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‘Disney’s streaming service won’t include Star Wars movies released before 2019’…

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2018/08/08/disneys-streaming-service-will-not-include-pre-2019-star-wars-movies

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‘Disney’s streaming service won’t have many of the recent Star Wars and Marvel movies’…

https://qz.com/1351364/disneys-streaming-service-wont-have-recent-star-wars-and-marvel-movies/

A saturated streaming market already (all adding up $/£-wise) - and without the main films I’ll likely be giving Disney’s forthcoming streaming service a miss.

yeah , I am hoping the Star Wars content they get around to streaming will have a blu ray release , personally , I think the streaming model is going to implode eventually , I mean , I already pay for cable , netflix and an internet connection and can’t afford any more . It seems like every big studio is starting up these streaming services now .

I assume that’s all due to current contracts and at some point those contracts will expire, thus allowing them to add all the Marvel and Star Wars stuff to their service.

I seem to recall hearing someone say they read that somewhere they didn’t remember, so it’s basically confirmed that’s it.

SilverWook said:

Disney has a huge film/tv library to exploit which they’ve sadly neglected on physical media in recent years. Cartoon fans might pony up if every short cartoon ever made by the studio was available for streaming.

Or the never-released director’s cut of the Black Cauldron??? One can dream.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

SilverWook said:

Disney has a huge film/tv library to exploit which they’ve sadly neglected on physical media in recent years. Cartoon fans might pony up if every short cartoon ever made by the studio was available for streaming.

Or the never-released director’s cut of the Black Cauldron??? One can dream.

Namby-pamby “you’ll-never-see-Song-of-the-Song-released-again-bitches” Disney release an R-rated cut of one of their animated films? HAH!

You can’t sell limited editions and time releases on a streaming platform.

You can’t sell limited time releases, but you can certainly do them and enforce it easily. Hell, streaming might encourage Disney’s “in the vault”/rotating slate of availability model even more strongly than physical releases did. Make a big ad push for new subscribers every time they “generously” bring something popular “out of the vault” and onto the streaming service.

SilverWook said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

SilverWook said:

Disney has a huge film/tv library to exploit which they’ve sadly neglected on physical media in recent years. Cartoon fans might pony up if every short cartoon ever made by the studio was available for streaming.

Or the never-released director’s cut of the Black Cauldron??? One can dream.

Namby-pamby “you’ll-never-see-Song-of-the-Song-released-again-bitches” Disney release an R-rated cut of one of their animated films? HAH!

How can it be a R rated cut when the edits were made before it was ever submitted to the MPAA? And having seen cels of what was cut, it would have likely received a PG-13 at most back in 1985. That Disney put out a PG rated animated film ruffled the usual suspects who think all animation should be kiddie fluff at the time anyway.

I admit, I was going off of hearsay.

As I understand, the deep cuts to Cauldron were made for runtime, not content.

a Star Wars Fan Film competition… (with various categories and sections)

https://www.starwars.com/star-wars-fan-awards

'Welcome to the Star Wars Fan Awards 2018, the ultimate celebration of Star Wars fan creativity! We want to honor the many ways that fans express their love of a galaxy far, far away – including everything from fan-made films to cosplay and beyond.

So if you’re most impressive, we want to see what you can do. Create and submit your own Star Wars work for a chance to win a Star Wars Prize Pack consisting of Star Wars-themed merchandise and a commemorative trophy!

Check out the full range of categories below. Submissions open July 18 and close September 17. Audience Choice award voting opens November 2 and closes November 13.

An expansion of the Star Wars Fan Film Awards, a longstanding Lucasfilm tradition, the Star Wars Fan Awards will highlight the unique talents and gifts of the Star Wars fan galaxy. We would be honored if you would join us.’

An OT•com Index for ‘Star Wars Fan Films / Shorts’ projects & threads on here (and then scroll down).

oojason said:

a Star Wars Fan Film competition… (with various categories and sections)

https://www.starwars.com/star-wars-fan-awards

'Welcome to the Star Wars Fan Awards 2018, the ultimate celebration of Star Wars fan creativity! We want to honor the many ways that fans express their love of a galaxy far, far away – including everything from fan-made films to cosplay and beyond.

So if you’re most impressive, we want to see what you can do. Create and submit your own Star Wars work for a chance to win a Star Wars Prize Pack consisting of Star Wars-themed merchandise and a commemorative trophy!

Check out the full range of categories below. Submissions open July 18 and close September 17. Audience Choice award voting opens November 2 and closes November 13.

An expansion of the Star Wars Fan Film Awards, a longstanding Lucasfilm tradition, the Star Wars Fan Awards will highlight the unique talents and gifts of the Star Wars fan galaxy. We would be honored if you would join us.’

 

An OT•com Index for ‘Star Wars Fan Films / Shorts’ projects & threads on here (and then scroll down).

 

wow , just noticed that on the section of the site that says ,create a work of art , there is a cropped version of the Tom Jung theatrical poster of 77 Star Wars where they altered the Image of Vader .strange .

Vader doesn’t appear altered at all in that image to me…

it is there , look at Vader’s eyes and then compare it to Tom Jung poster here…https://imgur.com/gallery/2JqSA even the colors are different.

Huh… nice catch 😃 (I’m off to the opticians)
 

Edit : Seems on the 40th anniversary content on the SWcom site they use the original artwork…

https://www.starwars.com/star-wars-40th

lol…something just looked off to me about it . the one on the official site looks more like Vader in Empire now , like the scene where he is reaching out to Luke as the Executor is chasing the falcon near the end of the film . His helmet was more of a matte finish in A New Hope , It’s like they are trying to make it glossy like the other OT films

now I am curious as to whether Tom Jung reworked it or someone revised it .also, the Imgur uploader listed Drew Struzan as the artist of episode 7 poster , he did a poster for it as a convention exclusive , but not the official one , though it mimics his style . I will never understand why they did not have him do it and would love to hear more on it .

oojason said:

Huh… nice catch 😃 (I’m off to the opticians)
 

Edit : Seems on the 40th anniversary content on the SWcom site they use the original artwork…

https://www.starwars.com/star-wars-40th

 

just caught your edit , now I am doubly perplexed , they can put the original poster and a revised one on the official site , but no official high quality release of the OT ?