Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (4K+2D Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]

[Noodles]

Release date: August 3, 2020
Purchase link: Zavvi (Pre-order on May 21, around 9 AM for Red Carpet , at 12 PM general sale - UK time)
Price: £29.99
Note: 3 discs

Spoiler

 

[paulboland]

Apparently that is not a requirement for this steelbook.

The darth vader image used on the steelbook is a Official Theatrical Poster
It was even used on the outside of cinemas in USA on May 21st 1980

Both posters of Darth Vader are original official theatrical posters
The teaser image was used in Cinemas on release in May 1980

https://www.starwars.com/empire-40th

 

[tha_lunatic]

then they should use the official UK theatrical poster for the steelbook.

Di$n€¥ failed ...again.

 

[DMD4k]

Regardless of poster denomination and year it surfaced, the floating head is ludicrous.

 

[IT Troll]

The darth vader image used on the steelbook is a Official Theatrical Poster
It was even used on the outside of cinemas in USA on May 21st 1980

Both posters of Darth Vader are original official theatrical posters
The teaser image was used in Cinemas on release in May 1980

https://www.starwars.com/empire-40th

Not it is not. The teaser Vader image is different to the official theatrical Vader. The steelbook uses the teaser variant.

 

[tha_lunatic]

Not it is not. The teaser Vader image is different to the official theatrical Vader. The steelbook uses the teaser variant.

@paulboland 's head will explode in 3, 2, 1

 

[paulboland]

then they should use the official UK theatrical poster for the steelbook.

Di$n€¥ failed ...again.

UK/Ireland Cinemas had the Darth Vader Poster on the inside of the Cinemas
Both of the posters images below was used on release date in UK

 

[BluSteel2012]

It's Disney right, that chose not to go with the poster art for this Empire steelbook?

Would it be possible to find out the reason why? There must be something that made them go with this and not stay uniform to the set.

It actually ruins it and doesn't make sense.

Is there an email address for a query like this where we might get an answer?

 

[tha_lunatic]

UK/Ireland Cinemas had the Darth Vader Poster on the inside of the Cinemas
Both of the posters images below was used on release date in UK
View attachment 479592 View attachment 479593

then they should use the awesome UK poster for the steelbook instead

 

[paulboland]

Not it is not. The teaser Vader image is different to the official theatrical Vader. The steelbook uses the teaser variant.

The teaser image is still a offical poster it was used inside UK/Ireland cinemas before and on release date

I went to the Ambassador Cinema in Dublin on release date in Rep of Ireland and the teaser poster was on view inside the cinema as well as the other version of Darth Vader poster
The outside of the cinema had the other poster same as UK


Fox/Lucasfilms Kastel edited poster only apeared inside the cinema a few days after release date and was quickly removed as per instructions given to cinemas
I went to see the film 3 times in same week in May 1980

 

[IT Troll]

The teaser image is still a offical poster it was used inside UK/Ireland cinemas before and on release date

So not an official theatrical poster and so shouldn’t be part of this series. They should have picked 1980 version in which he is not decapitated and is less disco.

Not the same.

 

[paulboland]

So not an official theatrical poster and so shouldn’t be part of this series. They should have picked 1980 version in which he is not decapitated and is less disco.

View attachment 479596 Not the same. View attachment 479598

Both are Offical Posters and both was used
You would have seen both these posters inside cinemas before and after release date in UK/Ireland

The teaser poster is a original official poster and was used before and after release date along with the other darth vader poster both was used.

 

[tha_lunatic]

the GWTW artwork isnt good enough for the front, but it was good enough for the back ...years ago

you can talk about it as much you want ....you can even write a doctoral thesis about it...

...but disney failed, that's a fact.

 

[DMD4k]

 

[paulboland]

the GWTW artwork isnt good enough for the front, but it was good enough for the back ...years ago

View attachment 479600

you can talk about it as much you want ....you can even write a doctoral thesis about it...

...but disney failed, that's a fact.

That was a Fox release not a disney release
Reminder that poster was withdrawn from cinemas for a reason back in May 1980 and was only used very breifly inside cinemas after release date

Disney temporarly used it for 40th Anniversary release on Disney + but again removed shorty after
The official Darth Vader Poster both teaser and Theatrical was before the Kastel Edited Image poster was used

 

[goufcustom]

So not an official theatrical poster and so shouldn’t be part of this series. They should have picked 1980 version in which he is not decapitated and is less disco.

(in raspy voice) somebody said disco?

 

[BluSteel2012]

Sounds like there might be a legal issue when it keeps getting removed from things.

 

[IT Troll]

The teaser poster is a original official poster and was used before and after release date along with the other darth vader poster both was used.

So they used the “Coming to your galaxy this summer” poster after release. Seems a bit weird. Perhaps a few cinemas just left the old poster on the wall.

 

[paulboland]

So they used the “Coming to your galaxy this summer” poster after release. Seems a bit weird. Perhaps a few cinemas just left the old poster on the wall.

The darth vader poster in cinemas on and after release date did not have coming to your galaxy this summer it was just the image of darth vader
As in what you see on the steelbook

 

[DMD4k]

It sounds to me like Fox rocked, and Disney sucks.

 

[IT Troll]

The darth vadrer poster in cinemas on and after release date did not have coming to your galaxy this summer it was just the image of darth vader
As in what you see on the steelbook

Got a picture of that one or is this just your memory?