I think they look ok. But I'm a big stickler for uniform packaging, and this sure doesn't go with the E1-E2 cases or design.
Yeah, I definitely agree with you there, but at the same time, I have my box sets separated from my regular discs, so for me, it won't be much of an issue anyway.
(And besides, whatever they wind up doing for the packaging, you know that internet people will have come up with dozens of alternatives by then, so you could always download the fan-made covers, print 'em out, and put those in regular keepcases right alongside the official prequel DVDs, and then put the empty Trilogy box away for "safe-keeping". I've got some really nice fan-made covers for my OT boots that match up really well with the official DVDs already.)
I'd prefer a more standard box ala Indy.
Yeah, me too, probably. Thinking about it, though, they've always done funky packaging for the trilogy (at least the VHS versions I've got, anyway). The 1990 set had the slip that you had to pull off the top, and then an inner sleeve with these weird flaps on the sides. (Never got the 1992 widescreen set with the hologram on the front). I guess the 1995 THX pan & scan set was more traditional, but then the widescreen set was kind of different, with the wide, flat box. And then the 1997 SE trilogy had the Vader sleeve that you had to pull out for the tapes or whatever.
I was reading a little bit about the stuff at the HTF today--and I think some people are thinking that when the Lucasfilm guy said it was going to follow along the lines of the Indy set, they meant packaging and everything. I tend to think that he was just talking about the discs themselves (four discs/three movies, one extra), and not necessarily the packaging.
And while I think that in the end, it's all up to Lucasland, there is a difference in the studios--Paramount has always usually played it safe on DVD packaging, and Fox has typically been more inventive over the years. I think Fox will probably do as much as they can to make this a really special DVD "event"--whereas Paramount was probably just happy with releasing Indy on DVD at all.
Well, I've gone on for far too long--but one thing's got me really salivating/worried--trying to figure out who's gonna have the best price for this thing come 9/21--and especially what stores are gonna have what exclusive bonuses.
It'll be fun.