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#317052
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SW films dubbed in other languages
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scorethefilm said:

I'd LOVE to see the OT in Japanese or Russian.


I own an officially released Japanese OOT DVDs (GOUT), it's still available at amazon.co.jp, hmv.co.jp or any other japanese DVD-store.

Star Wars presented with two dubbed tracks -- original '78 dubbing and a newer one. ESB and ROTJ offer new dubbing only.

You can watch few scenes from EpIV and EpV SE 04 here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1317321258474504937
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7507733826269612440

As for Russian dubbing -- there's two dubbed versions of Star Wars:
1. A very well done Soviet dubbing shown in USSR theaters back in the late 80's.
2. A made-for-TV dubbing (and I mean dubbing, not a voiceover) done by ORT TV-channel in 2005 (along with ESB and ROTJ) as part of the ROTS promotion. Pretty lame for my tastes -- poor acting and questionable translation work.

Original Star Wars dubbing is almost impossible to find now, and those few collectors who own it on film do not want to share.

ORT-dubbing of OT SE 04 can be easily found via Internet.

Here's two short samples:
Vader and Leia at Tantive IV (SW)
Vader and Jerjerrod at Death Star II (ROTJ)
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#274681
Topic
Zvyezdnye Voyny (poster)
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Originally posted by: RRS-1980
I'm not an expert, but I guess the correct pronunciation is "zvyezdnye vayny"
Correct russian pronunciation is "zvyOzdnye vOjny" (with accent on capitals).

Originally posted by: TheCassidy
I wish I could speak more languages so I could fully understand the cultural perceptions that colour the marketing campaings.

There isn't much of "cultural perceptions", they just picked up the wrong guy to draw a poster.
His name is Yuriy Boksyor, and he had a pretty unique style.
I really like his poster art for one of the best Soviet thrillers, Agatha Christi's "Ten Little Niggers":
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7317/297lp3.jpg

He's good for avant-garde and art-house kind of movies.
But Soviet cinema bosses definitely done a mistake when asked him to draw poster for Star Wars.
Totally unsuitable.

Originally posted by: Laserschwert
By the way, I'd be interested in how the trilogy was split into 5 parts... worth a fan edit maybe?

It was TV-show for teenagers called "Zebra" where they shown the whole trilogy in 5-10 minute pieces.
This "broadcasting" idea was authorized by George Lucas himself, letting "Zebra" not to pay any fees to Fox or Lucasfilm.