Baronlando

He'd be a great choice even if he wasn't one of a handful of directors who has publicly called for the proper preservation of the original trilogy, but that puts him over the top.

Yeah, I think it's time to move on from GL as a topic.

How about the emperor's close up while taunting Luke? I'd like to see how visible (or not) those optical black slugs are, and how much of a difference color correction makes when it comes to seeing them. Thanks

Fang Zei said:

One is a recent study predicting that streaming revenue will overtake sales/rentals of physical media in 2016.

 That's not hard to believe when you see all the 5 dollar blu-rays out there lately. And the people who are actually buying the discs seem mostly lame and insufferable, judging by the forums out there. (I've been lurking at bluray.com and HTF, where I see silverwook has been fighting the good OT fight even though there's always some guys ready to swoop in and douche up the Star Wars thread)

Pretty cool. Multiple LLP prints" is impressive and really good to hear,  I've been slowly realizing I have no idea what JEDI actually looks like. 

That is really pathetic the way MGM has allowed it to get like this. But pretty much their entire decision making is pathetic.

Lord Haseo said

No offense, but you seem to live your life based on emotion and preconceived notions instead of logic. That's great for an individual, but we as a species need to cast aside these feeling if we're ever going to move forward. 

It does pertain to the topic seeing as how Ady's work is like cybernetics. They're enhancements. The only thing that is dated about STAR WARS is it's dialogue and some of the visual effects and nothing more. The way in which GL tells his story is no different than any other great film (more specifically film series) does. His methods go back to way days of antiquity with myths from many culture

 Huh?

Lord Haseo said:

 ANH:R is better......And with what I've seen of ESB:R that is far better too. Have you seen the Yoda lip synching? 

 Read harder.

Fang Zei said:

The IB Technicolor prints can only be used for a color reference and not a source scan.

 They are scannable now, with modern equipment.

That's still no excuse! You should all be talking about something you are unlikely to know about! 

I've given up on the negative. Just use an IP, there's nothing unfixable about any of the existing ones, even with all their weird glue marks, age, scratches and colors. In 2014, home video is dealing with problematic old sources every day, it's no big deal. (And GL wouldn't have had them destroyed. Not because it would be wrong but because you would need them for further changes and dicking around- they are sort of the de facto negative for the original composites that are too deteriorated. The Blade Runner final cut has shots that only existed in the workprint which is even further down the pipeline. And they're scanned and integrated with original negative pretty seamlessly)

I think this might be the new go-to article when it's suggested that an OT blu-ray is anything but reasonable. Look at the effort Fox has made for OKLAHOMA. Star Wars doesn't need this level of work and I will go out on a limb and suggest it would sell more copies.

http://www.studiodaily.com/2014/05/restoring-70mm-movie-musical-oklahoma-for-a-new-dcp-at-30fps/?hq_e=el&hq_m=2878045&hq_l=26&hq_v=d625a6b6ee

Wow that was gorgeous. This project is going to end up being the most important Star Wars fan thing ever.

Ok, what is with the aint it cool guy constantly writing "OB1" instead of  "Obi-Wan"? Annoying. 

Love it. 

The mcquarrie art teaser for EMPIRE was with the reissue in august '79, pretty far ahead.

This sounds amazing, i didn't even know such a thing was possible.

This seems kind of interesting 

http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Science-Centers-Omnimax-to-show-Star-Wars-A-New-Hope-for-free-on-Friday-257347601.html

Anchorhead said:

Baronlando said:

DominicCobb said:

Interesting read if you want to know how the fuck Wookieepedia is reacting to all this: 

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:SH:The_Great_EU_Purge_(New_Canon;Legends_discussion)?t=20140428034101

 Yeeesh. Some of these guys are bananas. 

 I don't mean to be dense (it just comes naturally), but I cannot make sense of the blogosphere\nerdom implosion over this. It's a business decision by Disney.  Granted it's one I don't care for**, but it doesn't change the published stories.

 I'm learning to not underestimate the sheer obsessive need for stuff to fit together in this little Star Wars bubble. There's no others way to explain how a notion as ludicrous and laughable as pasting an actor from 2005 into a movie from 1983 can fly, anywhere else that would be laughed out the door, but with these guys "it just fits better!," Oh, okay well that makes sense. 

Its going to get interesting when marvel re-starts the comics and they are cranking out stuff month after month that has no obligation to line up with anything at all (and will actually be designed specifically for new people to jump in easily). Soon enough, some writer will draw on a character or event from the old stuff that makes it "official" again. The EU diehards will have a cow if their particular favorite thing doesn't make the cut.

DominicCobb said:

Interesting read if you want to know how the fuck Wookieepedia is reacting to all this: 

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:SH:The_Great_EU_Purge_(New_Canon;Legends_discussion)?t=20140428034101

 Yeeesh. Some of these guys are bananas. 

Plus, just from a practical side, it's highly likely that nobody high up enough to be involved in the story (JJ, Kennedy, Kasdan, Iger) has actually read any of those books or comics. It would be utterly insane to create a story while checking wikipedia or with some intern about everything along the way.

It really would, like how everything in music has a "rarities" collection. The Beatles had their separate box set of the mono version albums. Plus it would give them an excuse to just do it as plain vanilla IP catalog release instead of a more pricey mega restoration. (Which is fine by me)

http://starwars.com/news/announcing-an-exciting-new-array-of-star-wars-childrens-books.html

They're selling this kids book series about the original trilogy like it's meant to educate the demo that knows mostly the prequel/cartoon era.

How useful would the deleted scenes be as a color reference? The directors cut dvd had a pretty extensive collection, from throughout the movie.

(its too bad the new FX seems to be the big roadblock to getting the new cut on blu, for me at least, those new shots ultimately contributed very little, the new cut of the existing material was by far the more important thing)