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whistles

Nah, they wouldn’t actively seek out an OOT site and then feign interest in it just to “fit in”.

theMaestro said:

Nah, they wouldn’t actively seek out an OOT site and then feign interest in it just to “fit in”.

I think they’d more likely pretend to be a twelve year old Nintendo fan, and flood the forum with pictures of anime dicks.

But nothing like that has ever happened here, so I think we’re good.

Pretend?

Why can’t someone post actual news on this project?
Was it really cancelled for space 1999 or was that a bad joke? I can never tell.

Of course that was a joke, what were you thinking? Mike’s sold all of his stuff to pursue his dream of working as a rodeo clown.

Ouch:
http://movieweb.com/star-wars-classic-trilogy-disney-wont-alter-restore/

Being discussed to death here:

http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/4K-restoration-on-Star-Wars/id/16857

Looks like more bad news. Oh well.

Yo Ho Yo Ho A Pirate’s Life For Me!

That’s a shit article anyway. That’s not the question she was asked. She was basically asked if they were going to make another special edition with more changes. She was not asked if they were going to restore the originals. Article just wanted attention.

Possessed said:

That’s a shit article anyway. That’s not the question she was asked. She was basically asked if they were going to make another special edition with more changes. She was not asked if they were going to restore the originals. Article just wanted attention.

Not exactly, the question asked by the interviewer is pretty ambiguous:

“The vision of George’s final cut of the films that he left us with, whether that might be altered over time.”

To which Kennedy says:

“I wouldn’t touch those, are you kidding? :laughs: Those will always remain his.”

DrDre said:

Possessed said:

That’s a shit article anyway. That’s not the question she was asked. She was basically asked if they were going to make another special edition with more changes. She was not asked if they were going to restore the originals. Article just wanted attention.

Not exactly, the question asked by the interviewer is pretty ambiguous:

“The vision of George’s final cut of the films that he left us with, whether that might be altered over time.”

To which Kennedy says:

“I wouldn’t touch those, are you kidding? :laughs: Those will always remain his.”

OK maybe it’s because I’m not a native English speaker but to me there is just one possible way how to interpret the question and the answer:

I: Are you going to do more changes to the original trilogy?
K: No

So she basically said she wouldn’t alter George’s SE any further, but she said nothing regarding the restoration of the originals.

DrDre said:

Possessed said:

That’s a shit article anyway. That’s not the question she was asked. She was basically asked if they were going to make another special edition with more changes. She was not asked if they were going to restore the originals. Article just wanted attention.

Not exactly, the question asked by the interviewer is pretty ambiguous:

“The vision of George’s final cut of the films that he left us with, whether that might be altered over time.”

To which Kennedy says:

“I wouldn’t touch those, are you kidding? :laughs: Those will always remain his.”

To me that reads pretty clearly like another SE or further “enhancements”. Of course, it could technically be twisted a bit to mean reverting to the original films. But her ‘on the spot’ response is much more likely geared towards the more obvious meaning, in my opinion.

Either way, if the interviewer intended to get information about the OOT, it’s unfortunate that he was apparently afraid to ask directly or clearly.

towne32 said:

DrDre said:

Possessed said:

That’s a shit article anyway. That’s not the question she was asked. She was basically asked if they were going to make another special edition with more changes. She was not asked if they were going to restore the originals. Article just wanted attention.

Not exactly, the question asked by the interviewer is pretty ambiguous:

“The vision of George’s final cut of the films that he left us with, whether that might be altered over time.”

To which Kennedy says:

“I wouldn’t touch those, are you kidding? :laughs: Those will always remain his.”

To me that reads pretty clearly like another SE or further “enhancements”. Of course, it could technically be twisted a bit to mean reverting to the original films. But her ‘on the spot’ response is much more likely geared towards the more obvious meaning, in my opinion.

Either way, if the interviewer intended to get information about the OOT, it’s unfortunate that he was apparently afraid to ask directly or clearly.

Yeah, but the broader point is, that she makes it abundantly clear, that the final cut will always be decided by Lucas. Given that reality, it seems highly unlikely, that Lucasfilm under Kennedy will release the OOT without consulting Lucas first, and if he’s against such a release, that it would ever happen. So, the question is, whether Lucas has softened on the subject? I think it’s pretty obvious Lucas is not very enthusiastic about the direction Disney has taken with the franchise. So, will he look kindly on the idea of an OOT release, that may eclipse his preferred final cut? Either way it seems questionable, whether Disney and Lucasfilm will want to open that can of worms, rather than focus on the truly lucrative aspect of the cooperation, the making of new films.

It’s possible that’s what she meant. But it’s also possible that she was simply reassuring people that they were not going beyond what Lucas did with the trilogy. It was a respectful answer, as opposed to something like, “oh god no. it has been changed enough.” Making an ST compatible OT or any other sort of changes that are beyond his control. There’s a world of difference between post-Lucas enhancements and actually releasing something that he himself made and once signed off on. If they do release the OOT, after all, they’re surely going to present even that in a pro-Lucas manner whether he likes it or not (and why shouldn’t they? He did a good job, once).

In any case, I think there’s a limit to how much we can read into an awkward ‘on the spot’ question and answer like this, in terms of using it to establish Disney’s official position on the matter.

towne32 said:

It’s possible that’s what she meant. But it’s also possible that she was simply reassuring people that they were not going beyond what Lucas did with the trilogy. It was a respectful answer, as opposed to something like, “oh god no. it has been changed enough.” Making an ST compatible OT or any other sort of changes that are beyond his control. There’s a world of difference between post-Lucas enhancements and actually releasing something that he himself made and once signed off on. If they do release the OOT, after all, they’re surely going to present even that in a pro-Lucas manner whether he likes it or not (and why shouldn’t they? He did a good job, once).

In any case, I think there’s a limit to how much we can read into an awkward ‘on the spot’ question and answer like this, in terms of using it to establish Disney’s official position on the matter.

The thing is, that Kennedy’s statements do not stand alone. When the rumors started up again, Pablo Hidalgo stated on Feb 23:

“As far as I know, there’s only one person who could make this happen and he hasn’t seemed all that interested.”

So, combine that with Kennedy’s “I wouldn’t touch those, are you kidding? :laughs: Those will always remain his.”, and I believe the picture is pretty clear.

I think the only way we will see an official release of the OOT is if in the process of archiving or as part of rescanning and remastering the digital master to higher quality they need to turn to those original elements. Otherwise it will never happen. Though I could see another GOUT type release as a bonus content. Perhaps rescanning and half-assed cleanup of those 1985 interpositives. George authorized it once, so I think it is safe to say Lucasfilm and Disney could go that route without consulting him. I personally think it would have been awesome as part of he 40th to issue 3 disc versions of the OT (the original, the 97 SE, and the Blu-ray versions) to celebrate the history and the changes. But we have two more 40th’s coming up in 3 and 6 years. Who knows.

yotsuya said:

Though I could see another GOUT type release as a bonus content. Perhaps rescanning and half-assed cleanup of those 1985 interpositives.

Honestly I would be fine with this. It’s important that the general public and future generations are able to see them. As great as fan preservations are, they don’t have nearly the wide-reaching impact of an official release.

red5-626 said:

Why can’t someone post actual news on this project?
Was it really cancelled for space 1999 or was that a bad joke? I can never tell.

There is no new news. Things are completely dark atm. Annoyingly so…but a wise man once said:

“A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things.”

and:

“Patience you must have my young padawan”

I don’t have any “inside info”… but it seems obvious to me that Disney didn’t accept Mike’s proposal. Since the only way we were supposed to see this was as a legit release means we won’t ever lay eyes on it… though I have this feeling in the back of my mind that when he’s on his death bed one of Mike’s last acts will be to push the “upload to internet” button. 😃