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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
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Great Series, Poor Packaging
With shows like Clone Wars now entertaining young audiences, one has to wonder if they should bother showing thier children anything that belongs in the original trilogy universe in terms of spin-offs, there was never a "definitive" animated series featuring Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, Han Solo, etc, however, this show featured the two Droids.
"Droids" is NOT set AFTER the original trilogy, it's set BEFORE it, a series of five episode arcs featured R2-D2 and 3-PO having different adventures with a different matser with each new arc, it was something that was rare in shows of that decade, and it kep the premise fresh...the premise of the two droids going through various comedy acts, whilst being pursued by The Empire.
I would recommend a BOX SET, but NOT this DVD, it only has two horribly-spliced together episodes on it, hardly anything that would represent this series fairly to a cyncial or cautious viewer, of course there's enough humour in it to keep your children happy
And it's a known fact, those who tell people in an immatue fashion to "get a life", usually only say that when they, themselves, have made a mess of thier own.
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A major disappointment
When I was younger I actually remembered watching this show on TV. I was big into star wars at the time and even though the music was sort of cheesy, I loved it. Naturally I purchased it the moment I saw it in stores only to be hugely disappointed. They had completely redone the music including that great TV opening theme that I loved. I then immediately grumbled at the $10 I wasted on it and then gave it to my friend's kid.
As for the animation, it was targeted for kids so do keep this in mind as you view it. As adults you will find the animation to be simplistic, but your kids if they are into Star Wars will love it. As for me a fan of the original, it was a huge letdown.
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Not quite Clone Wars
Well actually I'm a fan of Star Wars, but I needed more than the original 3 or the new episodes. I guess it's kinda like Macross where I've been sitting awaiting for more continuity on the original series.
Star Wars is great because Lucas decided to also enter the animation market. I did buy this Droids DVD hoping to find interest in the continuity of the series. I like the fact that this series follows the pattern of the original movies. The characters are full. ID88 is in the first episode. As well as some of the non-essential characters. Even the restaurant owner from episode II is in this series. (The monster who looked at the darts and had four arms).
The other side of the DVD has a different series. I like that one better since it focus' on trade routes and more adventure. But anyways, other than the continuity, the animation is nothing more than Scooby Doo quality. I was horrified by the poor drawings.
But it's old and I remember watching this series as a child. So I guess this DVD falls more into the Kikaida or Robotech category of DVDs. What a horrid tv show but yet it's a little piece of your childhood memories. Much of the DVDs are, and for that? This price is worth it, the memories are priceless.
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The second animated series from the greatest film saga ever!
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I have read the reviews on line here at Amazon.com about the release of these first two "Droids" cartoon episodes, "The Pirates and the Prince" & "Treasures of the Hidden Planet" some I agree with, others I don't. I remember seeing this animated series during its original television run in 1986 through 1987 as I went from a 11-year-old boy to a 12-year-old pre-adolescent and I loved these cartoons growing up and I still do. I only wish that Lucas had released all of them instead of just two of them. These "Droids" cartoons take place between "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" & "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope" as we watch the developing friendship between C-3PO (voiced by Anthony Daniels, who played & voiced him in all of the movies) & R2-D2. Once again George Lucas is executive producer as he did with "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" & "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi" and that in part is what made this animated television series so good, because George Lucas is a great storyteller, creating great characters and a great adventure to watch those characters grow within the series, but he is no director. Any episodes of this wonderful animated series is highly recommended and a great & positive influence for children to watch.
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DVD is a major disappointment...
NOTE: I HAVE REVISED MY REVIEW. I NOW GIVE IT ONLY ONE STAR.
In 2004, it was announced that, in addition to a DVD release of the original Star Wars films, we would be getting the Droids and Ewoks animated series on DVD. At that year's comic-con, when Steve Sansweet made the announcment, he simply said that both series would be released. Now, many of us fans automatically assumed that the COMPLETE series would be released. I have always enjoyed both series, so I was very much looking forward to season sets containing all 35 episodes of Ewoks, and all 15 episodes of Droids.
HOWEVER, it was announced, not long before their DVD release, that instead of the complete series, would would simply be getting a rehash of the 1996/1997 VHS releases, where 8 episodes from each series were edited together as two feature length films per series. Now, I have to admit, this format works OK. But that's not what most fans want. What I want to know is, who exactly made the decision to release these edited versions instead of what the fans REALLY want?
Hopefully, for the big 2007 ANH 30th anniversary, Lucasfilm will get their act together, and bring out a COMPLETE release of these two classic series on DVD (or Blu-Ray, etc.).
