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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005

vector prime voiced by Mark Hamill
Do you happen to have the Vector Prime commercial?

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

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I'm sure I remember someone on these boards providing the Vector Prime commercial for download once. I think that there might've even been a dedicated thread just for that one trailer.

Anyway, good luck with this project. It's a massive undertaking but would be well-worth it in the end. I'm sorry I can't help - I live in Australia and was born in the late 80's so I don't remember any Star Wars ads (they probably would've been the US ones anyway - nothing unique).

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Looks like I was kind of right. The thread titled "Shadows of the Empire Trailer" turned up a copy of the Vector Prime trailer. The YSI link is there still but long out of date. I remember downloading it but I can't find it at the moment. You can ask daveytod for it, as it was him who provided it via yousendit.

Btw, I remembered I once archived the Force Commander mini-website. Here is the "teaser video" from the site (surprisingly it's still online!): Force Commander Teaser Video.

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Yep, I've got the Vector Prime TV ad if you want it Skot

FINISHED:
The Sith Revealed - A Scrapbook
Episode III The Video Game - The Movie
24: The Missing Day
Star Wars - The Interactive Board Game DVD
Battlefront - Journal of the 501st
The Clones Revealed

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Originally posted by: daveytod
Yep, I've got the Vector Prime TV ad if you want it Skot
I could have sworn I had that Vector Prime trailer once, but after searching it did not turn up, so if you could get it to me somehow that would be great.

I've made some corrections and edits to the commercial list and added a few more commercials - most notably more of the 2005 commercials by 7 Eleven and Burger King featuring Star Wars characters. I was surprised to see one BK commercial even features Jawas! That would be only the second time ever by my count that Jawas have appeared in a commercial, originally only seen in a Burger Chef spot in 1978.

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

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maybe you should start noting which ones you have, quality, format, run time etc

FINISHED:
The Sith Revealed - A Scrapbook
Episode III The Video Game - The Movie
24: The Missing Day
Star Wars - The Interactive Board Game DVD
Battlefront - Journal of the 501st
The Clones Revealed

email me for details daveytod AT btinternet DOT com

 

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I think Skot's the webmaster of that site. So, while it might prove useful, I'm sure he already has it.

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Originally posted by: klokwerk
I think Skot's the webmaster of that site. So, while it might prove useful, I'm sure he already has it.
'Tis true.

I do think it would be a good idea to put notes down about what I have and what kind of quality it's in, as it's never too early to start the search for better quality. Perhaps this would go along with having a website with screen shots.

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

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Heres two for ya

Apple spoof

http://www.onedigitallife.com/2004/06/03/star-wars-apple-spoof/#
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and Darth vs The Japanese Security Guards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJqLQoOXrL8&search=vader%20%2B%20japan
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Not ads but funny as hell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWAV86HAnNk

http://gorillamask.net/rcdarth.shtml
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Troy: Thanks for the links, but yeah... I'm looking for real ads, not unofficial spoofs or fan creations. However, spoofs and fan-made commercials make worthy preservation projects in themselves.

In the meantime, I'm working on trying to document what my best sources are for the commercials on the list that I do have. Some of them are in decent quality and some are horribly small compressed files. I've also been helping Sluggo out a bit with the trailers project. There are a fair number that weren't included on the official DVDs.

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

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I'll start my thread on the Trailer project with the list this weekend.
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Hey SKot,

I am pretty sure I still have the 1990's UK Star Wars 'Tunes' (menthol sweets/candy) advert/commercial on a PAL VHS at home. It's a spoof of a sequence from Star Wars. I am pretty sure they constructed the set (rather than using CG). It includes a very camp Imperial Lieutenant and a rather annoyed Darth.

Do you have this already? If not, would you be interested in including it?

When I get the chance, I will have a look through to see if there are any others on the tape.

JD

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Originally posted by: Jambe Davdar
Hey SKot,

I am pretty sure I still have the 1990's UK Star Wars 'Tunes' (menthol sweets/candy) advert/commercial on a PAL VHS at home. It's a spoof of a sequence from Star Wars. I am pretty sure they constructed the set (rather than using CG). It includes a very camp Imperial Lieutenant and a rather annoyed Darth.

Do you have this already? If not, would you be interested in including it?

When I get the chance, I will have a look through to see if there are any others on the tape.

JD
I love that one! It's one of my all-time favorites... I've watched it a zillion times, and it still makes me laugh every time. I guess it's from 1996, which would mean the sets are undoubtedly real (funny how important that's become these days).

My copy of it is a file of medium resolution. I have been hoping to upgrade it, so it would be great to get a nicer copy for the project. Drop me an e-mail and we'll work out the details.

"But they come in three fruity flavors...oop!"

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

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I still don't have the Vector Prime commercial. It was once on starwars.com here:

http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/1.html

...but now appears to be totally screwed up when you try to play it back. Not uncommon for the older videos on starwars.com - has anybody tried playing back some of the Lynne's Diaries from Episode I? They were converted from the original RealPlayer format to QuickTime when starwars.com converted over, and some of them now don't play at all. I think the same problem occurred with the Anatomy Of A Dewback documentaries.

Anyway, daveytod: write to me at 'skotk at hotmail dot com' and I'll get you a way to upload the Vector Prime thing to me.

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

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In terms of novel trailers, I have:
* Darth Maul Shadow Hunter
* Shadows of the Empire
and the videogame one;
* Force Commander

I also have the Vector Prime commercial. This and the above ones were posted here on OT a long time ago and I've dug them up for you. I've uploaded the Vector Prime one to YouSendIt. Here's the link. Everyone: Please let SKot get it before the link expires.

In regards to videogame trailers/commercials/whatever-you-want-to-call-ems, I have a list of links to all of the active ones I could find via starwars.com and elsewhere. Did you want me to post those links at all?

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Got it; thanks a bunch! This one must have been off a TV capture, it looks like.

Video game trailers: sure, go ahead and post 'em. I'd like to see what we might be missing.

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

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Originally posted by: SKot
Video game trailers: sure, go ahead and post 'em. I'd like to see what we might be missing.
--SKot

I'm not sure how useful these will be because most are tiny resolution QT files, but here are all the videogame related 'commercials' and 'trailers' that I could find:
Star Wars: Episode I: Insider's Guide (Preview Video)
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (Teaser) Released: 2.18.99
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (Updated Game Footage) Released: 4.12.99
Star Wars: Episode I Racer (for Dreamcast) (Teaser) Released: 3.23.00
Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (for PSX/PC) (Teaser) Released: 5.28.99
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (Trailer)
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (Trailer?)
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (for PC) (Trailer #1)
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (for PC) (Trailer #2)
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (for Consoles) (Trailer)
Star Wars: Starfighter (for PS2) (Trailer)
Star Wars: Starfighter: Special Edition (for XBOX) (Trailer)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Trailer #1)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Trailer #2)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Trailer #3)
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D (for PC) (Teaser)
Star Wars: Republic Commando (Trailer)
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Trailer)
Star Wars: Battlefront (Trailer)
Star Wars: Battlefront (TV Spot)
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (Trailer)
Star Wars: Episode I Jedi Power Battles (Gameplay Video) Released 03.14.00
Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi (Gameplay Video #1)
Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi (Gameplay Video #2)
Star Wars: Obi-Wan (for XBOX) (Teaser?)
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter (for XBOX) (Trailer)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Trailer #1)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Trailer #2)
Star Wars: Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II (Trailer)

I posted the Force Commander link earlier in the thread. There are also the following at the respective sites which I couldn't manage to snag direct URLs for:
Star Wars: Galaxies [2 Trailers]
Star Wars: Empire at War [3 Trailers]
Star Wars: Episode III ROTS [5 TV Spots, 2 Trailers]
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter [2 Trailers]
Star Wars: Rebel Strike: Rogue Squadron III [3 TV Spots, 2 Trailers]

Did I need to post the two novel ones; 'Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter' and 'Shadows of the Empire'?

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I noticed there is an Underroos trailer on one of Rikter's extras discs. Does anyone have this in decent quality? How's the quality on Rikter's disc?

--SKot

Edit: By the way, klokwerk, I forgot to thank you for your exhaustive list of links... thanks a bunch!

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

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Originally posted by: SKot
I noticed there is an Underroos trailer on one of Rikter's extras discs. Does anyone have this in decent quality? How's the quality on Rikter's disc?

--SKot


This is on one of RowMan's Supplementals, and it is probably the best quality you will find of the Underoos commercial, all things considered.
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1113/userbar381851ln2.gif
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8653/userbar381853dp6.gif
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I added what is surely the first ever Kenner Star Wars commercial: a spot for the Early Bird Certificate Package, after I found it on YouTube (horrible quality, unfortunately). I've never run across this before... I don't suppose anybody has this one at all?

The main question about the commercial is: was this aired in late 1977 or early 1978? The only clue is the time given for when the figures are to be mailed out - the voice-over says February as the earliest date, but does not mention the year. That leads me to believe the commercial may have aired sometime in January 1978. I know the Early Bird set was available for Christmas, but that doesn't mean they were necessarily advertising it on TV yet.

It's interesting to note that the Kenner Star Wars experience didn't really exist in 1977--no action figures were even available until February 1978 at the earliest. We tend to think of 1977 memories including playing with Star Wars figures, but in fact that was purely a 1978 experience.

--SKot

EDIT: And with that, it appears I am now ready for the trials. It's been a long time coming!

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

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The figures were promised to be delivered by February 15, 1978. So kids would have receieved the certificate on Christmas day 1977.

And remember there was a snippet of the ad shown in either BBC3's Generation Jedi or that Sky One show last year.

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JD

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Originally posted by: SKot

Edit: By the way, klokwerk, I forgot to thank you for your exhaustive list of links... thanks a bunch!

No worries, SKot. I just hope that you were able to use some of them, a lot of them would have been far too low quality, yes?

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I remember as a kid seeing a commercial that had those coins flying in the air. It aired around the time of Return of the Jedi. Anyone remember this?

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