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"The Special Effects" film

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Does anyone remember a trailer for a film called "The Special Effects" that featured the first inkling of the Special Editions? I have a memory of this. It showed a redone opening of the Tantive vs. Devastator battle that featured "shock waves" emanating from the the Devastator's laser blasts?

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Laserschwert said:

Do you mean the IMAX film "Special Effects"?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117709/

That might be it; 1996 would be the right time. Time to check youtube for clips. Thanks Laserschwert.

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Laserschwert said:

I've added a link ;)

No official release of the movie so far, I guess.

Also there's already a thread on these forums: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/IMAX-film-Special-Effects/topic/2639/

Thanks again. And thanks for the link to that clip.

You know, I remember being much more impressed by that clip back in the day.

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We were all younger and stupider back then ;-)

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TV's Frink said:

We were all younger and stupider back then ;-)

Ain't that the truth. Don't tell anyone Frink, but I was still a supporter of the Special Editions as the superior versions of the OT up until about 2005.

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Until I found this site, I was in that boat as well.  Granted I didn't really think about it all that much...

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TV's Frink said:

We were all younger and stupider back then ;-)

Most of us were.  But you were still old, even then.  And then there's Benjamin Button...

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Well they recreated those scenes using Models shot on 70mm, as well as using cgi to create some of the new effects.

This film was indeed 70mm, and Lucas is too cheap to transfer even 35mm so why even bother asking.

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xhonzi said:

TV's Frink said:

We were all younger and stupider back then ;-)

Most of us were.  But you were still old, even then.  And then there's Benjamin Button...

I was old before it was mainstream.