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#288977
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What did the Prequel Trilogy need?
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Originally posted by: auraloffalwaffle
Maybe the PT could follow much more recent events. The struggles of the Rebellion against the Empire. Nothing from the pre-Empire period. Forget about it being a backstory of Anakin or Obi-Wan or Luke. It would work really well with Star Wars '77 if episode IV is still the first time we meet Luke, Ben, Owen, Beru, etc.

Hey, I think this idea is a goer! Up until now, I was playing with 30 year gaps between the trilogies but what if the 9 episodes play out over a much shorter time span? Throw out the trilogy of trilogies? Nine episodes following the Rebel Alliance up until the overthrow of Palpatine. Leave the Clone Wars, the Old Republic, the Jedi all glorious mysteries, as they were in 1977!


That sounds cool, and would allow the readers to get to know the characters and the rebellion better, because the story would have more time to develop them.
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#288702
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New Clone Wars Trailer!
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People, give this series a chance. You have seen one teaser. That is it. Why not wait until more is revealed before hating it. The fact that it is animation gives it less limits. Which is a good thing. How can you even have fun with star wars anymore win you view every new thing about it as a bad thing. If I was George Lucas do you think I would settle for anything less than top of the line cutting edge design and equipment? Hell no! When you can have and do the best. Why not. He is trying something different. So what? If you stick with the old and always reject advancement and improvement, how can you expect to discover bigger and better ways of doing things. George is doing today what he did the day he made Star Wars. He is going against what everyone is saying and wants and is doing what he wants. That is how Star Wars was born and now you scorn him for it. We can not judge it until we see the finished project because we have no right to, and have no idea how it might turn out. For all we know it could be an awsome piece of work. Yes, George screwed some of us with the prequels, but that does not mean everything he makes is going to be the same way. Once we have seen the finished project then judge it, but don't judge it after watching only one teaser.
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#288310
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New Clone Wars Trailer!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288310/action/topic#288310
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Originally posted by: twister111
Well, I couldn't get the starwars.com one to load so, I resorted to watching it on youtube. Here's a link for anyone else that couldn't watch it on Starwars.com. That is the trailer right? Anyways, I agree it's just retreading old ground.




How is it retreading old grounds? We will never have seen thes stroies. We get to see Ventress actually hunt down Anikan, which is a good thing, because she found him way to fast in the cartoon network series. We will get to see battles we have never seen, and longer and more involving fights. People complain about not getting to see more of the clone wars well here is everyones chance. Be glad that they are in this form because if the clone wars had been shown in prequel movies then they would have lacked in quality like the rest of the PT. I don't care if the clone wars on t.v. because at least I will get to see them. And since they are in 3D more is possible than with real actors, and you don't have to worry about cgi that sticks out against the the real stuff, because it will all be cgi.
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#288077
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
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Originally posted by: Darth_Evil
I think critics are just being stupid. Confusing plot? Makes no sense? Can't follow it? Wow, I must be Einstein or something, cause I didn't have any trouble following it. Johnny Depp said something pretty relevant about the reviews of the sequels in an interview a few weeks ago that, because the sequels will do so well, critics are bound and determined to pound them. He said something like "It's in the rules: You must take a dump on the sequel."


My 6 year old cousin and his 10 year old firend went with me to see it, and he understood it just fine. I thought it gave you all the required information, but now a days unless a character stares right at the audience and says " okay now listen, I am about to reveal something extremely important to later events so you might want to listen to what I am about to say" critics seem too stupid to get it. The only people to blame for the dumbing down of cinema are critics. A director should not have to comprimise his movie's quality because a critic is too lazy to pay attention and take in what is being said. And another thing, why is it so hard to set in a theatre for 3 hours? I mean come on, people can set on a couch in front of a t.v. watching a sports game for 4 or more hours but do not ask them to set for three hours in a comfortable chair in a dark room with a kick ass film, amazing sound, and digitaly projected picture.
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#287797
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LOST
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287797/action/topic#287797
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Originally posted by: TheCassidy
That was the best 2 hours of TV in a long time.

Something that was neat was that the funeral parlour Jack visits is Hoffs/Drawlar whicj is an anagram for "flash forward," which was cool.

I think the prevailing theme was controlling outcomes versus resignation to one's fate. I hate to see Jack so fucked up, but maybe that is just one possible outcome, similarly to Desmond's deja vu episode from the start of the season.

I loved seeing Hurley flying out onto the beach in the van - it was like Han in the Falcon suddenly swooping in to save the day.

What a great show...


Hurley, riding in to save the day was probably my favorite part. Ben getting the shit beat out of him was a close second.

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#287795
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Tales of the New Republic - fan film
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287795/action/topic#287795
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Maybe this is what George Lucas meant by 3D. I read a year or two ago, when the discussion of making the movies 3D first started, and Lucas said they had come up with a way to do it without making it a chore to watch it. For some reason I always that that he meant by 3D to make the films look something like Toy Story animation. I am not sure why I thought this is what he meant, but that is what I thought.
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#287733
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LOST
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The entire time I was watching last nights episode I thought the scenes with scruffy Jack were before he got on the Island, and even when meets up with Kate I still thought that this was before hey were on the island and that they knew each other before they were on the island. I missed all the hints about it being in the future, except the one where Jack screams at Kate " When weren't supposed to leave." Then I felt like I had been hit in the head with a Hammer. I could not think. The makers of Lost pulled a good one us this time. Also, it is sad what happened to Charlie, because he was always such a cool character. And what was up with Michael's son being on the island? And, Herlie is awsome. I am glad he did not listen to Sawyer's rejection and did what he felt like he needed to. If it had not been for him Sawyer and Juliett would have been captured or killed. It was a great season finale, and I hope next season is as good as this one was.
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#287662
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Episode III: A Less Grievous Version (* unfinished project *)
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It is a behind the scenes look, and only shows them filming it. See what they show is them filming the scene and Anthony Daniels in full C3-P0 garb is walking off screen and he trips on a table and falls to the floor. George then yells cut and everyone starts laughing. You don't actually see the scene play out, but it does show you that the scene was filmed.
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#287641
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Episode III: A Less Grievous Version (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287641/action/topic#287641
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Originally posted by: darkhelmet
Originally posted by: Marvolo
I don't have a full edit of ROTS done. I mostly get seperate sequences and try to improve them rather than doing a full edit.
Keep this up and you just might.
Aboout Anikan's vision in Padme's apartment, I have tried just using the dream part up until the part where Anikan comes out of the dream and lowers the data pad then wiping to another scene before he looks up at Padme'.

How does that seem to work? What throws me off is that Anakin had just been with Obi-Wan, and they shared a lot of scene time with the Council and Farewell scenes. There never seemed to be a cinematic hint that Obi-Wan might be visiting Padme without Anakin's knowledge.

Not to mention the fact that the vision doesn't seem to be tied well visually to Anakin siting on the couch in Padme's apartment. Until then, Anakin's visions had only been in his dreams (right?). This new development should have been made important with a close-up on Anakin's eyes maybe.



I agree that the vision in Padme's apartment is kind of disjointed from the scene it is in compared to the other visions.

And about when Obi-Wan took time to visit Padme. This was a storyline that was filmed but got cut. In a deleted scene Obi-Wan visits Padme and talks to her about Anikan. He discusses his concerns about Anikan's growing anger and frustration and how Anikan is changing and Obi-Wan asks her if she will talk to Ankan and try to figure out what is going on with him. Then Palpatine later on tells Anikan of Obi-wan's frequent visits to Padme's apartment, and tells Anikan that she is working with the Jedi and can not be trusted. This turns Anikan against Padme, and causes him to not trust her. But George felt this storyline was not as important as Anikan's dreams being the reason why he turns so he cut the entire subplot. You can see footage of the deleted scene of Obi-Wan visiting Padme in the production diaries on disc 2 of the ROTS dvd.
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#287609
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Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287609/action/topic#287609
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Originally posted by: Trooperman
Hi everyone,

I really don't want to disappoint you guys, but I've basically failed. I'm not going to be able to deliver this on the 25th. I've actually had literally no time to work on this at all this entire month. I haven't even had time to visit this thread at all.

All I can say is that I'm really sorry and except for one hitch, everything is set to roll. It's just a matter of putting in the time to make it happen. The one hitch is that we can't figure out a convincing way for Dooku to remove Anakin from the duel without using force-lightning. I've talked with several people and nothing has worked. Keeping the force lightning would introduce a multitude of plot holes later in the sequence, so that isn't an option. I'm stumped on this one.

I guess all I can say is to forget about it, and then one day (could be a month from now, could be 4 months), I'll let you know that I finally did it. I'm not going to set and break another deadline. I can't give you an unfinished product. But "Shroud of the Dark Side" very much exists.

I don't want to release the rough cut because it's chock full of errors and I want you to see this the right way. But one person on this forum has actually seen the rough cut of this movie. He said, "Your work is so superior to the original edit that you cannot lose now."

After I release the movie, I'll let you know the reason it took so long- I think you'll understand.

Regards,
TM


About how to take Anikan out of the fight without force lightning, have you tried painting out the lightning and make it look like a force throw? I know you would have to remove the smoke coming off Anikan in the next few shots, but let me know what you think.
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#287508
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Episode III: A Less Grievous Version (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287508/action/topic#287508
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Originally posted by: darkhelmet
Hey, kerr. Very cool story-telling. I love the flow of the sequence where you inserted the deleted scene "The Plot to Destroy the Jedi". I can't wait to see more. Your edit looks and sounds very promising. Can't wait to share some more of my stuff with you and the forum once I get some time.

Marvolo, I really like your idea about continuing Anakin's frustration from his farewell to Obi-wan directly to his talk with Palpatine. Lucas' lack of development and follow-through on character emotion is a major flaw which your approach improves. We never really get to finish a character thought with the original cut. Is your cut available to check out?

About Padme's apartment scene, it seems to me like something needs to be done with it since it is only tenuously tied to Anakin's vision of Padme and Obi-wan. If it wasn't simply cut out, it might be a good opportunity to see Anakin's resolve to save Padme, but maybe it could come in somewhere before Obi-wan leaves so Anakin's jealousy seems a little more real? Any thoughts?


I don't have a full edit of ROTS done. I mostly get seperate sequences and try to improve them rather than doing a full edit.Aboout Anikan's vision in Padme's apartment, I have tried just using the dream part up until the part where Anikan comes out of the dream and lowers the data pad then wiping to another scene before he looks up at Padme'.
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#287419
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Info & Offer: Star Wars Faces Fullscreen VHS2DVD, would anyone want?
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Originally posted by: Darth Mallwalker
I trust Molly is already familiar with the Pan_and_Scan concept.

I'm not sure whether she's aware that during her hiatus from these boards dark_jedi has already preserved this set.
The Dark Jedi Faces "Fullscreen Edition" VHS Transfer (link courtesy of russs15)

Many of us old-timers already have that version. Had it not already been preserved, I suspect more people would have expressed interest in this kind offer.


Molly, are your versions progressive? Have they been IVTC'ed ?


But the Dark Jedi's set is no longer available. So, Molly uploading them would be great!