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#66523
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seconds out - round 2...
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As far as the DVDs go, we lost round 1...

OK, how about this...

there are 60K+ signitures on this site from people who want to see the original trilogy on DVD... As long as they're online they're just a 'virtual demonstration' towards LucasFilm. I'm sure somewhere in LucasFilm someone is aware of this site and what we're asking/complaining about - but lets face it in their eyes and alot of other people, we're (and I'm including myself here) just a bunch of geeky nerds when it comes to Star Wars and these rants/complaints can be brushed aside...

...So how about we make it where our demonstration is more real. Who ever the owener/person who runs this site is, how about creating a downloadable PDF that we can print out and sign, send back to you, then you can then deliver them in bulk to LucasFilm that may even get a fair bit of press coverage... 60K+ signatures is hard to ignore ...if the media got wind of it Lucas would be hard pressed to find an excuse not to realise that there are thousands of fans who really do want the OOT on DVD... especially when faced with a TV anchor asking the question:

"George, we've heard all your statements based on an artist can always return to his canvas and you were never satisfied with the original films. But thousands of fans were. Look, 60,000 of them have put pen to paper from all over the world just asking for a bare bones release on a popular durable format of the original trilogy. Look, 60,000 signatures George. Do you understand?? you ignorant fuck!! what is wrong with you???? will you notice them if i wap you around the head with them??" *WAP!!!*

...I'd say now would be the ideal time to start a paper-based campaign - seeing as the new trilogy DVDs have just been released LucasFilm may think we'll just back down and forget it now, if we do we'll never get it. Basically, we lost the first round but if we hit them with a paper based campaign, they simply can't ignore it and neither could the media, they love an underdog story...

I'm from the UK and i'll gladly pay £2 to send a signed form to the US...

...if anyone bothers to reply to this can they be positive constructive replies please... if you're going to post "you'll never get them, losers - booyah!!!" thanks but i've heard it before and all variations on that theme...

...so how about it???
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#62855
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unused footage vid...
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Hello everyone, long time no post...

didn't know what section to stick this in so i'll post it here...

Just been digging around on Limewire and I came across a vid someone has put together that contains quite a few shots of unused footage from the original Star Wars so I've posted it on my site, here:

http://www.bootfit.co.uk/media/SW_footagetrailer.wmv

...check it out, theres some footage of Dart and some stormtroopers on the Death Star that I'm pretty sure is from a Star Wars Video/board game that came out in the mid 90's, although that is Dave Prowse under the mask...

...and i appologise for the guys whispered announcement at the begining, although he has done a stirling job in compiling lost footage...
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#54013
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my thoughts on originals vs SE...
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Hello everyone, first time poster here but long time lurker...

I hang around TF.N boards alot but hardly ever post on them as I feel the original-original trilogy is something most of the posters on there dont care much for...

Anyway, I replyed to a post on their classic trilogy forum in response to a for/against changes thread and (after 7 years) I've finaly been able to articulate what I dislike about the SE and any future changes to ther original trilogy.

Unfortunatley it looks like my post will be lost in a sea of "I hope Lucas adds some Boba Fett to the Ben/Vader duel in ANH!!! Wouldn't that be so cool!?" type of posts, so I'd thought I'd share them with you. I was replying to Russian guy called Gross-admiral_Thrawn who himself is not too impressed with the changed original trilogy.

Please let me know your thoughts, do you agree with my thoughts or am I widely missing the mark??

Gross-admiral_Thrawn, where I dont agree with you completly about Lucas having no repecct for his actors, I think you're on the right track though. I think Lucas has no respect for the ORIGINAL FILMS themselves. Whereas he loves and respects his creation, to him they're just sketches in regards to his final masterpiece.

What I feel alot of people, like myself and Gross-admiral_Thrawn, who dont like the new changes have problems with are the disrespect to the hard work countless people put into the classic trilogy, from the model makers getting models to look realistic right down to the guy who made R2's wheels work in the sand. Alot of this hard work has now been replaced by digital technology where creating ship is made easier by the create one then copy/paste the next. Now I know the guys who do all the digital work are artists in their own right and have practiced and mastered their own particular craft, but seeing as we're all computer savvy nowadays, (esspecially those of us who hang around chat boards) we can see that its not too difficult to create spaceships, environments, digital characters etc. (I'm a graphic/interactive designer and have played around with Lightwave, After Effects etc) and I feel that alot of the heart of creating 30 ships for a fight sequence took alot longer and more dedication in the 70's/80's than it does now.

To me, Star Wars is only a movie, its not my religion like my friends think, but it was also a massive team effort by countless individuals, and thats what i LOVE about the classic trilogy. I used to love reading interviews of obscure people who worked behind the scenes in Elstree who were responsible for set dressing of a particular scene and the couldn't find something that looked right so they cobbled something together from a shower head and a couple of old engine parts. I love seeing the pictures of the guys in San Fransico in the 70's driving past the model of the Death Star trench while filming it from the back of an old car. I love the fact that these groundbreaking films where made by people using their ingenuity and skill.

And I now feel that the new additions to the trilogy are digitally replacing the heart and soul of the hard work and dedication that countless people (actors/set dressers/model makers/gizmo designers/technitians/engineers and this includes Lucas himself as director) poured into the creation of the original trilogy.

I think this is the what the lovers of the changes cant grasp when we say we hate the changes, we just feel they're erasing the heart and soul of what is a massive team.