nothing in-depth, just going to c/p the notes i took of what we saw as we watched the three movies...

this is just about the dvd/transfer quality, not about any changes to the movies (there are countless sites for that)... nor comparisons to the laserdiscs or "did they fix [insert notorious problem] yet?" stuff (short version is sometimes they did, sometimes they didn't, again, there are many sites out there that cover that issue)...

if you want a full review, google it, there are plenty out there...


anyway, here is what i saw...


star wars

colors are very oversaturated- at times it is so bad, it reminds me of the old tnt colorized movies

things change colors in the frame sometimes- see c3po in the first desert scenes and the rocks in the background when the tusken raider jumps onto the bantha

and is that really bad edge enhancement where the dunes meet the sky as the camera pans early in the first desert scenes?

audio does REALLY funny/awful things- mainly dialogue, starts with leia before tarkin

empire strikes back

looks very good, hella better than star wars- but, the colors are also a little oversaturated on this one

return of the jedi

looks largely untouched, replete with matte lines, bad colors in some matted shots- in fact, MOST of the matte shots look really bad

again, a bit oversaturated colors

the image is not as sharp and clear as the other two- even grainy at times

probably the worst looking of the three

the empire strikes back is the clear winner here... it looked and sounded pretty much excellent...
the first movie had the really bad color issues and the sound was downright horrible in spots and return of the jedi had so many unfixed terrible-looking matte jobs that it was quite distracting...

btw, that sound issue on the first film is widely reported and seems totally inexcusable, i would have to pop in a laserdisc and see if it sounded that bad before... but, i sure don't remember it sounding like that, yet i DO remember where a couple audio problems have always been, such as "into the garbage shoot fly boy!", which still sounds just as bad as it always has... so, i feel pretty safe trusting my memory on this one, star wars has never sounded so bad...