Fated-Dualist

RogueLeader said:

I mean, could it be possible George and Gary talked about George’s evolving ideas for Star Wars III during production of Empire, and maybe Kurtz wasn’t thrilled about the direction they were taking, so he contributed that to his departure somewhat, regardless of whether he was fired or if he left voluntarily?

This seems very likely given the roles of both men and time spent together working on the films for many years. If Kurtz did send in that resignation letter from the company late in '79, it seems he carried on working on it - even in another role - and was asked to do further work/have credit for ROTJ.

Kurtz did putline Georg’s loose 9-episode idea for each film - and would have likely known them as his job as Producer. Though like for all the films by George - they changed a lot, and later changed more to fit George’s ‘I had it all planned out’ plan 😉

If only they would have done this instead:

Many 10p coins spent on that as a kid 😃
 

Edit, just saw ooj’s line saying the same. Must read more before posting excitedly like a kid!

Beautiful cabinet, saw a video not long aog claiming only 2500 were ever built. I assume there are not many left at all now.

30 years since this was released, be great if they re-did / updated it…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_X-Wing_vs._TIE_Fighter

I’ve got to finally get around to obtaining a copy of this up for the office (I much prefer the landscape version than the upright portrait version):-

^ It appeared in Rolling Stone magazine as an advert for the film, way back when…
 

Though I’ll probably end up settling for a more readily available and colour version below:-

There are many remarkable poster and art threads about the site (especially in the ‘Case Covers, Disc Labels, and Fan Art’ forum) - but not much in the way of what we actually have in our collections or up on our walls… hence this thread!
 

So, what Star Wars art or posters are up on your walls?

Or what would you like up on the wall? A favourite image, a whole ‘wall-picture’, commissioned painting, or rare poster?

These websites have a wide collection of posters & art:-

https://www.starwarsmovieposter.com - many posters from all over the world
https://www.cinemasterpieces.com/cinestarwars.htm - lots of useful info on the many various posters
https://www.postercollector.co.uk/category/star-wars-collection - good for some of the more mainstream poster releases
https://www.moviepostersusa.com/brands/star-wars.html - more mainstream / commonly available GFFA posters
https://artofthemovies.co.uk/collections/the-star-wars-collection - some classy and rare posters
https://disneyartonmain.com/collections/star-wars-art - some classic posters and art
https://www.originalposter.co.uk - original theatrical artwork
https://alternativemovieposters.com/?s=star+wars - mainly fan-made alternative posters
https://displate.com/star_wars - Star Wars prints on metal
https://panelwallart.com/collections/star-wars-canvas-wall-art - panel piece wall art
https://theforcegallery.com/collections/star-wars - more panel piece art
https://www.theforce.net/collecting/posters - I know… TFn - but still a good resource
https://twitter.com/sw_artgallery - a collection of Star Wars fan art up on twitter

as well as the likes of allposters, etsy, eBay, amazon, walmart, wayfair, reddit, pinterest, online image searches, etc.

Ah… nurses - now the true oppressors of freedom! (for some)

^ the gentleman seems to think there is a cure that already exists - yet it is worse than death!

‘We’re beyond angered’: Fed-up nurses file lawsuits, plan protest at White House (with social distancing) over lack of coronavirus protections:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/21/nurse-protection-coronavirus &

https://www.msnbc.com/hallie-jackson/watch/nurses-hold-white-house-protest-over-lack-of-protective-gear-from-coronavirus-82334277981

^ arse?

Edit: as in is ‘can’ US slang for arse?

3 quality articles (again, all from The Guardian):

The missing six weeks: how Trump failed the biggest test of his life - on 28th March

Operation reopen America: are we about to witness a second historic failure of leadership from Trump? - on 18th April

How did Britain get its coronavirus response so wrong? - on 19th April

From The Independent (both articles from today):

Coronavirus: Government’s senior advisers face calls to resign over testing ‘incompetence’

Government accused of ‘rewriting history’ after No 10 claim Sunday Times report on failings full of ‘falsehoods and errors’

Strong words from John Pilger - https://twitter.com/johnpilger/status/1252107214396854272

“When Jeremy Hunt was UK Health Secretary the stockpile of PPE was cut by 40 per cent. In 2016, he oversaw Exercise Cygnus that predicted the NHS he was starving to death could not cope with a pandemic. He ignored it. Prosecute Hunt for criminal negligence.”

^ link to article:-

Exercise Cygnus uncovered: the pandemic warnings buried by the government - at The Telegraph

Until 2012, Remploy also made specialist PPE & Uniforms for the NHS and other emergency services:-

Remploy staff protest against factory closures - from 2012, at The Guardian.

More from The Guardian:

NHS staff forbidden from speaking out publicly about coronavirus

‘They can’t get away with this’: doctor who took protest to No 10 - UK health workers’ deaths could be avoided with adequate PPE, says Meenal Viz

NHS bosses accused of gagging staff during election campaign (from November 2019)

From the ToryTelegraph (surprisingly also very critical of the Govt):-

Revealed: NHS staff given flawed coronavirus tests

‘It’s deplorable, they are doing a very difficult job without the right equipment’ - former chief nurse slams lack of PPE

Sorry for the information blast! This all helps me keep my thought processes in order 😃 I apologize if it is too much.

Over 2 million confirmed cases worldwide now…
 

Trump turns against WHO to mask his own stark failings on Covid-19 crisis

‘It will disappear’: the disinformation Trump spread about the coronavirus – timeline

We scientists said lock down. But UK politicians refused to listen

^ all 3 articles from The Guardian.
 

Coronavirus: Decade of Tory austerity policies left UK ‘unprepared’ for outbreak, former government science adviser says

^ from The Independent.

This is from twitter about the NHS (in the UK every Thursday at 8pm many people go to and open their front doors and clap in support, unity and thanks for the NHS), though you don’t have to be a twitter member to watch it:-

‘This is unbelieveably good. Share this across the length and breadth of this country. #YouClapForMeNow’…

https://twitter.com/MrPranPatel/status/1250167541177225221 (with 2 minute video)

^ Coronavirus: ‘You clap for me’ film celebrates ethnic minority workers - at the BBC

Hoping everyone is safe and well.
 

Looking forward to it RoccondilRinon 😃

Apolgies for bumping this old thread - I am struggling to motivate myself during the lockdown to do much, if any, exercise…

I was shocked to find that walking to the fridge to get a beer doesn’t count! In the UK we’re allowed out for an hour a day for exercise - which is something I am doing every day. But beyond that - nothing!
 

Any tips, ideas or help out there for people stuck indoors most of the time? (with no exercise equipment to speak of)

Another few weeks of the barbers/hairdressers being closed and there’ll be some tremendous bad hair going around 😃

^ Stunning and professional looking covers by Jetrell Fo! Many thanks for rescuing and putting them back up Rikter 😃

‘Downton Abbey and Star Wars costume makers sewing scrubs for coronavirus medics’:-

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/11/downton-abbey-star-wars-costume-makers-sewing-scrubs-coronavirus-medics-12542837
 

^ a heart-warming read that, and brilliant to see such a great response to the fundraiser asking to help buy more materials too, smashing past the original target of £1500 😃
 

Fundraiser link for anyone who may be in a position to donate: https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-dress-medics

^ Wow.

If so, I wonder if Disney+ in other countries are still showing the old 2011 Special Editions of the Original Trilogy too?

All those different versions of the films must be confusing for Disney too! 😉

oojason said:

BBC’s Emily Maitlis with some powerful words and a piece - that needed saying, and also highlighting…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6wIcpdJyCI - at the BBC youtube channel (4 mins - taken from NewsNight)

or here https://twitter.com/ed_son/status/1248021250267656192
 

^ Didn’t think I’d see that on the BBC again - a presenter & journalist on a main BBC political program cutting through the Govt crap and dogma that has been so prevalent on its news programs and output for so long now. Well in, Emily Maitlis.
 

First time in a long time, that mate. I hope it is not the last, not will Maitlis and the program’s production get into trouble for it.

Channel 4 News (in the UK) is pretty good for anyone wishing to get a more factual overview of events, and also ask the hard / probing questions of politicians and those in authority - in a ‘firm but fair’ manner.

We’re approaching 100,000 deaths worldwide from this - https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus

(though the actual 100,000 figure has already been likely been surpassed given some countries only reporting deaths in hospitals - and not in care homes, hospices, in own homes etc.

The video of Trump’s speeches on the coronvirus set to a timeline / calendar - that he / his people reportedly wanted taking down:-

https://imgur.com/gallery/8ng5Wjy

Thanks ooj 😃

Is Disney+ in France really showing the old 2011 Special Editions of the Original Trilogy on their service?
 

https://twitter.com/StarWarsVisComp/status/1247876935218274304 (doubleofive):-

‘Just got a message that @disneyplus in France is streaming the 11SE, which is odd because the 19SE discs have French crawls and audio options.’

oojason said:

Hiya Fated, the main reasons why the two respective sections are in the same forum category are…

• We wanted to keep certain topics of conversation separate from each other; one forum dedicated for the OT, one for onscreen content outside of the OT, plus one for discussing aspects of both - yet also the wider GFFA as a whole.

• Feedback from members on the subject of the forum re-organisation suggested they didn’t want too many new forum categories created to have to sift through. (So we whittled it down to an additional two new categories.)

• We just weren’t sure just how many threads there would be for a ‘General Star Wars Discussion’ section after the old 5000+ thread forum was split into ‘Original Trilogy’, ‘Beyond the OT’ and ‘The EU’. (I’d guess at around 300 threads.)
   

If there is enough demand to separate them… this may change - though we don’t think it’ll happen anytime soon, mate.
 

If anyone has any suggestions or further questions (as well as requests to separate ‘The Expanded Universe’ & ‘General Star Wars Discussion’ sections) feel free to post them up in the site’s Feedback Forum - thank you.

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Thank for explanation above, ooj. In the future would the mods please consider separating the ‘General Star Wars Discussion’ from ‘The Expanded Universe’ - placing them into a different section?

It would make it a lot easier to navigate through the topics in there and make them more distinct from each other.

Perhaps, move the ‘General Star Wars Discussion’ section in with the quieter ‘Toys & Memorabilia’ section instead?
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So it would read as:

Original Trilogy Discussion
Beyond the Original Trilogy
Theatrical Cuts vs. Subsequent Releases
The Expanded Universe
General Star Wars Discussion
 

This is just my suggestion, I’m sure others have theirs too!

You guys are awesome for the work you all put in here. Thank you.

A close-up copy of the letter from Mark Hamill that is included in the 27-disc 4K/UHD set:-

^ from https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/1246148312748584962
 

 
A few ‘unboxing videos’ for the 27-disc ‘Skywalker Saga’ 4K/UHD set:-

(To demonstrate the quality & type of box etc. Seems the discs need to be pushed firmly into place in their ‘housing’ within the box set… so there is possibility of some scratches and smudged fingerprints on the discs over time?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpF9IrbWjoQ - at the Review Plus youtube channel. (13 mins.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oi1CmEWP20 - at the Nick Mayer youtube channel. (8 mins.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugunmdU8WpI - at the Christopher Olson youtube channel. (7 mins.)

^ There are many of these type of videos up on YouTube and seem to be pretty much the same thing over and again. The above videos are ones I found that concentrated on the boxset itself (good angles and centred on the box) - rather than focusing on / plugging themselves.
 

Nathan Butler’s review on his comprehensive youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbY5XAwSLJc (24 mins.)

I haven’t seen any videos for the 18-disc blu ray set, or the 9-disc DVD set as of yet. I’ll post a couple in here if I can find 'em.

I’ve been getting into these given I’m spending a lot of time in front of the gogglebox - and these are not half bad.

It’d be interesting to see if they started doing a few longer episodes to see how they fared? Maybe even some of the lesser featured characters as well?

I love the logo and font used in the thread (though you may have spelled ‘Compass’ wrong?)

Some very agreeable choices that you have trimmed as well. I hope to get my hands on the blu ray soon, and when I do I’ll be in touch t oask if I can have gethold of a copy of this alluring edit.

Awesome choices for the covers! I really dig the back cover for RTOJ, I haven’t seen tht image used much before, but it works really well.

Cracking font choice too 😃

Digging those covers Jamesleaf - love the choices for both front and back, and the spines look beautiful.