FrankT

Now here’s something a little different.

Kai Densmore, curator of the Skywalker Museum and Theme Park, announced recently that the only known complete copy of the Magnetic Video pressing of the nearly 50-year-old science-fiction masterpiece Star Wars has been located.

That’s right. It’s a genuine bootleg VHS. Recorded on a genuine VCR.

This article goes into a little detail into its construction.

Does anybody know where I can find the backgrounds of the prequel VHS covers?

All. Of. This. This is some Dante’s Seventh Circle of Hell business right here, and I’m still laughing for some reason.

Will this be ready in time for the anniversary?

Looks good!

These edits do look nice and clean.

Damn, why didn’t I hear about this screening? This kind of thing is not likely to happen again. Not here. Not in my lifetime.

Oh, it does! I should make more like it, really.

I had the idea to store a USB drive in a cassette tape case. So I threw this together. Of course, a cassette case could hold more than one…

Nearly ten years after the fact, I finally corrected the crushed blacks on the 1992 SW DVD. I know I should’ve done it sooner…

Just set the entire prequel trilogy in a retro 1950’s sci-fi style. Yeah, that’ll work.

It all looks superb!

I’m probably being stupid, but how can you tell between the ANH helmets and the ROTJ helmets?

The Cerveza Cristal additions are now canon.

Yep, that’s the idea!

Fantastic!

I’m looking at an article from the Boston Globe Sun (2/6/1983) about how Star Wars on HBO, and it put out this interesting tidbit:

"Star Wars (Episode 4) and “The Empire Strikes Back” (Episode 5) will be followed this May by “The Revenge of the Jedi” (Episode 6). Lucas then plans to shoot the first trilogy beginning in 1986 and then the final trilogy in 1995, although he has no firm commitment from any of the actors.

It also states that the whole thing will have been finished by 2007, although of course in reality it took a lot longer than that.

Can you imagine if it did, though? By this logic, we could’ve seen Episode I as early as 1988, and a vastly different prequel and sequel trilogy to what we got. Would the Special Editions or the Disney buyout have even happened then?

Needless to say, this avenue is something of a goldmine for alternate history buffs.

What happened to all the assets folders? Why are they now empty?

Oh, the roadshow cut was released? What happened to it?

Have you any images?

I didn’t notice this until I saw the Despecialized Edition, but that part when the Tusken Raider raises his weapon in the air, the film reverses briefly. (Did I mention that already?)

At one point I read someone say they preferred Hayden because “it makes more sense, since he metaphorically died when he turned to the dark side”. I mean, that’s kind of true, but unfortunately I’m too stubborn to accept anything other than the original Shaw.

Personally, I feel the prequels as they are would’ve led to a somewhat more radical version of the original trilogy. Think the originals mixed with the sequels and you’ll have a rough idea.

The radio dramas are a good start. Episode III kind of fits in. I and II can work as spin-offs. And the sequel trilogy doesn’t count. Legends or Bust!

You’re certainly not the only one.