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#232949
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"Star Wars: Bounty Hunter - Beyond The Game" a Galactus & MoveAlong Production
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232949/action/topic#232949
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Thanks for your comments guys!

I have all that material from the official site. In fact, I've downloaded the entire official site for the game, and all of it will be in the DVD-ROM portion of this release. That way you can check it all out without going online to do so.

Does anyone happen to have scans of the entire Prima Strategy Guide for Bounty Hunter? It's a pretty thick book, and scanning all of it would really be a chore. Any help is always appreciated!
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#231799
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"Star Wars: Bounty Hunter - Beyond The Game" a Galactus & MoveAlong Production
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231799/action/topic#231799
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I've thought about adding scans of the "Jango Fett: Open Seasons" comic book to the DVD-ROM section, but probably won't because of space considerations. The story does somewhat relate to the game as it does include Montross, the Mandalorian who is in competition with Jango throughout the game.

If you complete certain goals in the game, you can unlock images from that comic book, concept art, CCG cards, and outtakes. A lot of this stuff will be on the DVD.

There are a couple of other things I am looking for to include:

-- G4 broadcast a couple of reports in 2002 about the release of the game. One thing was an episode of "Screen Savers" that interviewed game director Jon Knoles. If anyone has a recording of this or any other footage broadcast on G4 about the game, I would love to check it out!

-- In the U.K., there was a promotion upon the release of the game called "The Hunt Begins." There was a web site set up at www.thehuntbegins.co.uk, but it's gone now. Has anyone happened to have archived this site, or have any images from it or this promotion? The page for this site at the Internet Archive can be seen HERE, but it is very incomplete.

Anyone who helps with any of this stuff will be credited on the final DVD. Thanks for any help!
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#231132
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"Star Wars: Bounty Hunter - Beyond The Game" a Galactus & MoveAlong Production
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231132/action/topic#231132
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MoveAlong might be being a little modest in regard to his help on this project. I wouldn't say as much that he's directing traffic on the road to this project, I'd say he's helping to pave the road! This would not be possible without him. I do not have the technical knowledge to produce a DVD of the caliber I was looking for.

As I mentioned, there are a few things I'm still looking for to round out the DVD-ROM section of the disc. I think I have all of the U.S. print advertisements for the game. I would be grateful if anyone could provide scans of advertisements from other countries. I have a lot of stuff already, but please don't hesitate to mention if you think you have something of interest...no matter how minor it might be! Thanks in advance!
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#231071
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"Star Wars: Bounty Hunter - Beyond The Game" a Galactus & MoveAlong Production
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231071/action/topic#231071
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Hello Everyone!

I have lurked around here for quite awhile, and have posted very rarely. I am simply amazed by the incredible projects so many people in this community have put together. I am a big fan of a lot of the fan edits and preservation projects around here!

"Star Wars: Bounty Hunter" was released in 2002 for the Sony PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube videogame consoles. The game tells an essential story of the Star Wars universe: why and how Count Dooku chose Jango Fett as the template for the clone army. The story in the game takes place ten years before the events of "Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones."

The game marked the first collaboration between LucasArts and Industrial Light and Magic on a game's cinematic cut scenes. In total they created over 30 minutes of cinematics which were interspersed between game levels to advance the storyline.

In 2005, I discovered the .sfd video files on the PlayStation 2 version of the game and converted them to DVD compliant .mpg video files. This began the idea to create a fan preservation DVD project. Over the next year, I gathered as much material as possible from the Internet concerning the game, and mapped out ideas for a DVD project.

In the summer of 2006, MoveAlong agreed to use all the material I had assembled and produce a professional quality DVD. MoveAlong created all the menu screens and handled all technical aspects of authoring the DVD. I knew, after seeing his excellent "The Story of Star Wars" DVD that MoveAlong had the technical skills and creativity I was looking for to complete this project.

The fruition of our partnership is "Star Wars: Bounty Hunter - Beyond The Game."

The portion of the DVD that is viewable in a standard DVD player contains over 30 minutes of cinematics presented in 16x9 anamorphic widescreen. The audio is in stereo, optimized for Dolby Surround: Pro Logic II. Also included are outtakes, commercials and trailers for the game, behind the scenes clips, character profiles, image slideshows, and even a few easter eggs!

The DVD-ROM portion of the disc includes a comprehensive archive of all things related to "Star Wars: Bounty Hunter." In this section you will find text, images, video, and audio related to the game. From concept art to gameplay videos, game music to the official web site....it's all here. You will also find "Star Wars: Bounty Hunter - Beyond The Game" DVD case and disc artwork that you can print out.

MoveAlong and I hope the community here will enjoy it!

Special thanks for assistance and inspiration: Darksaber, LordJedi, mMathab, Kaal-Jhyy, daveytod, and these forums. I personally want to give MoveAlong a very special thanks for delivering a DVD that far exceeded all my expectations.

This DVD is freely available at myspleen.net and periodically on alt.binaries.starwars.

Here's some screen captures of the cut scenes from the game:

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/1446/01el4.jpg

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1341/02xb4.jpg

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/3433/03ji5.jpg
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#228074
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Help Wanted: Bounty Hunter - The Video Game DVD (need help please)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228074/action/topic#228074
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Hi Guys!

This is a little weird, and a bit embarassing I guess. I was playing with the idea of starting a thread asking if anyone had any material for the Bounty Hunter preservation DVD Kaal-Jhyy and I have been discussing, when I saw this thread. We've been tossing ideas back and forth for awhile.

Here's the thread where I first mentioned this. I don't really know when we'll have this completed, but I've been compiling material for it for a long time. I already have 3.2 GB of material for the DVD-ROM portion. Perhaps a little healthy competition between releases could be a good thing?

One difference between what we're doing is that I never recorded any of the footage from the game. I took the actual ".sfd" files from the game disc and converted them to DVD compliant 16X9 anamorphic widescreen mpeg's. It also has surround sound audio. It definitely looks and sounds great, but I really want the menus and interface for the DVD to rock, and I just don't have the skills in that department. That's why I never "released" the DVD I put together of this footage I made for myself. Once the menu system is in place, the DVD will be ready to go.

Glad to see this game get some attention. It's my all time favorite Star Wars game.
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#211243
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Episode III The Video Game - The Movie
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211243/action/topic#211243
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Originally posted by: daveytod
Jabberdoo, further to the tutorial you posted, I've just popped my PS2 copy of Bounty HUnter into my computer, looking for the FMV sequences. I found a VIDEO folder but the files inside have a .sfd extension. Have you found anything related to these?


Hi daveytod!

Kaal-Jhyy (who did the "Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - The Cutscenes" DVD) and I have been slowly working on a Bounty Hunter DVD. I was able to rip and convert the cut scenes from the PS2 version of the game into beautiful quality 16X9 anamorphic widescreen DVD compliant MPEG's. HERE'S the link to Kaal-Jhyy's thread where I posted some screen captures, and talked a little about how I ripped the video. The screen shots didn't turn out 16X9 for some reason, but the video definitely is.

We have assembled a TON of bonus material for this, and hopefully we'll have a nice Bounty Hunter preservation DVD put together before long.

I love your Episode III The Video Game DVD!! I think there need to be a LOT more DVD's preserving some of the awesome footage available in video games.

Galactus
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#148505
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***Kaal's "SW Video Games Cutscenes" Project***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/148505/action/topic#148505
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Hey Guys....

Thanks for the comments. I'll be PM'ing Kaal-Jhyy, and we'll see if we can find a way to make this Bounty Hunter DVD a bit more presentable, and make it available to everyone. And to answer Kaal's questions:

-- It's been awhile since I did this, so I'm not 100% sure of the software I used. I copied the original ".sfd" video files from the PS2 disc, and I believe I used a utility called Xbox SFD To MPEG to convert the files to DVD compliant video.

-- The videos are NTSC.

-- The aspect ratio of the above screenshots is definitely bad. I realized this after I posted them. Not sure what I did wrong. The videos are definitely in the proper 16X9 anamorphic widescreen ratio though. I have a 16X9 high definition 53" TV, and I have to say the video quality on these cut scenes is truly awesome.

I really love the Bounty Hunter game, I think the cut scenes are among the best created for a Star Wars game. If we can get a DVD put together with some of the "bonus features" I have in mind, I think it could be really nice.
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#148317
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***Kaal's "SW Video Games Cutscenes" Project***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/148317/action/topic#148317
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Hello!

I'm a first-time poster, but I've lurked for awhile.

This project sounds really cool. I did something similar with the PlayStation 2 game "Bounty Hunter" awhile back. I ripped all the cut scenes from the disc. After a lot of trial and error, I ended up with about 40 minutes of footage in 16X9 anamorphic widescreen. I must say it looks really good! Here's some screen shots:

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/5124/bh15kq.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/256/bh26ea.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7788/bh45gk.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/2290/bh55le.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1166/bh69ug.jpg

Mu ultimate goal was to make a nice DVD with all the cut scenes, some examples of the gameplay between the cut scenes, the game trailers, and all the material found at the official web site as "bonus" DVD-ROM material. However I never ended up with any interactive menus that I was really happy with, and I couldn't capture the gameplay and game trailers and mix them with the cut scenes I had converted....possibly because the gameplay was 4X3 and the cut scenes were 16X9?

Probably someone with a little more DVD authoring knowledge than myself could really make something cool out of this. Or if Kaal-Jhyy decides to make the Video Game Cutscenes project an ongoing project, this material could be useful. Just thought I would share.