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#236625
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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi recut ending
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/236625/action/topic#236625
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I guess if you really, really need spelled out to you what's happening in the Throne Room, these kinds of flash backs could help. But I prefer leaving some ambiguity in Vader's thoughts at this point ... it adds a bit of suspense (in case you think he may not save Luke) and allows some interpretation and guesswork re: what really is going through that pasty skull*. And the flashback to Luke's line from about a minute before ... was just discordant.

* What I think was going through Vader's skull is no doubt very different than what this editor thought.
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#236246
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So Who Killed Palpatine, Anyway? (This thread is made from 100% post-poster recycled bandwidth)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/236246/action/topic#236246
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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
if you count his two deaths in the EU he died three times!

1. Vader Kills him in rotj

2. he kills himself with a force storm by it backfiring in dark empire

3. Han Solo and Empatajayos Brand killed Palpatine, with the help of all the Jedi who came before in empire's end


You forgot his death by self-combustion in Dark Empire, as well as his reported "many" deaths before Endor (since retconned to 0 deaths by current LFL canon).
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#235097
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Star Wars isn't the only one...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/235097/action/topic#235097
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No -- no more than watching Star Wars on a 55" screen is the same as seeing it in a cinema. I am telling you that the ROM of Pac-Man is safely preserved for future generations, in reference quality. That's what this site is about, remember? Preserving a valuable media artifact of pop culture in the greatest quality possible? It's "OriginalTrilogy.com," not "OriginalProjectionEquipment.com."

And if you're that concerned about standing up in front of a cabinet, you can build one. There's plenty of plans online that show you how to do it.
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#235057
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Star Wars isn't the only one...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/235057/action/topic#235057
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Originally posted by: ThatArtGuy

Not exactly true. Many arcade games came with suicide batteries (even in the 80's) that would destroy your pcb board once the energy in the battery died. (Call it murder-suicide.) This is the whole "the company knows best" syndrome all over again. You bought a 2,500 dollar machine, but it's going to die in 5 years... if you're lucky.

Oh, and don't say emulation is the same. It's not.


I was talking about computer programs. Not hardware. Programs -- data, information, numbers -- can always be represented and reproduced separate from the hardware on which they may or may not be distributed. (Assuming you have a good source, and sources for Doom are extant.) You can put it on a ROM chip, a floppy disk, or in a book, it's the same thing. And I know for a fact that Doom did not include a suicide battery.

And emulation is the same.
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#234953
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Star Wars isn't the only one...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234953/action/topic#234953
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(I'll play along....)

Dude, just get a copy from a friend or an abandonware site, or find a legitimate copy on the secondary market. Computer programs are digital, so each and every copy is reference quality. It's not at all like the situation with Star Wars. There is no legal way and no practicable gray/black market way to acquire a reference quality print of Star Wars. We're at the mercy of the guy who owns it. Doom fans are not.
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#234839
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The definitive list: changes you can and can't stand...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234839/action/topic#234839
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The changes I can't stand: Those made after 1983.

I don't mean to crap all over your thread. At one point, I would've enjoyed making a list of what I would pick and choose from each edition (excluding DVD) to make the "perfect" Star Wars. But nowadays -- for the sake of brevity and consistency -- I find purism to be the best philosophy. Leave in all the jump cuts, matte lines, dupe grain, and all that vaseline on the lens. The authentic Star Wars is worth it.
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#231891
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Star Wars - Secrets of the Rebellion!! Coming in 2008
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231891/action/topic#231891
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I did read the article, which is why I asked for a quote. There was nothing in there saying that their storyline was approved by LFL -- or that they got any other form of approval or acknowledgment from LFL. Just that they were expanding upon LFL-approved storylines, much like any other fan fiction writer.

Curious, I skimmed through the Slashdot discussion and found no mention of LFL approving any storylines. Only that Lucas encourages (or at least doesn't discourage) Star Wars fan films. I didn't read the whole discussion, so I could've missed something.
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#231474
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Is the lack of quality in art a kind of art form?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231474/action/topic#231474
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The last serial I saw was one of the Batman serials. It had a mystery villain, guy in a mask (the Phantom) who communicated with his henchmen over radio. But it was terribly obvious just who this guy was. Until, at the end, it was revealed to have been someone else entirely. All the clues that had been set up to "reveal" the Phantom were red herrings, clever deceptions.

That's the kind of storytelling I love. Reveal something at the end that puts the whole story on its side. Something that gives you a reason to reevaluate everything you've seen, that adds layers and value to everything that has come before. Makes you question your assumptions and start deconstructing things in your mind. In short, stories that hit you with the pathos punch and make you think.

"No, I am your father."
"When I was picking coffee beans in South America .... "
"Is Ra's al-Ghul immortal? Are his ways supernatural?"
"Now that we know who you are, I know who I am. I'm not a mistake."

That's also what a lot of people around 1998 were hoping would take place in the prequels, specifically with the character of Darth Sidious. I avoided spoilers from 1998-2005, but I was going over some archives last week and it turns out there was this huge fan theory about Sidious and Palpatine, that one was the clone of the other. That made me think of Batman; how at least one real serial revelled in misleading audiences and playing with their expectations, and how Lucas's pretend serial simply pretended to do that through marketing and coy statements to fans.
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#231215
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first viewing of the 2006 OOT dvds
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231215/action/topic#231215
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Originally posted by: Mielr
Originally posted by: darkhelmet
Hey! I got a response from a Lucas Rep, John Singh! Jump to this thread to check it out! Addresses and contacts for various media outlets go in here

This is interesting:

"I hope you will have a chance to see these first versions of the movies on DVD when they come out. Those who have been communicating their opinions and beliefs online have not seen the DVDs."


Actually, some of them have. But who cares, right? Sell sell sell.
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#229922
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No explanation necessary (but we got one anyway)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/229922/action/topic#229922
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Originally posted by: auraloffalwaffle
I was using the term to highlight what, for me, is one of the most sickening introductions into the SW saga of blatant hijacking of Christian symbolism. I agree that it is totally inappropriate. But Luca$h put it in there, not me. I used the term to mean 'conception without sexual intercourse'.

Then you are using the term incorrectly. It would be like me using the term "star destroyer" to describe what the Emperor was building over the Sanctuary Moon of Endor. Yes, it belongs to the technical vocabulary of Star Wars, but that doesn't mean it describes the Star Wars notion that I think it does.

If that's not how you understand the term then fair enough.

It's not a matter of my understanding, it's a matter of universal denotation and exacting definition by an authoritative source.

I am not suggesting that concepts of sin should be applied when considering the SW universe.


But the term you chose derives directly from the concept of sin and is meaningless without that concept. If you seek some concept that does not relate to sin, you would be well advised to choose your words more carefully. "Virgin birth" is the obvious choice; although Schmi probably wasn't a virgin, the parallel to Christianity is correct. "Parthenogenesis" might also work.

I am suggesting that Luca$h was stupid enough to think that it would be really moving to have Anakin be conceived in a way guaranteed to remind most viewers of the conception of Jesus Christ. He, presumably, did this to try to tie the 'midichlorian' bollocks in with the 'Anakin as saviour of the universe' bollocks that he's tried to shoehorn in to the saga...


Probably. Or maybe he just didn't want to bother with a real Skywalker family history going back further than Anakin. I suspect there's some truth in both.

I was not intending to be reckless with the term and did not want to give offence to any Christian members, okay?


Fair enough. I don't even believe in the Immaculate Conception. But there's no reason to go around raping the language.

And I'm surprised so few people have brought that up as a possible origin for little Ani.
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#229508
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No explanation necessary (but we got one anyway)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/229508/action/topic#229508
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Indeed (sorry for formatting my keyboard is broke)

Immaculate Conception is the miraculous conception of the Virgin Mary without Original Sin

There is no evidence that "Original Sin" exists in the Star Wars universe therefore no Immaculate Conception can take place (or all conception is immaculate)

Even is Anis did lack original sin he was never used as the vessel of a virgin birth (no uterus and no divinity trying to incarnate itself via Ani) and he certainly committed many of his own sins so the IC would be kind of pointless