Mocata

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.

rocknroll41 said:

Mocata said:

Oh yeah that’s definitely for a callback when Ahsoka shows up.

Ahsoka is still lost in another galaxy and season 2 of her show doesn’t come out until after this movie. I doubt she’s in this.

Depends when this is set. Or if she just finds a way out through space magic. Can they resist her appearing and referring to him and Little Stinky?

There are bits and pieces in the “Art of” books he also wrote but not much. I assume the storyboard process (along with CG animatics) are done at a later stage of pre-production.

Oh yeah that’s definitely for a callback when Ahsoka shows up.

Acbagel said:

The IP is in a terrible place in general public opinion and you are releasing a film intentionally with no overall plot significance with a 50s “pulpy” cheesey/cute adventure story in a way that looks blatantly like a TV to movie low budget production. Just not sure what they expect to happen here… Do they really expect this to bring the masses back?

I doubt people will come back for this, they can barely get people to see new MCU releases now. In reality this feels more like “8 episodes are expensive what if we cut the vfx down to what we need for 2 and dump it”. Rather than any serious attempt to get a large audience excited.

BABY YODA!
BABU FRIK!
AT-ATs!

Well, I always assumed this was a re-purposed season 4… I just never thought it would look so much like one. Disney logo is probably taken off so people don’t immediately think of the “Disney Plus click” and wait until streaming. Which I will be doing.

Oh here’s the trailer…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pa1KLXuW0Y

Left me with a lot of questions. But mainly… why is this a movie?

It looks exactly like the show without any real cinematic vibe at all. Especially the Sigourney Weaver scene. Why see this in IMAX exactly?

Yeah they must have been there for 3-6 months at least. I’m sure there was another debate about it somewhere on here, some argued it was only like a week or that each scene represented a day of progress.

Tickets are apparently around $150 each so if people are already paying that and ignoring the bad effects SW seems like a way to make easy money.

That horrifying AI Wizard of Oz Dome thing is making a lot of money, now its operator is looking at giving other movies the same treatment.

In the latest quarter, the Sphere reported an operating loss of $83.4 million. Excluding some expenses, it had a profit of $24.9 million.

Dolan is in the market for more film titles, many of them more contemporary. From the Edge, a documentary featuring five athletes doing extreme stunts, will debut next year. Dolan has also spoken to Warner Bros. about additional titles, including Harry Potter, and he’s spoken to Walt Disney Co. about a few titles, including Star Wars.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-07/-the-wizard-of-oz-is-grossing-2-million-a-day-at-the-sphere

Director said:

I will do a reel sample video showcasing the scenes on YouTube within 9-12 September. I don’t understand the imgur system here so I will make a video. I will send the link here when done.

Imgur hosts screenshots, so you should take all of 2 minutes and host one and share it with us here.