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twister111 said:

Forget G4?! Current G4 eh, I could take or, leave but, classic G4?!!! I was a part of classic G4!! Don't tell me to forget something I was a part of!!!

 

Has it even been around long enough for there to be a classic G4? =P

see you auntie said:

Could you provide a link the the rest of the interview, I did a google search and came up with nothing.

Yeah like Ken said it was from Star Wars Insider #128.

I'm currently reading an interview with Kayleen Walters the Senior Director of Marketing at Lucasfilm about the blu-ray release. I just came upon this little snippet and thought I should share:

What are the challenges involved in converting a series of movies that are up to 35 years old into High Definition?

We wanted to create the best possible visual and audio experience for the home audience while maintaining the artistic integrity of the movies. We had previously done a meticulous, industry gold standard restoration when the films were first released to DVD, so we had a great base to start from. We also made some technical improvements from the previous restoration–including some color matching, most notably on the lightsabers–for this release.

georgec just posted this in the youtube thread:

I think it says it all.

Anchorhead said:

bkev said:

I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say that Lucas was against colorization .....Making that speech is 100% consistent with Lucas' insistence that movie studios are completely awful. It's not as hypocritical as one might think,

 

You might want to research that a little more;

http://savestarwars.com/lucasspeechagainstspecialedition.html

Lucas said:

more advanced technology will be able to replace actors with "fresher faces," or alter dialogue and change the movement of the actor's lips to match. It will soon be possible to create a new "original" negative with whatever changes or alterations the copyright holder of the moment desires......This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten

 

I might also add:

Lucas said:

The copyright holders, so far, have not been completely diligent in preserving the original negatives of films they control....The public's interest is ultimately dominant over all other interests. And the proof of that is that even a copyright law only permits the creators and their estate a limited amount of time to enjoy the economic fruits of that work....Attention should be paid to the interest of those who are yet unborn, who should be able to see this generation as it saw itself, and the past generation as it saw itself.

But it's the exact same voice! He's just speaking under his breath. =P

Bingowings said:

Nice to know I'm not alone (even if Ripplin isn't convinced).

I wish I had the sound file to hand because I swear the line just doesn't sound like him.

You're both crazy. =P

Er, I didn't say you said it was stupid. I just confirmed that it is fun.

Forget G4, what about Techtv and ZDtv before it? =P

Also:

WhatsMyName said:

Tobar said:

TheBoost said:

TV's Frink said:

Is this the EU thread where the Death Star III finally blows up, and then it is THE END?

 

 Wasnt that the original Star Tours?

I always like to think that it was actually a New Republic battle simulation. Which would explain why the pilots are more annoyed than worried that a civilian craft has suddenly entered a war zone.

 I wanna try the new Star Tours they've added on. It looks fun. I went on Star Tours a couple yers ago and it was really outdated, and dusty and the whole place needed a revamp.

It's pretty fun! Some of it is kind of outlandish but if you just throw your cares away it's a good time. All of the exterior stuff and back story during the line establish that it takes place between ROTS and ANH but that's pretty much quickly thrown out the window if you happen to end up going to Hoth during the ride. Hoth was actually one of George's ideas and when the imagineers asked him how there could be a walker battle happening on Hoth if this is set long before then he replied just because you saw one during ESB doesn't mean there's never been one there before. =P Pretty silly explanation but worth it when you're actually dodging Walker fire in 3D.

TheBoost said:

TV's Frink said:

Is this the EU thread where the Death Star III finally blows up, and then it is THE END?

 

 Wasnt that the original Star Tours?

I always like to think that it was actually a New Republic battle simulation. Which would explain why the pilots are more annoyed than worried that a civilian craft has suddenly entered a war zone.

It's also not like that word came into being with that show either. The term he-man has been around for ages. Think back to the Little Rascals and the He-man Woman Haters Club. But let's try and get back to the topic at hand. =P

Sigh, click on his picture....

Wow.

I'd recommend giving Dark Times another try with the Blue Harvest storyline. I don't want to talk too much about because I think that'd ruin it but I highly recommend it, I think you'll dig it. The only real prequelish thing in it is that they use a species that was first seen in the prequels but other than that it's very self-contained.

xhonzi, what about Dark Times? I enjoyed Legacy but felt it was a little weighed down with all the Hutt talk and Yuzhan Vong stuff. Dark Times on the other hand I can't find a single flaw with other than the stupid Vector storyline that muddied up all comics at the time. To me, Doug and Randy are the perfect combo of art and story.

Bingowings said:

The word 'Younglings" should be expunged from all films with Star Wars in the title.

This. I hate that word and how it's taken over. Now there are no more children, just younglings.

doubleofive said:

The battle droid head is one of my favorite parts of ANHR, the first thing I saw that made me KNOW this was my kind of Special Edition.

 

It was a good idea but I think a Pit Droid would have been a more appropriate choice.

SilverWook said:

What's the coloring like in the Marvel reprints? I recall Dark Horse reprinted the Star Wars adaptation a short time before their own SE versions came out, and they were recolored in an almost totally bland palette compared to the originals.

It's fantastic. I remember when these were first announced there was an article I read about the effort they put into these reprints. They were big fans of the Marvel material and wanted to do it justice. So they did their research and recreated everything as closely as they could. They even challenged people to compare them with the real thing and bet that you wouldn't be able to tell the difference other than the reprints looking brand new. They did a great job.

ronlaw said:

A lot of these comics were reprinted in a series of volumes called :
Classic Star Wars Vol 1 In Deadly Pursuit
Classic Star Wars Vol 2 The Rebel Storm
Classic Star Wars Vol 3 Escape to Hoth

Actually these are the compilations of the reprints of the old newspaper strips. They're awesome stuff but I think James was more interested in Dark Horses' original works like Tales of the Jedi.

They just announced the release date as December 20th! Here's the launch trailer.

I am and I'm really looking forward to it. Disappointed that I haven't gotten into the beta. I got to beta SWG and those were good times.

If you have some spare change lying around you could win a dinner with Lucas! Right now they're auctioning a dinner with Francis Ford Coppola, John Lasseter, Chris Columbus, Philip Kaufman and George Lucas. Check out the auction here.

So if you got the chance to eat dinner with George Lucas what would you talk about? What would you ask him?

ray_afraid said:

Chewie taking a shot to the shoulder and shrugging it off seems unrealistic

Especially considering that in ROTJ he gets shot in the leg and ends up on the floor bleeding.