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#736853
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Ask the member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster anything AKA Interrogate the Pastafari
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You have clearly never been touched by its noodly appendage, so you are not blessed with the sight that reveals the one true strand of Truth woven through his seeming multitude of confusions. This is the wisdom of his noodlyness, and I have been a member of the reformed Pastafarians for many a year.

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#736832
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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Handman said:

Tobar said:

NeverarGreat said:

Tobar said:

As I said in that other thread, I think they're gonna hold onto the teaser and save it for Strange Magic in January.

After seeing the Jar Jar levels of uncomfortableness in the Strange Magic trailer, attaching the Ep 7 trailer to this movie would be epically misguided.

 What's misguided about it. If that's the only way to see the teaser, that's guaranteed ticket sales. Compared to increased sales for a competitor.

 I think what he's trying to say is... they don't want this movie to sell tickets.

Exactly. That's probably why it's a January release that we're just now getting a trailer for. And Disney seems to be distancing itself from George Lucas and the CGI-heavy prequels.

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#736257
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Jedi Council Forum Laughs
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darklordoftech said:

NeverarGreat said:

dclarkg said:

darklordoftech said:

http://boards.theforce.net/threads/proof-palpatine-is-not-sidious-lengthy-proof.6808707/

Jaja good idea for a fan edit :P

also... 2002 thread? Wow

 That would fit right in to my preferred ST plot twist:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/STAR-WARS-EPISODE-VII-JEDI-DAWN/topic/15757/

It would. I posted your plot twist on TFN and the mods were very mad.

 Links or it didn't happen.

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#736111
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Who like The Force Awakens as a title?
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Hal 9000 said:

If I ever do a fan edit of Episode 7, which I sincerely hope there is zero need for, I may try to carry on my tradition of giving an alternate title from an EU novel. Perhaps "The Undying Force"? It might help to see what the story is about!

If the 'Stronger Vader Edit' is any indication, some people will feel the need to edit any Star Wars film, no matter how good.

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#736053
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**RUMOR** Original theatrical cut of the OT to be released on blu ray!!
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Tobar said:

moviefreakedmind said:

imperialscum said:

Fang Zei said:

There's no way to market yet another version of the SE (without the OOT) that will get people to flock to the stores.

I think people on OT.com hugely misjudge the OOT's relevance to an average fan. There has been a very few of us who refused to buy Blu-Ray on the principle of having unwanted changes.

If they release another set with something "extra", I think fans will buy it just as they did 2004 and 2011 release.

I actually disagree with that. A lot of people (whether they care or not) are well aware of the Han Shot First thing; the SE is easily the most controversial alternate version of a film, except for maybe the colorized version of It's a Wonderful Life. The biggest complaint about the blu rays was the fact that it did not include the original versions, and that was mentioned in articles from a lot of news sources in their articles discussing the blu rays. Look at how much hype these rumors got over the summer about the OUT too. 

 To add to this. I've been told directly and have overheard others say that they either horde their VHS copies, are trying to find VHS copies or are trying to transfer their VHS copies to DVD. None of these people were big fans like us either.

To further add to this, the video rental place across the street from where I live has multiple copies of each OT VHS as well as a few 2006 DVDs, and I didn't see the blu-ray version at all.

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#735159
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Is the Hobbit prequel trilogy suffering the same problems as the Star Wars prequel Trilogy?
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RicOlie_2 said:

Bingowings said:

I agree there are some detractors of anything that follow a trend. But the PT is demonstrably crap. I have repeatedly been saying "Manikin Skywalker" since the release of AOTC so either I invented it or it was parallel evolution because I certainly don't remember reading elsewhere before I started.

 I recall Jake Lloyd saying in an interview (or perhaps it was someone talking about Jake) that he was called "Mannequin Skywalker" at school after the release of TPM.

I'm guessing that most who disliked Hayden's performance have come up with that pun, myself included, but don't use it because it's rather dorky.

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#734584
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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Harmy said:

I liked The Ancient Fear much more.

The Ancient Fear sounds like the movie will be looking backwards, whereas The Force Awakens sounds like the movie will be more in the present, looking to the future. I'm optimistic, and don't think that it's any more dull than the other titles in the saga.

This does mark a potentially dramatic shift in the philosophy of Star Wars movies however. This is the first one that directly references the Force, rather than just Jedi or Sith. Star Wars had an aspect of the Force, but also had characters on both sides that didn't believe it and wanted nothing to do with it. However, there was little indication that the Force was carried solely through bloodlines, and it is suggested that the Force can be with anyone, anywhere. All of the other films more heavily implied that the Force wasn't a conscious being, but rather a mystical (or molecular) mutation. I hope that the Force is now potentially able to be used by anyone, and that it does not follow bloodlines anymore.

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#734225
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Neverar's A New Hope Technicolor Recreation <strong>(Final Version Released!)</strong>
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Fortunately (or unfortunately for those waiting) I am only a third of the way through the film, so I'll be sure to fix those highlights before continuing. Comparing the Blu-ray recovered highlights to the HDTV broadcast highlights shows almost negligible improvement to the detail, so rather than redo what has been done, I'll leave the broadcast highlight details for the first third of the film and improve the process going forward.

I'm just amazed that there was an encoding issue like this for the Blu-ray. Did nobody watch this on a normal TV before sending it out?

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#734221
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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Erik Pancakes said:

Wait, seriously? That R2 looks IDENTICAL to any iteration of R2 I've ever seen. You're just looking for something to be wrong with this movie at this point, aren't you?

 I have high hopes for this movie, I'm just not feeling this rendition of R2. Perhaps he'll look better onscreen, but I just see quite a bit of difference between these two models:

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#734210
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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unamochilla2 said:

I don't see any issue with the dome - it's the angle of the photo.  There are subtle differences, but it looks like R2 to me.  There may be differences between ESB and ROTJ R2 that have gone unnoticed.  I'm a little surprised he wasn't altered in some significant way after 30 years.  Let's hope he doesn't fly. ;-)

 If the photo shows the dome tilted back, it would appear to be shorter due to foreshortening. But to be fair, I was comparing JJ's R2 to the original R2 - as the ESB pictures show, the dome was changed for the later films. I just haven't seen ESB or ROTJ in so long that any change from the original model it immediately noticeable.

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#734167
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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RicOlie_2 said:

Those black things on his shoulders aren't actually part of him. ;)

Why blame it on poor J.J.? He didn't make R2, and why should he be expected to know exactly how R2 should look? I can't figure out what's wrong with him without a comparison picture, and I think it's perfectly reasonable that R2's been modified some time in the past 30 years. At least he looks used and not clean and shiny.

 

This is R2, Star Wars style. Note the height of the dome.