Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope [Blu-ray] [SteelBook] [1977]

When this Blu-ray steelbook was on sale for 9.99 on May 4th, you couldn't pass it up even if you own the original trilogy on Blu-ray already. the collectable steelbook is worth the price of admission for 9.99. However, be warned. The extras are scarce on these and no Digital Copies at all. This set is very bare bones. Only get this edition if you want the collectable packaging or if you must own everything Star Wars.

This whole steel book collection is amazing and so unique. It's well worth getting separate movies than the box set.

It's a great steelbook copy with Beautiful artwork on the front and back and the inside.

I wasn't planning on buying a whole new set, but since I found out about this steel case I was pretty pumped. Got out to the car and started to check them out. Got to this one and the dvd was out of the holder and the edges of the steel case is dented. Went back inside the store and they said I could have done it. I was in the parking lot, and all the other ones were just fine! Oh well I guess. Won't be going back to that store again.

The HDR colors darken the image a bit, adding depth and some interesting changes, albeit not overly drastic, to the proceedings. The iconic opening crawl sports a deeper tone, definitely not what fans are used to seeing through the years from VHS to Blu-ray, from Laserdisc to DVD. It's almost a very light orange rather than the more traditional solid, bright yellow. Another one of the more immediately obvious color transformations comes on the circular board on Yavin 4 where the Rebels watch the Death Star's progress as it approaches firing range. The red color on the board finds significantly deeper push. C-3PO's golden exterior is much less gaudy here, presenting with a deeper, more subdued, but more polished, appearance. Stormtrooper whites and the blockade runner interiors find some of the most prominent improvements for color stabilization and white pop. Generally, colors enjoy improved saturation and contrast, be that skin, laser blasts, lightsabers, Tatooine terrain, or the slick gray and black surfaces around the Death Star's interior. Vader black is perfect and space exteriors and low light interiors enjoy boosted depth as well. By-and-large, HDR improves where necessary without fundamentally altering the movie, though a few of the above-referenced elements do stand out a bit.

You can never go wrong watching A New Hope. It was an instant classic and my second favorite Star Wars film of all time! The first being The Empire Strikes Back. Definitely worth the purchase! 4KUHD just makes everything better.

Best way to watch Starwars! Picture is better than the Disney+ version, and the sound stage fantastic! Definitely worth it. I know people keep saying physical media is dead, but this movie proves otherwise. The bitrate of this movie is twice that of the digital copy and three times the Disney+ stream. Watching on anything other than disc is like drinking a thick milkshake through a straw.

I have been a Star Wars Fan since the beginning when I was 7 and these 4K transfers are great.