Mocata

Vladius said:

Initial thoughts:
Since they would be “hunting” for Ben Solo he wouldn’t actually be in it as much as the other characters, so it might have looked like the Rey movie they’ve already worked on and cancelled (twice?)
People liked him as a villain, and people generally didn’t like the last minute romance, so it’s hard to say that the popularity of the character would be there.

I missed this supposed title somehow. Would it be like The Search for Spock LOL

Latest George soundbite on SW:

I’ve moved past it. I mean, I’ve got a life.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/george-lucas-has-moved-past-star-wars/

Which I hope is true. Maybe that’s why the leaks of new material have come along recently? Then again it could mean absolutely nothing.

Just last year of course we were hearing this stuff:

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/New-Lucas-interview-2-Insists-Unaltered-Versions-Of-The-OT-Will-Never-Be-Released/id/118589

I think a film belongs to its creator. When Michelangelo made the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, he looked at it and said: I’m going to redo this part.

But I suppose both things could be true, he could be done with it all and still have power to veto a restored OOT release.

Now they’re saying David Fincher did the same thing, tried to pitch a movie post-TROS and got refused.
https://bsky.app/profile/culturecrave.co/post/3m3twora7r22n

It worked for Palpy, Boba Fett, and Darth Maul.

Dagenspear said:

Is this a joke? Kylo? The guy who I think has no developed solidly origins, goals or motives, is written as a real character?

Compared to Rey and Finn? Lol.

I feel the shroud of the Dark Side around this whole thing.

If they can’t figure out what to do in six years then maybe it should just stop. Or at least have producing duties taken off them. Kylo being the one who lived and wandered into the desert was the obvious choice since he was actually written as a real character.

I came across this artwork and remembered “Star Wars: Eclipse” was a thing. The Quantic Dream (Heavy Rain) production. Then I wondered if it’s ever going to come out.

https://x.com/qdream_ru/status/1916749239201272081

They claim it’s still in development, but say they are also making a multiplayer game. Which lately has signalled the death of dev teams since the market for such things is basically full.

https://www.eurogamer.net/star-wars-eclipse-is-still-in-development-quantic-dreams-assures-alongside-new-competitive-multiplayer-game

Audio tracks should just be an option for the viewer, anything else is probably harder to avoid.

I said they art they used was lame, not his work.

Anyway, RIP to a legend.

Well if you’re worried about leaving breadcrumbs now is the time to clean them up before it’s too late… before someone claims everyone got fired and the project isn’t going to see the light of day. If you’re actually legit use some common sense.

It would be very funny if Vader gave up after less than a day searching, and the bounty hunters were all just available together that same afternoon.

Yeah, same for me.

fallenorder0392 said:
The reason why we “gatekept” this in the first place was out of fear that the absolutely pristine restoration work that these people were doing of the Original Trilogy would be publicly leaked, and be pulled out of release by Disney and Co., and that these projects wont ever see the light of day. It would put the fansites (us, TSWT, etc.) in jeopardy as they might go on banwaves trying to silence us, or finally break that “legal gray area” that we’ve all been operating on for years in terms of restoration projects and fan-edits. It wasn’t really out of hoarding or keeping them to ourselves, we knew the implications if this would leak (given this is some very high level technical stuff involving teams of people working across different departments, allegedly) and we wouldn’t want these people to lose their jobs because of a shoddy autouploader that was posted to a random YouTube account.

I’m still not convinced an automated system accidentally created a youtube account and shared clips tbh. Does such a thing even exist, does it happen to other YT users? Is there a ghost in the machine at LFL? It seems more likely this leak was a test gage who much niche interest (and therefor profit) might be gained from such a release. Ironically the release of the real OOT would “silence” fans doing their own work… because the lack of any official release is the reason for the bootlegs.

On the subject of these pictures though… they look nice? I’m not expert but it’s newly graded and the old magenta is gone and the new Disney+ de-saturation is also gone. There’s a bunch of technical stuff in text form which is odd, and so is the lack of real watermark other than a tiny text thing underneath. Is someone on the site that’s been working on their versions over the years around to comment?

crissrudd4554 said:

Mocata said:

It’s done well, but also you could watch any of the many other cuts quite easily at one time (this edition seems to be out of print).

It is and therefore not as easy as it once was.

Not as easy, but still doable. It was always a collector’s item, so a bit more expensive (or a lot depending on your chances in the used market today) rather than something impossible. That’s how it should have been done with Star Wars; a choice for the OOT fans (or even the 1997 SE fans) instead of it being buried.

JadedSkywalker said:

I did vastly prefer the previous director’s edition of Star Trek the motion picture for instance because they tried to make it match what was done in 1979. The 4K was much more like a Lucasian affair. I may enjoy it as an alternate cut but I would hate if they had decided to not allow the 1979 version. But in an expensive boxed set they allowed you to have not one and not two, but three cuts of the movie including the special longer tv cut in widescreen with the matte for the Kirk finally finished.

Well that’s the thing; as a casual fan of Star Trek TMP I can live with it being the “DVD” cut whichever that one was. But at least over time different editions have existed. Even my personal fave, STVI, has been altered on different releases over time for some reason.

Lust-In-Phaze said:

Does this change anyone’s minds on whether those leaks from the summer were legit? I’m not versed enough in the fine details of any shots to say whether they’re doctored from other restorations, curious what greater minds than my own have to say.

Only time will tell

crissrudd4554 said:

One alternate cut that does this well is Blade Runner The Final Cut. It had digital changes done to it but they were tastefully done to at least stay true to the time the film was made. It still looks and feels of it’s time. The Star Wars Special Editions not so much.

It’s done well, but also you could watch any of the many other cuts quite easily at one time (this edition seems to be out of print).

“What have I done?!” says Anakin, after realising he was tricked.

I’d say they definitely do, unless it’s some kind of fantasy light that doesn’t emit any heat. Baseball bat mode is just self-censorship or vfx budgetary issue.

KotOR II was very confusing at the time, especially the stuff with Kreia and Visas Marr at the end. Like you’re saying don’t date her but I don’t know if I did? What’s going on? But I never went back to it after reading what happened behind the scenes, or after the later day patches.

No, that was SW Galactic Battlegrounds.

Those are all big AAA efforts that take ages to come around though, when years ago it seemed like a SW game would appear more often, even if quality was variable.

Y’know I kind of forget it became Lucasfilm Games after Lucasarts died, they haven’t really achieved much. With the buyout of EA in the news I wonder what the future SW projects will be on their end, if any.

LOL that table read photo, as a non-fan of the original movie that’s pretty funny.

Thanks! Will check this out tonight.

All that Anakin stuff happened in a “magic undersea dream realm” so why not. People clapped like seals.