^ Lucky people - some of us had to cough up the monies to watch this 😃 Now they get to binge-watch for free!
No, seriously, with what is going on in the world right now… and more os us stuck indoors - more free quality tv is most welcome.
https://twitter.com/StarWarsVisComp/status/1242646906846826500 (with more comments in the link):-
‘Confirmed by @thedigitalbits that if you buy the Blu-ray-only set you get 11SE on Blu-ray, but if you buy the UHD / Blu-ray combo set you get the 19SE on Blu-ray. Because that’s not confusing to consumers.’
I can imagine it won’t clearly marked as such on the packaging either…
What?!! This makes no sense. Two versions available at the same time - and with no clear indicator of which version the customer is actually buying on the box?
(and also no official list on the diffrences between these two versions on the official website or other social media pages?)
If that is right then it really is treating the customer with contempt, a complete lack of respect, and also incredibly lazy not to advise us what is in each set beforehand.
Are they hoping that fans will buy both releases? A double-dip of sorts?
Which version is on the DVD format for this release? The 1997 Special Edition? (insert sarcasm emoji face here)
^ Our President thinks we have the memory of goldfish given some of his recent claims and statements in comparison to those he made just a couple of months ago.
Stating the obvious, but stay safe people.
Edit: And this, this I find to be disgusting, an embarrassment to our political system and this country:-
Senate Intel chairman asks Ethics Committee to review stock sales under scrutiny - at CNN
I don’t know who this guy below is, but he is keeping tabs on who said the what and the when on the coronavirus, and the effect it has had in delaying attempts to tackle this god awful virus. It is well worth a read:-
^ awesome list, man. It seems you haven’t left anything out either? 😃
I think a few of may soon be re-watching much of the Star Wars content and re-evaluating them given recent events.
Is there a similar thread for ranking Star Wars videogames?
Why do these need to be posted separately? Would be easier to have them in the first post. Or just make a Youtube playlist out of them.
I haven’t posted many videos of late, but how would I go about editing the first post (in a thread I didn’t create) to include or update videos?
Why on earth would someone want to edit their posts to a .?
‘Star Wars Original Trilogy 2006 DVD Trailer’:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmtnEQS8ICw - at the skip3579 youtube channel. (3 minutes and 8 seconds)
The official trailer for the 2006 DVD release containing the unaltered theatrical version of the Original Trilogy as ‘bonus discs’ on a repackaged 2004 OT Special Edition release.
The trailer had a total of 14 seconds runtime advertising that the unaltered theatrical version of the Original Trilogy was included in this release - out of 3 and a bit minutes.
In fact, more time was given to advertising the coming ‘Lego Star Wars II: Original Trilogy’ video game!
Awesome idea for an Original Trilogy Trailer / Promo thread, ZkinandBonez 😃
A video of the ‘2006 Original Trilogy on DVD Trailer’ moved to ZkinandBonez’ new The Original Trilogy Trailers/Promos Thread (YouTube/Vimeo, etc. finds) thread 😃
Tykes, now there’s a word I haven’t heard in a long time, a long time 😉
Thanks and ‘well in’ to Fated too! I have soft spot for Lego myself, and will be wrestling vs the tykes for it after seeing the Lego Star Wars shorts above to build some ships and stuff!
So cool to read to read stories such as your Madcat and kiripunk, as well as the others who have posted in here. I haven’t been here long either, and yet this feels like home - or at least a cool and knowledgable place to chat Star Wars.
A pretty big reason straight from George’s mouth as to why changes were made from release to release, or in this case from the unaltered original theatrical version to the 1997 Special Edition version (as found by doubleofive):-
George Lucas: “So yes, the Special Editions were a means of researching and testing what I was going to try to do on this film. (re The Phantom Menace)”
^ https://twitter.com/doubleofive/status/1151316503314227205
I know it has also been mentioned elsewhere on the site, but I thought it was also worth a mention in this thread too, given the topic being discussed in here.
Disney “cannon” is… just… not cannon to me. I’ve read so many Star Wars books, seen all the movies several times (still believe Hal9000’s versions are the best).
I never liked that Disney stepped in and said “oh by the way, all those books (100+), comics and games are no longer cannon because we said so”.
I will keep an eye out to see what they actually do with this. I just hope they have SOME respect for all the CANNON that is already out there, and don’t try and rewrite it all.
It is nothing new - Lucasfilm did the pretty much the same for the Holiday Special, both the animated Droids and Ewoks series, the two mid-80’s Ewok films, and 2003’s The Cone Wars animated series too… well before Disney came along.
Thankfully, this site exists with some very determined and kind people out there finding and preserving content that Lucasfilm do not want us to be able to watch anymore 😃
Back on the subject of The High Republic era, the informative ‘Star Wars Explained’ youtube channel has knocked up a few insightful videos on the subject, with this one catching the eye as mentioning any references already made to it:-
‘The High Republic - All References to the Era So Far’:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNHdNjFRILo
They have a playlist of videos on the subject of The High Republic era (10 videos so far):-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNHdNjFRILo&list=PL1E873sPZ0PNdG_HOJ5fnRLBSmWzcpi0p
‘Official Season Two Trailer | Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures’:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duMl_c5r_kk - at the official ‘Star Wars Kids’ youtube channel.
Looks like the animation is a liitle more detailed here, or has more depth to it - simply going on this trailer (so I may well be mistaken 😃).
It was a decent introduction for kids to some of the more iconic scense from Star Wars in season one of this, so should be interesting to see what they do for season two…
Also, I feel like we will see a 4K OOT fan restoration mixing in appropriate elemnts from 4K77/4k80/4K83 in with these official 4K versions. Also Adywan said ROTJ:R would be sourced off the new 4K version.
These already exist, check out D+77 and D+80 from user oohteedee.
Is there a thread about them? I think I’m going blind or having one of thoe days where I should have stayed in bed 😃
Ditto ooj, the season has flown by and not a ‘clunker’ among them so far.
I’m looking forward to re-watching all the episodes again when the season finishes - just to see how much I’ve missed in the background, and with the easter eggs and other stuff I have no doubt missed.
Akin to The Mandalorian, you can feel the love, respect and care for the content they are making - and also what has come before.
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsSpAOD6K8
Damn, that wasso good it now is:-
Talking Heads - Burning Down the House
I thought it was maybe a mixture of both kids and actors? Though mainly actors - with some familiar faces too.
RedHeadJedi34 is indeed awesome with the plex posters for Star Wars (and many other sieres and films as well!)
Awesome thread Hadam10Rose 😃
Project Luminous has been mentioned for a long while now - since around April of 2019.
Charles Soule, Daniel José Older, Cavan Scott, Justina Ireland and Claudia Gray are the main people involved in the project - so it has potential for some high quality work.
Details finally emerged on the project today, with ‘Project Luminous’ being revealed to be the Star Wars: The High Republic publishing campaign (books and comics). More information can be found below…
‘Lucasfilm to launch Star Wars: The High Republic publishing campaign in 2020’:-
https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-high-republic
With an ‘introductory announcement’ video, here…
or click on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCat5fXRyyU to watch - at the Star Wars official YouTube channel. (4 mins long)
In short (the blurb from the above Star Wars website article)…
'Later this year, Lucasfilm will launch an epic new era of Star Wars storytelling that will be explored through multiple voices in adult and young adult novels, children’s books, and comics from a variety of publishers including Disney Lucasfilm Press, Del Rey, IDW Publishing, and Marvel.
Star Wars: The High Republic, which has previously been referred to as “Project Luminous”, will be set in an era when the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order are at their zenith, about 200 years before the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. This period on the Star Wars timeline will not overlap any of the filmed features or series currently planned for production, giving creators and partners a vast amount of room to tell Star Wars stories with new adventures and original characters.’
StarWars.com Page for The High Republic : ‘The High Republic’ YouTube Video Playlist : The High Republic Wikipedia Page
The High Republic releases available from Disney Books : SWBooks.co.uk info portal for The High Republic releases
10th December 2020 announcement of ‘The Acolyte’ being a new live action Star Wars series set in The High Republic era:-
https://www.starwars.com/news/future-lucasfilm-projects-revealed
Pretty much what oojason said is why we created these threads.
And maybe also an attempt, or a reminder, that the site isn’t just for endlessly yammering on about the Sequel films, and the repetitiveness, negativity and toxicity that comes with it at times - which has seemed to be the focus on conversations on here over the last couple of years.
Thankfully, there doesn’t seem to be much of that in this part of the forum!
Maybe we can start talking about the 1977 Star Wars film in here, now?
And enjoy ourselves doing so… 😃
A new trailer for Clone Wars season 7 - from the Star Wars youtube channel…
’Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Squad 99 | Disney+’:-
Now that there is a dedicated ‘Original Trilogy Discussion’ forum on the site, and the General Star Wars Random Thoughts thread is in the ‘General Star Wars Discussion’ section, some of us on here thought it may be a neat idea to have new ‘General Random Thoughts’ threads focusing on each of the three Original Trilogy films.
Plus another thread for ‘General Random Original Trilogy Thoughts’.
In other words… a few threads for some light discussion of these much loved, iconic and ground-breaking films.
And so:-
Star Wars (1977) - a general Random Thoughts thread
The Empire Strikes Back - a general Random Thoughts thread
Return Of The Jedi - a general Random Thoughts thread
The Original Trilogy - a general Random Thoughts thread (this very thread)
Huh - I’ve never really noticed that orange snake with Yoda before. I must pay more attention 😃
^ by Alistair-Rhythm - https://www.deviantart.com/alistair-rhythm/art/STAR-WARS-TRILOGY-Theatrical-Editions-Blu-ray-634058981
The ‘Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’ is scheduled to open in 2022, and from the Vanity Fair article below, seems there were a few issues on a location before settling on LA - and breaking ground in 2018.
There will be a ‘Star Wars exhibit’ at the museum - though it may likely have a large empty space for where the unaltered theatrical version of the Original Trilogy films were for 20 years… (before they stopped existing in George’s eyes) - next to the various incarnations of the Special Editions which replaced them?
Such a space likely won’t be in the ‘Film Preservation’ section on the museum - as to not confuse anyone questioning why Lucas sits on the boards of a few film preservation groups; yet won’t preserve or release the classic original version of his own three films which made Star Wars what it is (and also underpins much of his own work since).
Having said that, it does look a cool building design 😃 (more images of it can be found in the articles below) and will hopefully feature some cool and rarely seen ‘bits and pieces’ from the various films and projects he has been involved with.
A few articles on the ‘Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’:-
• George Lucas Strikes Back: Inside the Fight to Build the Lucas Museum - at Vanity Fair
• Construction Launches for George Lucas’ L.A. Museum at Groundbreaking Ceremony - at Variety
• The Force was strong in LA as ‘Star Wars’ creator George Lucas launched his Narrative Art museum - at Daily News
• What Is a ‘Narrative Art Museum’? 6 Things to Expect From George Lucas’s New LA Museum - at ArtNet News
• Seven Things You Didn’t Know About the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art - at Discover Los Angeles
Website: https://lucasmuseum.org | Twitter: www.twitter.com/lucasmuseum | Facebook: www.facebook.com/lucasmuseum
^ happy as ever 😉 (did George lose a bet and is now no longer allowed to smile for photographs?)
apologies mods if there is already a thread on the George’s museum? I couldn’t find one earlier, but if there is please delete or merge this if possible? TIA.