NeverarGreat

DuracellEnergizer said:

I would have preferred one colour for both the Jedi and the Sith or one colour for the Jedi and Sith each over the unbalanced mess utilized by the PT. Sith get only red while Jedi get blue, green, and the occasional purple? Give me a break!

From a philosophical standpoint, it would seem like a Jedi wouldn't care in the slightest what color their lightsaber was. Their first, second, and third priorities would be to have a functional weapon, and their teaching would make them reluctant to use the lightsaber except in great need. As the Jedi are all a part of an ancient order, they may have standardized the blades to a blue color as well. The Sith/agents of evil would make their weapons into a more personal statement, so it doesn't make sense that they would all have the same color lightsaber.

It would be neat to see a unified force of Jedi with identical blades as opposed to numerous self-styled Force users, all with lightsabers which differ based on their personalities.

The second picture has movement and energy, unlike the first. My vote is for the second one, though the first looks more realistic.

There's something about the desert environment itself that lends itself to the mythological, at least for me. Not magical, but the desolate nature of the desert allows the imagination to work, whereas in other places such as Hoth, where I never imagined anything more to the location. Dagobah also has this quality, but there it is more magical, the enchanted forest kind of feel.

Nice.

When alien archaeologists discover the ruins of Earth, they will use Project Threepio as the Rosetta Stone to decipher Earth's languages ;)

vacuum said:

i thought the SE shots blended a lot better in the '04 version, what with the color correction and all.

By that logic, converting the entire film to grayscale would do a lot more to blend the shots together.

Hal 9000 said:

There's a pretty good one called "Star Wars Minute" in which two guys and a guest go through Star Wars one minute at a time. 

That's pretty cool, they're on minute 35 of Empire, the one where I always think that Vader walks through an airport metal detector when he enters the base. Someone needs to add the metal detector sounds at that point.

darklordoftech said:

NeverarGreat said: The EU means Expanded Universe, not Different Universe. This is why Lucas specifically forbid writers from delving into the Clone Wars period and tried to make the prequels fit with the EU instead of disregarding it completely.

This is why Lucas should be ignored. Lucas called it EU, but Disney should call it DU (different universe).

I'm torn on this. Disregarding the EU throws away some good stories, while keeping it saddles the movies with a lot of implicit bad story baggage. It comes down to the kind of movie they're intending to make. If it is truly intended to be a spiritual continuation of the Original Trilogy, I'd say abandon the EU. But if they're going to explicitly acknowledge the Prequel Trilogy, it wouldn't make sense for them to ignore the EU, as the prequels themselves are basically EU, and many (such as myself) would like to think that they never happened at all.

Alright alright, It's fine now.

As for the change, yes the SE version is prettier. And normally I would say that the prettier shot would be better, but this is Tatooine, and it's not supposed to be nice or magical in most shots. The sky isn't supposed to be bright blue, it's supposed to be rather washed out. Tatooine is intentionally below everyone's standards, including and especially Luke's.

imperialscum said:

msycamore said:

imperialscum said:

While I appreciate the original versions and I support the struggle to get them released in HD, I just prefer 1997. I am very sensitive to visual aspects and quite frankly most of the original Tatooine scenes in ANH are unsatisfactory and below my standards.

That's some pretty high standards you got there.

Well a shot like this just doesn't inspire any of the magical feeling I got from 1997 SE counterpart.

 Totally agree. "dvdactive" just doesn't convey the same emotions at all.

;)

^harsh.

The biggest issue is definitely the continuity between shots, especially Han's clothes. Having him wear a parka immediately after landing doesn't make much sense. Perhaps if you cut away to the Imperial fleet after the Falcon makes its approach to Hoth, then cut back to Han in the control room with Leia.

darklordoftech said:

NeverarGreat said:

There are some good scans by Team -1...

Where can I find these scans?

 http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/team-negative1-star-wars-1977-35mm-theatrical-version-release-details-and-updates/topic/14590/page/26/

From here to page 34, they're scattered around a bit.

Oh, where is Warbler when you need him? Sir, I believe your post warrants a

*sigh*

There are some good scans by Team -1...

RIP CPY: 1999-2011

Ideas like this come from a (somewhat unreasonable) desire to make stories work by changing as little as possible. Most people simply judge a story based on its content, when the reality is that much of a story is told through its framing, or rather its...point of view.

;)

Just to clarify, we are talking about Creepy Puppet Yoda right?

Originally, yes.

Staaaap

This is pretty excellent. In fact, much of his stuff is excellent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbiQJp-gPQk&list=UUjnRga_fzuVMeLUjiD8f0xA

Itz a Wulf. See, dat's the hed and dat's the tale.

Tack said:

nutting maxs me happier than cing my frends getn wit day wont

Lemme summrise for you Duracell:

"nutn mAx me hapyr thn xing my frens gtn wt dy wnt"

Dere you go.

I like your declaration; it's kind of strange that you're both a stormtrooper and a rebel though.

Welcome to the forums.

Oh wait, wrong forum.

I dunno, I thought that the X-wing displays were supposed to look more primitive than the TIE fighter displays so as to indicate how desperate the rebels were, like they were using old tech out of necessity. The rebels can use displays of higher quality, such as on the Mon Calamari cruiser, so I don't think it's a design ethos thing. The Y-wings were also beaten up to look like the old workhorse ships of the Rebellion. The problem with using old tech repurposed from an earlier era is that the prequels didn't show these technologies either. Granted that the focus was almost never on a poor planet, but even Anakin's podracer had a display which looked more advanced than the X-wing display.

If the brain was located in the feet I can see why Jar Jar seemed so slow-witted.