It was first used in a tv spot for Episode III, believe it or not!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLz1mYzoLVI
That commercial is literally (as in actually literally) better than the movie.
Lol never heard of this. Just assumed it was a convenient misspelling.
a sithhole planet
I think the point of hiding her there is it wasn’t a “sithhole.”
So what are you saying the source is on that one? The recent digital release?
I took it from Star Wars’ original (correction: official) Facebook. Don’t know where they took the frame from.
Changed again. This scene is not this blue on the Blu-Ray, am I right? Ackbar looks so vibrantly RED on the Blu-Rays.
Spielberg has talked in interviews about how personal a story E.T. was for him. He’s called it his most personal movie, and Elliott is based on 10-year-old Stephen. Probably has a lot to do with the absence of sequels.
Not that you deserve a reply, but ET is definitely the most remembered film of 1982.
I picked that up on blu ray last week, it was a $9.99 deal. Hadn’t seen it since I was a child. Literally bawled.
Spielberg could also tell Lucasfilm something about preservation. The blu ray is a beautiful presentation of the theatrical version.
Hey everyone,
So I just downloaded the AVCHD files of the Despecialized Editions. How would I go about burning them onto DVDs?
I’d really appreciate the help.
We’d really appreciate you posting in a more appropriate thread.
Or Googleing “how to burn AVCHD to a DVD on my Mac/PC”
http://www.starwars.com/databank/x-wing-starfighter
A cropped version of the Facebook image is also used in the header of the SW database page for the X-Wing, along with this SE shot which appears to also be color-corrected:
Not really any changes to my knowledge. Apparently one shot is shortened because it was impossible to pan & scan properly. I still am not even sure about that though.
I’ve never understood why some folks have a soft spot for pan and scan. I mean, I grew up on them, even into the early DVD era, but now I can’t bear to watch them. Even 2.45:1 cropped to 16x9 for cable eeks me.
Seriously though, I am curious where that image came from, regardless of whether or not the OUT is on its way. Why use images from a source other than the official blu ray?
Perhaps because the social media dude thought it looked like shit.
Assuming its authentic and indicative of what the final film will look like, then it appears that Rogue One's gonna have some pretty damn breathtaking cinematography.
Two words: Panavision 70
Or make a commentary track out of it 😃
Lol, that would be phenomenal. And I don’t even like commentary tracks.
About a week ago Star Wars changed their Facebook cover photo. Colors are quite different from the Blu Ray, though I’m certainly not experienced enough to tell if they’re accurate to OUT grading, but to my eye this also looks ‘off’.
versus blu ray:
Edit: There also appears to be a lot more detail in the above picture. Zoom in the cockpits. Especially in the far fighter, the pilot is practically indistinguishable in the dark blu-ray picture but clear as day in the top photo.
David Prowse posted this on twitter today. Pretty cool:
DuracellEnergizer said:
It’d just end up being a second set of prequels I’d end up ignoring.What if they were really good?
But…but…it’s not the OT.
This website is called OT .com
Just because there weren’t any others doesn’t change the fact that it was used to portray evil and to contrast with the good, portrayed by blue. If there was another evil lightsaber-wielder in the OT, he would have had a red blade to keep the feel. A real prequelism is giving all darkside force users the name “Darth” as a title, rather than it being Vader’s first name.
The reason Darth had a red saber in Star Wars was to create the simple contrast of good and evil, just like everything else in the film.
That’s an out of universe reason. There’s no reason to think it’s an in-universe reason going off the OT alone.
Why does it matter if there’s a specific in-universe explanation for it? It’s a specific aesthetic that was used to portray something in the film(s). I never said there was an in-universe reason, I just don’t think something such as this needs one.
When I was a kid I thought his name was “Dark Vader,” which I think supports the idea that the aesthetics were very important to highlighting the contrast between good and evil, if for no other reason than the refined black and red aesthetic of Vader contrasted sharply with the more rugged, “monkish” earth tones and blue saber of Ben—an aesthetic which is repeated in TFA with the Rey-Kylo face off.
Originality/subversion alone doesn’t do anything. However, if we’re dealing with a good film that features competent writing, direction and acting, would you think its quality be hurt if you saw the villain wearing white robes and using a blue lightsaber?
Yes however little. It would be a unnecesarily misleading and confusing design choice. Why make the bad guy look so much like the good guys? It’s not even really that original and detracts from the story.
Exactly. In a word, it would be stupid.
Unlike Lucas’ prequel Sith, it makes sense for Kylo Ren to carry a lightsaber because he was once a Jedi (the Emperor specifically called the light saber a “JEDI weapon” not a Sith weapon).
I usually try not to defend the prequels, but… the prequels depict four Sith: Maul, Dooku, Vader, and Palpatine, half of whom were once Jedi (Dooku and Vader).
Remember, Kylo’s trying to emulate Vader, so a red saber could also be interpreted as part of that phenomenon.
edit: Also, the Sith are really a cult of sorts, obviously some kind of ritual to it. Is it that absurd to suggest there would be some kind of tradition like red light sabers? It’s not just bad guys, but specifically Sith, and Kylo’s trying to emulate a particular Sith.
Like, lol. Pretty sure no men complained about her appearance. Also, not to mention, she was impoverished, trekking around a desert, and eating nothing but “quarter portions” of that green self-baking bread.
No more superweapons. And if you absolutely have to have one, don’t give it some critical weakness exploited by a ragtag group of rebels and destroyed immediately.
In fairness, this weakness was far less “critical” than in the OT. In TFA they had to infiltrate the base and plant explosives inside to allow access for the rebels. Far less “critical” a weakness than an open exhaust port leading to the core.
- Fully established Jedi Order with Rey as a student
That would be boring.
Not if the characters are written well. Also what would be boring about a bunch of Jedi and a bunch of Dark Side Warriors clashing?
EDIT:
Also why should there only be a few Jedi like in the OT?
Because the new order is only ~30 years old and as TFA explains, Luke failed in his first attempt to train a new generation of Jedi.
- Fully established Jedi Order with Rey as a student
That would be boring.
I can be specific.
Everything BESIDES most of Ian McDiarmid’s acting and the Order 66 scene.
Could you imagine how good the movie (in fact, the trilogy) could have been if Ian McDiarmid was truly taken advantage of with great dialogue and a palatable plot?