oojason

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/george-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-comic-con-first-look-1236471545
 

'After breaking ground in 2018, Hall H got its first look at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art before it’s set to open its futuristic doors in 2026. With a personal collection from George Lucas’s 50-year art archive, the museum is set to feature artwork and never-before-seen pieces from Norman Rockwell, Frida Kahlo, Jessie Willcox Smith and more. The panel was moderated by Queen Latifah, with Guillermo del Toro and Doug Chiang as panelists.

It’s been a long time coming for the Lucas Museum since it was first announced. In 2016, the museum was initially set to begin construction in Chicago near Lake Michigan. After a Chicago-based organization named “Friends of the Parks” filed a lawsuit over the construction on private land, the museum selected Los Angeles as its official building site near Exposition Park.

“I’ve been doing this for 50 years now, and then it occurred to me that I don’t know what I am going to do with [all the art] because I refuse to sell it,” Lucas said at his first San Diego Comic-Con appearance. “Art is more about an emotional connection. Not how much it cost, or what celebrity made it. If you have an emotional connection, then it’s art. I’ve worked with hundreds of illustrators in my life, and they’re all brilliant, but they don’t get recognized for anything. This museum is a temple to the people.”

The history of LucasFilm at San Diego Comic-Con has existed for over 50 years, with the first “Star Wars” having a panel during the 1976 iteration of the convention. Fans who attended the event got to see still images from “A New Hope,” where Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin discussed artwork from “Star Wars.”

“It’s one thing that this kind of art [featured] will celebrate because of science fiction. Science fiction is a myth, but we have made it real,” revealed Lucas about the museum’s science fiction artworks set to be displayed. “Humans made it real because of science fiction books and art that makes people say, ‘Oh, we could go to the moon,’ and once that idea is implemented, then we believe we could do it.”’

A few more similar articles…

www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/george-lucas-first-comic-con-appearance-1235141385
https://deadline.com/2025/07/comic-con-george-lucas-guillermo-del-toro-lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-1236471055
https://gizmodo.com/a-life-size-naboo-starfighter-will-be-among-the-highlights-of-george-lucas-new-museum-2000635731
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/george-lucas-makes-comic-con-debut-museum-first-look-1236330547
 

A 45 minute video of the ‘George Lucas Museum Panel’ (George Lucas, Guillermo del Toro and Doug Chiang) at SDCC:2025…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=25g-ekjgAsM
 

timdiggerm said:

oojason said:

Looks like a riff on the Starship Voyager 😉
 

George will be promoting the new museum, scheduled to open in 2026, in his first ever Comic-Con appearance later today…
 

George is getting up in front of a live Comic Con audience???

I hope there’s a Q&A and I hope Connor Ratliff is there

Ha, we can only wish.

I’m guessing it’ll likely be a talk - followed by a few pre-approved questions asked by a moderator/presenter?
 

Looks like a riff on the Starship Voyager 😉
 

George will be promoting the new museum, scheduled to open in 2026, in his first ever Comic-Con appearance later today…
 

DavidSeleznovas said:

oojason said:

JoeBlow2494 said:

This looks incredible! Would anyone be able to PM a download link if possible?

 
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Please repost the links in a new forums publication, the creater has vanished…

No, they haven’t.

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First Look Teaser | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrGvZoJNoOs - a 2 minute video from the official Star Trek youtube channel.
 

The blurb: 'Stream the new series in early 2026 on Paramount+!

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy follows the adventures of a new class of cadets in one of the most legendary places in the galaxy. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they will discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.

Starring Sandro Rosta, Karim Diané, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, Bella Shepard, and Zoë Steiner, as well as Holly Hunter, who plays the captain and chancellor of Starfleet Academy. Additional cast members include Tig Notaro and Robert Picardo, reprising their roles as Jett Reno and The Doctor, and guest stars Oded Fehr and Mary Wiseman, reprising their roles as Admiral Vance and Sylvia Tilly, as well as recurring guest stars Gina Yashere and Paul Giamatti.’

The new show is set in the 32nd century, some ~900 years after the events of TNG, DS9, and Voyager.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Starfleet_Academy_(TV_series) : www.startrek.com/en-un/series-and-movies
 

Director said:

oojason said:

Director said:

about the 1997 version DVD which was mentioned earlier: it was released on DVD as a part of Fox’s Five Star collection set. I have heard most people criticise this DVD, but because I have even after 2 years, found no copy of this widescreen home media 1997 version, I can not say anything.

It was not an official release by Fox at all - it was a bootleg.

Many of the older members on here likely still likely have this set from Far East Asia - it was a decent quality bootleg at the time… and was considered to be amongst the higher-rated bootlegs from that era.
 

The ‘Five Star’ release was a laserdisc-to-DVD transfer, in letterbox widescreen, each OT film being on a DVD9 disc, and despite the cover claiming it had ‘5.1 DTS’ audio… it did not. Though it did have a few nice extras on the discs - a menu screen with options! A 1997 SE film trailer, chapter selection, subtitle options, and audio options.
 

There is more about it here: 1997 SE - Five Star Collection - any interest in a Preservation? (Released) and in…

1997 Special Edition OT Preservation Projects (+ discussions) in An Index Of Projects for… Star Wars Preservations
 

by the way, are these 1997 Special Editions available on any torrent sites etc as rips? I have found a few but they have 0 seeders.

 
The 1997 SE ‘Five Star’ DVD bootlegs - as well as 15+ other 1997 Special Edition projects are all available here:-

📍 250+ available Original Trilogy Preservations - some from a long time ago . . . . 📍
 

^ Though none are available to you.
 

Your trolling… within your 1997SE project, unwillingness to provide sources for it, your repeated nonsensical and vague claims - despite being informed & corrected by many on here and TSWT (who have proven time and time again you have little grasp of facts & history - and you being completely unwilling to learn from them), as well as you kicking off at the mods on TSWT resulting in your ban… made that an easy decision.
 

Maybe you’ll find them elsewhere online - good luck with that.
 

exmanubis said:

SnooPac said:

SnooPac said:

I see some people are asking in the thread. Not sure which of you were able to get it or not.

Posting again in case people didn’t see the earlier pages. You can PM me if you are still looking to acquire these.

Another update in case people didn’t read every post in the thread…

Can you send me a link please? 😃

Why not simply send a PM to SnooPac as he requested?

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Fang Zei said:

Mocata said:

Here’s the “rumour”

Because now the well-known “Star Wars” YouTuber EckhartsLadder reports that documents have been leaked to him by a source that prove that Lucasfilm is working on a restoration of the original theatrical versions of all three titles of the original trilogy. He assumes that the plan is to make these available on Disney+ as an extra in the future.

So, I have a fairly big, genuine bit of Star Wars news to leak.

In short: Lucasfilm is in the process of restoring the Star Wars Original Trilogy for public release. Probably on D+.

And there is proof.

I’ll explain as much as I can, though there are limits to what I can share. pic.twitter.com/09sXXaiqcY

— EckhartsLadder (@EckhartsLadder) July 8, 2025

Yup, zero actual evidence, although I did track down a reddit thread where the person who first brought it to Eck’s attention breaks down beat by beat exactly how they found out about it.

Considering the amount of detail they go into, it sounds like the kind of thing you just couldn’t make up if you tried. So yeah, it certainly seems like it could finally be legit this time. Obviously there’s no point in getting our hopes up until it’s actually happening, and even then it’ll be up to us to judge the final results.

IF this project is real… and actually sees the light of day… it does indeed look like it’ll be the ‘closest to the theatrical’ colour-wise since the early/mid-1990s analogue releases. The quality so far, as discussed elsewhere online, seems second to none, (from the OCN, along with other high quality sources).

It’d certainly be a far cry from the underwhelming substandard 2004SE, 2011SE, and 2019SE releases… that lacked the care and attention (+ QC) such releases deserved. Maybe this release would… actually be up there with how the theatrical cuts stunned the audiences in theatres all those years ago. There certainly seems to be much thorough, detailed, and impressive work going about the way of achieving just that.

fanO.U.Tpreserver4K77 said:

Agreed, yeah, I doubt that Disney will give us the theatrical versions of the trilogy. They never care about our opinion or Georges opinion, cough the sequel trilogy cough. Although they may have a private screening of the theatrical versions, if they release it to the public, it’ll probably by the same quality, if not worse, than the GOUT DVDs. Besides, Disney ruins everything so I’d rather watch Harmy’s Despecializeds and 4K77-83 and burn them onto a BD-R. Plus, you can just download Nearsighted Scrappile’s Custom BD-50 ISO’s files of the 4K77-4K83 trilogy. Although if Disney does confirm does at least its nice to know they’re thinking about it. I don’t know.

Really?

Director said:

SOURCES

the sources of this preservation are clear, but there were, I am unsure if still are, debates of this.

I used only one source for each movie. The first movie’s source comes from a 1997 print. seemingly the same master was used for 4K97-4, but I am not sure, the scrathes are similar to 4K97-4 but I am not sure is it the same master.

The second movie: I used a print from 1998. It has colours in the other side of the image, but I am once again not sure why.

The third movie: it has rounded corners, I am not sure why, but some debated it was from 4K97, which it is not from.

 
Could you actually list the sources you used for this project, please? As per the Site Rules for Fan Projects:-

5. The source of all materials used in fan edits and preservation efforts must be cited, including retail releases, laserdisc transfers, special features, menus, covers, and artwork.
    

They are also available here (for those without a MySpleen account):-
 

📍 250+ available Original Trilogy Preservations - some from a long time ago . . . . 📍 - and scroll down to the ‘Fan Edit’ section.
 

RancidDoom23 said:

Link for the movie?

 
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https://originaltrilogy.com/user/LisaORichmond/id/99633 - edited in url spam at a later date

https://originaltrilogy.com/user/NancyRHenderson/id/98482 - as above

May be worth a quick look at other new members around that time with a capital letter in the ‘middlename’ of their username?
 

Director said:

about the 1997 version DVD which was mentioned earlier: it was released on DVD as a part of Fox’s Five Star collection set. I have heard most people criticise this DVD, but because I have even after 2 years, found no copy of this widescreen home media 1997 version, I can not say anything.

It was not an official release by Fox at all - it was a bootleg.

Many of the older members on here still likely have this set from Far East Asia - it was a decent quality bootleg at the time… and was considered to be amongst the higher-rated bootlegs from that era.
 

The ‘Five Star’ release was a laserdisc-to-DVD transfer, in letterbox widescreen, each OT film being on a DVD9 disc, and despite the cover claiming it had ‘5.1 DTS’ audio… it did not. Though it did have a few nice extras on the discs - a menu screen with options! A 1997 SE film trailer, chapter selection, subtitle options, and audio options.
 

There is more about it here: 1997 SE - Five Star Collection - any interest in a Preservation? (Released) and in…

1997 Special Edition OT Preservation Projects (+ discussions) in An Index Of Projects for… Star Wars Preservations
 

more spam…

https://originaltrilogy.com/user/HeatherJackson/id/92146
https://originaltrilogy.com/user/SNAKE-GAME/id/100268
 

likely spam / AI…

https://originaltrilogy.com/user/PennyJEdwards/id/100265
https://originaltrilogy.com/user/AbbyRMartin/id/100243
 

q320 said:

Hey, looks promising, can I get a link ?

 
Why not simply follow the instructions already given by Crossvader in the opening post of his project thread?:-

Crossvader said:

PM for links.

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odotb3 said:

Would love an opportunity to watch this, if someone could PM me a link I’d be very grateful. Thanks!

 
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JoeBlow2494 said:

This looks incredible! Would anyone be able to PM a download link if possible?

 
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Visions: Season 2, Episode 1: Sith

 
Everything about the episode - from start to finish - all 14 minutes… captivating, mesmerising and fully engaging. I’m so glad I watch just 1 episode per day of Season 2 of Visions - giving some time to take in each episode - rather than binge them and then have certain episodes ‘get lost’ in the fog.

I was keenly anticipating this - Visions S1xE1 had a fantastic start with ‘The Duel’ - so I knew the first episode of Season 2 would likely be right up there… and this did not disappoint. The cinematography, direction, pacing, the story… all hitting the very highest notes for me. I think I’ve watched episode this 10-15 times now - and am completely absorbed by it each and every time.
 

Star Wars Visions - SITH - Behind the Scenes - a 4 minute youtube video from the official El Guiri Studios channel.

Season 3 of Visions starts on Wednesday 29th October, 2025. Hopefully the opener will be up there with this and The Duel. 👍
 

Kenobi and Leia escaping the Empire on Fortress Inquisitorius…

 
Kenobi: Season, 1 Episode 4.

Obi-Wan hides Leia under his trench coat doing the ‘4-legged walking thing’ through an Imperial hangar on a high security base - followed by their actual escape. Ugh.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7YGwTyvd-g - a 2+ minute video of the above scene.
 

rebusbrain said:

Would love to know how to get a copy.

 
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archonten said:

Hey, could you also PM me this? I can’t PM you since my account is too new.

 
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Star Wars lightsaber used by Darth Vader to go up for auction

www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/national/25317686.star-wars-lightsaber-used-darth-vader-go-auction
 

 
'The Star Wars lightsaber used by villain Darth Vader will go under the hammer for the first time.

The weapon and duelling prop used in the 1980s films, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi, will go up for auction in September.

The live auction, hosted by memorabilia auction house Propstore, coincides with the 45th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, with the prop estimated to sell at £746,000 to £2,241,000. (US $1m - US $3m)

Darth Vader’s lightsaber is going up for sale (Propstore/PA)

The lightsaber was used during duels in the final acts of both films between Darth Vader, played by David Prowse, and Luke Skywalker, played by Mark Hamill.

It was also used by the stunt performer and British Olympic fencer, Bob Anderson.

According to the auction house, genuine lightsaber props from the original trilogy are rare with this “believed to be the only hero lightsaber prop from the original Star Wars trilogy with verifiable screen use ever to be offered at public auction”.’
 

^ more info in the linked article above.

Edit: Also added this article below - if nothing but for the lame ‘dad-joke’ pun in the title…

Darth Vader’s lightsaber could cost you an arm and a leg - from France24
 

FloDb said:

Hi all, hi Sinbad,

Any chance you are still reading this thread and can send me links to your work on BTTF? Your edit is how I’d like to introduce the franchise to my wife, who never watched the movies!

 
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Superb work - and nice finds, Mackey256. 👍

Loving the new thread, too.
 

Dagenspear said:

JF_Sanderson said:

Darth being a real guy + Anakin stealing his identity would be a great twist. That or the other scenario (Anakin dead but Vader is the real dad with Mrs Skywalker) would make revelations in Rotj much more exciting and the prequels a LOT more surprising. And Old Ben wouldn’t have to be a damn lying liar.

That, to me, seems twisty for the sake of it. What does it change or really add if Anakin stole Vader’s identity story or character wise or if Vader is a different guy who is Luke’s dad?

Tosche Station said:

Gary Kurtz: “When we made Star Wars, Vader and Anakin were two separate people. The idea that Vader was Luke’s father didn’t exist. I remember Lucas talked about Anakin having killed Vader and then taking his identity, but that was dropped early on. The whole twist in Empire was new and unexpected.”

Star Wars Insider #138, 2011

Tosche Station said:

Basically, the Gary Kurtz quote shows that I was wrong. Lucas did NOT merge Vader and Anakin until Empire (ESB), and it was with Empire, not Jedi (ROTJ) that he did this. The earlier ‘father Vader twist’ idea that Lucas had during the writing stage/pre-production of SW (ANH) was dropped before the final version of the script was done.

Or it’s an alternative take from Kurtz.

However, I did find, though I don’t know too much about it, this:

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/50/21/21/5021214ea8807dd151264234afa0276f.jpg

Seemingly an interview with David Prowse before the filming of TESB where Prowse seems to spoil the twist that Vader is Luke’s dad.

Nothing new, unfortunately… as discussed here (if you’d like to read more about it); a few people from around that post SW’77 time were guessing, spit-balling, and throwing out their theories for what could be next for ‘Star Wars II’…

• '78 interview with David Prowse [spoilers] - he reveals Vader is Luke’s father - a 2010 thread.
 

^ with a wider ‘David Prowse’ section in the ‘1️⃣ • Ⓒ Characters & Actors’ category of An Index for Original Trilogy Discussion 👍