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Behind the Scenes – Original Trilogy Droid Maker. Bill Hargreaves - Star Wars 100 Interviews

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeLTmtV7w7U - a 2 minute video from the Star Wars 100 Interviews youtube channel.
 

The blurb: 'Go behind the scenes of Star Wars with William “Bill” Hargreaves, the props maker who helped bring unforgettable droids to life in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. In this exclusive interview, Bill explains how he built—and even operated—one of his own creations on set.

Hear his firsthand accounts of working on IG‑88 and EV‑9D9, plus his confirmation that he also worked on the small tortured droid in Jabba’s palace. Bill doesn’t name it here, but the canon identification is revealed here.

This is authentic production history: shop‑floor creativity, set stories, and the hidden credits that shaped the galaxy fans know by heart.’

www.youtube.com/@StarWars100Interviews/videos - with lots more similar video for the OT - and the wider GFFA as well. 👍
 

YAREL_RGP said:

oojason said:

A couple of Miscellaneous Videos…

 

Star Wars: US MPAA Rating video - https://streamable.com/0oissa

 

Empire Strikes Back: German ‘A long time ago…’ title video: https://streamable.com/zrwzv2

If they’re also going to restore the intros for the different languages ​​and localizations, I hope we’ll see more videos of these with the text in other languages.

Same here, mate - and hopefully some more videos with subtitles as well. 👍

Interesting there are two title cards for the German ‘A long time ago…’ title card.

I’m pretty certain the 2nd format is from the 1995 THX VHS/LDs?

It could be that they are archiving pretty much everything they can get their hands on… or… and this is just me spitballing ideas (so very much likely incorrect / a pipe-dream)… though how is ‘seamless branching’ these days for 4K UHD discs?

Is it a viable option to have differing title cards depending on which audio option is selected? I don’t mean to get anyone’s hopes up that the 1985 or 1993 mixes could be included in a possible future physical media release… when there there is no evidence to date of that happening - though it would be a welcome addition as a ‘bonus material’ option.

^ again, that is just me spitballing ideas - I’ve no idea if it is feasible or a likely thing to occur.
 

Edit…

Laserschwert said:

By the way, regarding the two German ALTA cards from TESB: The 2-line version is from the Special Edition, the 3-line version is from the theatrical version.

Thanks you for the heads-up and correction, Laserschwert. 👍
 

A few Miscellaneous Videos…

Star Wars: US MPAA Rating video - https://streamable.com/0oissa
 

ALI…

 
4K77…

Star Wars: 20th Century Fox logo - https://streamable.com/ztcrpy
 

ALI - old…

 
ALI - new…

 
4K77…

Empire Strikes Back: German ‘A long time ago…’ title video 1: https://streamable.com/zrwzv2
 

ALI…

Empire Strikes Back: German ‘A long time ago…’ title video 2: https://streamable.com/fhl922 (1995 THX title from VHS/LD?)
 

Ali…

 
A Mini-Index for info on the ALI OOT Restoration Leaks…

• An Introduction / Overview
• Image Screenshots & Comparisons
• Video & Audio Clips
• Media Coverage & Content
• FAQs
• News & Updates

More online rumours abound re Kathleen Kennedy retiring (yet again! If the naysayers / gossip merchants say it every month, year after year… then they’ll likely claim they ‘were right all along’ when the 72 year old legendary producer does eventually step down!) 😉

www.denofgeek.com/movies/star-wars-make-obvious-choice-replace-kathleen-kennedy

^ the article lists ‘Puck News’ once again as the source for this familiar claim - who are hardly balanced nor reliable in their ‘reporting’ or articles on Kennedy. Other outlets have likely run with the story as it gets the usual clicks/subs/$ - and dubious source be dammed?

Personally, I’m more interested in hearing of Kathleen Kennedy’s role in the OOT restoration as part of the 50th anniversary…

Hopefully we’ll hear more of it soon - and what a legacy that would be for her to leave… if / when she does decide to retire.

As well as ensuring that Andor happened: ‘Tony Gilroy Says There’d Be No Andor Without Kathleen Kennedy’ (Gizmodo article)

BFI to screen Star Wars 1977 Theatrical Version - an IB Technicolour print at the 2025 BFI Film Festival, with KK introducing the film.

⭐ Star Wars’ 50th anniversary in 2027 ⭐ | Your hopes and expectations (if any)… - with links to other ALI Restoration threads.
 

‘Info Posts’ on the 2025 leaked Restoration of the unaltered theatrical Original Trilogy - by Aurora Light Imageworks (ALI)…

An Introduction | Image Screenshots and Comparisons | Video and Audio Clips | Media Coverage | FAQs | News and Updates.
 

crissrudd4554 said:

[oojason said:]
4K77…

 

a streamable video clip of the above scene (video only): https://streamable.com/vaojph
 

*4K83

You have passed the test! 😉 (and I need more coffee!) Thanks mate. 👍
 

NEW SCREENSHOT COMPARISON & NEW VIDEO CLIP - FROM RETURN OF The JEDi…

ALI…

 
UHD…

 
4K83 (thanks for the correction, Criss 👍)…

a streamable video clip of the above scene (video only): https://streamable.com/vaojph
 

^ https://x.com/sw_holocron/status/2007491848940450045 & www.instagram.com/p/DJj4TLtuiL-/
 

^ Andor poster in the style of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

From https://x.com/EmptyBoxes/status/2008713847444828616
 

^ from www.theblotsays.com/2023/02/andor-star-wars-portrait-prints-by.html (Chris Valentine)
 

 
^ from www.artstation.com/daztibbles
 

NEW SCREENSHOT COMPARISON & NEW VIDEO CLIP - FROM Star Wars…

ALI…

 
UHD…

 
4K77…

a streamable video clip of the above scene (video only): https://streamable.com/n0r08d
 

I somehow missed this until now - though nice job on adding Fives and the others, Utinni. 👍
 

It may easier to uninstall iTunes, move your music library to the external drive, then re-install iTunes… and point iTunes to the ‘music library’ folder on the external drive, mate?

Good luck with it (I’m not an iTunes fan / user - though I imagine there may be other similar methods). Let us know how you got on. 👍
 

NEW SCREENSHOT COMPARISON & NEW VIDEO CLIP - FROM Star Wars…

ALI…

 
UHD…

 
4K77…

a streamable video clip of the above scene (video only): https://streamable.com/w8ayqc

 
A Mini-Index for info on the ALI OOT Restoration Leaks…

• An Introduction / Overview
• Image Screenshots & Comparisons
• Video & Audio Clips
• Media Coverage & Content
• FAQs
• News & Updates

Star Wars Legends: The Newspaper Strips Omnibus to collect classic tales from the galaxy far, far away

flickeringmyth.com/star-wars-legends-the-newspaper-strips-omnibus-to-collect-classic-tales-from-the-galaxy-far-far-away
 

A snippet…
 

'Marvel Comics has announced the upcoming release of Star Wars Legends: The Newspaper Strips Omnibus, a 1,096-page hardcover volume collecting colorised versions of the classic Los Angeles Times Syndicate’s Star Wars comic strips.

Originally running in newspapers between 1979 and 1985 and previously collected and colorised by Dark Horse, the Omnibus features Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures (1994) #1-9, Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars’ End (1997) #1-3, Classic Star Wars (1992) #1-20, Classic Star Wars: A New Hope (1994) #1-2, Classic Star Wars: The Vandelhelm Mission (1995) #1, and Star Wars newspaper strips (“The Constancia Affair,” “The Kashyyyk Depths,” “Planet of Kadril”)’
 

Star Wars Legends: The Newspaper Strips Omnibus will go on sale in July 2026.

Wookieepeida info page: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Legends:_The_Newspaper_Strips_Omnibus

psomaggi said:

Nor seemingly have the care / bother to actually read up on how things work on here - and how they don’t…

❕ I have found a Fan Edit / Preservation I am interested in - but I don’t know how to get / acquire / download it? ❕

To be fair, floppyD was following one of the first instructions on that page given he’d stated “the author seems inactive, sadly”:

“If you haven’t heard anything back after some time (over a month or so…) then simply make a post in the project thread stating you’ve had no success in contacting the project creator - and politely ask if anyone else can provide you with a link”

floppyD joined and made their only post on here on the 29th December - so they haven’t PM’d the project author at all - nor did they wait a month for the project author to reply. Nor did their post ‘politely ask if anyone else can provide you with a link’.

Nor did they even read the thread to see if others were offering assistance - instead… they posted “it really sucks that people with the means don’t have one tenth of the care…”.

^ Yet kind and generous members are going out of their way to help others on here - they do exist - and it is kind of shitty to turn up and ignorantly claim otherwise.
 

Again… 'fellow members are more likely to help you out if you are a participating member of the community here; you don’t have to be a fellow fan editor, preservationist, tech wiz, artistic or skilled etc… just a member that has made, or is making, an effort.

We’re a community here - not ‘a download site’ - so join in with the discussions and you’ll likely get what you’re looking for. 👍’
 

No worries, mate. 👍

A few more of late…

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Mitolyn-Official-Supplement-Buy-What-You-Should-Know-Before-Purchasing/id/140481
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/-Star-Wars-50th-anniversary-in-2027-Your-hopes-and-expectations-if-any-/id/135713/page/26#1673265
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/-Star-Wars-50th-anniversary-in-2027-Your-hopes-and-expectations-if-any-/id/135713/page/26#1673274
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/-Star-Wars-50th-anniversary-in-2027-Your-hopes-and-expectations-if-any-/id/135713/page/26#1673275

We grew a forest WITHOUT planting a single tree

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5g60g9vmlY - an 11 minute video from the Planet Wild youtubue channel.
 

The blurb: 'We’re using underground forests to turn the desert green without planting a single tree.

🌱 Join us to rewild the planet: https://planetwild.com/join/m33
🌲 Switch to Ecosia: https://ecosia.co/planetwild

Across Africa, forests are disappearing faster than anywhere else on Earth.

But hidden under the surface, a solution is waiting: Underground Forests. Root systems that are still alive and with the potential to restore huge areas of barren landscape.

In our 33rd mission, we’re drawing on ancient wisdom and the discovery of an Australian agriculturist to help these underground forests burst out.

Chapters…

0:00 Turning a desert into a forest
0:39 Why tree planting fails in Africa’s drylands
1:55 Discovering the underground forest
2:16 Tony’s breakthrough in Niger
4:58 Learning Kisiki Hai with Samuel and the Lead Foundation
5:37 How farmer-managed natural regeneration works
7:09 How Ecosia turns your searches into trees
8:52 Champion farmers regreening Tanzania
10:26 From living stumps to lasting change ’
 

floppyD said:

There’s been a while since someone offered to send PMs, is there someone doing it still? The author seems inactive, sadly. This is such a great project and I’d like to thank the author for taking his time, it really sucks that people with the means don’t have one tenth of the care…

It also sucks that people don’t read through the thread - to see that there are indeed members offering help with project links.
 

Nor seemingly have the care / bother to actually read up on how things work on here - and how they don’t…

❕ I have found a Fan Edit / Preservation I am interested in - but I don’t know how to get / acquire / download it? ❕

^ Fellow members are more likely to help you out if you are a participating member of the community here; you don’t have to be a fellow fan editor, preservationist, tech wiz, artistic or skilled etc… just a member that has made, or is making, an effort.

We’re a community here - not ‘a download site’ - so join in with the discussions and you’ll likely get what you’re looking for. 👍
 

JadedSkywalker said:

He was pushing for shooting digitally when it looked like ass, cameras meant for news footage. Episode II will never look good. on III they got the technology a little bit better. But they will never look as good as 35mm shot movies on film.

The part that makes no sense to me is George decided no Clone Trooper suits. It had to be faked in cgi.

General audiences did not care the films look like animated cartoons in places or CGI animated. Lucas was able to get away with it because you don’t linger on a single shot. so the fact some of the renders don’t hold up, whatever they go by at 24 frames per second. Yeah, you can pause the movie at home now in 4K. and say good lord who approved this shot it looks terrible.

There were sets and miniatures and it wasn’t all cgi. Yes we know about the location shooting and miniatures. But the overwhelming amount of the movie was shot on greenscreen with a digital backlot, and actors shot separately from one another as elements. Actors acting to nothing, doesn’t help.

Anakin94 made a good point on the previous page; that on the old CRT TVs perhaps some of the CGI issues possibly didn’t look too bad… though once we got the blu rays (and later the UHD/4Ks) as well as higher quality TVs… the numerous CGI issues become more apparent / noticeable / jarring etc?

And that’s before we go down the whole ‘shooting digitally’ limitations of the time - in comparison to quality of film (though that may well be better suited for another thread) 👍.
 

For me, many of the quality Fan Edits on here have done an admirable job in addressing the multitude of CGI issues in the PT.
 

 
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple : www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlF68NIz8dg (2 minute trailer)
 

The blurb: ‘Expanding upon the world created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland in 28 Years Later but turning that world on its head - Nia DaCosta directs 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. In a continuation of the epic story, Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike’s (Alfie Williams) encounter with Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell) becomes a nightmare he can’t escape. In the world of The Bone Temple, the infected are no longer the greatest threat to survival - the inhumanity of the survivors can be stranger and more terrifying.’

Exclusively in movie theatres 16th January, 2026. https://x.com/28YearsLaterMov
 

 
The Muppet Show | Teaser Trailer | Disney+ - www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd3Qqly1eks (30 second clip)
 

The blurb: ‘It’s The Muppet Show! Kermit, Miss Piggy and the beloved Muppet gang are back with a brand-new special event. Music, comedy, and a whole lot of chaos is bound to ensue when The Muppets once again take the stage of the original Muppet Theatre with their very special guest, Sabrina Carpenter! Premiering on Disney+ and ABC - February 4.’
 

 
Shrinking Season 3 premieres on the 28th January…

Shrinking — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV - www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGWSq5mra-w (2+ minute video)
 

JadedSkywalker said:

I liked the Hardware Wars reference with the clothes iron.

Ha! That was indeed a nice nod to Hardware Wars; I watched it the other night - still surprisingly entertaining and fun to watch. 👍