Servii

It’s interesting. The teaser definitely implies that Obi-Wan and Vader will be physically fighting again, between RotS and ANH. I expected as much. It can’t occur on Tatooine, though, because Vader can’t know that he’s hiding there. Obi-Wan will need some sort of reason to be offworld when Vader confronts him. And Vader will need some reason not to continue his pursuit of him.

Replace all the lightsaber clashing sounds effects with alternating sound clips of “stir” and “whip” from the Holiday special. As the duel gets faster and more intense, so does the stirring and whipping and stirring and whipping and whipping and whipping and stirring.

You see, cooking can be fun.

Edit: In fact, just digitally alter General Grievous into Gormaanda.

Nevertheless, each of those options involves either streaming, buying an enormous box set I don’t want, or buying a 4K disc I have no use for.

So, it’s looking possible we might not get a Star Wars film in 2023.

pat man said:

The US release was very weird a few years ago. In September of 2019 they re released the 2011 version both on individual DVD and Blu-ray (with the current covers). Then in March 2020 the 2019 Disney Plus version was released on 4k/Blu-ray combo individual or saga (either 4K or Blu-ray with the same covers of the individual DVD or Blu-ray re release of the 2011 cuts. It’s confusing. I still see the DVD release of the individual DVD release in Walmart or target here in the states not sure if they have been updated

It’s really frustrating. I don’t have a 4K screen, but I’d prefer to have the 2019 versions, and they’ve made that needlessly difficult unless you pay the extra money for 4K.

jedi_bendu said:

With the Obi-wan Kenobi and Ahsoka solo series on the horizon and rumours of an Old Republic movie and Thrawn trilogy adaptation (of sorts) flying around, I’m slightly worried by the implication that Lucasfilm’s planning of future projects is being dictated by what they think the majority of fans want to see, as I love being surprised with new and unexpected ideas. Things I didn’t know I needed, like SW Rebels and the High Republic. I’m sure these will all be very good though.

Well, that’s where Star Wars is, currently. They don’t seem to have a clear direction in which they want the story to go, so they’re playing it by ear and seeing what fans best respond to.

And it makes sense that Sith would resort to crafting synthetic crystals, especially the Sith of the Bane lineage who wouldn’t have been able to access the crystals on Ilum.

I’m more a fan of the older concept that most red kyber crystals are synthetic. The whole idea of the crystals changing or having an emotional “aura” reminds me too much of wands in Harry Potter.

Stardust1138 said:

Servii said:

When Palpatine gets electrocuted in RotS, digitally alter his face so that instead of getting deformed, he has Joker makeup materialize on his face. He then has the Joker makeup for the rest of the saga.

To go along with this change, edit Palpatine’s line “For a safe and secure society” to just “For a society.”

This kind of happened but with his voice. Haha

https://youtu.be/agcc7w8YmHo

I can’t believe I’ve never seen this before. This is hilarious.

When Palpatine gets electrocuted in RotS, digitally alter his face so that instead of getting deformed, he has Joker makeup materialize on his face. He then has the Joker makeup for the rest of the saga.

To go along with this change, edit Palpatine’s line “For a safe and secure society” to just “For a society.”

JadedSkywalker said:

Was George planning even more changes for the 3D releases? if so what does that make the Reliance 2013 scan of Maclunky an incomplete edition? Not that i am clamoring for a 5th version of the Special Edition. Its kind of gotten ridiculous by this point.

Yes, I believe it was incomplete.

That’s fair.

The 2003 miniseries will always be special to me, and it bridges the gap between the movies in a very concise, effective way that I appreciate. I also love Tartakovsky’s visual style.

I’m in a similar camp as jedi_bendu. As a kid, I loved everything Star Wars pretty much unconditionally. Then I became more and more critical over time, seeing more and more flaws in the franchise, until I considered only ANH and ESB good films. Then I revisited all six films as an adult, and that had the opposite effect. I was able to see each film with a fresh perspective, and see the good qualities in each of them.

I plan to rewatch the ST eventually, back-to-back to see how the films work as a single story, and to give it another chance to win me over now that the novelty and hype have worn off. I’ll see what I think of it after that.

I should probably watch TCW, too.

I remember though when Star Wars was a big event and it meant something and it wasn’t straight to tv or the bargain bin.

Yeah. It was really something once.

Omni said:

I was going to check out that video, but I went to that guy’s channel and…

I seriously don’t understand what about the prequels or George Lucas attracts the minds of terrible people like this. And not just that, but also the fandom menace people/far right portion of the fan-base that seems to love the prequels. Those movies are actively against everything these people crave, as is Lucas, it’s just crazy to me. And then they just shit on the worst aspect of the sequels, with slurs and offenses to both cast and crew. Kelly and Daisy had to delete their social media accounts for fuck’s sake, this is insane to me, truly. I just don’t get it. Same people that go “Star Wars is political now! Get it off my movies!” …buddy, you seem to not have understood a single thing about Lucas’ 6 if that’s how you feel…

I can’t speak for his other videos, and I disagree with him on a lot of things, but Rick Worley is definitely not a harasser or hateful person. I don’t see what any of his content has to do with bullying actors or political extremism. He’s definitely not that kind of guy. And I think you’re jumping to the conclusion that he’s a terrible person awfully quickly.

Also, I’d rather we didn’t turn this into a political argument or start conflating being a prequel fan with being far right. I know you’re fed up, but you’re making an enormous over-generalization. And I’d rather stay on-topic.

Every time a Jedi or Sith does a flip, add an audio clip of Mario saying “Yahoo!” Or “Wahaa!” from Mario 64.

I hope you’ll comment your thoughts after you watch the video. I’m curious what you think.

Wow, that was really interesting. I’ve always been fascinated by the micro-ecosystems in the human body, and the delicate balance in which they exist. I agree with Worley that there isn’t anything inherently non-spiritual or anti-spiritual about exploring that. The cosmos is, in my opinion, something deeply spiritual, on both a micro and macro level, with there being many observable parallels between the larger universe and the tiny cells inhabiting it. It’s the same cycles and processes repeating on different scales. Like concentric circles.

Also,

“I was going to put more about the midi-chlorians and the Whills after Episode I, but everybody freaked out and said, “We don’t like this. It’s terrible,” so I didn’t. Also, I had an investment in the whole thing financially so I was forced to relent because I knew it was self-indulgent. But I was very keen to have it be in the movies, and if I had gone on to the last three, it would’ve all been explained there.”

Reading that from George made me sad. He had fleshed all this out so thoroughly in his head, and developed this intricate supernatural system. But people rejected it, so he caved and mostly dropped it. Knowing that George didn’t get to fully realize his deeper concepts within the saga is a real shame.

I’m still not sure how I feel about the Whills, though. They still seem too traditionally theistic, in my opinion.

Stardust1138 said:

What are the Whills?: (How to Watch Star Wars: Part 1.1)

Rick Worley just released yet another masterful video. This time he’s exploring and explaining the Force, Whills, and Midi-Chlorians. Although it’s hard to say if he’s completely right about everything as we don’t know all of George’s story he does have very valid reasoning through his his research.

https://youtu.be/ZbfvS_BwCls

Sweet! I’m going to check that out tonight.

I know he’s planning to make a video defending the Special Editions. I expect I’ll disagree with him on a lot of things, but I’m curious to see what his rationales are for some of the weirder changes.

4throck said:

Vader’s redemption starts on ANH when he senses Obi-Wan. Something changes, and he adopts a more restrained fighting style after that point. But before that, he’s quite violent, even on ANH. So the RO scene is perfectly in character I think - we are seeing the prequel Vader.

I don’t see how sensing Obi-Wan, a man he hates, would cause him to go soft or question himself.

It’s funny now looking back. George went on about how every new version of the trilogy would be his “final cut,” but I think once he’d started making changes, the floodgates were opened and his instinct to tinker and revise just became overwhelming. So every one of those “final cuts” ended up being just another “rough cut” on George’s neverending quest towards his “perfect” versions.

But, knowing now that the changes to the Reliance remasters were never even finished, those “definitive” cuts George was so adamant about simply don’t exist, and they never will. But I’m okay with that.

Now that I think about it, I wonder what versions George watches.

fmalover said:

BedeHistory731 said:

Heck, Luke’s re-introduction in The Mandalorian commits the same sin and those same people cling to it

What truly soured the scene for me were all the online comments throwing shade at Rian Johnson about how this is the Luke Skywalker we wanted to see in TLJ.

I mean, grow the fuck up.

I mean, even in the behind-the-scenes, Mark Hamill was visibly more enthusiastic about his little cameo than he was about his role in TLJ. I didn’t much care for how Mandalorian depicted him, but I understand the sentiment a lot of people feel. People want Luke to be a do-gooder. They want him to be a decent person who rights wrongs and steps into the fray to help people in need.

Of course, there were also some shallower people who just wanted to see Luke do flashy lightsaber stuff, and maybe that’s all the writers were really thinking of when they wrote it. I don’t know. But that’s never why Luke (or Vader) was a good character.

But I can understand why people like StarWarsTheory got choked up at seeing “the real Luke” onscreen again. Some people were just wowed by the flashy action, but for others like him, they saw it as Luke being aspirational again.

oojason said:

Rodney-2187 said:

This might be a strange topic considering this is a forum for the preservation of the Original Trilogy, but I wonder how many people would be interested in Special Editions of the Prequels where they used current technology to improve the special effects and possibly reinserted a few deleted scenes.

It has already been done just last year, mate:-

‘Star Wars: Prequel Trilogy - SPECIAL EDITION’:-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zCSSd8QCVk - all 3 Prequel films came in with a total run-time of 6 hours.
 

A masterpiece, if I ever saw one.

(Seriously, though, this is hilarious. You can tell they put in a ton of effort and had a blast making this.)

Padme was cut down because Natalie Portman was asking for more money than George wanted to give her, so I wouldn’t be surprised if most of this plotline went unfilmed.

Wait, really? Where did you hear that?

TPM and AotC are far better off without any of the deleted scenes (that we know about I suppose), and that’s including the ones that were re-inserted on re-releases. I feel like re-inserting deleted scenes would just be bloat.

There are one or two deleted scenes I would’ve liked. I remember there being one where Anakin and Padme are brought before Count Dooku after being captured, and Dooku basically explains his political views to them, telling Padme how the Republic can’t be saved and the galaxy needs a fresh start, or something to that effect. I don’t remember it too well, but any extra character development for Count Dooku is more than welcome.

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