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dahmage said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Jeebus said:

It just dawned on me that Vader’s confrontation with Ahsoka is only 7 years before RotJ. He ages a ton in those 7 years.

I think having the young, unscarred face behind the mask was an artistic license so that we get the emotional response we want from Ashoka.

probably. however that makes me wonder if we will get an ‘event’ that ages Vader at some point in this or another series. (unless there already is a cannon explanation that i don’t know or can’t think of right now)

He doesn’t look like that because he’s old. He looks like that because he was burned alive. That’s the canonical explanation.

Jeebus said:

It just dawned on me that Vader’s confrontation with Ahsoka is only 7 years before RotJ. He ages a ton in those 7 years.

I think having the young, unscarred face behind the mask was an artistic license so that we get the emotional response we want from Ashoka.

And Fox distributes all three still. They’ve been pushing 4K hard. Wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest. Would be a great format seller.

psychic squidward said:

What do you think?

That the Ep VIII thread should do for now.

a_o said:

the vii crawl score performance and recording is inferior to that of Empire Strikes Back, my favorite of the original trilogy.

Honestly, it sounds almost like a mixing problem, especially at the beginning, as if some of the auxiliary horns are muted.

True. While the changes in the other movies are stupid, there are changes in Jedi that make JEDI as a whole become stupid

Handman said:

I thought Luke and Leia were different ages too. So long as it’s not explicitly mentioned, that detail can change too. Also I’m a bit confused as to why Luke and Leia had to be twins in the first place, and not just siblings.

If they weren’t twins, how would you explain that Vader didn’t know his wife was pregnant not once but twice? He didn’t know about Leia.

Nor were any of the “continuity” changes. This is logic I could see Lucas following honestly.

Perhaps he raised the question because the prequels turned Darth from a cool name into a lame title.

JawsTDS said:

Another pointless post about how happy Rogue One made me…

I’ll never forget how ecstatic I was upon seeing Tantive IV and hearing the motif come in after the Imperial March. It feel very genuine and not forced - brought a few tears to my young eyes. I hadn’t read any of the leaks, thus I had no idea that the film would actually end the way it did.

It grows on me the more time passes by - as did TFA. Can’t wait for it come out on Blu-ray.

Yep. People have written that the ending was cheesy, unimaginative, etc etc. But when I saw it in the theater, it brought a smile to my face. Isn’t that the point of this whole enterprise?

MathUser said:

moviefreakedmind said:

The closest thing to “the myth” in the PT was the Emperor’s speech about the devil during the laser-light show.

Also, midoclorians.

What? Midiclorians robbed it of myth.

Who cares? I to watch good movies. I couldn’t give less of a shit what’s in the bad ones. If you call that head canon you’re over thinking things.

Bill Hunt posits that RO will hit the shelves on 3/28.

moviefreakedmind said:

crissrudd4554 said:

Slightly off topic but if the National Film Registry included Star Wars among its selected films in 1989, why did Lucasfilm offer the SE print 8 years after the fact??? Was Lucas intending to change the film(s) as early as '89 and wouldn’t submit a print until the film was ‘finished’???

Seeing as how the Library itself had two copies already and the National Film Registry is essentially just another bureaucratic wing of the Library of Congress, it probably wasn’t much of a priority. Who knows really? I’d be curious to see how many films on the registry don’t have prints submitted.

Their website is pretty vague on the matter:

Have all of the Registry films been preserved?

The National Film Registry of the Library of Congress works with motion picture studios, independent filmmakers, archives, museums and historical societies to secure the best available film elements for each Registry title. These elements are conserved under the best possible physical conditions i.e. low temperature and low humidity at the Library. In some cases, the films have already been preserved by a studio, filmmaker or archive, and the Library simply maintains a “reserve” print or a copy of the master materials which are not distributed or projected and is considered the Registry master element(s).

But given that preservation is the NFR’s mandate, and given the answer above, I would think that they have actively tried to get better elements, especially for Star Wars, whose copyright registry print, IIRC, is an exhibition print.

Maybe Mike Verta could strike them a copy.

SilverWook said:

because that’s always been part of George’s original plan.

So was, supposedly, the praxis effect.

darthrush said:

Kellythatsit said:

It will be an emotional film to watch, I agree. Going to be hard to say goodbye to the princess.

+1. I watched Star Wars again and it just tore me apart seeing Carrie again.

FTFY

I was listening to the Jedi soundtrack the other day, and I thought, “wouldn’t it be kind of quirky if we heard the soundtrack version of Lapti Nek playing in a bar or on the radio in a future Star Wars movie?” Like a polished, studio cover of the cult Max Rebo Band hit.

Yeah. I think footage is more of a tool for investigations than prosecutions.

Edit : this is actually a topic in Michael Crichton’s Rising Sun.

pittrek said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

My Empire Blu-Ray disc has Chewie on it.

Where are you from? I think the non-US discs where more exciting. Why they chose such a boring design for us Americans, and why it was even deemed necessary to be different, is beyond me.

But didn’t you have a book-type packaging? My EU version has picture discs, but a regular “boring” BD packaging

We did. The packaging for the compete saga’s original pressing was quite nice.

And say what you will about the '04 DVDs, they did have beautiful disc art:

I bought a copy of Red a few months ago. The disc is…blue…just like those pictured.

Although I do have a copy of the latest Terminator release that came in the red snap case. I swapped out those cases and now they both look better (Terminator looked terrible in the bright red case).

LuckyGungan2001 said:

My Empire Blu-Ray disc has Chewie on it.

Where are you from? I think the non-US discs where more exciting. Why they chose such a boring design for us Americans, and why it was even deemed necessary to be different, is beyond me.

suspiciouscoffee said:

dahmage said:

TV’s Frink said:

If I get a good set with a proper OOT I don’t care if they label it Disc 87-1/2.

even if the disc art is luke with a sombrero?

I’d prefer sombrero discs to the boring, blank discs so many Blu Rays are.

GlastoEls said:

Victory.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Celebration.

“FTFY”
~GL

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Never listened to them. Never really been into the soundtracks before. Just want the originals on CD rom. The '93s were before my time and are now pretty spendy.

So shortly after this discussion, I decided to re-check Amazon for this item. There was a new used listing for ~$10 +3.99 shipping. I promptly placed an order. Used copies are typically $30–40. Received it today, and the box was over-stuffed (lid didn’t fit completely on the box). I opened it and discovered that not only did it have the four discs from the release, but also EpI and EpII CDs in there. Cool, I guess.

Whoever was selling it (the merchant was some thrift store) obviously had no clue what it was supposed to include.

Edit: Weird thing I noticed. While the '97 SW CD has the original 1954 recording of the Fox Fanfare that is on the original film, and the new Williams recording for the other two, the '93 CDs all have the same version of the fanfare, the one recorded for TESB.