Disney doesn't know the name's of the Star Wars films, apparently

[The Terminator]

Newest Star Wars Saga Blu-rays Get Matching Artwork

Pre-orders for Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment’s individual releases of the Star Wars [...]

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Another release of the Star Wars films on blu-ray.... this time Disney forgot the whole episodic premise of the SW films.

I'm curious if this includes a changed intro crawl for each film.

 

[Richard Baker]

I really do not think having the Episode number not being printed on the front of the box is that big of a deal, not does it imply Disney has totally forgotten the premise- it is just box art for films people already know about...

 

[BTTUK]

The names are correct. Everyone even interested in buying them will no doubt know which episode they are, and in 1977 it wasn't even called Episode IV, so why does it matter now?

I don't see an issue here, unless it's just another stick to bash Disney with?

 

[Bigdaddy]

It does seem weird not to have them numbered since they're trying to make it seem like one big story rather than the 3 separate tales that they actually are.

 

[CT1138]

Disney announced long ago that they were dropping the episodic numbering, and frankly that's okay with me. The numbers were only added retroactively to match the prequels, where Lucas suddenly decided he was going to number the movies. So this only goes back to the original, and proper, formatting for the movie titles.

 

[Richard Baker]

The episode numbers to me always seemed a bit weird since I saw the first film in college called 'Star Wars', not 'Episode iV- A New Hope'
'The Empire Strikes Back' & 'Return of the Jedi' also were fine as stand alone titles since we already knew they were sequels and continued the story. The 'Episode' number nonsense did not happen until the the first prequel 'The Phantom Menace' was released and they numbered up everything so people would not be confused as to when that new movie takes place.
People buying these new releases are not going to get too confused as to what order they are supposed to be in for the saga to story out, bigger question is what would motivate people to buy yet again another release of the same films already on the shelves? They have had matching box art several times before, only the most recent films do not match the prior six movies.

 

[Psab keel]

You know what would look really slick is to have the nine episode box set ( after tros is released obviously) just have black boxes with silver trim and just the episode numbers in Roman numerals in some fancy font. Simple but classy. No more of this photo shop garbage art.

 

[Apollo]

Talk about double dipping to infinity....

 

[CT1138]

You know what would look really slick is to have the nine episode box set ( after tros is released obviously) just have black boxes with silver trim and just the episode numbers in Roman numerals in some fancy font. Simple but classy. No more of this photo shop garbage art.

That description reminds me of...

 

[Psab keel]

Kind of like that but with no images of the characters. Just the The Star Wars Saga written in the font of the standard logo.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Newest Star Wars Saga Blu-rays Get Matching Artwork

Pre-orders for Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment’s individual releases of the Star Wars [...]

comicbook.com

Another release of the Star Wars films on blu-ray.... this time Disney forgot the whole episodic premise of the SW films.

I'm curious if this includes a changed intro crawl for each film.

BLASPHEMY!!!!

The House Of The Anthropomorphic Mouse hast dropped the reference to episode titles on thine Blu Ray Box art???? Is there no sin they won’t commit??

 

[robn1]

'The Empire Strikes Back' & 'Return of the Jedi' also were fine as stand alone titles since we already knew they were sequels and continued the story. The 'Episode' number nonsense did not happen until the the first prequel 'The Phantom Menace' was released and they numbered up everything so people would not be confused as to when that new movie takes place.

TESB and ROTJ were both released first-run with the episode numbers, and SW was re-released as episode IV in the '80s long before the prequels.

 

[cboath]

Not on posters or cover art, only the crawls. It was added on the rest starting with the prequels which is what people are talking about. You could buy boxed sets prior to 1999 and they were just the three titles, not 4, 5, and 6 on the box or the art work.

So, who actually cares of the numbers are on the boxes or not?

The said 10 disks. So, what would they number the boxes? 1, 2, 3, 3.8, 3.9, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8?

And why release a 10 disk set in early 2020 if in april, there will be an 11th on disk? Just do a full set then.

 

[CT1138]

And why release a 10 disk set in early 2020 if in april, there will be an 11th on disk? Just do a full set then.

Double dipping, duh!

 

[Richard Baker]

TESB and ROTJ were both released first-run with the episode numbers, and SW was re-released as episode IV in the '80s long before the prequels.

I stand corrected- my memory from 39 years ago is not what it used to be...

 

[The Terminator]

who actually cares of the numbers are on the boxes or not?

People who might want to see the films in chronological order? Like duh.

 

[Jaitea]

The episode numbers to me always seemed a bit weird since I saw the first film in college called 'Star Wars', not 'Episode iV- A New Hope'
'The Empire Strikes Back' & 'Return of the Jedi' also were fine as stand alone titles since we already knew they were sequels and continued the story. The 'Episode' number nonsense did not happen until the the first prequel 'The Phantom Menace' was released and they numbered up everything so people would not be confused as to when that new movie takes place.
People buying these new releases are not going to get too confused as to what order they are supposed to be in for the saga to story out, bigger question is what would motivate people to buy yet again another release of the same films already on the shelves? They have had matching box art several times before, only the most recent films do not match the prior six movies.

Yep,...I agree.....looks cleaner without the Episodes

In the past, no Episode numbers on the box art till the Prequels came out

J

 

[sztriki]

These cover arts are terrible. Not AS bad as the DVDs that had the GOUT but still really lame. There’s no dynamics or any balance or theme to the compositions it’s literally a bunch of images just thrown in. I don’t get why it’s so damn hard to just use the movie posters for DVD/Bluray releases in general. There are movies that I bought as steelbooks simply because the standard release’s cover art looks abysmal. Especially when the original poster is really good or iconic.

 

[cboath]

People who might want to see the films in chronological order? Like duh.

Really? Exactly how many people are going to buy a 10 disk box set that don't know the order?

The proper order isn't even 1-10, it's 4,5,6,1,2,3,7,3.8, 8, 3.9 so they'd have to also add a card to explain the proper order to the 17 people who buy it who don't already know the order.

 

[Ron]

When I was a kid I used to stare at the VHS box art (CBS/Fox set) and get lost in it. I can't picture anyone doing that with these.