire the bravery of retards courageously pursuing
by EastBayFrankenstein
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July 19, 2011, 10:01 p.m. CST
Secondly: I'm 56 years old. I was probably complaining about you guys crying about the scary "dog man" to your mommies when Star wars was in the theaters.
by EastBayFrankenstein
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July 19, 2011, 10:05 p.m. CST
Thirdly.....seriously....they're MOVIES! Relax. You guys seem to get very angry when someone finds joy in ALL the Star Wars movies (to varying degrees). Just cuz you like pizza doesn't mean that every other food "sucks" and that liking those foods con
by EastBayFrankenstein
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July 19, 2011, 10:06 p.m. CST
Finally: Did I mention you two were gay retards?
by EastBayFrankenstein
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July 19, 2011, 10:12 p.m. CST
(fuckin guys got me so riled-up I can't even finish my posts up there correctly....humphhhh....fairy retards...grrrrrrrr)
by EastBayFrankenstein
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July 19, 2011, 11:27 p.m. CST
Will it contain the original ending to Empire where you find out Luke's father is Aunt Beru?
by Crooooooow
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July 19, 2011, 11:39 p.m. CST
Han shoots first than nails Jabba's Twi'lek! That would redeem Lucas.
by Onin Solstice
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TPM went wrong in the opening crawl. Seriously, read the the opening crawl to ANH and then TPM. It all becomes crystal clear.
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July 20, 2011, 3:54 a.m. CST
Don't buy these. Download the DE-SPECIALIZED versions instead!
by MelvintheMopBoy
No CGI. No meddling. The original theatrical versions, carefully reconstructed using the best available elements - in high definition.
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Apple is so successful because people are stupid..they like to pay more for less and are easily influenced by lame marketing.
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Are you serious? Or simply being a twat? Or are they synonymous?
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I kid.
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"The thing that you learn in directing is that when you're on the floor, no matter how complex the shooting is...you have to remain absolutely sensitive to every nuance of the behavior of the people around you. Because, ultimately, if you don't keep in mind the overall humanity, then the machine takes over and suddenly all you have are technically fine shots, technically good performances. The story's being told, but something's lacking, something mysterious, indefinable." -Irvin Kershner
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Watch the performances of George's actors in American Graffiti. Now watch Attack of the Clones. Too many toys in the damn workshop.
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And then you admit the political manuevering was too complex for your cement heads? haha! Make me laugh with these grabbing-for-straws bitchig for the sake of bitching BS. And seriously, stop playing video games and get an attention span. Kershner is on the record for liking the prequels so cram that noise.
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1. Awesome. I love Star Wars! 2. My boring lame childhood was raped and therefore I pin all my angst and failures on a freaking movie. I hate you LUCAS! And then the real lies kick in. 3. Star Wars is dead...etc...and so fourth....(instert more lies of your choosing) Who really cares anymore??????? 4. You talkbackers are idiots....
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