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#285914
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George Lucas calls Spiderman 3 'silly'
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Originally posted by: kmcherry
Still, it's interesting to read--even if it ends up being untrue--that it will be set in the Star Wars "milieu." Of course, that settles nothing as to whether it's PT or OT or between.


Set in the Star Wars milieu - is what Lucas should have been doing since about 1980. Why in the world he couldn't come up with interesting stories outside of "The Adventures Of Luke Skywalker" is beyond me. Instead of continually shrinking the galaxy by making everything connected, he could have actually enlarged the already vast Star Wars galaxy by writing other stories that were loosely connected.
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#285290
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Anyone else nostalgic to the PT?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/285290/action/topic#285290
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Originally posted by: CO
I can understand the nostalgia of anything growing up, cause it just holds a place in you that you dont' forget.

Therein lies the true reason for most (if not all) the anti-Lucas sentiment and anger where some OOT fans are concerned. We all know the truth, the original story, the original scripts, the interviews, etc from the 70s. We know what we saw. However, and in spite of those facts, we still have Lucas still trying to revise history with his doublespeak.

It would be different if he'd made Star Wars and then over the course of the rest of his career, just made more films (sequels\prequels\parallels\etc). But he's not done that. He's instead decided to alter the originals, lie about them, deny their existence, and (until very recently) keep the originals from the people who remember them. Even then, he's decided he'll control how people see them.

It's that desire to control other people's nostalgia, for his own personal reasons, that angers people. He wouldn't have near the public backlash if he'd stop trying to convince people that their past is a lie - it's not.

When Ted Turner was coloring B&W movies years ago, he wasn't trying to tell people the originals never existed, or that using color is what the director really wanted. Nor was he trying to eliminate the originals. He was just offering up an alternative. People were free to watch it - or not. Even Turner knew better than to try and tell people what their memories or feelings {i]should be.

However, George is so megalomaniacal that he's decided he will make those decisions for other people.
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#284897
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Original theatrical trailer from 1977 (wanted)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284897/action/topic#284897
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Originally posted by: CO
The 1976 Teaser Trailer is very eerie cause it doesn't contain John Williams' Score, and has a more haunting tone to it.


Yeah - that's the one I'm thinking of. It just has that ominous pulsing score, quietly playing while it alternates between scenes from the film and the title slowly coming from far away. It is a much more serious view of the film. That's the one I saw as a kid. When 3PO rises up out of the oil bath, says who he is and Luke says hello - I was hooked.

Thanks, man. I'll stop at Best Buy on the way home. Maybe they have that 2004 release. I'll be sure to check the packaging to make sure it mentions the bonus material.

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#284876
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Original theatrical trailer from 1977 (wanted)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284876/action/topic#284876
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Has it ever been available on any of the releases? I'm talking about the very first trailer (at least I think it is). It has a sort of monotone voice-over, scenes from the film, no music other than a steady pulsing, and Star Wars is written in a plain font - not the familiar logo.

I'd like to have a good copy and would be willing to buy one of the SE releases to get it - just long enough to copy only the trailer to DVD and throw the SE away, or give it away. I'd strip the audio track and put it at the beginning of my soundtrack CD.

Thanks in advance.
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#284658
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Star Wars Radio Drama - *update in 1st post* - completed review
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284658/action/topic#284658
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Originally posted by: MagnoliaFan
I think it has some additional scene extensions and material not in the final radio drama
It does. I read what I think is the forward by Brian Daley and he said they had to trim a few scenes to make room for extended pieces of music and credits.

If the book is ungodly hard to find or something, drop me an email (at the hotmail one) and I'll look into scanning it for the community.

It's not. I already ordered it. Thanks, though.

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#284431
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Star Wars Radio Drama - *update in 1st post* - completed review
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284431/action/topic#284431
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I'm so nerdy.
Since I enjoyed Splinter so much, I had decided to look for a copy of the Star Wars novelization from '77. While I was bouncing around the internet looking for it, I also decided to see if there was a site where I could download the script used in the radio drama that C3PX put me onto. Figured I'd print it out and read it like a novel. A few pages into searching, I discovered that it has been published once before in the form of a book.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f20/stonetriple/SWRD-1.jpg

It'll be here in about a week.

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#284396
Topic
Star Wars Radio Drama - *update in 1st post* - completed review
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284396/action/topic#284396
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Originally posted by: C3PX
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (which actually started off as a radio show and was later adapted to a novel rather than the other way around as is commonly believed).

I remember listening to those when they first aired in the 70s. I wasn't a huge fan, but I did listen occasionally. A buddy of mine back then was a huge science fiction nerd. He was the one that discovered the radio show and told me about it. He also bought Splinter Of The Mind's Eye when it first came out. I can still remember seeing it at his house. Man, he read science fiction novels constantly.