MrPib

AWESOME!

Far be it from me to spread rumors, but I've *never* seen Frink and -1 together in the same room...

Thanks for the Team -1 (and Team Ollie North) explanations.  I imagine that we'll never really know.

Darth / Frink, could you take a moment and explain what you're talking about with respect to the makeup of Team Negative1?  I see cryptic comments here and there, and I'd love to know what you're talking about.

Thanks!

Fantastic!

HOLY CRAP -- the preview is amazing!  I've never seen SW look so film-like since I saw it in the theater ages ago.

Star Wars looked pretty damn nice in 70mm in 1977.

poita said:

Woah, what happened here?

Apparently some vandals drew big red circles on the frames.

SilverWook said:

Ok, some people need to chill out. You know who you are.

I'm pretty sure the expression is "chill out, dickwad".

Frink -- that's really funny!

TV's Frink said:

You can't control what Lucas has done.  You can control what you are doing...so stop posting the same thing over and over, and stop posting offensive things.

 This offends me.  I may have to send more lazy MySpleen seekers your way to punish you.

team_negative1 said:

We're not ever going to get our hopes up for a release or news about it, and neither should anyone else.

These rumors are just that and nothing more. If it never happens, it was not meant to be.

There will be enough alternatives to replace it.

Team Negative1

 Agreed.  And thank you very, very much for your work on an alternative!

DavidMerrick said:

At this point in my life, I don't care bout "better." Empire may be the definitive Star Wars film but the sense of catharsis and wonder I get from Jedi is incomparable. I can't wait to see the "Lapti Nek," sarlacc and celebration sequences restored to their original simplistic glory.

It just dawned me that I've never watched the SE Empire or Jedi.  I was so disgusted by the SW changes that I swore off the SEs there.

I do have a warm spot for Jedi because I worked in a theater when it came out, and I had it timed so I'd walk in at the best parts (light saber duels, space battles, and of course force-lightening).

Thanks for the explanation, towne32.

DavidMerrick said:

I'm super looking forward to this edition of Jedi. It's my favourite of the original trilogy and the one that suffered the most from its alterations.

Liking Jedi more than SW or Empire is something you should discuss with your psychologist, but I was under the impression that Jedi was the *least* butchered by the SE treatment.

Sorry about that.  Guess the sarcasm didn't come through, and I guess he couldn't be bothered to take Danfun's advice.

NimbusAgion said:

Hey there! Can anyone please send me a myspleen invite?

Thanks!

 I'd suggest sending a PM to TV's Frink.

SilverWook said:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=thread+crapping

Oh come on -- this entire 71-page thread is crap.  Which is why I do my business here and not in the real Harmy threads.

And 3D *sucks*

SilverWook said:

Disney has been stiffing 3D fans stateside for a while. 

Yes.  All three of them.

(I *hate* 3D)

Frank your Majesty said:

Now, here it says Lucas has final cut rights on Star Wars. Still, Disney would be stupid if these rights weren't included in the deal. Any idea how to find out who has these rights at the moment?

 I know not, Sire.  AFAIK, the details of the buyout haven't been given.

TK-949 said:

Just 15 to 18 days until the official announcement that the OOT will be released.

The only rumor I've heard is that we'll get to stream the SEs:

http://furiousfanboys.com/2015/02/action-figures-confirm-a-digital-release-of-the-star-wars-saga/

I'll warn you, though, that the above is a completely obnoxious site.  Here's a nice quote from a piece linked from the above URL:

Just because the intellectual property changed hands from Lucasfilm to Disney, it doesn’t change the fact that Lucas maintains his cuts of the movies. Lucas doesn’t profit off of Star Wars anymore, but that doesn’t give Disney (or Fox who still owns the movies until 2020) any right to go in and chop up his movies to make a quick cash-grab off some jilted fans hopelessly clinging to nostalgia.

Yours truly,

Jilted & Hopeless

team_negative1 said:

Since this the only major 35mm restoration being actually released, it needs to be handled with the care we have given to it.

Team Negative1

There are private restorations underway?  Any using better source reels than you have?

Excellent explanation, CatBus.  Thank you, and I see your point.

Interesting about JEJ.  The IMDB trivia page says:

James Earl Jones supplied the voice of Darth Vader, but specifically requested that he not be credited. At the time, the reason he cited was that he felt he had not done enough work to get the billing, but he later admitted that he didn't want his name associated with the film because he was still an up-and-coming actor, and didn't want to be typecast. Jones does receive billing in the subsequent sequels and the 1997 "Special Edition".

I wonder if he OK'd getting credited in the SEs.  I assume, by 1997, there was no danger that he'd be typecast as a Sith Lord ;-)

You really are hysterical, Frink!

I don't understand why the 97SE desecration is considered by some to better than the subsequent desecrations.  They're all a travesty, and none of them are Star Wars.

yoda-sama said:

Lucas basically intended for his newer versions to culturally eclipse the originals or at least physically outlast the mediums it was widely available on (I will boldly assume that quote was from before the GOUT).

You are correct, sir.  And while the DVD won't fade like VHS, it will nonetheless be eclipsed by HD and beyond -- especially since it's non-anamorphic, and from a very old master.

Here's a great piece about the importance of the OOT.  It has the Lucas quote that I posed above.  The site is down, but the Internet Archive has some of the content:

http://web.archive.org/web/20121230052150/http://savestarwars.com/righttoculturalheritage.html

Alderaan94 said:

I said i prefer the originals. I only asked for a version with the only change of the Victory Celebration music as a curiosity, not as a subtitute of the originals. You misunderstood me.

I didn't phrase my post well.  It's not meant as a dig at you -- sorry if it came across that way.   What's sad is that you grew up with the SEs, which is completely Lucas's fault, and is his intention.