ST Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Home Video Release (Digital, Blu-ray, DVD, 4K UHD)

TROS I think killed it for me. I didn't buy solo but I did see that one in theaters. Rise of Skywalker imo is just a turd of a film imo.

Imo Last Jedi ends the saga better, if one is to see the sequel trilogy as a continuation of George's story, that is.

 

No. This thread is for discussion of the TROS home release, and this post is just off-topic bashing. Any more of that in here will lead to bans.

 

Anyway ...
Is there a release date for the DVD that anyone's aware of? I've got it marked on Amazon, but it doesn't come with a date there.

 

In the US, it's March 31st... some other markets have other dates that can be found online if needed.

 

Thank you for the recap. I hope to have a marathon of my own soon. My I'll start with the ST tonight. I'm glad to hear Palaptine's return plays well when viewed as a 9 movie Saga.

 

Now that's a saga!

 

I'm getting this on the 1st of April - can't wait.............

 

We have come a long way since DiSnEy ArE iGnOrInG tHe PrEqUaLs!

 

I decided to go the route of ordering online so I don't have to leave my house. I put a preorder on the Target Exclusive Blu-ray being delivered to my house!

 

Thanks for the great summary! I agree with your post, esp the parts above. Thanks for putting it into words.

 

Think they were only going for live action. The goal was probably to highlight the movies rather then jump from live to animated

 

there should be a “love” button for posts like this. Like it or love it. Those should be the only choices we have.

 

OMG This is poetic I agree with every word of what you said! what you wrote here is beautiful!

and I don't have my episode 9 Blu-ray yet this is purely based on how I feel about the films!

I just got a confirmation that Target shipped my Episode 9 Blu-ray yesterday! it started its journey with UPS in Laurel Maryland then Savage Maryland then 7AM today Somewhere in South Carolina now its in transit! I live in Punta Gorda Florida they claim its getting here April 1 but I think it gets here sooner then that may be tomorrow or Sunday or if UPS doesn't work Sunday may be Monday? does anyone know if UPS ships on Sunday?

 

As people have been doing "unboxing" videos of the 4K set, has there been anything in the way of reviews? I was particularly thinking of the 4K transfers of the OT and the PT. Anything out there?

 

I bought TROS twice, once for a delivery for the 4k disc from Best Buy but then I didn't want to wait a week (or longer) so I bought it digitally as well!

I watched the scene with subs on, I did notice Ahsoka "female Jedi 4" but don't feel too bad because Old Ben Kenobi's "Rey" got "Male Jedi #4" as well.

 

Surprised there isn't more chatter in this thread over the home release of ROS, I was shocked to find out that there are no deleted scenes for this release, which is something I love when it comes to purchasing movies on disc. I went with the standard BR, and honestly, I'm not thrilled with the bonus features. I did love watching the movie at home though, and I'm appreciating this final chapter even more.

 

People are so busy watching they don't have time to write in.

 

I guess this is sort-of related to TROS home video:
https://www.rifftrax.com/star-wars-episode-ix-the-rise-of-skywalker

 

I'm shocked by the poor quality of the standard bluray. It looks like an upconverted DVD or something. The colors are all wrong. Many scenes are much too dark. Some parts are drenched in excessive blue. The sky on Pasaana looks green. I was expecting something like TLJ, which was fine.

The digital looked much better. I'd actually return this thing if I could, but right now the stores have suspended returns.

 

Upconverted DVD may be going a bit far, judging by the quality of the 2K Blu-ray stills at blu-ray.com:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Star...Rise-of-Skywalker-Blu-ray/255606/#Screenshots

This is what they say about the picture quality in the review itself:

The stills look very solid and impressive to me. Though I must stress I don't own anything on the Blu-ray format. But I've perused my share of stills on that same site, for various releases, and I would say the visual presentation of TROS holds up.

If you're seeing an excess of green in some scenes, there may be a calibration issue. Alternatively, it's possible they graded the 2K Blu-ray transfer a bit differently. Trailers are rarely final, but if you watch the teaser trailer for TROS released in April 2019 and compare to the available stills in that review, it does seem they shifted the colours.



The colour shifting is very noticeable in the opening scene with Kylo in the forest. On HD uploads I've watched of that scene on YouTube, there's an orange tint not present in the trailer version. The shot of Rey regarding the ruins of the Death Star on Kef Bir has well-delineated brown-yellow tones for the grass, and good, natural flesh tones in the trailer, but yeah, in the Blu-ray still on blu-ray.com, that same shot has a strong bleach-blue colour cast over it. On the other hand, while the shot of Rey slowing her breathing down as she awaits Kylo in the desert of Pasaana is also more balanced/natural in the trailer, there isn't such a big difference to my eyes, between the two versions. Even if the Blu-ray still shows some shifting toward blue/green. In fact, I would say the flesh tones look better in the Blu-ray still in that example -- they're a bit too pink/red and oversaturated in the trailer.

I don't know what release version this four-minute recap is based on, but in my opinion, it looks gorgeous:



I wouldn't have a problem watching the film like that. Even though, at 0:55, the shot of Kylo talking to Rey inside his ship looks like it has that green-cast problem you seem to be talking about. But I absolutely love the way it looks. Again, if you compare it to the still on the blu-ray.com link, these two versions seem to line up perfectly. The Kef Bir scenes in that video also line up with the Kef Bir shot in the link/review. It really doesn't look bad to me at all in motion. Greens and blues are very dominant in the film. It doesn't surprise me that they may have tweaked the film and enhanced the presence of these tones in certain scenes since the teaser trailer came out.

As for your other complaint:

Many scenes take place in dark situations in TROS. But this is far, far worse in TLJ, in my opinion. As much admiration as I have for the Rian Johnson film, my monitor really struggles in the dark scenes on the island. I wonder how TROS will hold up, but based on the clips I've been able to watch since my full viewing in the cinema, it is lit in a more appropriate manner. These are more challenging films with their intense environments and moody palettes, but that doesn't need to be a bad thing. Indeed, TROS is an explosion of colour, especially on Ajan Kloss and the scenes on Pasaana. It looks -- to me -- like it's been given a good presentation on Blu-ray.

 

Any word, anywhere, on the 4K versions of the OT and the PT? Can't find anything. I thought people had their hands on the big box-set already?