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There's no PRETENDING the prequels don't exist. People know they exist, and they suck hard.
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
And if they were burned-in, that trouble wouldn't exist because they'd be safely in the image (where they're supposed to be) no matter what kind of television setup you have. And how about with the nice original font?


Best of both worlds, they could've generated the subtitles on the frame. That way, you get the original, unaltered theatrical experience, and those fluent in Rodian can turn them off.
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MY DREAM BOXSET:

Disc 1-Star Wars (1977)
Anamorphic Widescreen Remastered.
Mono Track, 2.0 stereo track, and new 5.1 mix

Disc 2-The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Anamorphic Widescreen Remastered.
Mono Track, 2.0 stereo track, and new 5.1 mix

Disc 3-Return of the Jedi (1983)
Anamorphic Widescreen Remastered.
Mono Track, 2.0 stereo track, and new 5.1 mix

Disc 4-Empire of Dreams: Making of the Star Wars Trilogy
Also includes trailer gallery and featuretts from 2004 disc.

Disc 5-Plethora of Bonus Features
Includes every documentary/featurette on the trilogy ever made

Disc 6-Plethora Continues
Also includes Holiday Special

Disc 7-Star Wars-A Musical Journey

Disc 8-Prequels
Non-anamorphic, all compressed onto one disc, horrible image quality, and disc art says "DRINK COASTER"

And if you've ever bought a Star Wars DVD, it's free. Now THAT'S A SET!!!
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Originally posted by: Scruffy
Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
And if they were burned-in, that trouble wouldn't exist because they'd be safely in the image (where they're supposed to be) no matter what kind of television setup you have. And how about with the nice original font?


Best of both worlds, they could've generated the subtitles on the frame. That way, you get the original, unaltered theatrical experience, and those fluent in Rodian can turn them off.


Because so many of us are, huh? ^_~ But I see what you're saying. I mean, I suggest burnt-in because that's the one way I'd know for sure that they couldn't screw it up. But if they could get the original font (whatever it is) and get it to stay in the frame and look as though it's actually there and not just something that I can turn on or off, then that would be the best of both worlds.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
And I'm sure in theatres, the subtitles weren't outside of the picture. But thanks for informing me.


The sub-titles were optically printed onto the theatrical prints, into the frames. If you look on eBay, you can sometimes find the 70mm cels with the subtitles on the film. It's usually the ROTJ ones that you find, from Jabba's palace. I have a large collection of the cels, but so far I don't own any with the subtitles.

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I want all the deleted scenes from IV-VI, all the vintage documentaries and tv specials, all trailers and promos including commercials for the various releases and toys, any other Star Wars related commercials such as the Designate a Driver ad with the cantina aliens. There should also be the cast interviews plus a lot of outtakes and alternate angles. It would be great even to hear from those who were extras. Are Garrick Hagon, Denis Lawson and others with small parts still around. I haven't seen anything on them. I want to see more still galleries of photos and artwork for the films. I think it would also be cool to have photo galleries of some of the various video releases with the specs about them. Ultimately though, I don't see how it can be complete without the original films restored. The color and audio better be fixed on the special editions too.

As for new documentaries, I want to see a feature about the evolution of the Emperor. He was only mentioned in Star Wars, seen briefly as a hologram in Empire which was different than the one portrayed in Jedi and the prequels. I want to hear more about how the character was developed.

Another reason to restore the original films is so they could include a feature about restoring film. It would be great if they how discussed color film that wasn't technicolor faded quickly until a slow fade design was introduced in '83. How film can degrade over time and why Star Wars fared very badly in this respect. How the telecine process has greatly improved in contrast and resolution, so much that earlier transfers don't look as good despite the film stock being in better condition. The various efforts to improve the quality over the years such as the THX cleanup and digitally recompositing blue screen shots.

The fans. You just have to do a spotlight on those who made Lucas a billionaire.

I also want to see a retrospective feature on the prequels like Empire of Dreams that addresses the many criticisms it has and have candid responses about what people who worked on them think. There's probably more deleted scenes plus plenty of additional outtakes and Behind the scenes footage to show. The ep 1 dvd feature was taken from over 600 hours of footage for example.

Of course, if anyone here could make something about any of those ideas, that would be cool too.

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Originally posted by: Mielr
Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
And I'm sure in theatres, the subtitles weren't outside of the picture. But thanks for informing me.


The sub-titles were optically printed onto the theatrical prints, into the frames. If you look on eBay, you can sometimes find the 70mm cels with the subtitles on the film. It's usually the ROTJ ones that you find, from Jabba's palace. I have a large collection of the cels, but so far I don't own any with the subtitles.


If they were optically printed onto the theatrical prints, how would they not be on the cels? Or are you saying that you don't happen to own any frames that contain scenes with subtitles?

And I'm fairly certain that Denis Lawson is still around. At the very least, he recorded dialogue as Wedge Antilles for the 2001 game Rogue Leader.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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And I'm fairly certain that Denis Lawson is still around. At the very least, he recorded dialogue as Wedge Antilles for the 2001 game Rogue Leader.


He won an Emmy award for his work in a miniseries this year, if my memory serves me correctly.
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That's awesome. Glad to hear it. I mean, as young as he is, I wouldn't think for a second he'd kicked it, but I'm glad to hear his post-Star Wars career is going well.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Originally posted by: crazyrabbits
And I'm fairly certain that Denis Lawson is still around. At the very least, he recorded dialogue as Wedge Antilles for the 2001 game Rogue Leader.


He won an Emmy award for his work in a miniseries this year, if my memory serves me correctly.
Unfortunately, he lost. Denis attended the show and his face was onscreen as well as the other nominees' when they announced the winner. He was beat out by Jeremy Irons' work in "Elizabeth I".

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Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes
Originally posted by: crazyrabbits
And I'm fairly certain that Denis Lawson is still around. At the very least, he recorded dialogue as Wedge Antilles for the 2001 game Rogue Leader.


He won an Emmy award for his work in a miniseries this year, if my memory serves me correctly.
Unfortunately, he lost. Denis attended the show and his face was onscreen as well as the other nominees' when they announced the winner. He was beat out by Jeremy Irons' work in "Elizabeth I".


Seriously? Damn, I had thought I had heard that he won. That sucks.
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
If they were optically printed onto the theatrical prints, how would they not be on the cels? Or are you saying that you don't happen to own any frames that contain scenes with subtitles?
They're on the cels, I just don't own any of the particular shots that were subtitled. I've bid on a few over the years because I thought it would be fun to have one, but haven't won any.

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The first half of Elizabeth I wasn't bad, but the second half became kind of a creepy soap opera. What was Lawson nominated for?
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Originally posted by: Scruffy
What was Lawson nominated for?


Bleak House

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Dang. Lost Miss Summerson and the Emmy in that one.
"It's the stoned movie you don't have to be stoned for." -- Tom Shales on Star Wars
Scruffy's gonna die the way he lived.
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I've heard that there are some rumbling over at HTF that the OOT will not be in the boxed set, which would disappoint but not surprise me. Anyone else heard?

I think everyone's screaming over badly placed subtitles. They could've been made 16:9 safe, but they weren't.


The discs weren't 16:9, so that's probably what LFL was thinking.

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Aside from the updated versions of the films, I want as much Carrie Fisher behind the scenes imagery and video as they have, with a priority on the shots they filmed before they decided to use gaffer tape.

And maybe world peace if he can swing it.
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