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#113103
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The chosen one
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Actually, the Prophecy existed before ANH was a movie.

"but isnt it jsu proving a point thats been proven?"

You'd be surprised how many people willingly ignore Lucas on this one. They apparently want a different balance or Luke to be the Chosen One.

"In the Eastern Philosphy there is balance at the end of ROTS with Obi-wan/Yoda vs. Darth Vader/Siddious."

It's not simply numbers - it's the acts of the individuals. There is no balance at the end of ROTS because Vader and Sidious are just beginning to kill hundreds of Jedi, and will soon be targeting others whom they consider their enemy, like the Senators Palps was referring to. This culminates in Tarking destroying Alderaan in ANH.

Now, if Palps and Vader were not in charge of the Republic/Empire with a huge clone army to back their every whim, then your two-on-two scenario would make more sense, because it would simply be two Sith vs. two Jedi. Obviously, this is not the case.

Besides, if it were simply based on numbers, then there is no balance at the end of ROTJ because a Jedi exists without a Sith to balance him. Does this mean the Force will continue to hunt down and kill Luke like in "Final Destination"?
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#112938
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Idea: Working & Releasing the Audiotracks separately?
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"No. I'm pretty sure you can't. Unless you want to resample, but I thought the point was to capture what's there digitally, as bit-for-bit as possible."

It is possible, but why bother? As Karyudo said, you are better of catching it in its native form. If you are going to attempt to process it in real time while you are capturing, you better have a lot of horsepower in your computer, and don't be surprised if you get some random sampling errors.

Get a pristine master first - and then tinker with the copies all you want.
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#112928
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EW asks readers to answer our 'Sith' questions
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"Either way, what's the big Deal? Why does everything have to have a proper answer? Why does everyone need to have an official answer from Lucas? Holy crap! Who really cares? Think what you want. Fill in the plot holes anyway you want. I don't know the movie inside out. I was making a suggestion. Why does it seem that everyone always finds the negative in things and has to put blame on someone for their unhappiness?"

So we don't need answers, but you gave one anyways, and now you are upset because your answer doesn't jive with the film? LOL.

You're sounding a but negative yourself, and I don't think this thread is the cause of it, either. Perhaps you should steer clear of threads that discuss unpalatable material. You might live longer.
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#112898
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EW asks readers to answer our 'Sith' questions
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"The Emperor did issue order 66 only once. It just showed it over to show the audience the different environments."

Not true. The command that he gave to Commander Cody was different from the command he gave to the fighter pilot. Apparently, "thinking for ones self" means ignoring what was in the films so that they make sense.

Oh, looks like Hot Rod beat me to it, and greencapt.....well, he got something.
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#112758
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The chosen one
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"... and in the time of greatest despair,
there shall come a savior, and he shall
be known as The Son of The Sun."

Journal of the Whills, 3:127
- starwars.com - Episode IV - Classic Moments - "The Son of the Sun"
Many people wonder who the real Chosen One is, and I want to know whether it's Luke or Anakin Skywalker?

While I imagine this was one of those subjects meant to spark debate and discussion, George Lucas has stated in interviews that Anakin Skywalker is indeed the Chosen One. As far as the prophecy goes, Anakin brings balance to the Force since it is he who disposes of the imbalance. That is, he kills Emperor Palpatine in Return of the Jedi. Sure, Luke is the catalyst for this turn of events, but it is ultimately Anakin who makes the choice. - Insider Magazine
"The part I am working on now [ROTJ] is mostly about Darth Vader, who he is, where he came from, how he became Luke and Leia's father, what his relationship to Ben is. In Jedi, the film is really about the redemption of this fallen angel.. Ben is the fitting good angel, and Vader is the bad angel who started off good. All these years Ben has been waiting for Luke to come of age so that he can become a Jedi and redeem his father. That's what Ben has been doing, but you dont get this in the first film." - George Lucas: Annotated Screenplays

Should Anakin have been trained?

"GL: I think it is obvious that he was wrong in Episode 1 and made a dangerous decision, but ultimately this decision may be correct. The Phantom Menace refers to the force of the dark side of the Universe. Anakin will be taken over by dark forces which in turn destroy the balance of the Galaxy, but the individual who kills the Emperor is Darth Vader - also Anakin. The tale meanders and both the prediction, and Qui-Gonn are correct - Anakin is the chosen one, and he did bring peace at last with his own sacrifice. Luke couldn't kill the Emperor himself, but he could make Anakin reflect on his life and kill the Emperor." - CUT magazine interview

"Sam Davatchi's website reports that George Lucas told a reporter for Studio Magazine that Anakin is indeed the one who brings balance to the force. In this interview, Lucas said that Anakin vanquished the Emperor and brought balance to the Force, although he did need help from Luke to do so. In addition, Lucas said that Anakin is the only person who could do that, because he is the only one who had enough power and was close enough to the emperor to destroy him. As pointed out by Cinescape Online, this fits into the following statement made by Lucas in the Making of Episode I book: "The mystery around [the chosen one] theory is that we don't know yet whether the chosen one is a good or bad person. He is to bring balance to the Force; but at this point, we don't know what side of the Force needs to be balanced out." (6/18/99)." - 1. In general, what will the New Trilogy be about?

"The first film starts with the last age of the Republic; which is it's getting tired, old, it's getting corrupt. There's the rise of the Sith, who are now becoming a force, and in the backdrop of this you have Anakin Skywalker: a young boy who's destined to be a very significant player in bringing balance back to the Force and the Republic.

In the second film, we get into more of that turmoil. It's the beginning of the Clone Wars, it's the beginning of the end of democracy in the Replublic, sorta the beginning of the end of the Republic, and it's Anakin Skyalker beginning to deal with some of his more intense emotions of anger, hatred, sense of loss, possessiveness, jealousy, and the other things he's coping with.

Then we will get to the 3rd film, where he is seduced to the dark side, which brings up to films four, five, and six, where Anakin's offspring redeem him allowing him to fulfill the prophecy where he brings balance to the Force by doing away with the Sith and getting rid of evil in the universe.
- George Lucas - from the American ANH VHS tape in the making of Episode II in the 2000 release.

"Lucas: The midi-chlorians have brought Anakin into being as 'the chosen one' who brings balance to the universe." - The Making of Episode 1, Random House, 1999.

"Profession: Chosen One" - AOTC DVD: supplementary materials: promotional TV spots: Anakin Skywalker:

It justifies, because you know Anakin and Obi-Wan have it out, but Anakin is the chosen one-he is supposed to be the best. But he comes out on the shorter end of the stick in the fight. It justifies it really nicely as the fight progresses."
- Hayden Christensen
Once all six films are complete, the following will make a nice audio and visual climax. We have determined that that was a statue of the Emperor falling and speculated that he was holding a "Peace Ball", but now that we have SEEN that, what do we hear? When panning over the crowd, you hear 2 people shouting something. One is undecipherable, the other is someone shouting "The son of suns, The son of suns!" Speculation at the time was that they were referring to Anakin and that he had saved the universe as some sort of prophet, and at the time, all we could do is wait and see if it would be explained...

Well, in some ways, the wait is over. At the end of The Phantom Menace in the parade scene, right after the ships fly over the parade, you hear it again. - Not someone else shouting "The son of suns, The son of suns!" but the same person, the same 5 second sound, tone, etc... it is the same sound byte, listen:"The Son of Suns" from ROTJ and The Son of Suns" from TPM
- TF.n
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#112598
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Idea: Working & Releasing the Audiotracks separately?
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" It was incorrectly flagged as CX and it's not. That's why the volume fluctuates so badly on a lot of players. My player auto-detects an incorrectly turns CX on, but I found the pin inside to pull that disables it.

That's very interesting. I wonder if I could force CX off on my player. I ended up running the commentary through a Vegas filter that levelled out the volume at a predetermined level. It worked beautifully, but I'd still like to get a pristine recording.

"Also, I've checked and the commentary is completely mono, so I could record in stereo and put the movie soundtrack in mono on the other channel. This will make it easier for those wanting to sync it back up to the film.

When I mastered my DVD with the PCM/AC3/commentary soundtracks, I ended up grouping some of the commentaries together because I had used up all 99 chapter stops. The segements aren't exactly where they are on the LD, but they are close enough, and you can access each one individually (or in their clusters.)
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#112642
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Ideas: I've been gone for some time now...
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"it actually, ironically works to the favor of GL by fandom coming up with wild theories to explain all of it."

I might add that recently, Lucas has developed a tendency to end any desciptions of film concepts with "or is it?", or something to that effect. He's basically undermining anyone's ability to use his quotes as hard facts - not surprising considering how many of his earlier quotes can easily be made to contradict themselves.

Looks like he's just throwing everything up in the air at this point - this is not surprising, considering how little regard he had for continuity between the trilogies.
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#112533
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Idea: Working & Releasing the Audiotracks separately?
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I was able to make a digital PCM copy of the Faces soundtrack, and syncing it up to any video would be very easy in vegas. It was from this soundtrack that I created my 5.1 soundtrack, which has gotten excellent reviews.

And yes, it's a little over 1GB in size.

"That, and I only own the Special Edition laserdiscs which nobody wants"

LOL...speaking of packet errors, I've been told the last part of ROTJ is full of them. Have you noticed this, or been able to get around it?
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#112397
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Rampant Rationalisation
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"Because according to the ORIGNAL and TRUE story, thates how old Anakin was when he became Darth Vader."

First of all, this was simply a mindset change - he wasn't an entirely new personality. Otherwise, there would have been nothing to turn back to, would there?

Secondly, and this is the point everyone seems to miss: He becomes "Anakin Skywalker" again at the end of ROTJ. Thus, Anakin is as old as Anakin is at the end of ROTJ - unless you see his body getting younger as he is talking to Luke.

Point being, it's a stupid change.