LexX

Video Collector said:

Looking for:

Scans of interviews with the creators of the shows.

Covers of VHS and DVD releases worldwide.

Images from the shows.

Trailers or any video material for the shows or their merchandise.

Scans of the comics, maybe?

Anything and everything.

 

In Jambe's great Kenner DVD there's one Droids toy commercial.

I think there's too much comics to put, not sure how many but didn't they have an entire series?

I will scan my Finnish covers in some point, maybe closer to the release, so I could make DVD covers based on them. It's hard to have collection in one place and live in another, otherwise I could do it right now, LOL.

Remember that those are the dubbed ones... :( I'm not sure if it would help you since you'd still need to replace the audio. You can get the opening from the UK tapes hopefully. And like I said, I was kid back then so only maybe two episodes have the credits because the recording usually ended before the show. Plus it's a pretty hard thing to transfer there as the only place to do it is far away and I'll always need to call a favor for doing it... I really should start checking out getting a system for doing it myself, I guess.

Video Collector said:

LexX said:

Just remembered... I think the UK videos have the episodes combined together which means they're missing recaps and only have one opening and one ending credits, am I right? So there should be another source for at least the recaps, I guess the credits also differ from episode to episode?

Yes, Indeed they do, so the credits and recaps will be MIA.

AFAIK, the beginning and end credits were identical within seasons. Of, course, when they switched format to the combined Ewoks/Droids adventure hour they were different again. And we're not trying to replicate that combo so specific credits for either Ewoks or Droids don't exist for those.

LexX, are the credits there on your Finnish Ewok tapes? I have yet to cjeck my Norwegian tapes (and I believe at least one of them has Macrovision).

When preserving these then you can use the same opening and credits in every episode, hopefully pittrek will do this. :) And the restoring the recaps. Maybe you can get a hint for a source from the other thread? So the credits are the same? I was just thinking if the cast changed during episodes, not sure...

Also, maybe getting the best quality out of these is actually using the footage from the official DVD and then just splice all cut material back in and of course the original soundtrack? What do you think? Beats the VHS!

Just checked my Ewoks, yes they have the credits at the very end. There's just subtitles that tell the company that subtitled the video for a few seconds on screen. And here's a little extra info: Droids & Ewoks were released here as rental in the late 80s as subtitled, then they were shown on TV dubbed in 1995-1996. Too bad they only released two videos from both, from Droids the White Witch arc and the pirates arc, not Mungo. And from Ewoks a little this and a little that, never liked them that much, LOL. Luckily I have almost all of the Droids episodes recorded. :)

Just remembered... I think the UK videos have the episodes combined together which means they're missing recaps and only have one opening and one ending credits, am I right? So there should be another source for at least the recaps, I guess the credits also differ from episode to episode?

Cool!

Here's the set I mentioned, anyone seen it?

LINK REMOVED

Edit: well, it seems the guy who made it put a watermark over the video so forget it. :P

Harmy said:

Nice colours, but it's a bit too bright IMO.

Yeah, it's a shot for printing, I'm sure it has been tweaked but I don't think you can get this kind of result from the DVD source... Could be wrong though.

I just wanted to put this somewhere, I love the colors of this shot, I bet it's from the original film/negative/whatever.

There is/was one site selling Droids DVD(s?), in Canada if I remember correctly. I'm not sure what was the source for this but that's considered to be the best one out there. Too bad they won't ship to Europe. It also cost something like $30.

Anyways, I'd be interested in these. I liked Droids as a kid, I also have the original rental videos (which are subtitled) but they didn't release Mungo episodes or the Great Heep. I also recorded almost all of them from TV and they were dubbed, would be cool to get the audio from there (too bad it's not stereo) and add those to a proper video. Also, being a kid, I didn't understand to put a few minutes extra when recording them so almost all of them are missing a minute or two from the end. :(

xhonzi said:

Is there ever a visual indication in the OT of shields being hit?  Or an otherwise direct hit being "deflected"?

When Star Destroyer hits Falcon in TESB.

In case somebody wants...

Pretty surprising that people are watching different versions between the films.

For me, GOUT or sometimes something on VHS, rarely the Special Editions. Also Puggo's releases are fun. After GOUT v3 is released I think I'm going to retire official DVDs for good.

none said:

LexX wrote: Wow. He didn't have the time to mention that when he was taking all the credit to himself then, when I said that it was being shared. He was a little pissed that it got leaked, weird!

Well if the original tapes and digital conversions originated from him then the case can be made that it is his responsibility if the leaked DVD got wide attention.  Him being one of the significant SW collectors, his reputation in those higher up communities is at stake.  When the leak took place, the person said they bought it from rebelscum, so with money involved more people are bound to get excited.  and again because he is an upper eschelon collector, even if the sales were to cover costs, it can be seen as bad form.  video is still an awkward collection hobby.  on one hand most of this stuff is on free hosting sites, on the other the professional authoring has some value and somewhere in between is the cultural value of the information in the video...

Well, of course, but I meant that it was always his DVD and his time and effort that went to it not once mentioning (at least I haven't seen) that it was actually made by someone else. I know that it isn't cheap to get those commercials and it takes time to hunt them down but still, sounds a little weird that JD did the DVD while Chris was making money out of it without mentioning him and then getting pissed that something he didn't even made got leaked. Now, if I'm wrong in some details then I apologize but this is the impression I've gotten.

Btw, the DVD is great JD, great work! That reminds me, I could make a cover for it. :P

Jambe Davdar said:

There's no difference. I made it for Chris.

Wow. He didn't have the time to mention that when he was taking all the credit to himself then, when I said that it was being shared. He was a little pissed that it got leaked, weird!

Topper Harley said:

While a version like this is really nice quality-wise, it's edit is dependent on personal choices and with every cgi-shot I think I am watching the special edition again.

The question is, what is your main goal you want to achieve: Is it important for you, that you never see a quality-jump? Then probably you will be better served with a theatrical reconstruction in DVD-resolution or the partly despecialized edition. For me on the other side it would be the main goal to watch a movie that is completely despecialized with as much HD footage as possible.

I wouldn't mind so much, when the GOUT shots, are revealed as being lower quality. Sure, they would need to be color corrected, to fit in. I am also not so sure about all the cleaning for the GOUT that has been going on, because if done too excessive, the picture can appear very lifeless and too clean.

Exactly, I'd like to see something like this as well. I wouldn't mind at all if there would be GOUT or even straight LD quality between shots but if there's even one CGI shot then I'm not interested. That's why I haven't watched Ady's or Harmy's work yet, hopefully some day there's a possibility to realize this idea. If people can watch the GOUT as is then I don't see a problem using it along with HD quality.

I'd recommend dark jedi's GOUT v3 from the preservations forum when it's finished. Better quality with all the soundtracks. Not sure if you're in a hurry or not but you should at least get them for yourself at some point. In the meantime, the offical DVDs with the GOUT will do.

skyjedi2005 said:

The Vader Helmet is wrong though, it is clearly of the Revenge of the Sith Vader and not the oot.

Actually it isn't. I'm not sure when it has been photographed, it's either from ROTJ era or the SEs. But it's not from ROTS.

And I thought the only good thing about the 2004 DVDs was the packaging, I like it a lot, simple and classy. Those look more like some fan made boxes.

none said:

Jambe Davdar wrote:

Unfortunately my 'client' wanted some time to be able to ship these around to the big collectors before the rest of us could get our hands on them.

Seems like there were a bunch of others from the same time period:

http://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=3348477&page=0&view=collpased&sb=5&o=all&fpart=1#3348477

Meccano to Tri-Logo by Stephane Faucort
Irwin Toys: The Canadian Star Wars Connection by James McCallum
Kenner Star Wars Commercials DVD by Chris Georgoulias
The Vintage Glasslite Commercial Collection DVD by Shane Turgeon

The first two are books. I have Chris's DVD which was recently uploaded by someone here. Is there a difference between JD's?

Speaking of 90s covers, I've been making these for myself, sorry they're not in English but feedback is always great. :) Funny thing, TESB and ROTJ weren't released back then even though they were marketing them inside the SW cover, so their posters are based on what's seen there. They released the whole trilogy in 1995 like in other countries and these are based on the 1994 cover. They're 90% ready and I think I'll use these for the upcoming GOUT.

Episode I - Hey, it's Star Wars!

Episode II - Hey, less Jar Jar!

Episode III - Hey, it's Darth Vader!

Episode I - Who Cares About the Title

Episode I - The Sure Thing

Episode I - Sponsored by Hasbro

Episode I - Oh Yeah, Here's the Movie

Episode I - You Know You'll Watch It

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

LexX said:

Finished. Strokes look funny, they aren't like that actually.

LexX, your cover looks awesome.  Where can it be downloaded?

Thanks, here you go:

TMBTM said:

Star Wars III: Meet the fucker.

LOL

Episode I - Yippee!

Episode II - Raiders of the Lost Plot

Episode III - You Know What's Gonna Happen

Finished also:

Remember guys, that when you need a license and footage from the films, LFL will give you only the newest edits of the film. So it's not the makers' fault they have to deal with SE crap even if they do know it. Also there's a difference when the others are available in HD and originals in LD quality.

Jetrell Fo said:

schorman13 said:

I think the tweaks look too yellow.  The originals seem more natural to me.  You can just leave Jedi alone as well, in my opinion. 

I like the V3 better as well.  I'd say leave it too.

:)

 

Agreed, also the Death Star looks a little too purple on the tweaked.