You guys are looking at this in a far too linear and logical manner - not like George. Star Wars is not a chronological series of events or a tale of cause and effect. Star Wars is a fluid gestalt of lightsabers, sacrifice, laser blasts, redemtion, spaceships, and destiny. It's a big moebius strip, with no beginning and no end.
Oh, and it's also worth over $20 billion.
Thanks for the awesome update, Adywan! Man, that really lifted my (low) spirits.
So this is how the "Official Saga" dies - with thunderous applause.
:D
TheoOdo said:I personally think that the creation of the Death Star should have had much, much more foreshadowing in the prequel series.
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It's only until much later in his life he realizes his grave misjudgment as he recognizes the same space-station that was proposed all those years ago whilst being drawn into it aboard the Millennium Falcon.
I agree that the Death Star could have been used more in the prequels. They should have shown why Obi Wan seemed to recognize it in ANH.
AHHH!! All these lost opportunities make my head hurt.
adywan said:Ganamae said:5: And something that I have always wondered about, the Ion cannon on Hoth, should it's bolts not be blue?
Now this is something that has only cropped up since the PT and the new Clone Wars cartoon. There were no blue laser blasts ever in the OT. This is one thing that seemed to be added in the PT to go with the over-colourful look of those movies. Turning the Ion cannons lasers blue just wouldn';t work. it fires against a blue background so the laser would just blend in. I don't want to change the colour of lasers at all in the OT
Actually, the blue for ion blasts started in 1991 with the X-Wing game for the PC, and has been the case in all of the games since then as far as I know. Granted, that's EU, but it's pretty old EU (if that matters).
In ANH, the stormtrooper stuns Leia with a blue laser. It could be argued that stun blasts and ion blasts are the same thing.
There's a thread at the RPF now:
http://therpf.com/showthread.php?t=53425
Among other things, this saber is missing the red button on the bottom, which the ESB version is supposed to have.
But even for the real thing, who in the world would pay that much?
Great news! And just in time for Christmas too...
Is there any way we can get an autographed copy from you?
That's cool. I saw this image elsewhere online, and I saved a copy to make my own t-shirt. Now I don't have to go through the trouble. Thanks for finding this.
Regardless of your position on Obama, this is a clever Star Wars shirt.
FYI, I recently used zazzle to make a coffee mug in the style of the old Star Wars cereal bowl.
Whee! Doublepost!
The scene with the mouse droid has been a point of contention for many years, but no definitive proof has ever surfaced.
The actress who played Beru was dubbed in all prints. Her actual voice has never been a part of Star Wars.
As fas as IMDB goes, well, I wouldn't put any stock in their info. It seems to be submitted by zombies and approved by monkeys. Take it seriously at your own risk.
Hunter6 said:
Yes, there was an Extended original cut of first film which was about 15 or 20 minutes longer and yes, a little group of theaters showed it, but not long. It was pulled after two showings on opening today. Lucas has turned this little thing into an urban legend. Some of the Usenet posters are telling the truth. No one could have seen it many times because they all were pulled. It also was missing some effects and the lightsaber effects were odd. It was not the greatest way to see star wars for the first. The only good thing about it is Vader use more force powers and acts more cocky in the original cut. I think one day Lucas will add some of these back in some type of new SE.
Any facts to back this up?
negative1 said:HISTORY has proven the SE releases were a HUGE success
So:
TPM did EXTREMELY well in its theatrical run. Therefore HISTORY has proven that it was a success?
That's like saying, I was starving, and then I found a box of moldy old crackers, and it was the BEST MEAL EVAR!
Um...
You guys see that new Star Trek trailer ;)
Killbot said:Another thing I mentioned before and I think others may have agreed, is that the shot where the sheild generator explodes depicts a ginormous explosion that would easily engulf Han and the others. Watch the sequence: After planting the charges, has comes running out like 50 feet away and ducks behind some reeds or something. Then we see a monstrous explosion that looks like its decimating a 1/2 mile radius at least. Then we cut back to Han, who doesn't have so much a a smudge on his face or a black puff in his foreground, his patch of reeds is completely untouched. Total continuity failure.
I've always assumed the "back-door" bunker was some distance from the main shield generator. We see the major explosion of the shield generator, but only a small explosion at the bunker.
Ziz said:The star destroyer launched a half dozen probes down onto the planet. Why can't the one we saw be one of them and the one Luke saw be a different one? A third could have been the one that saw the shield generator and the one that Han and Chewie shot could have been a fourth.
It doesn't matter which probe droid is which.
I always got the impression that only 1 probe landed on Hoth. That's all we see.
One could even argue that what Luke saw crash is actually a meteorite, and not the probe droid. The movie is ambiguous (probably intentionally) about that.
Aside from Force visions, the timeline always moves forward in the Star Wars movies. So having the probe droid crash, then moving back in time so that Luke sees it crash, just doesn't feel right to me.
AxiaEuxine said:I suppose at the end of the day Im looking for a like-minded community to share my favoriteist hobby ever with and I cant share with you becuase anything post 83 you hate.
I wouldn't say all of us hate everything post-83. But the common denominator here is the OT. As I've said in the past, Star Wars is a big place with lots of different types of fans, so it can be hard to find the exact niche you're looking for.
Have you been over to http://galacticsenate.com/? They're not as hardcore about the OT as we are here, and they seem pretty mature.
Does anyone have a hi-rez scan of the first death star? I'm looking for a full-sphere shot that's at least 1500 x 1500 pixels, but bigger (maybe 2500 x 2500) is better. I've been searching online for days and can't find a thing.
Thanks!
Ripplin said:Nice find. :) One thing I like about having the PT in silent mode is that it hides some of those HORRIBLE sound effects! Some of them bugged me even more than Jar Jar! Specifically, it's that stupid warbling thing Ben Burtt seems to have become obsessed with. I can't stand it. Even the stupid creatures in the arena do it.
What about
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Boga? I literally
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can't get enough
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of that Boga sound effect.
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But this edit sounds cool, and I'll try to check it out.
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Believe me, I understand the frustration with George Lucas, the questionable marketing he's used over the years, and his tendency to re-write the history of Star Wars.
But this thread is really embarrassing. Can we go back to talking about the new Star Trek movie?
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss, Adywan. That's horrible. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
I used that Vader because it was almost exactly the same as the Vader Adywan used as the basis for his painting. I modified it to look as much as possible like the Vader in the painting.
The "concept" for the cover was that the Purist edition is a more simplified version of SW Revisited, hence the "simplified" version of the painting I was shooting for.
Thanks for the info, Adywan. Very helpful!
OK. I think I'm finished my cover for the Purist Edition. Here it is:
Dowload the hi-rez version HERE.
Adywan (or anyone else):
Can you identify some fonts used on the official cover?
I'd like to get the font for the back body text, as well as the "Star Wars Revisited" font from the spine.
I'm working on a cover for the Purist Edition, and I'd like to match the official cover as much as possible.
Thanks!
So Zombie, are you still working on this? It's something I've been looking forward to.
SilverWook said:The overture was legitimately released in the 90's on a compilation CD of Sci-Fi movies scores put out by the SciFi Channel. It has always sounded great to me.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sci-Fis-Greatest-Hits-Volume-1-Final-Frontiers-O_W0QQitemZ120316472035QQihZ002QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I have this Sci-fi channel CD. Let me know I can help y'all out in any way.
Welcome aboard, Alex! I have a good feeling about this.
So, will this ball start rolling by itself, or does someone need to start it rolling? :)
A lightsaber is the same from all sides. A face is not. To replace a face as it turns, you need the replacement face from all the same angles. Plus, as humans we are trained to see faces; this would have to be seamless for it to work.
