Erikstormtrooper

Great ideas, MTHaslett!

You should get some editing skillz of your own, so you can execute these ideas of yours.

zeppelinrox, thanks for doing this! I'll be sure to grab the NTSC version.

I've read somewhere that the theatrical cut of Temple of Doom featured slightly more gore during the heart removal, and that this was later toned down a bit for home video release. So does that mean the theatrical version of temple of doom was never released on video?

(This may have been imdb crap I read though.)

I was initially a critic of the Clone Wars cartoons. But the series is actually pretty good.

What about the Clone Wars theatrical release? Was that altered for DVD/Blu?

TheBoost said:

Erikstormtrooper said:

I expected Anakin to die in the lava. I expected Sidious to bring him back to life using the Dark Side, the catch being that Sidious has to consciously channel the Dark Side for Vader to remain alive. That is Sidious' power over Vader ... the true "Power of the Dark Side" ... the reason Vader "must obey".

Plus, if Anakin really dies, Obi Wan would not have to make the decision to walk away from his dying friend. And he becomes less of a liar in ANH when he tells Luke that Vader murdered his father.

This would have changed the nature of the OT more than anything that was in the Prequels. If Vader is literally an unwilling slave to Empy, then there is no redemption for him as he's being actively coereced to do evil by a very real threat.

And how does it make Obi less of a liar?

Vader may be a slave, but his redemption becomes more powerful because he knows he's condemning himself by turning on his master.

Obi's less of a liar because Anakin really is murdered. He's still a liar, he just goes from 9 to 6 on the liar scale.

That's awful news. Sorry.

But can't you just reformat your HDD instead of buying a new computer?

If they accept Darth Editous' version but not yours, Adywan, then it's obvious they're not operating on logic here.

My guess is, they denied the Purist because its name makes it sound like a restoration. Maybe they want to avoid the appearance of promoting a restoration, even though they know it's not.

I expected Anakin to die in the lava. I expected Sidious to bring him back to life using the Dark Side, the catch being that Sidious has to consciously channel the Dark Side for Vader to remain alive. That is Sidious' power over Vader ... the true "Power of the Dark Side" ... the reason Vader "must obey".

Plus, if Anakin really dies, Obi Wan would not have to make the decision to walk away from his dying friend. And he becomes less of a liar in ANH when he tells Luke that Vader murdered his father.

But what if Sansweet isn't really leaving Lucasfilm after all? What then?

;)

Jaitea said:

*Now this would need a bit of work......I'd also like to cut out the SE CG Stormtrooper & Dewback, would love to redo the Landspeeder approach to Mos Eisley (would need new background matte) remove the Stormtrooper hanger that Han runs into on the Death Star.

*But this is perhaps another project.

J

Don't forget Ady is planning on doing a Theatrical Reconstruction of ANH after he finishes ESB-R.

Any chance you'd release the rough cut for comments?

IIRC, the torpedoes can be seen on the shot when they go into the exhaust port. I think they look like conical pyramids.

Do they have Darth Editous' version of ANH on fanedit.info?

The starting age depends on the movie, and what kind of experience you want them to have. If you want to sit your kids down, show them all 3 movies, have them understand what's going on, and have them remember it, I'd say 7-8 is the right age.

If you're talking about just Star Wars (Episode IV), I really don't think you can be too young for this movie. It's just good, clean fun. FWIW, I was 5 when I saw Star Wars in 1977. I think you need to be about 4 to "get it" though.

For ESB, Luke getting his hand cut off can be very scary. I think my oldest was about 5 or 6 the first time he really saw this, and he was pretty shaken up. When I saw this in theaters in 1980, I remember being scared and tempted to hide behind the seat, and I was 8. I don't think ROTJ is as scary as ESB.

In my house, any one of the original trilogy can be playing at any time. Over the years my kids have been exposed to Star Wars in bits and pieces. I don't think there's any real harm in that approach, as long as you skip through a few scary parts.

Good for Steve. Maybe he'll earn his soul back.

pittrek said:

Does anybody want this lunchbox ? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/STAR-WARS-REVENGE-SITH-LUNCH-BOX-POWER-FORCE-/360295505676?pt=UK_ToysGames_ActionFigures_ActionFigures_JN&hash=item53e3491f0c

 

 

Who are the 2 guys on the thermos mug? Dooku and Anakin? I've never seen that graphic before.

cap said:

Nobody has responded to my question about a TR of ANH-77 (or ANH-79).  Does one exist?

Not yet. Adywan has said he'll be making a TR after he finishes ESB-R.

I thought the article kinda made a good point.

George has made a lot of bad decisions and alienated a lot of fans. But I can dump my Star Wars figures out on the floor and watch my 2 sons entertain themselves for a couple of hours. Then we can have a lightsaber fight.

I'm grateful for that connection with my kids.

JediTray,

It sounds like you have multiple batches of Fetts arriving. Since I'd hate for you to run out of space, please feel free to send me any extra mailaway Fetts you may have.

;)

Thanks!

I gave the latest version a quick spin. The jerkiness on fast moving scenes seems to be gone. Thanks for your hard work, zeppelinrox.

Any plans to convert the full Building Empire MUFF to NTSC?

zombie84 said:

I fail to see how someone can say "Star Wars is lost" when some guy has a Technicolor print of Star Wars sitting in his home. But beyond this, the OOT will never literally fade away for good. If Lucas doesn't restore it himself in the next eight or nine years, someone will after he dies. Even if his will says "don't release the OOT," mark my words the second the dust settles from his grave there will be a squad of fans, professionals and corporate executives trying to find a way around it, and eventually they will succeed. It's essentially a waiting game, one way or another.

I totally agree with this. The demand for the OOT will remain high, and someone will find a way to fill that demand. If the future license holders of Star Wars are smart, they'll find a way to profit from this. If they're not, I'm sure a high-quality fan restoration will eventually show up.

But you know, I find it hard to believe George would forbid any OOT releases in his will. I just can't see how he would rob his heirs of those profits, and knowingly seal his legacy as a suppressor of film history.

Worrying about the coloring of the Blu-Ray release is a red herring.

I will take a poorly colored OOT over a correctly colored SE any day of the week.

I will not be motivated to buy the Blu-Ray set by any improved colors.

The POTF2 days were plagued by awful, overly muscular figures for the most part. Good riddance.

I agree the original POTF figures were great  - a nice balance of playability and detail.

xhonzi said:

Maybe.  I do want to see if he has any theories... He gave a partial answer and I wanted to encourage him to give a little more on it.

That'll open up a can of worms filled with my crazy theories on a change in American culture - more appropriate for the off-topic forum.