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#171284
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StarWars: Empire at War PC game demo out!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/171284/action/topic#171284
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Seems like Lucasarts may have something truly promising coming around this time. The game is a realtime strategy game that resembles somewhat of a mixture between "StarWars: Rebellion" and "C&C: Generals" and takes place a few years before ANH. If you don't shun a 750MB download, you can check out the demo and play through five tutorial missions and one galactic conquest mission.

Here are the required system specs:
Supported Operating Systems
To be able to play the STAR WARS: EMPIRE AT WAR Demo, you must have Windows 2000 or XP installed and configured correctly, and your computer hardware must be DirectX 9.0c compatible.

Minimum System Requirements
Computer Required: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible computer

CPU
Required: Intel Pentium 1.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
Recommended: Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 2.0 GHz

Memory
Required: 256 MB RAM
Recommended: 512 MB RAM

Graphics Card
Required: 32 MB 3D Graphics card with Hardware Transform and Lighting (T&L) Capability
Recommended: 64 MB 3D Graphics card with Hardware Vertex and Pixel Shader (VS/PS) Capability

Sound Card
Required: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible PCI, USB, or Onboard Audio Device

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#171101
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What you're reading now: EU style
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/171101/action/topic#171101
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I've started reading "Cloak of Deception". The story is taking place right before TPM and is a pretty good read so far.

Here's a short snippet from the bookcover: "Mired in greed and corruption, tangled in bureaucracy, the Galactic Republic is crumbling. In the outlying systems, where the Trade Federation maintains a stranglehold on shipping routes, tensions are boiling over - and now even the comfort of Coruscant is being invaded, as Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi foil an assassination attempt on Supreme Chancellor Valorum..."
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#170635
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I don't care one bit about the fate of prequel characters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170635/action/topic#170635
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Basically what I'm saying as this - a great scene, or even a number of great scenes, don't make a good film if the rest of the meterial isn'y up to par. Yes, that's one of the main gripes I have with the prequels - especially with ROTS. Lots of wasted potential.

Anyway, whatever - I wasn't pulling a 'cheap joke'. AWK's post about crying really did make me lagh out loud.
Well, even though your allergic reactions to AWK in other threads shed a different light on that "LOL!!!", I take your word for it. I'm just happy for every discussion that doesn't derail into a flamefest because of unnecessary misunderstandings.

I jsut can't see how anyone bought Anakin's fall or his friendship with Obi-wan. Evidently some did, and I'm happy for them and wish I was one of them, but I'm not. The prequels done nothing for me.
I can partially relate to that. I expected much more from George Lucas and I am still convinced that he would have been capable to deliver a much better 'product'.

It may be sad, but the original trilogy may have gotten as good as it is, because the actors and production teams didn't take George Lucas and the whole StarWars thing all too serious. "Fear will keep the local production teams in line. Fear of this multimillion dollar franchise." "The more you tighten your grip, the more creativity will slip through your fingers..."
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#170617
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what'a good age to introduce kids to star wars??
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170617/action/topic#170617
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Well, even if I would love the PT as much as the OT, I would still prefer to show newcomers the OT first - the PT spoils far too many surprises (the only thing that isn't spoiled is the "hyperspace jump cockpitview" woohoo!).

AWK, the same rational can be used to justify the other way to watch the films (OT and then PT). How would you feel about it, when some person would demand that your kids are to watch it in the order you do not prefer? That decision is entirely up to sikkbones, I'd say.

sikkbones, I honestly do not know at what age you should introduce starwars (in whatever order you choose) to him. It depends a lot on the kid and if it's interested in non-cartoony films already. I remember hating almost all things that weren't a cartoon or muppet thing - StarWars changed that of course.
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#170612
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I don't care one bit about the fate of prequel characters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170612/action/topic#170612
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
I mean, it made me cry the first time I saw it in the theater.
LOL!!!!!


I don't find that humorous. The PT has been a big part of my life and means to me what the OT has meant to you.
I concur. Pulling cheap jokes off of other peoples' honesty is hardly honorable. Eventhough I know AWK's old track record of insults, I think he earns some respect for his efforts to lead a serious discussion. I'm a bit disappointed that Jay's decision to give him another chance earns so much disrespect.

AWK, I know a lot of people were emotionally touched by Anakin's (ROTS) death scene the first time they saw it in the theatre (myself included, and I'm of older age). So don't let yourself be fooled about that. I also think that the problem was not that that special scene was screwed up, but that (as was illustrated above) the movies didn't do a very good job as to attach the audience to the main characters of the story. If you felt attached to the characters nonetheless, it's something people should (and probably do) envy you for.

I had these emotional moments with the original trilogy as a kid, so I'm not too bitter about having missed out on that in the prequels. I'm just bitter about Lucas & company lying around like we're all some kind of idiots for being hooked onto StarWars.
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#170608
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I don't care one bit about the fate of prequel characters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170608/action/topic#170608
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Originally posted by: Kaal-Jhyy
Ok, but there's one important thing you don't understand. Star Wars is Lucas' creation, and for him, every new "enhanced" version is some sort of update, not an alternate version. From his point of view, it's normal that he doesn't want to release the O-OT on DVD. I know that, but since StarWars became a phenomenom of modern culture StarWars isn't about George Lucas alone anymore - and that's what he fails to see.

And you're claiming that Lucas considers Star Wars a commercial product and "he fully depended on the commercial momentum the OT still had". If it was the case, don't you think that he would already have released every movie in several versions (I'm talking about DVDs)? From a purely commercial point of view, it would be very fructuous to release the original versions of the movies (including TPM and AOTC), as well as the "final" versions, and maybe the OT SE. In this case, many fans would have bough 2 or 3 different versions of the same movies -> pretty commercial, isn't it?
They did. Just look back how often StarWars was sold to us. And he can't sell to us what doesn't exist by his own rational (which you re-elaborated above). On top of that, he openly stated that he doesn't consider a re-release of the original cuts to be a commercially viable option.
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#170587
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Green screen, CGI and the 'Minute' documentary from ROTS
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170587/action/topic#170587
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Originally posted by: Scruffy
But "CGI crap" is so easy to overlook when watching a well-written, well-played, well-scored movie. I agree on that. Although I didn't like the new King Kong very much, I have to acknowledge it is a very well done homage to the old black and white film and Kong was really impressive - to my eyes it was a real creature.
Some say Darth Plagueis had the ability to influence the midiclorians to create life. He could actually keep old threads from dying.
Haha

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#170585
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I don't care one bit about the fate of prequel characters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170585/action/topic#170585
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Originally posted by: Zebonka
"The point of this story is that people love good movies, young or old."

Sure, sure. How come Never Ending Story did so well??? Let's not even mention Pearl Harbour.
Well, here in germany only the first two NES films did well (and the second only did well because people thought it would be like the first film, I remember a lot of disappointed faces _after_ the screening), the third film flopped. When it comes down to pearl harbour, I suppose it was mostly because there wasn't any decent film dealing with that topic - when you compare it to the older pearl harbour themed films, it's still the 'best' (as far as I remember) although I myself wouldn't watch it a second time.

But you do have a point. There are 'bad' movies that do well in the box office nonetheless.
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#170584
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I don't care one bit about the fate of prequel characters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170584/action/topic#170584
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Originally posted by: Kaal-Jhyy
Well, that's all the point. I've always though that hardcore (OT) fans take Star Wars really too seriously... just my opinion...
I take it serious when someone lies to the public. I take it serious when someone deliberately makes the decision to sell an inferior product and claims it represents the best he could do, when it's pretty obvious it is not. It's not really about StarWars itself, but the attitude the man (and the companies he founded) developed towards the fans of his creation (this includes the fans of the prequels). That's what I'm pissed about.

On another notice: We are all hardcore fans - hence our presence here. So I would welcome it, if you wouldn't take yourself out of the line of fire here.
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#170572
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I don't care one bit about the fate of prequel characters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170572/action/topic#170572
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Originally posted by: Kaal-Jhyy
Well, I'm not sure of that.

Of course, he doesn't have the talent he had during the OT anymore (I'm just talking about his "talent" concerning SW, not future non-SW projects, we'll see for that...), and the magic that was in the OT doesn't work in the PT, ok.

But, sorry, I really think that he believes hard (and work hard) in his movies. The term "lazy" is really not appropriate, especially when we see the amount of work in the making of a SW movie...

Concerning the term "bastard", well, I'm really sorry to hear so many people having no respect. Hey, GL doesn't owe you anything, he makes his movies as he want to. That is. If you don't like it, ok, it's you're right, but please stop with insults...
The 2004 DVD set was an insult from Lucas to his fans/customers. But you are correct - bastard may be a bit hard - I'll take that back and call him a lazy liar then.

You are also right he worked hard - to modernize the process of filmmaking, but he most certainly didn't spend much time about the actors, the story and the fans. Something he already had quarrels about during the production of "Empire strikes Back". He doesn't believe in spending heartblood for something he considers a commercial product.

When it comes down to that 'respect' thing: George Lucas never seemed to have any kind of respect for his fans/customers. If that would be different this site would never have come into existence.
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#170481
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I don't care one bit about the fate of prequel characters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170481/action/topic#170481
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Me and my friends watched the other two prequels before going to the premiere - made ROTS an even bigger disappointment because of the "three stooges droid army" and general "number 5 alive" grievous, plus all the srewed up make up and design concepts and the flip-flop style turn of Anakin. The dialogue between Anakin and Obi-Wan and Anakin and Palpatine were the highlights of the film.

It was disappointing because Lucas could have done so much better, but he didn't because he didn't have to - he fully depended on the commercial momentum the OT still had. Lazy bastard.
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#169247
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'Merge' Article- Lucas in his own words
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/169247/action/topic#169247
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I'm not unsatisfied with the O-OT movies, I'm just unsatisfied with George Lucas' lack of honesty - he could very well afford it. On top of it come the questionable business practices of the companies he once founded to create a positive alternative to the Hollywood machinery - I think from a todays point-of-view one can only say that the effort backfired in every possible way.
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#169101
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'Merge' Article- Lucas in his own words
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/169101/action/topic#169101
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Actually the whole opening scroll thing is 'merely' an homage to the old Buck Rogers shows (who had a similar opening scroll) - so even that is an homage. The whole plotline of ANH is one big homage to Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress". The 2004 dvd set even contains that information directly from George Lucas' mouth (check out the ANH director's commentary and the bonus dvd).
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#168524
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Seamless branching O-OT and SE disc
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/168524/action/topic#168524
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
IMO, the OOT is a question of content. Forget Jabba and Biggs and Greedo shooting first, changing actual FX composition constitues changes. Whether or not its an updated CG shot in Yavin or re-rotoscoping lightsabers, those are material changes to the content. But cleaning up matting artifacts to me does NOT constitute a change to content.

Thus, if they were to clean up all of the matting for the sake of cleaner picture and fewer branches, I think that would be acceptable to most [...] I feel exactly the same way about that. Keep the original content, but for heavens sake - do a good job of removing any garbage matte and emperor brain slugs and anything else along those lines (and please paint the light sabers and the laser shots correctly).

Color timing will be subjective and different with every different transfer, so that will always be met with some criticism. It was just so abhorrent in the 2004 DVD that it begs to be fixed. The Definitive Collection was such a painstaking restoration that they really got just about everything right that could be gotten right. The DVD was a piss-poor cash grab and time has shown it.
Well, what bothers me most is inconsistency in color timing. The 2004 set (especially ANH) has a different timing for almost every shot - the rest is (as you mentioned) merely a question of personal preferrence.

I sincerely hope that the Blu-Ray release will include everything but the kitchen sink. Seamless branching between O-OT, the 1997 SE, the 2004 SE, and the much rumored 2007 UE. And historical audio tracks for the original mono, stereo options, updated mixes through the years (simply lifting them from their LD masters would be a no-brainer to accomplish), and one juggernaut commentary where you get the surviving cast members to sit down and view the film together and get their banter, like a Kevin Smith commentary track.

This would not be THAT difficult for Van Ling to pull off. He's the master of seamless branching, has been since the introduction of the DVD format. Blu-Ray will take it to the next level. One disc to rule them all. ;-)
That would be too good to be true. The archival editions are our last hope - may the force be with us.
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#168454
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'Merge' Article- Lucas in his own words
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/168454/action/topic#168454
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Originally posted by: Anchorhead
All that damn lying, though - man, there's young people that believe it - young people that weren't around in the seventies when he was giving interviews and saying the very thing he now claims never took place.
Well, to him the OOT doesn't exist - so go figure. Putting to consideration what you just said about Lucas delusional state of mind made me think if he may actually be SuperShadow.