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#89113
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<strong>The &quot;EditDroid&quot; Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/89113/action/topic#89113
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Originally posted by: Rikter
Darth Simon -

sorry about that I was cutting and pasting - SO SORRY!!


- And back to the thread - it sure is hard to make an NFO for a set that no one claims


Not a problem, honest mistake and its been corrected now so all is good.

Seem to have done a great job on the NFO (though yours are always kick ass, and packed with details) I really like the name you came up with for the set...adds to the allure of it
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#89309
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Six Degrees of Separation, (non starwars)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/89309/action/topic#89309
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Originally posted by: Bossk
Very nicely done! I'm impressed. And you linked me to my earliest childhood crush (Maureen McCormick). Thank you that much more.


I do what i can

As far as whats next i dunno, im thinking something up, but someone can jump in. I figure this has kinda gone to a random actor link/link me to such and such an actor so gotta think up one that fits with the theme
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#89249
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Six Degrees of Separation, (non starwars)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/89249/action/topic#89249
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Very nice bossk, not the one i came up with.

in an ironic kinda way, my path actually connected through the main character who my brother actually interacts with in the movie.

(Bomb the System) Mark Webber (Boiler Room) Vin Diesel (xXx) Samuel L. Jackson
Ben Affleck (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) Mark Hamill/Carrie Fisher

ok, Bossk is this right

Bossk (given link) Kevin Smith (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) Carrie Fisher (The Blues Brothers) Dan Aykroyd (Tommy Boy) David Spade (Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star) Maureen McCormick who plays Marcia Brady
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#89227
Topic
Empire of Dreams - what was your imagined Star Wars story...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/89227/action/topic#89227
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Originally posted by: Rebel11_38
I don't think it was necessary to know where Anakin was born. He should have simply been introduced during the Clone Wars.


I think it actually would have worked well to not say where he came from, make him an orphan. Him not knowing who his parents/origin was would have added to his character and been able to help build him as some troubled youth. I think someone mentioned something like this earlier...and i have to agree that it would probably have been a very good way to go with Anakin's character

-Darth Simon
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#89194
Topic
Empire of Dreams - what was your imagined Star Wars story...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/89194/action/topic#89194
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I have to disagree. I think having Anakin from Alderaan would have been just as bad, if not worse, than having him from Tatooine.

Anakin from Tatooine has the problem that someone with the same name as Anakin is now living on Anakin's home planet. How did the empire over look this one?

Anakin from Alderaan, kinda of pointless actually. Padme and Bail Organa are both senators, if they have similar ideals it is very possible that they are friends so he offered to take one of the children after she died, and actually could have offered to take them both back to alderaan with him and help hide them from the empire. Padme dies so Bail adopts Leia as his own, changing her name at the request/advice of Obi-Wan to aid in keeping her hidden from the empire. Could be worked that Bail Organa is actually Leia's grandfather but this gives the same last name problem that Anakin on Tatooine does except now with leia, cause im sure Anakin and Palpatine knew Leia's Maiden name. so maybe Bail is an uncle of padme's name is different it could work...either way this relationship/connection is easy to establish and we can easily put Leia being hidden on Alderaan.

now, since tatooine was never mentioned in this, it would just be some random planet that obi-wan chose. Lars and Beru could be someone Obi-Wan knows, his parents, though from age maybe his brother or cousin. The empire, at least at the time of Obi-Wan's choosing of this planet, had no interest/had not yet 'conquored' it. So when they do they never notice this Skywalker kid living there.

-Darth Simon
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#89193
Topic
Six Degrees of Separation, (non starwars)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/89193/action/topic#89193
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Ok, i have one that im not sure on the feasibilty as i havent tried it myself yet, but i plan on doing so later, I just need to get back to work right now.

so heres the challenge. Connect my brother to any star wars character preferably via Bossk's rules.

here's the thing, the first step is a little against the rules itself, as my brother is not credited on imdb for any of the movies he appears in. The movies were directed/written by a friend of his whos imdb entry is here http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1266372/ only the one movie has credits listed for it.

so basically the challenge is to link Bomb The System, to any actor in Star Wars as per Bossk's rules in 5 jumps (the first jump is automatically used up linking the first actor from Bomb the System to my brother)

this movie has been shown in a bunch of theaters all over the world through various film festivles and is possibly going to be released in a couple of theaters in New York and LA this summer

Good Luck

-Darth Simon
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#89177
Topic
Empire of Dreams - what was your imagined Star Wars story...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/89177/action/topic#89177
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
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Originally posted by: TheSessler
There went the validity of Chaltab's snide remark.


Snide? Who uses that word anymore?

Anyway, Mothma, Leia, and Luke are just cameos. Obviously the Skywalker twins won't have any dialogue, and Mothman probably won't have a whole lot.

I don't understand why having some OT characters hurts the PT anyway. I think it boosts continuity, which seemed pretty weak after TMP.


Actually, thats exactly why I personally see it as a problem. Thats all these cameos are there for, to boose the very weak continuity...the only characters that need to be in the prequal are Yoda, Obi-Wan, Anakin, Palpatine.

sure your gonna have small overlaps like Bail Organa (but its those small ones that just occur that actually boost the continuity, as apposed to ones like Fett Chewbacca tha are more like, "See, no really, it is Star Wars. It has every character you could possibly think of from the OT that we could jam into it"

Ok, i can kinda see the droids, but their introduction seemed very very forced. Plus it actually added a lot of continuity errors. Sure the droids could get a memory wipe. but Obi-Wan? also how did the droids end up with Captain Antillies on the Tantive IV. wouldnt a logical place for them to end up be with bail Organa. I mean based on statements from the OT by Leia we are led to believe that Padme actually survived for a period of time because Leia remembers her (images mostly). but yes, the way the droids are in could be worked out...though it shouldnt need to be, they should flow.

But cameos that could have been left out (not including the droids)
Fett - lame if you ask me...was better left with his past as a mystery.
Greedo - forgot about that didnt you...probably a self defense mechanisme to retain your sanity
Chewie - ugh, any wookies for that matter...honestly it doesnt fit (i can go into why in a seperate post if people need it explained)
Jabba - again, just another brief appearance to say, see its Star Wars, this character was in Star Wars
Owen and Beru - again more forced "See more characters you know", ideally in my opinion tatooine would have been left out, would have explained (or actually
eliminated the need to explain a lot of continuity errors)

Mon Mothma, Tarkin, and probably Ackbar - again..why? just more forced look, see star wars characters.
Luke and Leia...ok, kinda of needed depending one where episode III actually goes...but could easily be left out, and have it left with Padme pregnent...maybe in a situation where its like...did she get out...it sure seemed like it, but they didnt actually show...i dont know how well that would work, id have to think about it in the context of the story

then we get all the wonderfull, look, these planets are the same too.

Coruscant - this one was needed, but could have been left out of the SE's ending
Tatooine - forced
Alderaan was mentioned, this is actually how i think more of the references should have been made (when talking about Chancellor nominations, "Bail Organa from Alderaan" )

did i leave anything out?

i guess we could go into the forced vehicle inclusions...ok, the resemblence of the ships to the ships in the OT was done fairly well, but i did have a problem with Anakin on a speeder bike on Tatooine, a lot of people here read the EU books, he should have been on a swoop, from Shadows of the Empire i got the impression that was what was used on Tatooine, not speeder bikes, kind of like the Tatooine model of the bikes.

think that covers most of the forced continuities vs ones that flowed easily.

-Darth Simon
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#89154
Topic
Six Degrees of Separation, (non starwars)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/89154/action/topic#89154
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fine

Kevin Conroy (Chain of Desire) Linda Fiorentino (Dogma) Kevin Smith or Jason Mews (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) Mark Hamill/Carrie Fisher

oops thats connecting him to Star Wars

Kevin Conroy (Chain of Desire) Linda Florentino (Men In Black) Will Smith (Independance Day) Jeff Goldblum (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension) Christopher Lloyd

dont have another challenge so someone take it or maybe ill post one later if i come up with it (btw, this follows Bossk's rules as well )

-Darth Simon
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#89112
Topic
Hayden replacing Sebastian Shaw in ROTJ
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/89112/action/topic#89112
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not that i support (or dont support) the casting of Hayden as Anakin (actual not sure how i feel about it). But you people do have to remember that Han, Luke, Leia, Anakin, Obi-Wan, et al. Are not necessarily human, they're bodies dont necessarily behave the same way as ours do...remember the first line you see when ANH starts 'A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away...'

though even taking that in to account, it really doesnt make sense that someone that has been so mauled/disfigured (falling into lava does that) would grow...build muscle mass maybe, i mean their technology is much better than ours (bacta tank) but as far as growing taller thing I think id have to agree that maybe he would gain 3-6 inches from the suit (think about it, boots add height, thickness of the helmet, space between top of his head and the helmet), but thats it. Dont feel like looking back for what the actual height difference that needs to be made up is, so not sure if that would do it, but its food for thought.

-Darth Simon
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#89111
Topic
Empire of Dreams - what was your imagined Star Wars story...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/89111/action/topic#89111
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YodaIYF, thanks, glad to know you enjoy my ideas...i really like addition to the scene as well...the irony and symbolism that could be worked into that would be amazing. I mean it would basically be an outward representation of the struggle that Anakin/Vader has inwardly (this is really only presented later on in ROTJ, so if you watch OT then PT it would be one of those 'oh, man, i never realized that' type scenes.

though this throws the whole 'Curse of the blue saber' thing out of wack. But at the same time it shows that Vader has not yet been able to destroy all of Anakin (or can if you analyze it). Thinking about it though, i wonder if this later detracts from the scene in Empire where Luke fights Vader using his father's lightsaber. What do you guys think? while it would make a cool scene how would it work when it gets analyzed (as you know it would be if the movie were made this way)? Is there a way to do something similar (have Anakin (through his saber or something else) 'save' Obi-Wan from Vader) without taking away from the Father-Son dual that uses Anakin's/Vader's saber? Id be interested to see what people think on this, and if they think that it actually would detract from this scene.

-Darth Simon
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#88972
Topic
<strong>The &quot;EditDroid&quot; Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/88972/action/topic#88972
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Originally posted by: DanielB
Originally posted by: Rikter
Originally posted by: Darth Simon
No disrespect to those that have labor hard to create these DVD's (myself included) but screw the elitist attitude of "don't share these" - DON'T CREATE THE DARN THING in the first place if you don't want it shared
What would this forum be like without your triple-posts Rik? I concur.


woah, not trying to derail the thread again but would someone be so kind as to tell me when the heck i said this and in what thread it was that i said this...because i have absolutely no memory of this comment and am sure i never said it

-Darth Simon
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#88789
Topic
The Return of Six Degrees of Star Wars
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/88789/action/topic#88789
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William Ragsdale (Mannequin: On The Move) Kristy Swanson (Dude, Where's My Car?) Seann William Scott (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) Carrie Fisher & Mark Hamill

Hopefully this one will present a little challenge

Edward Brophy

edit*

haha, yeah, i picked it cause it only had one credit but I actually got her name from picking The Neverending story dvd off my shelf and then looking it up on IMDB, actually thought you were gonna use the same path i did when you started

Tami Stronach (Neverending Story) Barret Oliver (Cacoon) Jessica Tandy (Nobody's Fool) Bruce Willis (Unbreakable) Samuel L. Jackson

and i just noticed they have the same end actor
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#88787
Topic
THE PSYCHO REVIEW
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/88787/action/topic#88787
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Hey DAYV,

I didnt see it in the beginning of the thread so was wondering if you could give us the specs of they home theater you watch these dvds on. Your always talking about the sound quality so was kinda curious as to what kind of sound system (and video for that matter) you have in you setup.

-Darth Simon