Jambe Davdar

Er...Well spotted MattMahdi. You win a prize....a Mars bar. Go buy one!

I was clearly in denial about how long this thing has taken.

;)

Well after days and days of errors, crashes, disconnected media, rendering issues, dozens of failed DVD's and general woe, I have finally burned my first SL DVD of Star Wars Begins.

I am currently in the process of ripping it to upload so that my QC team and donators can watch it.

So guys, watch this space/watch your email inbox.

JD

Chief Bast "recreation"/Me just having a play with Adobe AE (for the first time ever!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSO4_cuEx4

Of course it's in there. As well as another shot that's right after it.

pittrek said:

How can I get my hands on this goodie ? :-)

http://plixi.com/p/71279389

What now? Life my friend. Life!

Unless someone gives me a job off the back of this!

Well it's done!

After all this time a final version has been made and burned to DVD.

I intend to watch it this afternoon and then rip it and make a download friendly Divx for my QC team and those lovely people who donated to help the HDD recovery.

Phew!

Glad you liked it. More progress today. But it's slow going. FCP keeps crashing. So I am having to render it in 10-15 min blocks. It sucks!

Also changed the submenu seen on the YouTube sneak preview to something that looks much better. Also managed to integrate a final two interviews into the feature commentary.

Oh and this just got posted on twitter:

@JamieSWB @adywan @NathanHamill @redlettermedia @StarWarsDaily @theforcenet OMG - I NEED THIS! Looks amazing! - This was from Kyle Newman

Carrie Fisher tribute to Harrison Ford:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZEFznFE_Sk

Zepplinrox is in the process of sending me his NTSC conversions of the Miami Editions of BE and RTJ that he tied up with the original menus. I am very much looking forward to seeing them. As is Nathan Hamill, who still hasn't got round to buying a multi-region player to play the PAL DVD's I sent him.

Nice line 'none'!

I have too Sluggo. I just thought somebody might like a little bit of input.

I will be going through my extensive photo collection tomorrow!

More progress this afternoon:

- Ralph McQuarrie Menu video rendered and implemented into DVD Studio Pro.
- Main Menu buttons implemented into DVSP.
- Sub-menu and buttons created and implemented into DVDSP. I may change the photo though. Its currently a photo of Vader and Bast being filmed walking down the corridor. Anyone got any suggestions for a good 'making of' photo? Maybe a good Biggs one?
- SWB Trailer rendered and implemented into DVDSP.
- Music Tracks added to DVDSP menus.
- Implemented a rare interview with a never before heard crew member.
- Currently rendering all feature video except credits to m2v, whilst I'm out and about.


Tomorrow I should be able to get the rest done. I will try to concentrate on getting the credits done at the very least. There are so many people to consider. I will add a 'thanks to everyone at original trilogy.com' to cover any of those I've missed.

It will be PAL. If anyone wants to do an NTSC conversion I am sure some of our American cousins will appreciate it.

I've just been reading through this whole thread, just in case I missed something. Wow, what a lot of ups and downs! Sorry for all of the unfulfilled promises. But I hope you understand that life comes first.

UPDATE

My QC team have all got back to me and by wednesday next week, I hope to have the editing finished. I will then remove the Preliminary Versions from youtube. The final version will be about 30% different to these prelim versions.

The menu is complete so that shouldn't take long to implement. I need to collate the DVD extras and render those. The DVD creation process is what takes the time. Rendering the final video files takes an age and if there's a error or a mistake shows up, you hav to start again from the beginning. 

So far the DVD will consist of:

- Ralph McQuarrie Menu (as with BE and RTJ)

- Main Star Wars Begins Feature

Special Features

- Original concept crawl (by none and sluggo) with Korngold music

- Trash Compactor Scene with isolated score

- Binary sunset scene with alternate score (yes, I've done something a little different with this in the main feature)

- Star Wars Begins trailer

- My People Vs GL Interviews as an Easter Egg (possibly not)

Thanks for your continued patience and enthusiasm for the project. My life has changed an extraordinary amount (in the right direction) since I started doing this. Thanks for all your suggestions and help throughout. The sense of community we have here is fantastic.

JD

Don't worry, the eight kind fellas that donated are recorded on my iphone, along with their addresses. You and my QC team will be receiving a DVD or download (I haven't decided yet) a week before everyone else.

Thanks

JD

Some dude is selling my docos on ebay!

Please bombard him and ebay with emails. 

He's claiming he found them at a garage sale. I've heard it all now!

We've got to get them taken down.

Your help would be appreciated.

Thanks

JD

Came across this convention video.  It's a real shame about the audio!

It contains the only interview I've ever seen with Phil Brown:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxxMfsr1Psk

Starting to make the credits on SWB. I hope I include everyone that's helped. Remind me here if you've contributed. Its been a bloody long time since I starting this and it's hard to keep track!

Yes, we've had words before. It's a shame if he's still doing it, but I cannot stop him.  I have expressed my opinions and has denied doing it at all.

Some good news - My videos have now reached 900,000 views on youtube. I would love to reach one million! I would be grateful if you could post the following on facebook, twitter (copy me in - @jamieswb) and any forums you are members of to help me reach my target:

viewing #starwars http://bit.ly/grbSrS

Also....

I would be grateful if somebody could send me the NTSC Miami versions of my films please. The first person that does will receive an early copy of Star Wars Begins before it's released in a few weeks.

Thanks

JD

I heard news last week that some swine is selling DVD's of my projects for $$$ via contact on youtube.

If you get offered a DVD of Building Empire or Returning to Jedi for sale, please do not buy it. It undermines this project and what originaltrilogy.com forums stands for.

Thank you

JD

Star Wars Begins it was, is and shall be.

Thanks guys.

I am pleased to announce I have another trusted buddy looking over the nearly finished product. So things should be moving along nicely this week.

Can't wait to get this out there!

JD

DarthBo said:

This again? It's like we're back at the beginning of this thread :p

I remember liking "starting star wars", "starting wars" is a bit to vague I think.

Yep, this again.  It does feel like we're back at the start. Luckily for you I've been doing all the hard work behind the scenes. So fear not.