Tobar

Vaderisnothayden said:

Tobar said:

They're referring to G-level canon which is George canon. Even if they weren't while I appreciate Splinter of the Mind's Eye for what it is, there's not a lot in it that can easily fit with the rest of the EU.

You have to remember, Lucas himself doesn't take the canonical status of the EU seriously, so it makes sense that some of his employees would dismiss it too, even if some others are busy promoting it as canon.

 

George himself has stated that there are different levels of canon. As well, the person who wrote that article was Pablo Hidalgo who is a big fan of and contributes to the EU regularly himself.

They're referring to G-level canon which is George canon. Even if they weren't while I appreciate Splinter of the Mind's Eye for what it is, there's not a lot in it that can easily fit with the rest of the EU.

captainsolo said:

Tobar said:

Yeah I got to attend the concert when it came here to my state. I have to tell you it was amazing! Getting to hear an entire orchestra playing all the great themes live. It was great and I can confirm that all episode I footage of Yoda is the new CG replacement. I also noticed that the Tantive looked more like Ady's than the DVD release. Hopefully that's a good sign.

That's what I was noticing image wise on the website. So EPI finally has the CG yoda-how was it?

I've got my fingers crossed!

The concert was amazing. As for the CG Yoda in TPM, it looked good.

He's a mean grey mother from outer space?

Yeah I got to attend the concert when it came here to my state. I have to tell you it was amazing! Getting to hear an entire orchestra playing all the great themes live. It was great and I can confirm that all episode I footage of Yoda is the new CG replacement. I also noticed that the Tantive looked more like Ady's than the DVD release. Hopefully that's a good sign.

AxiaEuxine said:

Kaibur Crystal was introduced way0 back in Splinter of the Mind's Eye and it was nt a repository of force-sensitive babies.

What is GG?

From Starwars.com:

"Long time fans will find something familiar in the term "Kyber memory crystal." In early drafts of the original script to A New Hope, the Kyber crystal was a Force-focusing artifact wanted by the Jedi and the Sith. This was eventually written out of the story in subsequent drafts, and a variation of the artifact -- spelled as the Kaiburr crystal -- made its way into the 1978 novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye. During the script development of Episode II, the term "Kyber" was nearly resurrected. The weapon that Jango Fett used to kill Zam Wesell was first identified as a Kamino kyber dart. This was changed to saber-dart in the finished movie. Finally, after over 30 years, the term "Kyber" with its original spelling has worked its way into a canon Star Wars story."

I highly recommend everyone check out the episode guides that are published after each episode airs. They're full of great info and behind the scenes stuff. Plus it looks like the web comics for this season have taken it up a notch and are looking pretty cool.

Yeah I remember the discussion, I was just surprised earlier when I found the concept art for it and thought I should post it. Nice recap for those that missed the discussion though! I agree I think the easiest and best way to handle it is to just remove the roof dome which is what I believe Ady said he was going to do.

Don't think this has been posted before. I just found the original McQuarrie concept art for Leia's room on Bespin:

I like that it includes a glimpse of the glass ceiling. Don't know if this is helpful at all, I believe Ady was just going to remove the extra roof bits from the SE shot.

brash_stryker said:

I think it probably would cauterize instantly with an arm (although we are speculating on a fictional technology here).

Would probably be different with a torso, like with Maul, seeing as it's a larger area and essentially an organ/liquid filled sack.

TPM supports that, when Maul gets halved there's a fine blood mist.

Well I know Kyle Newman the director of Fanboys is a fan of Revisited and he sent a copy to Dave Filoni the guy in charge of the Clone Wars and apparently he watched it with a bunch of people over at Lucasfilm and they all loved it.

I actually think doubleofive could do a good commentary. It would be like one of those historian commentaries. Just throwing it out there. =P

Yeah, the story for the Force Unleashed was fantastic. I'm hoping someone takes of the challenge of turning it into a film project like has been done with the game Bounty Hunter.

ladyferry said:

How about changing R2-D2 'floating' down the stairs to Docking Bay 94 to something like him 'walking' down the stairs in the Naboo Plaza in AOTC?

He's not floating down. Look again, he's walking.

Way to scare away what women we do have roaming these parts guys. =P

Anyway, would love to see the progress that's been made with the new models Ady. =)

Well you know neebis the new Republic Heroes game is going to be simultaneously released on consoles and PC, right? Anyway, I would sign the petition if I thought it would make any kind of a difference. I couldn't believe they'd pull that crap when I read the announcement.

Oh I'd love that. I have a few DVDs filled with the complete runs of Droids and Ewoks that I got before they were officially available. The quality isn't that great but at least they're as they were originally presented. I wasn't pleased with the edited together/down versions they eventually released. So a project that combines everything together for the best quality would be terrific! =D

I just recently saw an interview with Steve Sansweet from Chicago Comic-Con where he mentioned they're still working on an ULTIMATE STAR WARS blu-ray release with all the behind the scenes footage and all the deleted scenes and what have you. The disappointing thing he said though was basically, "yeah we already have the HD transfers." He also said that we should be seeing that come out, "within the next few years."

Almost time to celebrate a noteworthy event.

Hey Ady I was thinking...maybe you could cheat a little when it comes to the models? They might be good for any long distance shots anyway. =P

doubleofive said:

Someday, I'm want to make a splitscreen comparison of the whole movie.  Not sure how I could do the straight-up rearranged scenes short of rearranging them on the original...

If it's a DVD comparison you could have two seperate audio channels for the viewer to switch between.

I just hope this new release of Metropolis is played back at the correct speed. The last official release looked beautiful and they actually used the music written for the movie but they screwed up the playback speed and had it running fast. Which in turn had them running around looking goofy. As well as marring the score as they performed it in time to the footage.

I'm using chrome, it was messed up the other night when someone brought it up but it looks fine now. Maybe you guys should try clearing your cache?

G E Predator said:

doubleofive said:

G E Predator said:

adywan said:

Maybe next year, after ESB:R is finished, i may do a V2 of ANH:R with a few very minor changes with a commentary track.

The only thing I would suggest for a ANH:R 2 would be to remove the Trade Federation Droid head from the Jawa Sandcrawler.  It was cute, but not really necessary.  Also, it boggles the mind.  We haven't seen the Seperatist army anywhere on Tatooine, and Jawas are not known for traveling off of Tattooine.

OK, I've been afraid to admit it, but I was thinking about writing a fan fic about that battle droid (OK, I started writing it).  I'm thinking it was discarded by Jabba after buying a few dozen after the war, but they weren't very efficient.  Don't want to spoil too much in case there's actually an interest and I feel like actually finishing a writing project (I'm not much of a writer, just an idea kinda guy).

It would be interesting to see how a battle droid would function without the remote assistance from a Trade Federation Ship.  One would argue that Palpatine gave the order to have all of the Trade Federation droids shut down.  Then again, he also gave the famous "Order 66" to the clone army to kill all the Jedi, and in the book "Dark Lord: Rise of Darth Vader" it was revealed that not every clone trooper followed that order.

That being said, I look forward to your fan fic about that battle droid head in Adywan's fan edit.

 

Fan fic should be fun, though true be told I never liked that battledroid in there. I think a pit droid would have been more appropriate, ah well.

Yes! The return of Ben's hut! I love it! =D

Wow that sucks, you'd think because it was Harry Potter the opposite would be true and they'd throw heaps of money at you. Anyway, get some rest. I look forward to seeing some of your work on Alderaan. =)

So Ady, did you enjoy your break from ESB or are you still on it working on ROTJ? =)