Morgan the Boost

screams in the void said:

I can’t believe that in all my years of viewing the film hundreds of times, I never picked up on this . Turns out Vader had a theme before the Imperial March that was a lot more subdued in the original film . The video they link to near the bottom of the page really makes one aware of it . Now I will never be able to not notice it on future viewings !..http://episodenothing.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-music-of-star-wars-that-we-never_16.html

By the winged devils of Onderon! I KNOW that piece of music, could hum it… but my brain never thought of it as a THEME/MOTIF in that way. It’s overshadowed in my brain box by the more dynamic Imperial March, which is strengthened by being in multiple films.

I am 8 films into a chronological rewatch with my kids.

The Phantom EDIT
Attack of the Clones
(2D Animated Clone Wars cartoons)
Revenge of the Sith
Solo
Rogue One
Star Wars DESPECIALIZED Harmy
Empire REVISITED Adywan
Return of the Jedi Special Edition

My kids, 7 and 10, are having a blast.

Not ONCE have they commented on changing special effects or film stock. No comment on cartoon vs puppet Yoda.

My daughter, during the SW trench run, did ask “how do the make explosions so REAL!” That was the extent of it.

While they’ve grown up with Star Wars, Marvel films are what kids are super into these days, and cartoons also, so they’ve probably seen “LEGO Droid Tales” more than the actual films.

Nice to see it with a fresh pair of eyes.

The cartoonish color tints could go.

Maybe a wierder score could help with the mood, it has a fairly standard score IIRC that doesn’t mesh with the movie. Something more like “Dune” has.

I can’t recall specifics, but Travolalien monologues A LOT and is also an exposition machine. Cut down on that.

Nothing can save this movie. There’s not enough good stuff to salvage, even into a short film.
On top of that, the original novel was dumb, and the film is quite faithful.

Excited. Doing a chronological watch through with my kids. This will be the first time they’ve seen ESB in a year or two, and the first time with ESB-Revisited on the big screen.

As with all things in my life, I wasn’t paying attention. But I made a little donation.

was too much.

he boldly swore

SilverWook said:

They might be contractually obligated to do the movie, but I doubt they have to do all the press junkets and other promotional crap either. Have actors ever sabotaged a movie by phoning it in?

I know a director who did.
That’s why we have this website. 😃

(hi guys, guess who bought a laptop?)

trimboNZ said:

INVAR said:

TiiN said:

In contrast to ANH and TESB the deleted scenes from ROTJ has many potential to be reediting into the movie. I agree with you. Especially:

• Luke building this light saber
• Bunker rush (nice action, see the link)
• Emperor is commanding to destory the moon (more dramatic, more evil)

The difficult is to restore these blu ray material that it is matching to the rest of the movies (color, sound, scratches, effects). I think this is a lot of work. But when Adywan can handle this, this would be an amazin change.

I hope Adywan will try 😃

I’m not savvy on seeing Luke build his lightsaber. It takes away from the dramatic moment we all felt in 1983 when R2 launched it to him on the skiff. THAT was a terrific reveal. We do not need to see it to serve the storyline that Luke built a new one.

^^ This.

Also having Palpatine order Jerjerrod to destroy the Endor moon takes away from the Emperor’s own Achille’s heel that Luke himself states; his overconfidence in his own ‘legion of my best troops’. There would be no need for a failsafe should the rebels disable the shield generator, which Emp himself gave the Rebellion the coordinates of.

^^ Also this.

Cutting back and forth between Jerjerrod’s dilemma of wiping out the moon diminishes Luke’s tension with Vader. Truly Emp’s overconfidence WAS his weakness, and I think expanding the ground battle to showcase the overwhelming odds the rebels faced is good enough tension without sacrificing the main point of the storyline to yet another plot point that only serves to add another level of tension where it is not needed.

^^ Again, also this. Those scenes were cut for a reason. One thing Return Of The Jedi doesn’t need is more clutter.

That

6’2" barefoot and hatless

Animated 1980s "Phantom of the Opera."
Not bad. Faithful to the book in many ways, but with seemingly random departures that don’t effect the story at all.

Queen
Savatage
Wu Tang Clan (the whole group)

I don’t own two tubas, but I have a big brass pair.

I really really love Mass Effect.

I got on the bandwagon a little late (buying my first Xbox 360 Christmas 2015) and have since devoured everything in the franchise. Two full playthrough of the trilogy, all the comics and novels and OST album and animated cartoon. I have an N7 baseball cap and a sticker of Liara on my computer at work.

I’d say its the most enjoyment I’ve had with a entertainment brand in my adult life.

I am SO pissed it looks like two completed Mass Effect Andromeda novels may not be released since that game didn’t do well. 😦

So, anyone else play?

I really liked Christopher Nolen’s new film

Trevorow fired because he wasn’t very good.

I’d like to see Cary Fukunaga have a shot. I loved loved loved his Jane Eyre.

I saw a dog in eclipse glasses. Highlight of my year.

captainsolo said:

Well this doesn’t bode well.

How do you make a serious space adventure western? Ahh yes get the director of Billy Elliot and The Reader.

The Kenobi novel is really the best starting point for a screenplay as it is practically already tailor made for adaptation. Personally I would have pitched that but slightly expanded to have at least one off-planet sequence.

At best I get the feeling this will be another TWINE scenario where a more art house type director is hired for a big budget feature and there is a complete disconnect between story, characters and action sequences.

(coughs) Patty Jenkins (cough)
(coughs) Kershner (coughs)

TV’s Frink said:

I find it highly suspicious that our resident trolls have come back at the exact same time, btw.

Am I in that group? I’ll challenge you to a dual.

There have been times “Star Wars” in general has been supplanted in my life by other things I’m an enthusiast for, but I always come home.

SilverWook said:

dude98ish said:

ChainsawAsh said:

Since I wasn’t around when TFA came out (and to possibly re-rail this thread a bit), I mostly enjoyed TFA, rehashes and all (and I say that as someone who’s very critical of ROTJ for its rehashiness).

It was a necessary palate cleanser after the dumpster fires of the prequels, introduced two protagonists I already have a lot of interest and investment in (Rey and Poe) and an antagonist that is compelling and frightening due to how unstable and unsure of himself he is (Kylo), and set the stage for something truly fresh and unique to come after.

It’s not perfect, of course. For one, I hate Starkiller Base and think the movie should have ended with Rey imprisoned on Kylo’s Star Destroyer, with the rescue attempt happening amid a battle between the New Republic fleet (which would have been decimated) and the First Order as they staged a surprise orbital bombardment of the New Republic capitol rather than on a snow planet that for some reason is a hyperspace Death Star. For two, the actual politics of the Resistance/Republic/First Order were woefully underestablished (or not established at all). For three, I thought Finn was poorly handled - a defecting stormtrooper shouldn’t be a bumbling comic relief character.

But overall? Better than any of the prequels, and better than ROTJ.

What you say are dumpster fires (ok episode 1 and 2 are bad lol) I enjoy more than this new family friendly disney mainstream film made entirely just for the box office

Are you implying the prequels and OT are indie art films? Lucas likes making money too!

And I’m sure that SW, ESB, and Jedi making money was just a lucky side effect of producing art.

captainsolo said:

I still find myself saying: Yesterday was a Lie coming soon to DVD.

Cue Captain America GIF of “I understood that reference” but I don’t know how to put in a gif.

Boba flirting with the dancer. Literally the only characterization he gets in either film.

Getting a little ESB:R viewing party this weekend. Same crew I had a SW:R viewing party with, seven years ago.