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#109928
Topic
The Imperial Symbol
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109928/action/topic#109928
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Are you sure? This wouldn't make much sense to me...

I recall reading somewhere (I've browsed the albums, but to no avail) that the symbol of the Republic (which constists of 8 "parts") was transformed by Palpatine (?) to Imperial symbol, which consists of only 6 parts. This represented the destrucion of peace, freedom, ancient ballance, whatever.... bla bla bla

So why would Anakin's fighter bear this logo in the beginning of the movie? In the end - that's another story
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#109774
Topic
What did you think the Clone Wars were gonna be?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109774/action/topic#109774
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I thought that the clones will be used by enemies of the Republic/Jedi Order, together with droid armies. Making clones to be "the guys on the good side" somehow ruined that "eerie" premise of a dark & brutal war. Clones in other sci-fi works are often treated as sub-humans, so when teamed with robots (or better: bound with them, in cybernetic organisms) it would give the enemies of the Republic an "inhuman" look&feel...

Now they're "cheap stormtrooper army".

Did you noticed how ROTS finally destroyed the "menacing" image of the droid army? It was already rather weak ("roger, roger" lol) and the AATs were no match to the awe-inspiring Imperial AT-ATs. But the remaining "bad-ass" design, the Battle Droid, are now turned in some silly metal cans. Only the Droideka (Destroyer Droid) retained its coolness.

This was all planned by GL - after all, TPM should not be too "scary" or it would scare away the kids... go figure...
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#109602
Topic
Ralph McQuarrie book?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109602/action/topic#109602
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Until the recent GREAT REBELLION, the JEDI BENDU were the most feared warriors in the universe. For one hundred thousand years, generations of JEDI perfected their art as the personal bodyguards of the emperor. They were the chief architects of the invincible IMPERIAL SPACE FORCE which expanded the EMPIRE across the galaxy, from the celestial equator to the farthest reaches of the GREAT RIFT.

Now these legendary warriors are all but extinct. One by one they have been hunted down and destroyed as enemies of the NEW EMPIRE by a ferocious and sinister rival warrior sect, THE KNIGHTS OF SITH.

I'd love to see those original treatments, I must admit that reading stuff like the Star Wars story synopsis (1973) was a lot of fun - well, most of the early drafts are real c**p, but it's still somewhat enjoyable

LOL, imagine stormtroopers with lightsabres and shields (see: script & pre-production artwork), they look like riot police
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#109594
Topic
Lucas is way off....time will tell....
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109594/action/topic#109594
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A live-action TV series, set during the period of the Galactic Civil War... with Vader & Palpie still alive'n'kicking... some stories showing us the background of the war, not the usual Jedi-Skywalker-oriented stuff... like Rebel commando raids, Imperial Navy pursuing the Alliance running away from Yavin, smugglers & pirates, anti-imperial uprisings on some remote planets, action-packed space skirmishes like those we know from the old PC game "X-Wing".... all with that cold "look&feel" of Empire Strikes Back...

Is that too much to ask?

Why can't they do something like this? It's in their powers...

But no.... tell you guys, with this new TV series we should prepare ourselves for another STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL
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#109151
Topic
Ralph McQuarrie book?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109151/action/topic#109151
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Yes, apart of The Art of Star Wars albums, which each cover one movie from the Old Trilogy (not to mention there are similar albums for the prequels) there is The Illustrated Star Wars Universe album, which focus mostly on Ralph McQuarrie's work (but adding several arts from other artists as well).

I'm completely nuts about those conceptual arts from STAR WARS, so I buy every album I can get. This reminded me to search for ROTS album

Also the official Screensavers found on starwars.com have sets of McQuarrie's paintings, but for me their prices are quite prohibitive...
Post
#109144
Topic
according to this report a NEW star wars film is coming......
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109144/action/topic#109144
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
"Oh, and instead of fighting Vader on the Death Star and being killed, you'll fight Grievious 2, Vader Jr., Vader Sr., Luke's clone from the future, yourself from the future, a cyborg Yoda, and you'll survive, so you can be on 'Empire Strikes Back'. We changed some scenes on that film so you become a punk-rocker surfer who lives in Alderaan. Also, Alderaan didn't explode."

*RRS-1980 faints
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#107459
Topic
ROTS: Question about Palpatine/Sidious (SPOILER)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/107459/action/topic#107459
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I - just like Master Sifo-Dyas - had always the feeling that Palpatine is actually much, much older than... Ian McDarmid in Chancellor's make-up
Remember that Vader used the Dark Side of the Force to remain healthy and even breathe on his own. E3 gives even more clues that Palpy could have far greater powers in this department

If the force lightning damaged Palpy, so that he looks like wreck, he would heal a bit with his immense powers over those 20 years, right? If it was because is sapped his strength, he'd "recharge" himself over the time. So Master Sifo-Dyas' again gives very probable explanation: Palpatine could not keep his masquerade while using his force lightning, the very raw emanation of the Dark Side - thus revealing his true form of deformed aged man, twisted by the evil corrupting him. Later on, as the Emperor, he had no need to cover it up with a mask of a "goodie-goodie senator".

P.S.: Do you believe he was actually hailing from Naboo?
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#106732
Topic
Episode 3 was disappointing on many levels...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/106732/action/topic#106732
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Grievous is not the only new character, which turned out to be way below my expectations.
Guys, do you remember the whole hype about Tarkin? Was he actually 3 or 4 seconds on-screen?
Also can anyone point for me the moment when I could see young Mon Mothma?

This movie had the potential of being much better, even without major changes (e.g. script). I didn't expect any surprises, we all KNEW what is going to happen, so the movie makers had less worries about creating a compelling story (from all 3 prequels this one had literally only one way to tie the plot), the only thing that was left for them was the appropriate "execution" of the whole thing...

I'm still sitting here with puzzled face asking myself a question "how did they managed to scr*w up this one?"

That's it? That's how STAR WARS saga ends?

There is a growing feeling in me of being fed up with Star Wars... maybe that's what a die-hard OT fan - like me - should do: let it fade away with childhood memories... let it die.
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#106490
Topic
Star Wars - Episode III - The Revenge of the Sith; my thoughts on it...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/106490/action/topic#106490
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Originally posted by: ChainsawAsh
Read the original Jedi first draft . . .

LOL, I forgot about that one... you are 100% correct

The Rebellion is doomed. Spies loyal
to the Old Republic have reported
several new armored space stations
under construction by the Empire.



A desperate plan to attack the
Dreaded Imperial capitol of
Had Abbadon and destroy the Death
Stars before they are completed has
been put into effect.



Rebel commandos, led by Princess Leia,
have made their way into the very
heart of the Galactic Empire: as the
first step toward the final battle
for freedom...
Post
#106451
Topic
Star Wars - Episode III - The Revenge of the Sith; my thoughts on it...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/106451/action/topic#106451
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I have also returned, venerable Jedi Masters! The circle is now complete
You won this battle, Motti, it took me too long to get back from the cinema to be "the first"

Unfortunately I have quite different oppinion about E3.... the visuals were as always great (yes, I'm a stalwart ILM fan and CGI advocate), I simply loved the come-back of classic design style (older versions of Star Destroyers, Stormtroopers, TIEs, Lambda shuttles, OT-looking ship interiors(!) etc.), but I truly expected the whole movie to be better than E1 and E2. Of course I knew that the OT will remain superior, but I have hoped that the last movie of the saga will be more rememberable...

Yet it sucks
I even enjoyed the AOTC more...

Editing. Who the hell cuts a scene that should chill us to the bone? e.g. we should watch Vader's sorrow and anger, this scene should be filled with emotions that ought not to be "offed" with a quick cut to a new scene... remember, the E3 should be a tragic one. You can't contemplate tragedy in an MTV-pace.

Duels. Disappointing to say the least. I will not start the rant that in my book Palpatine should not wield a saber - it's about the choreography. As much as I hate Ray Park's character, Maul really rocked the screen with his fighting skills. The duel between Kenobi and Annakin was hailed as the best in the whole saga... while it looked like "the E2 conveyor belt - reloaded".
Mr Anderson doing Vader's fight scenes (in ESB) RULES! Noone will beat him.
http://www.fencingonline.com/academy/bob_anderson.htm

Action. Was good. Too good. Too much on the screen at the time. You should focus on the fighters, not what is buzzing in the background. Yet they simply had to do this overkill.
Watch the ROTJ space battle again. The starship fleets approach each other on the same level - just like "Earthly" ships. Here we saw a complete "0-gravity mix", which may be more "realistic", but does not help the viewer to watch "who is beating whose ass".
Hey, I know this movie had to be action-packed. But c'mon - guy wielding FOUR lightsabers? Two guys standing on a tiny "isles" in the middle of lava lake? What next? TWO Death Stars at once?
Remember that South Park joke when TV producers - after achieving huge success because their programme featured the word "sh*t" - came to an idea that to go further and get more viewers/income etc. they need the "sh*t" to be said twice during the show?

"Quantity" won with "quality"...


I will not start my whines about the acting, because we're in Prequels, remember? Everyone is just a plastic figure on George's virtual chessboard. I guess only Kenobi and Palpatine were saving the day...


I'm wondering if I want to see the movie again, after all... maybe after some time, when my emotions will settle down.
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#106255
Topic
OT/PT fan base demographic - with quotes from George
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/106255/action/topic#106255
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At the Cannes Film Festival for a screening Sunday of “Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith,” his last chapter in the saga, Lucas said he pays no heed to the bad reviews that greeted the current trilogy’s two predecessors, “The Phantom Menace” and “Attack of the Clones.”

“We have two fan bases. One is over 25 and one is under 25,” Lucas said. "The over-25 fan base is loyal to the first three films. They actually are in their 30s and 40s now, so they’re in control of the media, they’re in control of the Web, they’re in control of everything, basically. So mostly, what you’re hearing from are people over 25 years old.

“But the films those people don’t like, which is the first two, actually are very fanatically adored by the under-25-year-olds, and as you get up on the Web and you listen to these conversations, they are always at each other’s throats, and the devotion for each group is pretty equal.”

Lucas compared the debate to older rock fans talking up the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, while younger fans worship hip-hop.

“I’m curious to see what happens in about 10 years when that other group starts to get their voice. How they’ll remember it. I hope they remember it as one movie,” he said.