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Star Wars: Episode VII to be directed by J.J. Abrams **NON SPOILER THREAD** — Page 164

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Hope you have a good time Warbler! 😃

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Heh, I saw the film Saturday at 4:40pm showing. I feel ya, the hours prior felt so slow as I kept imagining myself already in the theater with STAR WARS on the screen~

The Rise of Failures

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LiquidKaltar said:

Hey guys, i want to see un-edited version of Star Wars. Can someone help me?

This is not the thread you’re looking for.

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Do not spam multiple threads with this sort of thing again.

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Darn I was too late to deploy my Julie Waters meme :

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LiquidKaltar It depends on what you are willing to give up. For ESB and ROTJ, the 1993 laserdiscs, 1995 laserdiscs, 1995 widescreen VHS trilogy, or the 2006 bonus discs are the way to go. However, these are all LETTERBOX releases, not WIDESCREEN. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. With letterbox, the black bars on the top and bottom are built into the frame. If you’ve ever watched a widescreen movie or TV show on a fullscreen TV (one of the old tube ones,) that is what it will look like. If you have one of these TVs, the picture will look like that either way. However, if you play them back on a device that recognizes the difference between a fullscreen and widescreen image, you’ll be shocked. The device will think it’s fullscreen. It will either stretch the image (like a VHS played back on a flatscreen TV,) or it will put bars on the sides and center the image, creating a box-like image. The end result will be a picture surrounded by black. You can always zoom in, but you will lose picture quality in the process. With ANH, it’s a whole different story. There are FOUR (yes, four, as in 2+2) different audio tracks for the original ANH. When it was released in 1977, some theaters got a mono reel, and others got a stereo reel. With the mono reel, the same soundtrack was sent to all speakers in the room. With the stereo reel, all of the sound on the left track was sent to the speakers in the left half of the room, and all of the sound on the right track was sent to the speakers in the right half of the room. These tracks were different. Different takes, different lines, and sometimes missing or added lines. All this depended on what theater you were in. The 16mm reel released in 1977 has the mono track. The copies made in 1982 and 1983 have the stereo track. These include the Video Rental Library copies (available on Betamax and VHS,) the 20th Century Fox Video Copies, and the drawer-case CBS/FOX Video copies. The later two are on Betamax, VHS, Videodisc (CED,) and Laserdisc. Despite the quality in the Laserdiscs, they are a time compressed version, and a few minutes of the movie is missing. The same problem occured with the Videodiscs (CED.) In 1984, when the new Betamax and VHS versions were released, they had a new audio track, that had the best parts of both soundtracks. This appeared on those copies, the 1985 Laserdisc, the 1986 and 1987 VHS, the 1989 Laserdisc, the 1990 VHS (available individually or in a trilogy), both 1992 VHS tapes (fullscreen and widescreen, fullscreen available individually or with a trilogy, widescreen only in the trilogy set,) and both 1992 Laserdiscs. The fourth track is on the Definitive Laserdiscs from 1993. This track was the stereo track with bits from the mono track mixed in. It is also on the 1995 releases and the 2006 bonus discs. With the picture, it gets worse. The widescreen copies in 1989 and 1992 were based off of a flawed Japanese Laserdisc, and the black bars on the top and bottom constantly change their position throughout the movie. The only widescreen copies without this problem have the Definitive audio track. Unless you edit the movie to your pleasing (no, George, I’m not talking to you) you will have to give up something to watch ANH. My preference is currently nonexistent, but it would be widescreen picture with the mono track. Take a look at these notes, weigh the pros and cons, and decide what’s best for you.

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They’re edited. They have a new picture transfer. Also, ANH has a new soundtrack.

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Stop talking to ghosts. Or better yet, stop talking.

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I need to know if anyone knows what original reel to reel Star Wars tapes never opened is worth or if anyone wants to buy one I have 4 of them.3152004705 text me

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I have tape said:

I need to know if anyone knows what original reel to reel Star Wars tapes never opened is worth or if anyone wants to buy one I have 4 of them. text me

Wrong thread, wrong subforum, and posting your cell phone number in a public forum is like scrawling it on a restroom wall.

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Hi,

Sorry about This confusing post but I just need to know This. If Leia Organa and Luke are siblings and Han Solo has had a child with Leia named Kylo Ren, how in the world Darth Vader would be a grandfather to Kylo Ren? As in the movie Kylo Ren talked to the damaged helmet of Darth Vader and referred him as a grandfather. If This post is a spoiler I’m terribly sorry.

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StarJons said:

Hi,

Sorry about This confusing post but I just need to know This. If Leia Organa and Luke are siblings and Han Solo has had a child with Leia named Kylo Ren, how in the world Darth Vader would be a grandfather to Kylo Ren? As in the movie Kylo Ren talked to the damaged helmet of Darth Vader and referred him as a grandfather. If This post is a spoiler I’m terribly sorry.

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

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StarJons said:

Hi,

Sorry about This confusing post but I just need to know This. If Leia Organa and Luke are siblings and Han Solo has had a child with Leia named Kylo Ren, how in the world Darth Vader would be a grandfather to Kylo Ren? As in the movie Kylo Ren talked to the damaged helmet of Darth Vader and referred him as a grandfather. If This post is a spoiler I’m terribly sorry.

I refer to my mum’s father, who is also my uncle’s father, as my grandfather.

Not enough people read the EU.

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Damn. How stupid of me. I was confused by the family trees.

I’ll just go and hide under some rock.

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This would have been worth a chuckle yesterday…