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Revenge of the Sith - Remastered Celebration III 2005 "Spectacular" Footage

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I want to share something I did (a little editing), and I hope this is the right category here.

Maybe some of you will remember that, especially when you were around at millenniumfalconDOTcom or the JC forums back at the days in 2005. On 23rd of April 2005, around a month before the release of the then new and “last” movie of the Star Wars saga, Revenge of the Sith, fans at the Star Wars Celebration III in Indanapolis saw an exclusive preview. It had an overwhelming impact: the audience was already excited about the final act of Anakin Skywalker’s story, and how he finally became the evil and ruthless Darth Vader. What made the Celebration preview so special was the dark tone it delivered, especially through the use of soundtracks from different sources. It didn’t take long and a bootleg with bad quality floated around the internet. I always loved this video (called “Spectacular”), which still gives me goosebumps everytime I watch it. But that couldn’t satisfy me enough. So I rebuilt the preview as good as I could.

https://vimeo.com/172401375

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Funny how back in 05 they seemed to think “preview” meant “abridged version of the whole film”

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Thanks, this is very cool, I have never seen this preview. It could even be used as a “flash-back” inserted between TESB and ROTJ (mini-machete order). Strange music for SW, where does it come from ? (“the mummy returns” ? “Van Helsing” ?)

edit: I’d like to keep a full quality copy of it but it does not seem possible to do so. Is there a lock on the file ?

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Darth Lucas said:

Funny how back in 05 they seemed to think “preview” meant “abridged version of the whole film”

Hehe, yeah… though they left major spoilers out, you can say they showed the entire film.

MalàStrana said:

Thanks, this is very cool, I have never seen this preview. It could even be used as a “flash-back” inserted between TESB and ROTJ (mini-machete order). Strange music for SW, where does it come from ? (“the mummy returns” ? “Van Helsing” ?)

edit: I’d like to keep a full quality copy of it but it does not seem possible to do so. Is there a lock on the file ?

You’re right, it is music from Van Helsing, Virus, Courage Under Fire, etc.
Strangely I’ve activated the possibility that everyone can download this video. Don’t know why you can’t. Try this site: savevideo.me Enter the video link and you should be able to download it. Works for me.

If anyone wants to see the real bootleg footage from back then, I uploaded it here: bit.ly/28ZsBEj

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Thanks for uploading those RooBee, as I’d never caught that before. The people watching that preview compilation sure got a heap of footage shown to them at the time!

I wonder what they thought when they eventually saw (and heard) the rest of the movie?..

Maybe George would have had more success if he’d just released his prequels as ‘silent’ movies scored with ‘epic’ music throughout like this… 😉

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I was there when the screened the footage. I think it was the first time I saw something on a digital projector. Rick McCullum played the clip once and then said something was “wrong” with it and played again only this time on a digital projector.

Very cool clip. I remember being so pumped after seeing this.

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RooBee said:
Strangely I’ve activated the possibility that everyone can download this video. Don’t know why you can’t. Try this site: savevideo.me Enter the video link and you should be able to download it. Works for me.

Thanks, it worked perfectly.

By the way, it’s not related (but close) however I don’t know where else I can ask it: your reconstruction reminds me of a version of the PT where only the soundtrack can be heard. Does anyone know if this project really exists and if it does how is it called ?

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MalàStrana said:

RooBee said:
Strangely I’ve activated the possibility that everyone can download this video. Don’t know why you can’t. Try this site: savevideo.me Enter the video link and you should be able to download it. Works for me.

Thanks, it worked perfectly.

By the way, it’s not related (but close) however I don’t know where else I can ask it: your reconstruction reminds me of a version of the PT where only the soundtrack can be heard. Does anyone know if this project really exists and if it does how is it called ?

Neon Noir?

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No, interesting project though, but not what I’m looking for. More like a movie with isolated score track (the same track that can be found on Harmy’s versions of the OT).

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Very interesting preview… I think this may become part of my official Star Wars cannon.

However, what were they thinking (back then), showing the whole movie? It’s great for 2016, but not before the film came out.

Do they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? none holds them up except Allah. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe. – Quran (16:79)

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Really interesting, cool to see it in a glorified form. Man it’s wild seeing stuff you missed out on.

I think it was more for the Celebration aspect, I thought they made a big deal out of everything being “the last time” that whoever saw it probably wouldn’t mind it being spoiler-ish.