Mocata

JonathanArthur19 said:
probably not but who knows.

More than probably.

Sounds like a horror movie which will confuse mainstream audiences. I wonder if it will do any business in a time when fantasy outside of superheroes and SW usually dies at the box office.

As for George’s dream… I’d believe if it I saw any proof he liked to actually direct movies.

They’ve also removed the “episode” moniker to make it all sync with the side-stories.

Also is Mace Windu carrying Yoda in a backpack ?

Oh I was close, they’re all forced to look like one another with a metallic motif. I didn’t think the art would be this awful mind you.

George didn’t seem to care about how bumpy things looked, just look at the Phantom Menace features. Now it’s all fluff.

Oh I thought this thread would be about toys

https://youtu.be/wzlDMKQYHb8

SilverWook said:

Has EOD been remastered in HD though?

A documentary that said “the first cut of Star Wars was an unmitigated disaster” will probably be buried.

crissrudd4554 said:

Don’t know if this was mentioned or matters but Empire of Dreams is on Amazon Prime.

It’s been on youtube for years.

Rodney-2187 said:

I can’t believe one of the most popular movie franchises of all time, now owned by one of the largest movie studios of all time, and the best option for viewing those movies is currently fan restorations.

Oh I can. There’s a genius narrative George started and it helps their branding to continue the same story.

That sounds very expensive, but I wonder if it’s some other gimmick version. Unless they’re re-selling the steelbooks or something. Prediction: re-branded I-VIII to make them look like one big series. Like all those Disney/Marvel DVD sleeves that are silver and gold now.

crissrudd4554 said:
a restored OUT is likely gonna be relegated to the back seat of a restored SE Trilogy which being the canon version

I predict this. Back seat might be a bit generous though.

Yeah the scene where Luke says he can see one of the sand people through the scope always confused me since it was cut off at the edges.

I’m primed to either feel Justice League or Star Trek Into Darkness levels of nausea. I’d prefer it not to be this way of course but I have little faith in the film makers involved, and it was the same when the man behind Jurassic World was still attached. I’ll be very surprised if it’s any better or worse than TFA but that’s the realistic bar I imagine they’re aiming for, depending on how indulgent JJ is and how much Saga stuff Disney demands.

But it’s still a peek behind the curtain, despite it being so very minor.

Worth repeating here I suppose
https://twitter.com/ctabesh/status/1156747612935954438

Mielr said:

DominicCobb said:

crissrudd4554 said:

Joe Dante even Tweeted about the film being aired in the wrong aspect ratio!

https://twitter.com/joe_dante/status/1156729611796926464?s=20

Steven Soderbergh too.

What did SS say? I can’t find it.

https://twitter.com/Bitchuation/status/1156718314330238977

Then there’s this reply from someone at TCM

https://twitter.com/ctabesh/status/1156747612935954438

Sigh.

They should have deleted it and just included his name during the Imperial trainee scene. Which I guess goes for a lot of these weird annoying moments… they shelved half the movie but didn’t have any idea what actually worked.

Edit: was his father also just called Han?

Indeed. Every set and prop was made by hand, and their work is being tarnished or deleted entirely.

Rodney-2187 said:

What would happen if they decided to release the unaltered versions but only on Disney+?

People young enough to subscribe to that sort of thing would be very confused?

oojason said:

So you’re saying orphans have brain damage?

If only scribd was still around. Guess you’ll have to risk eBay and see if I remembered it right.

doubleofive said:

Mocata said:

I was trying to find an interview with George that was in Empire magazine somewhere in the early 2000s. THX had just been released on DVD so it was a tie-in piece. So like, let’s say 2004. The interviewer asked him about the new changes to the film and the quote I want to say was something like…

“Oh it’s like Star Wars. There is no original version”.

Of course I could be mistaken and this is probably paraphrasing without remembering the actual question the journalist posed but the answer he gave stuck in my brain. I don’t own any copies of this magazine any more and I don’t think there’s a transcript online.

If you do find, this, let me know.

I’d have to find a list of back issues from that year and see if George interview is one of the cover articles. Maybe they’re digital these days.

Edit: Possibly this one https://www.magazinecollectors.co.uk/empire-magazine-185-2004-johnny-depp-cover-p-6973.html

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There are a lot of very silly ideas floating around here, and none of them fit into the category of ‘desperately playing it safe it please everyone’. I predict 50% ROTJ and 50% True Sith Red Guys vs First Order.

SilverWook said:

So Luke wasn’t joking back in the original film? 😉

                     THREEPIO
                     Is there anything I might do to help?

           Luke glances at the battered robot. A bit of his anger drains 
           and a tiny smile creeps across his face.

                       LUKE
             Well, not unless you can alter time, 
             speed up the harvest, or teleport me 
             off this rock!

So teleportation must be a thing too…

Does astral projection count?