There exists a photo of Lucas standing in front of the EditDroid with an image of Vader's meditation chamber on the screen. It's seen in this preview for the EditDroid documentary.
Does anyone have a decent copy?
Kitbashed
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I'll make a wild guess, and suggest it might be from either the book about ILM, or "George Lucas:The Creative Impulse" that was part of the DC Laserdisc set, although it was sold on it's own.
Where were you in '77?
I've just flicked through my updated and revised copy of Creative Impulse and it's not there.
I double-checked my 1997 revision; not there I'm afraid.
Kitbashed
Essays, videos and thoughts on the inspiration behind Star Wars.
For what it's worth, bantha tracks 29 has some good editdroid related pictures.
http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/specialreports/banthatracks/
Thanks for the heads up. I've found those other shots about, but I'm specifically looking for the shot of Lucas as a tie-in to my The Editor post. For a guy who loves editing so much, it's surprising that there are no shots of him at a KEM or Moviola (or EditDroid for that matter).
Kitbashed
Essays, videos and thoughts on the inspiration behind Star Wars.
Haven't seen the pic before, but trying to find it came across this home video:
This is from April 30th 1984 at the NAB National Association of Broadcasters 62nd Annual meeting in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Con in 1984 showing off the debut of the EditDroid. A Convergence and George Lucas Films venture.
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AolyzBMHAJE
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27hVFq2RB1w
Nothing to enlightening. Although Jedi is shown on the monitor, in the second vid. As this system used LaserDisc's wonder if one of them ever made it's way into the collectible's market?
I don't know but I tried searching google with it and choosing the visually similar option. Got these things instead:
So from google's perspective it may as well be a spider, or a magikarp in a suit....
http://twister111.tumblr.com
Previous Signature preservation link
Yeah, I tried that too :D
Kitbashed
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Google Images is very, very weird that way ...
Heilemann said:
Thanks for the heads up. I've found those other shots about, but I'm specifically looking for the shot of Lucas as a tie-in to my The Editor post. For a guy who loves editing so much, it's surprising that there are no shots of him at a KEM or Moviola (or EditDroid for that matter).
There is video footage of him editing/analizing Empire on a KEM/moviola:
Goto 1:50:45 in the video below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoQ1mOrV8Nc
I saw Star Wars in 1977. Many, many, many times. For 3 years it was just Star Wars...period. I saw it in good theaters, cheap theaters and drive-ins with those clunky metal speakers you hang on your window. The screen and sound quality never subtracted from the excitement. I can watch the original cut right now, over 30 years later, on some beat up VHS tape and enjoy it. It's the story that makes this movie. Nothing? else.
http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=SkAZxd-5Hp8
That's a great alternative, thanks! Well spotted.
Kitbashed
Essays, videos and thoughts on the inspiration behind Star Wars.
Oh, jeeze, I HAVE that photo somewhere! If I could only remember where the hell it is. It was attached to an article about how Lucas had pioneered this bizarre electronic gizmo that would let you edit a film non-linearly. I wonder what ever happened to that idea? Oh yeah...it became the ONLY way to edit.
Anyways...I think..I THINK it's from Discover magazine from '84, in a cover article called "Computerizing the Movies". I'll poke around, but I think my copy is stuffed away somewhere at my parents place. That should give you a starting place at least.
Hah...just found the text online, and it goes on to talk about this other computer he's developed which can produce animation, and is called a 'Pixar'. The other tech is some esoteric piece of hardware for mixing audio that probably never went anywhere, called an ASP. Jeesus, to hell with the haters - Lucas is a damn visionary.
INv8r_ZIM said:
Jeesus, to hell with the haters - Lucas is a damn visionary.
http://www.digitalzoo.com.au/lunchtime/lunch_docs/books_05_vintage_01.htm
There don't seem to be any copies on Ebay right now. Wish I could search my old mags, because this cover is awfully familiar!
Where were you in '77?
And awful, too, if you don't mind me saying so. The proportions look all screwed up: look at how small his shoulders and torso are in correlation to his head and hands. To say nothing about the lightsaber blade.
Alright. Closer. Warmer. Hoooorrendous cover.
Kitbashed
Essays, videos and thoughts on the inspiration behind Star Wars.
Lightdaggers are cool! You haters just wanna hate!
So nitpicky. ;)
Where were you in '77?
DuracellEnergizer said:
INv8r_ZIM said:
Jeesus, to hell with the haters - Lucas is a damn visionary.
What's a "Jeesus"?
It's like a 'jeebus', and strays just wide of attracting the out of proportion ire of right-wingers with no sense of humor.
And, yeah, the more I think about it, the more I'm POSITIVE that's where the pic is from.