oojason

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

oojason said:

NEW SCREENSHOT COMPARISON - AND A NEW VIDEO CLIP - FROM EMPIRE STRIKES BACK…

 

ALI…

 
2019 UHD…

 
2011 blu ray…

 
4K80…

 
The 2006 GOUT DVD…

 

a streamable video clip of the above scene: https://streamable.com/k0ru7f
 

Surely that 2011 isn’t real!!! 😂

There must have been many people tinkering with the settings on their TV when they put that blu ray on back in the day (and then tinkering with it again afterwards - to get the settings all back to ‘normal’!)

YAREL_RGP said:

oojason said:

NEW SCREENSHOT COMPARISON - AND A NEW VIDEO CLIP - FROM EMPIRE STRIKES BACK…

 

ALI…

4K80…

Do you notice that the colors are very similar?

I’m more surprised when there is now even a slight colour difference between them, mate. Zion’s images of the XO Project for Star Wars are very close too (with many of the official releases back in the 80s & 90s then were far more accurate / pleasing than the 2004/11/19 releases, IMHO). 👍

pat man said:

oojason said:

NEW SCREENSHOT COMPARISON - AND A NEW VIDEO CLIP - FROM EMPIRE STRIKES BACK…

 
The Old Emperor…

 

ALI…

 
4K80…

 
The 2006 GOUT DVD…

 

a streamable video clip of the above scene: https://streamable.com/tuzstf
 

ALI Thank You. Colors, Contrast, Sharpness, No Heavy DNR. Thank You. The Original Unaltered Trilogy has never looked better in my opinion. Looking forward to the new audio mixes and hopefully the original mixes are preserved and included.

💯
 

all credit to Roobyoo for this…
 

In Germany it appears that Star Wars will be shown in cinemas from Thursday 18th February, 2027…

https://allscreens.de/filmstarts?movie_filter[search]=&movie_filter[rental_company]=&movie_filter[date_from]=01.02.2027&movie_filter[date_to]=&movie_filter[group_by]=startDate
 

If you live outside the US, it may be worth checking any decent and reliable ‘cinema release’ sites for your country - to see when Star Wars will actually be shown in your area of the world… 👍
 

Hopefully we’ll also see more details on what languages the respective opening crawls will be in - as well as possible audio dubs and subtitle options…
 

NEW SCREENSHOT COMPARISON - AND A NEW VIDEO CLIP - FROM EMPIRE STRIKES BACK…

ALI…

 
2019 UHD…

 
2011 blu ray…

 
4K80…

 
The 2006 GOUT DVD…

a streamable video clip of the above scene: https://streamable.com/k0ru7f
 

The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn [Short Film]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-699G6yCZPY - a 5 minute video from the official The Beatles youtube channel.
 

The blurb: '“A Song Reborn” reveals the extraordinary 1994 reunion of Paul, George and Ringo, 24 years after The Beatles parted ways. A true collaboration became possible when Yoko Ono handed them an unfinished John Lennon composition. Crafted from never-before-seen studio footage, this short film captures the three Beatles rediscovering their bond as they shape John’s song into the GRAMMY-winning “Free As A Bird.”

This story continues in Episode Nine of The Beatles Anthology—new for 2025 and streaming now only on Disney+—featuring even more unseen sessions from 1994–95 and new reflections from Paul, George and Ringo.

The musical side of The Anthology Collection - originally curated by George Martin - has been newly remastered by Giles Martin across three double albums of rare recordings. These albums reveal the early evolution of songs that would become some of the most iconic masterpieces in popular music.

The collection also expands with Anthology 4, curated by Giles Martin, featuring 13 previously unreleased demos and session takes, alongside other rare material. It includes brand-new 2025 mixes of the GRAMMY-winning “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love,” refreshed by their original producer, Jeff Lynne.

A Song Reborn celebrates not only the making of a modern Beatles classic, but also the return of Anthology—a treasure trove of music, history and the enduring power of friendship.’

I was expecting, and hoping for something a little longer and detailed - yet it is still a fun and cool 5 minute watch.
 

NEW SCREENSHOT COMPARISON - AND A NEW VIDEO CLIP - FROM EMPIRE STRIKES BACK…

 
The Old Emperor…

ALI…

 
4K80…

 
The 2006 GOUT DVD…

a streamable video clip of the above scene: https://streamable.com/tuzstf
 

Behind the Magic | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 10-Year Anniversary

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-87p3DxqC6Y - a 4 minute video from the official Industrial Light & Magic youtube channel.

The blurb: ‘To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, explore Industrial Light & Magic’s Oscar®-nominated work that brought the film to life.’

There was also a ‘Kylo Ren’s Lightsaber Fireside | 10-Hour Ambiance | The Force Awakens 10th Anniversary’ video put up on the official Star Wars youtube channel.

Plus a handful of articles posted up on the official site…
 

Star Wars: The Force Awakens From Concept to Screen

10 Behind-the-Scenes Facts About Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Chewbacca and Other Creature Department Creations from Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Breaking Down Our Entry into Star Wars: The Force Awakens

How “Rey’s Theme” Kept John Williams Coming Back to the Star Wars Galaxy

 
…and that was pretty much it (I’m guessing there was also some merch with the 10th anniversary logo on it?).
 

Not a lot for the 10th anniversary a much anticipated film that went on to take $2billion worldwide from theatre tickets alone.

I hope they do more for Rogue One for next year (especially given the additional popularity and acclaim of the Andor series)…
 

Some Interested Observer said:

Well, it IS a “Blu” - Ray, so obviously the whole image is meant to be tinted blue! 😃

Yeah, sorry about this old joke…

No apologies are required when it comes to good old jokes - or dad jokes - or puns! Only encouragement! 👍

Credit to SonnyGFunk for catching this snippet on the official SW site…
 

^ from www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-best-of-2025 (on Friday 19th December, 2025)
 

^ that 2011 blu ray shot… it turns out my monitor isn’t broken - nor yours - and that’s just the way it was ‘meant’ to be!
 

JadedSkywalker said:

I did hear that they cut the budget for season 2, I suppose this is one confirmation of that.

Huh, I wonder if the two are connected…

Ahsoka season 2 is missing from Disney’s updated 2026 slate - a TotalFilm / GamesRadar article.

'Ahsoka season 2 may not be coming to Disney Plus in 2026 after all.

The Star Wars show was notably absent from Disney’s updated slate during the company’s Q4 earnings call, and fans are worried that this means it’ll be delayed another year to 2027.

The second season didn’t have an official release date but, as filming wrapped in September 2025, it was assumed that it would be coming our way sometime in 2026. Plus, season 1 premiered back in August 2023, so the new season has been a long time coming.’

That’s a little surprising - and means there’ll be no new season of live-action Star Wars in 2026 - just the two animated series - ‘Maul’ and ‘Visions: The Ninth Jedi’. I can see why some Disney+ subscribers wouldn’t be happy with that and thinking of cancelling their subs.
 

NEW SCREENSHOT COMPARISON - AND A NEW VIDEO CLIP - FROM EMPIRE STRIKES BACK…

ALI…

 
UHD…

 
2011 blu ray…

 
4K80…

 
The 2006 GOUT DVD…

a streamable video clip of the above scene: https://streamable.com/8pnqe3
 

Starfighter has officially wrapped filming…

oojason said:

JadedSkywalker said:

oojason said:

JadedSkywalker said:

George wasn’t going to make sequels he was going to make Star Wars underworld and that never got made.

Disney’s priority was to make a commercial for a theme park. And to sell toys. Other ancillary merchandise. Storytelling was never as important as corporate planning was. They have shareholder calls and meetings, corporate boards and governance. Quarterly quotas.

Yeah, for me his ideas for Underworld sure seem a lot more intriguing than what we’ve learnt of his Sequel Trilogy outlines. 👍

A pity we never got to see that - especially given the writing talents assorted for the series (though some aspects of it have been rejigged for stories in other SW series since?).
 

Some of his sequel ideas have also been repurposed. If Mando and Gorgo holds to be true they will be facing warlords running the remnants of the Empire. And Dave Filoni is using George’s ideas in Darth Maul Shadow lord with Darth Talon.

Wasn’t Luke as a colonel Kurtz like character allegedly in George’s treatment. That sort of ended up in the Last Jedi if not in the way George would have handled it. The astral projection/ Luke is a legend stuff. and not a straightforward redemption arc. That does not sound like George at all. I also don’t picture Lucas making the prequel Jedi failures and Luke’s meta narrative. Chuck the lightsaber it’s time for the Jedi to end. Burn the tree with the Jedi texts, oh that is right Rey stole them.

I do like the idea that the force is bigger than the light side and the dark side and its vanity that the force dies if the jedi religion dies. The balance being bigger than the jedi and Sith conflict is interesting and then its abandoned.

I gave the DOTF script another read through last night (I’d forgotten how enjoyable and engaging it was) - and there is certainly that aspect of the Force being addressed throughout the script (especially with Rey; and meshing / riffing with themes on Luke and Vader in ROTJ).

For me, the finale was quite intriguing on the subject (and also breaking that problematic and bizarre Jedi dogma introduced and portrayed in the PT - as well as tackling the somewhat traditional circular nature of the Light & Dark overall)…

Obi-Wan: Your true self is free of suffering. Free of pain.
Yoda: Taught us much, you have.
Rey: I’ve taught you?
Yoda: Mmm. Succeeded where we have failed. Narrow was our point of view.
Luke: You chose to embrace the Dark Side and the Light. To find balance within.
Yoda: Co-exist, they must, as such feelings do in all of us.

and later - upon Rey’s return…

Leia: But there’s a calm I’ve never felt. Balance.
 

Rey actually learning from the mistakes of the past to actually move forward with a new Jedi Order (as of the DOTF) would’ve been something of interest to see in any later / post-ST era on-screen appearances… evolving both the story and lore onwards.

I’ll be giving the animated fan comic film another whirl tonight. 👍
 

And then another read-through of George’s belated ~2012 Sequel Trilogy outlines.
 

I finally got around to a read through of George’s belated ~2012 Sequel Trilogy outlines again (it had been a long time since last going though them)… yeah, I think we dodged a bullet there.

It does sound like a ‘Prequel 2.0’, as you say. I can happily re-watch TFA, TLJ, and DOTF - though couldn’t and can’t watch the official PT yet again (or anything like that)… I’d just be bored… and life is too short. Thankfully we have a whole catalogue of quality and engaging fan edits to choose from instead if ever wanting a better, more enjoyable PT and ST experience. 😃

Quality choices and options - always welcome to have. 👍 Atom-88’s PT & ST Edits look to be intriguing and shaping up quite well.
 

JadedSkywalker said:

The one I dislike Is Darth Maul alive. I still think he died in the Phantom Menace. Though its hard to see how it could be as bad as Disney’s return of Sidous. Somehow Palpatine returned. I don’t know if It could even enjoy the novelty of it if I wasn’t familiar with Dark Empire and aware how bad an adaption of that comic the film was.

Yeah, Lucas even re-shot/re-edited the Darth Maul death scene as to split the character in two to make sure fans realised Maul was dead in TPM. I think I remember Lucas describing Maul as something along the lines of a being a henchman, a ‘pawn’, not a main villain etc… at the time when he was being criticised by fans for killing Maul off with little screen time in TPM - given the heavy marketing, PR, and merchandising of Maul as a character.

Of course it makes perfect sense that would bring Maul back to be the main villain in his Sequel Trilogy… 😉
 

For me, that Lucas would still be making ‘The Chosen One’ prophecy a thing in his ST… was a little underwhelming. I’m glad we dodged that particular bullet.

I think the story should have been about Luke being a father. And the legacy of Vader.

Aye, that or Leia as a mother, could have made for some fertile ground from a storytelling perspective.

Was it Broom Kid that came up with a similar cracking idea that in a recent post? It may have been making the PT about Padme or Kenobi as the central characters? (I’ll try and find it).

Edit: found it here (it was an idea for the PT)- https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/What-do-you-think-of-The-Prequel-Trilogy-A-general-discussion/id/92975/page/25#1661214
 

JadedSkywalker said:

I do wonder if George’s sequels would have been better simply for acknowledging the prequels exist, and therefore a coherent work if you will. A prequel 2.0. Since he had no desire to redo the original trilogy.

More revisionism and retcons, I think; a quick example would be George making Leia ‘The Chosen One’ in his ST instead. It would have been intriguing to see how he executed that, for sure. Though for me, TFA, TLJ and DOTF made for, or would have made for, a better ST than what we know of George’s belated ~2012 ST outline (and better than what we got with TROS).
 

In Praise of Great Exposition

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rywJKFunIGM - a 19 minute video from the Thomas Flight youtube channel.
 

The blurb: ‘Exposition in film and TV has a bad reputation but it’s really just another tool in the writer’s toolbox, and the quality of exposition can range from bad to great. This video examines some examples of truly great exposition.’
 

NEW SCREENSHOT COMPARISON - AND A NEW VIDEO CLIP - FROM EMPIRE STRIKES BACK…

ALI…

 
UHD…

 
2011 blu ray…

 
4K80…

 
The 2006 GOUT DVD…

a streamable video clip of the above scene: https://streamable.com/j9upxf

Zion said:

Hey everyone, I saw someone in here mention wanting to compare all the screenshots to the pre-SE home video releases, so I made some screenshots of the US Definitive Collection LD from the X0 Project capture. oojason has added them to this post:
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/-Star-Wars-50th-anniversary-in-2027-Your-hopes-and-expectations-if-any-/id/135713/page/5#1665164

These are screenshots taken directly from the X0 capture files with minimal alteration (levels adjusted to 16-235, and cropped and resized to 720x405). The color is a fun comparison to the HD releases if nothing else. Enjoy.

Cracking image comparisons mate - the colours from The X0 project are a joy to see - and a welcome reminder of what Star Wars releases looked like before the 2004/2011/2019 releases.

Thanks for creating them and sending them my way - they were a pleasure to post up and include here. 👍
 

Meet the Video Store Owner Defying the Streaming Era

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGUXgf2CwdU - a 7 minute video from The Hollywood Reporter.
 

The blurb: ‘While corporate video stores like Blockbuster and Hollywood Video are a thing of the past, one local video store is defying the streaming era. Meet Matthew Renoir, the great-grandson of famed director Jean Renoir who owns Be Kind Video, a thriving video store in Burbank, California that’s fostered a community of film lovers young and old.’

more here: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/matthew-renoir-video-store-burbank-1236348218
 

Mocata said:

Dagenspear said:

oojason said:

Aye, like Broom Kid’s post above - that is pretty much spot on for me, mate.

And like that, it doesn’t address what the problem is with it or what makes it poor.

Yeah, 100%. Along with the infamous lie and woeful attempt at re-writing history / time-travel from Lucas himself - an inane and bizarre attempt to give his then-new midichlorians idea some credibility (for want of a better word)… it certainly didn’t come from when Lucas attempted to claimed it to be - so ‘nowhere’ fits quite aptly.
 

How is it problematic, based on EU material doing something else? All of Star Wars is made up, just like the eu stuff about them having families was made up. Why is this a problem with these things or when they were developed?

The question of “when” is paramount when we’re dealing with real film history versus a bunch of phoney “my original vision” claims that keep changing.

Indeed - and especially so for an official book titled: ‘The Making of Star Wars - The Definitive Story Behind The Original Film’.

That Rinzler himself felt he needed to try and clarify the issue - due to fans noticing and highlighting George’s failed attempt at re-writing history - (on the official website) is lost on some of those… who wish to downplay or brush aside such topics - and yet are seemingly focused on little else.

Though thankfully not on here…

A brief overview of the OriginalTrilogy•com down the years… | Posting on the OriginalTrilogy•com…

👍
 

Some Interested Observer said:

oojason said:

A NEW VIDEO CLIP FROM STAR WARS…
 

after CC and FC pass only (prores)

Hmm, new types of clips? 🤔

Just a couple mate - hopefully they’ll soon return with the more ‘regular’ type of video uploads. 👍
 

Tobar said:

Just noticed Obi-Wan is reflected in Threepio’s crotch.

I’ll add that to the ever-growing list of ‘things that cannot be unseen’ in life 😃
 

A NEW VIDEO CLIP FROM STAR WARS…

‘after CC and FC pass only (prores)’

https://streamable.com/tlrvc0

Edit: and also this short video clip…
 

‘Actual_ID_wanted’

https://streamable.com/ej29c2
 

JadedSkywalker said:

For me it would be the prequel doctrine on attachment I disagree with. Because Jedi had families and children in Star Wars lore before the prequels. Just like how the chosen one thing was made up and so was midichlorians.

Aye, like Broom Kid’s post above - that is pretty much spot on for me, mate.

To get the Jedi celibacy thing you have to go all the way back to discarded script drafts for the original film, the son of the suns prophecy for the chosen one thing. Midichlorians came from nowhere.

Yeah, 100%. Along with the infamous lie and woeful attempt at re-writing history / time-travel from Lucas himself - an inane and bizarre attempt to give his then-new midichlorians idea some credibility (for want of a better word)… it certainly didn’t come from when Lucas attempted to claimed it to be - so ‘nowhere’ fits quite aptly.
 

Broom Kid said:

Lucas’ conception of the Jedi being weird emotionally stunted monks (which did not exist until he really started writing Episode I, either) was one of the worst decisions he made in the 90s, honestly. Along with aging Anakin down to 8, and not making Padme the main character of the Prequel trilogy.

he made a ton of absolutely terrible calls in his mythology as he made it up, and because so much of his own self-mythologizing is built around the grandiosity of his own creativity, he basically couldn’t retcon his own bad storytelling instinct to arrive at any of the interesting endpoints his bad setup COULD be saved by.

That Trevorrow wound up looking at the ingredients Lucas laid out for his mythology and arrived at an answer that makes SOME kind of emotional/philosophical sense (vs the dogmatic adherence to what “Balance of the Force has to mean”) kinda speaks to how stunted and forced every aspect of Jedi dogma, both textually AND metatextually.

It’s like Lucas (and Lucasfilm) forgot all this shit is made up, and the only real use any of it has is for allegorical storytelling, and for figuring out a way to use those elements in the pursuit of saying SOMETHING interesting about our own world and lives. Instead everyone at the company is more interested in protecting the canonical integrity of a completely made up religion as if it were a “real” one.

You nailed it.
 

A NEW AUDIO CLIP - FROM EMPIRE STRIKES BACK…

https://streamable.com/sdmowj - a 131 second audio-only clip.

 
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