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#1578708
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Multimedia Project vs The Clone Wars
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We should define our terms and make a clear delineation as there were in fact two separate Clone Wars Multimedia Projects.

There was the original Clone Wars multimedia project from 2003-2005.
And then there was the Star Wars: The Clone Wars multimedia project from 2008-2020.

I know generally when people refer to “the multimedia project” they mean the former but try and google that and you get links for the latter instead.

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#1577919
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<strong>The Acolyte</strong> (live action series set in The High Republic era) - a general discussion thread
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Keyan Farlander said:

Because this is set 50 years before TPM it shouldn’t have those overused and empty memberberries or needless fan service that F+F like showcase. And I’m hoping this will be something different all around, maybe bringing some of the better High Republic era feel from the books and comics with it.

I wouldn’t get my hopes too high. In that period they can:

  • Still use Yoda
  • Introduce his young apprentice Dooku
  • Finally bring Darth Plagueis to the screen
  • Possibly show familial ties between Kelnacca and a certain infamous walking carpet
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#1577290
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<strong>The Mandalorian</strong> - a general discussion thread - * <em><strong>SPOILERS</strong></em> *
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News just broke regarding Gina Carano and this series.

I’m going to preempt this ahead of time. If you’d like to discuss this take it to Off Topic.

Any posts relating to the matter posted in this thread or anywhere outside of the Off Topic section will be automatically deleted.

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#1572876
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'Rey Skywalker' (Upcoming live action motion picture) - general discussion thread
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Taps on The Sign:

Stay on topic. (Determined in part by the OP. See General Guideline #3 below for details.)
Don’t attack other members personally. When debating, argue the point, not the person. Respectful criticisms of debate style (logical fallacies) are acceptable.
While there are no specific restrictions on profanity, please exercise restraint. Dropping an F-bomb here and there isn’t going to get you banned, but excessive profanity shouldn’t be necessary to make your point.
No politics; only light discussion of current events is permitted, and only in the Off Topic section. Your signature, which appears beneath all your posts, may not contain political content or social commentary.

I know this thread has been running free for a few months now but the forum rules are clear on any and all political discussions outside of Off Topic. If this keeps up the thread will be temporarily locked for a time.

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#1572748
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What is your personal Star Trek canon?
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Tobar said:

Thus far I’ve yet to encounter anything in the prime universe I’d disregard as non-canon.

Oh if you only knew…

Well let’s get down to business.

TOS
TAS
IDWY4
Y4TEE
WEAT
STC
IDWY5
TMP-TUC
TNG
DS9
VOY
ENT
LDS

And that’s it for the Prime Timeline. As much as I enjoy First Contact, I’m more than willing to sacrifice it so that TNG ends definitively with All Good Things.

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#1570764
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All Things Star Trek
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I’ve never taken “DISCO” and its spin-off to be in the Prime timeline to begin with so hopefully that points to SNW and the rest to be Kelvin after all.

I will say, if you’re a fan of the franchise. Lower Decks is worth the watch. It like most Trek has a pretty bad first season but it improves as it goes on and you can tell the people running that show are real fans of the legacy franchise pre-Abrams.

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#1569451
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Spence's PT Edits Round 3 (V1 Released)
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SpenceEdit said:

Here’s the ending of ROTS. I’m pretty happy with how this is turning out.

I’m coming into this very late, so this might have already been discussed. But have you thought about or experimented with changing their birth order so that Leia is born first? That way it’s Leia that spends the most time with her mother, is even caressed by her before her death. I think it would really help to smooth over the inconsistencies with ROTJ.

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#1560458
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Fan Edit Ideas thread...
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Now that the appearances of Tarkin and Leia have been greatly improved. Has anyone experimented with fixing Tarkin’s voice?

Far more than his appearance, I’ve always found Guy Henry’s Tarkin voice the most off-putting aspect of the character in the film. He just sounds nothing like Peter Cushing and so it’s always been very weird for me to hear this wrong voice coming out of a face whose voice I’m very familiar with.

Now that can be remedied though. You might be familiar with the recent “AI Cover” song craze that exploded a few months ago (example). Basically with new AI tools you can now convert anyone’s voice into anyone elses. This has taken off with song covers but it can just as easily be used for regular speech as well.

The tools to do this are all free and the process seems pretty straightforward. There are a few different tutorials out there on how to do it. This one for example looks promising.

I believe using these tools to isolate Henry’s performance and convert it into Cushing’s voice is something entirely doable.

Unfortunately I don’t have enough free time these days to try experimenting with this myself but it’s something I’d love to see happen someday.

So if anyone else out there thinks this sounds like a great idea and has the time, I hope you’ll consider giving it a try.

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#1553499
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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The diplomacy lines hit wrong for me. The Jedi can defend themselves and others sure but they’re not violent by nature. Before the rise of Palpatine the Jedi were negotiators/mediators that were sent out to settle disputes between different parties through non-violent diplomacy.

This new Luke line paints the Jedi as warriors first and that just doesn’t ring true.

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#1548186
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The end of Star Wars physical media
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erichf69 said:

Even if Disney as a whole completely stops manufacturing and marketing disc based media, it does not mean we won’t see disney titles on disc. They can always license out the work to other companies, and in fact I think for all parties involved, that is probably the best way to go.

Yeah and we’ve already seen the start of it with Criterion’s release of WALL•E.

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#1548113
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What are you reading?
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of_Kaiburr_and_Whills said:

Just finished Black Amazon of Mars by the late great Leigh Brackett.

Nothing groundbreaking or thought provoking, but really fun and pulpy all the way through. The oldest piece of fiction I’ve read (save for snippets of The Odyssey and Inferno) is The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, so perhaps I need more experience to gauge this correctly, but Black Amazon feels way ahead of its time.

I’d recommend checking out A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. One of the great scifi stories that influenced all scifi that came after it. Including both George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry.

And if you’d like to check out more classic pulp action, I recommend the Doc Savage stories. Starting with The Man of Bronze by Lester Dent.

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#1545557
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American Graffiti - Original Cut Restoration (Mechanical Assistance/Telecine Experts Needed!) (* unfinished project *) - lots of information...
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Fathom Events and Universal Pictures are celebrating George Lucas’ 1973 coming-of-age tale American Graffiti on Sunday, August 27th and Wednesday, August 30th. Recently remastered and including a brand-new sound mix, the film cruises back into theaters with a trio of special screenings.

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#1543750
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<strong>Ahsoka</strong> (live action series) - general discussion thread
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She’s not a Jedi.

Clone Wars Spoilers

She left the Order and renounced her status as a Jedi at the end of Season 5 of the Clone Wars.

That hasn’t changed and it’s why she has white blades. That Mandalorian episode title is written from the perspective of Din, he went in expecting to find a Jedi but instead he found Ahsoka. Same for the audience going into that episode.

The text in the trailer can be looked at in two ways. First, it can be seen as lazy marketing. Or second, they’re descriptors of things she’s been throughout her life. For example, the war is already over so she’s no longer a Rebel either.

So no, she’s not a Jedi.

Well, at least not yet anyway. There is that final line from Huyang in the trailer and her voice is featured in TROS. So perhaps she will become one again but if she does I expect to see that represented by the color of her lightsabers as well.