JadedSkywalker

I haven’t seen the 4K cut of 2020 SE. I was doing a run through of the films on laserdisc I couldn’t be bothered to finish 1997 0r 2000 sets. I did watch a bit of the 2004 Empire Pal DVD but it’s not fresh in my mind. I did watch some of 97 35mm of Empire, scratches and some wobble a bit of dirt. Nice color though much nicer than anything on home video.

I think my favorite is probably somewhere between 70mm Empire premiere cut and 35mm 4k80. Harmy is good for a super clean modern edit of the original. An approximation.

The problem with mystery boxes is the fan theories are more interesting than what we end up with. Or you know they can suck like the Snoke theory about being Plagueis. I actually agree with Rian on that your snoke theory sucks.
I rather liked the idea of the lightsaber calling to Rey because she was Luke’s kid but that was just fan made theory.

Hearing JJ intended her to be a Kenobi sounds like crap I like Rey nobody over that.

Rey Palpatine self adopted Skywalker is meeting fans halfway but nobody was pleased.

Some fans liked Force Awakens and some liked Last Jedi, and but quite a few of both disliked Rise of Skywalker.

As for JJ i don’t think he any passion for Star Wars or Star Trek for that matter he is a guy they hire to direct these things who makes corporate product. I don’t think he made anything with genuine passion since maybe Super 8 or even the Bad Robot tv years before he was directing movies. JJ is not alone even Michael Bay makes passionless corporate assembly line junk like Transformers. Probably dozens of other directors I can’t think of off the top of my head have done the same for Marvel studios.

I think George had genuine passion for some aspects of the prequel and even Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, it makes you wonder if fans are just beyond pleasing when it comes to these things. and that was before hate watching was a thing and people went to something, so they review bomb the hell out of it on Rotten Tomatoes. I’ve never done that but I’m kind of bored of the same film criticism anyways.

I think Last Jedi is mostly a good film and any problem I have with it is because of Mark Hamill saying he was Jake Skywalker, the anticipation of expecting a Luke like the Expanded Universe version, and Rise of Skywalker not sticking the landing. If Leia did not die in episode 9 I would not feel like Luke died in vain.

There are problems though the Casino side quest is stupid and could be completely cut. Luke should have trained Rey. Lukes’s fall and redemption should have been more clearly defined.

Rey being drawn to and in love with Kylo makes no sense though based on him killing Han in Force Awakens. I never understood Reylo.

Luke’s astral projection should have been his green lightsaber form. He lost his father’s lightsaber on cloud city.

And then Rise of Skywalker says the opposite by making Rey a Palpatine who chooses to name herself after the Jedi who defied Palpatine in Return of the Jedi Luke Skywalker. Palpatine by blood Skywalker by intent. Not Rey nobody. Rey somebody.

Poe was more like Wedge. He never was like Han until his backstory was changed in Rise of Skywalker.

I’d say Finn was more like Han, and Rey was the Luke analogue.

Disney Lucasfilm used familiar archetypes and motifs, if you hoped for subversion, you would be pretty disappointed.

Superweapon VII said:

JadedSkywalker said:

You want me to do homework, play every game, read every comic, and novel to understand your terrible movie, you failed.

Their goal is to make you consume product. From that perspective, they’ve succeeded.

You aren’t wrong I dropped like a hundred bucks on Force Awakens tickets. None on the other two films. Boycotted Last Jedi had a free ticket for Rise of Skywalker.

I bought a couple of books and I bought some 4K discs. But I’m not the audience they have people who drop hundreds per month on Disney SW. Comics, video games, toys, posters, shows, conventions. I have done none of those. I have probably given them a paltry few hundred dollars of my money at best on Lucasfilm products in 10 years. Most of that on 4K Blu-ray and comics. Most of it to Star Wars legends. Even there i just buy Omnibus books for titles I like.

On the quote unquote Disney canon I have the novelizations and Shadow of the Sith and that is it, and the comic adaptations of the story of and films that they made. Only Shadow of the Sith I paid full price for.

Few of them would I keep most of it is dumpster worthy. I guess I could put them in the goodwill bin but I would be giving away trash.

Marvelzing Star Wars and making it one canon was a total mistake its basically ruined the franchise, it really should be movies only matter.

I like that the Last Jedi novelization of the movie, and I like Shadow of the Sith. Only because they make Luke and Leia actual characters, the movie handled the original crew abominably. In fact I would probably love the sequel for the new characters had they any depth if Luke, Han and Leia were written with love.

Because I really like Rey, Finn, Poe and Rose. and in the prequel I really didn’t like anyone after Episode I The Phantom Menace.

The space politics of the prequels and clone wars are boring. The Sequel has zero world building, just removing the boring politics does not make it way better. We literally get no explanation about what happened to the Empire or the New Republic nor do we ever understand why the first order and the new rebellion aka resistance exists.

We don’t know why the Jedi order collapsed except for a BS flashback which is poor storytelling.

The need Lucasfilm had for books and comics and other things to fill these in does not absolve them of making a poor series of good-looking movies with some fun moments.

You want me to do homework, play every game, read every comic, and novel to understand your terrible movie, you failed.

The movies should not have been an empty husk to be filled in later. Or need people to headcanon things just so it makes sense.

If I was interested which I’m not, the first thing I would ask is if it is a Flat print or if it is Anamorphic.

Everyone I grew up with called it Star Wars, my parents called it Star Wars. I wonder if age has any bearing on the subject.

I buy same region Japanese Blu-Rays to me in the US.

And sometimes region 2 Japan, Region 2 UK. DVD only. Not equipped to do region B.

I buy some imports on Amazon and the others on Ebay.

I know nothing about Facebook groups or any such. I’m sure if you had a list if any are in demand titles someone would bite. Sadly, all collectors seem to care about are steelbooks, grade and condition and slipcovers not the actual movies. Saying that seems sort of hypocritical considering I like my laserdiscs to look like they’ve never been touched if they were opened. and the condition of something is meaningful.

James Horner. The Rocketeer, Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan. Willow. All fantastic scores I highly recommend.

Star Wars already had a Sixth Sense moment with Kotor and Revan, I doubt it will ever happen again.

Vader being Luke’s father was lazy, like Leia the sister. Yes Vader being Luke’s father may be novel, but it changed the entire trajectory of the series and not for the better. To being all about Darth Vader. The 6 film Saga of the tragedy of Anakin Skywalker, Lucas didn’t even have any idea for he had barely one movie.

I thought the price for Temple of Doom was too high for a vinegar syndrome print they claimed was only a problem on a single reel. But it sold anyway.

We will see if it gets relisted.

I would in all honestly prefer a reboot of the EU from Vision of the Future onward. The only thing I would keep is Luke and Mara being married and having a kid or more than one kid.

Anakin Solo would not die, Jacen wouldn’t go all Hayden Skywalker. Jaina wouldn’t become a force god or whatever the hell she was, Mara wouldn’t die.

I kind of like the mocking tone of Luke talking about laser swords, and it’s time for the Jedi to end.

The only real dumb line to me is kill the past. But Kylo is Sith wannabe, so it does make sense.

As for Rose line about winning through love and not hate, it comes from an idealist. A woman who lost her sister. A woman who lost her family fighting the first order. I don’t hate it as much as people reacted to it.

Found my Revenge of the Sith ticket stub for 23rd of May 2005. The Ticket price was 9.50.

Other than that, I really can’t remember all that much of that screening the first time I saw the film.

I vaguely remember the opening space battle.

Price is insane for their condition, and Star Wars clearly has vinegar syndrome look at the warping.

Star Trek III Pan and Scan. With OBI. First Issue 1985. It does have digital audio unlike the first issue TMP theatrical and Star Trek II.

My GOUT Star Wars arrived. so, its official, only Return of the Jedi is superior on PAL. Star Wars transfer is not that good, but Empire was the worst of all 3.

Despite the blown out overly bright colors and crushed blacks and messed up audio the corresponding 2004 DVD remaster looks a whole lot better than the definitive edition transfer of all 3 films. The PAL DVD for those is quite good.

Yep Fake DTS 5.1 mix too because they didn’t have the CDS to work from or a way to extract the audio.

They are factory pressed bootlegs, but the cover art printed on the discs does look printed nothing like a real disc would, and the misspellings and obviously computer printed cover tells you all you need to know.

The only official Asian copies were on VCD prior to 2004 that weren’t on VHS or laserdisc.

I have the official VCD.

Most of these 5 Star Collection shipped in nothing but a sleeve or envelope with the cover, not in a DVD case that tells you all you need to know.

I’d love to have the Japanese tapes captured. A seller was selling the Japanese Dub of Trigon 1 but it was 100 dollars US. It’s just one episode of Droids. Like the size of one anime OVA short 24 minutes?

Kiki’s Delivery Service. The encoding on the Japanese Blu-Ray is fantastic no DNR. My only complaint would be its the redone dub. Not the original from the first release DVD or US Laserdisc. English Dub is also very compressed 192 KBPS.

Both were cinematic magic in terms of visuals, both suffered in their plotting and direction.

I appreciate the sequel for using practical sets, shooting on film. The art design, the cinematography and I think the acting is better. No not somehow Palpatine returned, or they fly now.

I also think the sequel has more likable people, no one in the prequel except for Qui-Gon was likable. Maybe Padme and young Ani in Phantom Menace.

So yes, I do put Rey, Finn, Poe ahead of Hayden Anakin in likability. And i would take Jake Skywalker everyday of the week over Hayden Vader.

I’d argue Rian is an auteur in that he made the story he wanted to see and didn’t care that fans hated it, and he went in without a fan approved checklist.

The same way George said he didn’t care about the fans, or what 20th Century Fox wanted, and made his prequel his way.

George’s argument was the fans aren’t making the movie but they feel like they can tell you what to do and feel entitled.

They tell different stories. The story in Kenobi is good, Reva is too over the top though.

The prequel is a good story severely ruined in execution with childish and cartoon things. The downfall of Anakin and the Republic should be an epic. instead, it is fun to remember now for memes. Like Kenobi’s Hello there.

And Unlimited powerrrrr! and shooting Windu force lighting out a window.

First Dave Prowse died, and now James Earl Jones. It is truly the end of an era. For me Darth Vader is gone.

All things do end, but I feel sad anyway.