SilverWook

RogueLeader said:

How was it, watching the movies on an IMAX dome?

Immersive, better than 3-D even. Yeah, there’s some distortion projecting a scope film onto a dome, and the sides end up in your peripheral vision. But it feels like you’re in the movie, and possibly the best sound I’ve heard in any modern theater. You haven’t seen the opening crawl until you’ve seen it going over your head!
And the sound of a film projector whirring in the dark gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. 😃

The theater I saw TPM in closed down for a few years, almost became a supermarket, got bought and renovated by another chain, and I eventually saw TFA there.

Only if Obi Wan has to battle Bossk to the death. 😛

I’m amazed Vasquez Rocks hasn’t been in Star Wars yet!

This is the IMAX dome I’ve seen TFA, TLJ, and Rogue One in. I hope Episode IX will also have 70mm prints made.
https://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/9343.html

The cynic in me fears they’re going to dribble this stuff out for a long time to come.

I’m amazed sometimes that the oldest multiplex in my area is still operating, and pretty much looks like it did when it opened in 1984. (Was also the last place still running 35mm at late as 2012.) I’ve only seen ROTS there though.

There was also a glimpse of a version of the Mace/Palpatine duel where Anakin is present from the beginning.

Speaking of AOTC, that lonely full-screen DVD copy I spotted at a local drug store last year is still there. And still nine bucks. 😛

Could have been one of the webisodes that were posted on the official site during production. I think they were collected in the DVD bonus features?

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

SilverWook said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

SilverWook said:

Interesting find! Padme never returns to Naboo alive in in Episode III, so what could this scene be? Was Padme’s death originally going to be a hoax to help protect Luke and Leia? Maybe someone should ask Natalie Portman about it.

The original ending of ROTS was shot on location during production of Episode II. It was replaced by a green screen shoot during Episode III proper.
http://starwarz.com/tbone/special-deliveries/#more-1798

GL: “the original ending looks too real compared to the rest of the movie. Let’s reshoot it and make the background a fucking cartoon.”

You’d think he would have shot the baby Luke handoff both ways (Owen and Beru) just to be on the safe side. Hopefully, we get to see this footage someday.

Oh! I didn’t even notice!

I just feel bad for the original baby who lost his moment of fame.

I would think they would have used a doll for the long shots and shot inserts of a real baby later. The safety and insurance risks of a real infant in that blast furnace Tunisian heat would have been too great.

I hope this is a joke. Why take something nice from my early childhood and use it this way?
https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1041401-hanna-barbera-series-the-banana-splits-revived-as-horror-movie
Just when I was just beginning to like the Sci Fi channel again.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

SilverWook said:

Interesting find! Padme never returns to Naboo alive in in Episode III, so what could this scene be? Was Padme’s death originally going to be a hoax to help protect Luke and Leia? Maybe someone should ask Natalie Portman about it.

The original ending of ROTS was shot on location during production of Episode II. It was replaced by a green screen shoot during Episode III proper.
http://starwarz.com/tbone/special-deliveries/#more-1798

GL: “the original ending looks too real compared to the rest of the movie. Let’s reshoot it and make the background a fucking cartoon.”

You’d think he would have shot the baby Luke handoff both ways (Owen and Beru) just to be on the safe side. Hopefully, we get to see this footage someday.

CarboniteSolo said:

It’s too bad they couldn’t go on location in Tunisia and film a couple of shots, then film the rest in the US. It’s easier to build sets I guess. I prefer actual locations. It’s a tradition, not anymore I guess.

There could be a lot of Tunisia background plates shot for the prequels or even the OT sitting in the vault.

Interesting find! Padme never returns to Naboo alive in in Episode III, so what could this scene be? Was Padme’s death originally going to be a hoax to help protect Luke and Leia? Maybe someone should ask Natalie Portman about it.

The original ending of ROTS was shot on location during production of Episode II. It was replaced by a green screen shoot during Episode III proper.
http://starwarz.com/tbone/special-deliveries/#more-1798

With a name like Lobot, you’d think that would be a given?

I’m not sure that part of the world is the safest place to shoot a tv show these days. There are plenty of arid locations in the U.S. they could film at. Some been used for Star Wars before, such as Death Valley. I presume the Arizona sand dunes used for Jabba’s sail barge sequence are still around. With the advancement in digital effects, they won’t have to worry about dune buggies in the background this time. 😉

If Ewan is on board, it could be great. A series could lend itself to more stories about living life on Tatooine. Star Wars was always a bit of a space western. The flashback to Luke’s life before the movies was one of my favorite issues of the old Marvel book.

The circle is now complete? 😃

Valheru_84 said:

Oh I’m very interested to see how the train wreck comes to a final rest so I can look at the mangled mess and move on, knowing that it’s finally stopped and I can actually start forgetting about it. Bit hard to be a Star Wars fan at the moment and not see all the usual stuff about the next episode and I guess you could say I have a morbid curiosity.

What I have zero interest in is paying to see IX at the cinemas or reading up on theories and additional content on the ST, especially if it concerns “Reylo”.

Sorry, couldn’t resist! 😃

Maybe the original Westworld had something to do with it? 😃

Androids were very familiar to general audiences by 1977. The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman were often menaced by them, especially fembots. Maybe Lucas wanted to avoid androids for that reason?

How the Austin Powers movies got away with using fembot is beyond me. Universal definitely had a copyright on the name.

I think emphasizing Viscount Tardi (thanks for the reminder!) being non-sentient might have been so the Rebels don’t look bad sending a droid on essentially a suicide mission, which is kind of silly since regular rebel droids often are often in the line of fire. There was another issue where Artoo was badly damaged, and Luke lost his temper at a Rebel tech who suggested it was more trouble than it was worth to fix him when parts for other droids were already in short supply.

I may have missed something, but I don’t think Luke having to live with a mechanical hand was dealt with much in the post ESB storylines?

Why don’t we see androids in the SW universe? Given Luke’s prosthetic hand, a life like android ought not to be a stretch. Is there a canonical reason?
I know at least one appeared in the old Marvel comic, which they went out of their way to say was non-sentient for some reason. And Valance the Hunter was able to conceal his half cybernetic face when it suited him.
That cyborgs were routinely discriminated against might be one factor against androids, but that could purely be a Marvel invention.

We know there are anti-droid sentiments held by some in the OT, but there are scenarios where an android might be useful on both sides of the conflict.

Production wise, it’s well made for what it is, a kid’s film. Fan expectations that it was going to be like ROTJ were misplaced.

Missing the opening. 😕

I would love to see a complete print get scanned, as the Blu-Ray release was scuttled a few years ago, for reason that remain murky. 16mm prints still fetch high prices on ebay though.

George was saying at least as early as 1987 he would return to Star Wars one day.

nl0428 said:

I’d also like to ask something the strangely happened ever since The Last Jedi came out. Ever since The Force Awakens came out, fans were talking about things that could potentially happen in the future with the saga beyond the sequel trilogy. Now that The Last Jedi came out, fans are now saying that they want not only the trilogy, but the entire saga to wrap up. I know that there are many people who hate The Last Jedi, but it seems as if it just killed everybody’s excitement for the main saga all of a sudden. Why is this?

Maybe some people just want a definitive ending to the main saga? The joke going around when the new films were announced was they would be making them long after most of us are dead.
Thing is, even if they did say it was the end, we’ve been fed that line before…