V.I.N.Cent

^ more x3…
 

^ more x2…

Found these on imgur, by ‘starwarsmakingof’, and thought I’d share on here:

Ryan-SWI said:

idir_hh said:

When I think of Rey’s character, what come to mind is an A-sexual Xbox avatar.

That’s an insult to Xbox avatars.

RogueLeader said:

You know, it is kind of surprising that they went into this trilogy knowing the main character would be female, but they didn’t seem to even consider hiring a female writer. I mean, clearly there were female cooks in the kitchen early on, like Kennedy and Hart. And I’m not saying men can’t write women characters, but I feel like Rey might’ve lacked something that a female writer really could’ve provided for her.

Rey is far from the biggest issue with Disney’s films. Even if she were expertly written the trilogy would still be hot trash from a story perspective.

I absolutely cannot fathom how anyone could defend TROS without being drunk out of their mind

‘Defend’?

I can’t fathom why people talking about something they like - or the things they liked in it is seen as ‘defending’ the film.

ooj is right when he says people in fandom look to take sides when talking about films; attack and defend is the mindset for so many people over the past few years. Not which scene was good, or okay, or mixed, or out of place, or jarring, or awful - it is all or nothing for many.

Defend and attack? No thankyou.

But I will talk about what I liked - I must be drunk out of mind a lot! 😉 (but I am not drunk out of mind when I talk about the things I didn’t like, eh?)

80,000 dead here and our President is blaming everyone but himself and his administration. His focus is on anything and everything but his handling of the situation.

Trump returns to a familiar obsession: Russia : CNN

I take my hat off to the British captain mentioned earlier in the thread, $37m raised so far!:

Tom Moore, veteran who raised $37m for UK health service, turns 100

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52472132

red5-626 said:

There is another ice cream maker

https://c.gmx.com/@562925481498778205/4AGz0DkjSDyA1WKPPzwQ_g

Awesome find!

(and given the darkness and crushed blacks of some of the official releases since 2004… not surprising. I wonder if there any more?)

Fated-Dualist said:

https://twitter.com/StarWarsGames/status/1257345598052851713

‘Celebrate May the 4th with a NEW content update in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order where you can revisit the story of Cal Kestis with unlocks, new cosmetics, and game modes that will put your skills as a Jedi to the test. Learn more here: https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/jedi-fallen-order/news/free-content-update’

^ Free stuff is always welcome 😃

Awesome news!

I’ve read a couple of articles with rumors they are thinking of doing a sequel to this, and maybe even expand the franchise of Jedi: Fallen Order into other formats - probably book, comics and merchandise!

Some stunning Star Wars lines on there! The prices are pretty steep, though the quality of the products shine through.

The Death Star toaster looks awesome:

https://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/star-wars-death-star-toaster/?pkey=cgifts-star-wars&isx=0.0.4800

I apologize for the 2 year bump, but wow… half a million on Han’s prop blaster!!!

Someone has an awesome display case on the wall 😉

Some working news links for the auction result:-

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-han-solo-blaster-auction-sold/

https://www.cbr.com/han-solo-return-jedi-blaster-for-sale/

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0624/972911-han-solos-blaster-fetches-over-500-000-at-auction

My Jabba.

I prefer no Jabba at all in '77’s Star Wars, but if we are going to have one… then he was, is, and shall forever be, the original:-

RIP Declan Mulholland.

‘Emmy Nominee Leslye Headland to write, produce and serve as showrunner for new untitled Star Wars series for Disney+’

https://www.starwars.com/news/taika-waititi-announce
 

Emmy-nominated writer Leslye Headland (Russian Doll, Bachelorette) is currently developing a new untitled Star Wars series for Disney+. Headland will write, executive produce, and serve as showrunner for the series, which adds to a growing list of Star Wars stories for Disney’s streaming platform including The Mandalorian, now in post-production on Season Two, and two other previously announced series: one based on Cassian Andor’s life prior to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and another following the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi between Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: A New Hope.

A release date for Headland’s project have not yet been announced.

Also at https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1257339659606208512

 
‘Academy Award Winner Taika Waititi to direct and co-write new Star Wars feature film for theatrical release; Oascar Nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns to co-write Screenplay with Waititi’

https://www.starwars.com/news/taika-waititi-announce
 

"Academy Award winner Taika Waititi, who recently won Best Adapted Screenplay for Jojo Rabbit and directed the widely-acclaimed first season finale episode of The Mandalorian on Disney+, will direct and co-write a new Star Wars feature film for theatrical release.

Joining Waititi on the screenplay will be Academy Award nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917, Last Night in Soho), who received a BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year on the three-time Oscar-winning film, 1917.

A release date for both Waititi’s project has not yet been announced."
 

Also at https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1257339618099441664

If this the same as your Darth Madness’ Ultimate Fan Editions (Prequel Trilogy) edits, or are they different to them?

Sounds cool either way, can you PM me a link please?

RoccondilRinon said:

As promised:

Star Wars: Duel of the Fates — FULL TRAILER

May the Fourth be with you…

I loved watching that, some really great work and ideas!

Awesome idea for a thread!

My small contribution, I’ve always liked this image from ROTJ, probably because it features director Richard Marquand - looking quite proud:

The article from which it is taken is a good read too:

The Curious Case Of The ‘Return Of The Jedi‘ Director - at the Uproxx website, from 2015.

micahknight said:

Is there any way I can watch this online for free?

An unfinshed project? Probably not.

You’ll have to own the offical retail release to be able to obtain this - when it is finished, via the Rules here, and pretty much everywhere else too for fan projects.

Ah! Thanks for that Z6PO, I’m not up on my soundtracks and scores.

I hope they did a good job on them, were they well received?

It sounds a really interesting idea and project, though where is the link to it?

Wishing you all the best with it 😃

There is a 10 minute video segment where Dave Filoni and George Lucas talk about The Clone Wars on the latest episode of ‘The Star Wars Show’:-

George Lucas and Dave Filoni Talk The Clone Wars, Plus Anthony Daniels Stops By! - at the Star Wars youtube channel

^ the segment starts at 7m 46s into the above video, with the actual Lucas and Filoni footage starting at 9m 20s.

I really hope today’s penultimate episode is a good and as enjoyable (if not better) as the last two…

‘Dave Filoni on making The Clone Wars finale and Mandalorian season 2’:-

‘The Clone Wars writer-director opens up about his long-awaited series finale and the future of Ahsoka Tano’

https://ew.com/tv/dave-filoni-the-clone-ending

It appears there will be new mixes for the first six Star Wars film scores available soon?:-
 

‘Remastering The Score - Relive the Iconic Music As It Was Meant To Be Experienced’ was shown in…

‘George Lucas and Dave Filoni Talk The Clone Wars, Plus Anthony Daniels Stops By!’ - ‘The Star Wars Show’ episode:-

^ a 2 minute piece… starting from 3m 55s into the video.

The link provided at the end of the segment is - http://disneymusic.co/StarWarsBestOf
 

“The difference is these releases are derived from the original film mixes - not the re-mixed LP versions which have previously been released.” - Shawn Murphy, Scoring Mixer.
 

I love the way the people involved in this offical preservation project / release talk about how important it is to archive and preserve the original content from the vaults - and for people to hear the iconic music as it was meant to be exeprienced!

A shame this is not the case of the films themselves…

Z6PO said:

oojason said:

SilverWook said:

Oh my!!!
https://youtu.be/qu2e35de1kQ

And now… the Arcade1Up sit-down version 😃

‘The Pros and Cons of Buying This Classic ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Sit-Down Arcade Cabinet’:-

https://collider.com/star-wars-trilogy-arcade-cabinet-sit-down-arcade1up (still $500)

If only they did the old enclosed sit-down cabinet, knocked a fair few $$$ off - or added in the SW Trilogy Arcade game, then…
 

It just look like an upright cabinet with a bench in front of it…

It does indeed! And both the stand-up cabinet and sit-down cabinet are $500 😃

I think eveyone will order the sit-down cabinet if it is the same price!

It also looks like someone good with their hands could build an ‘overhead and back’ section for the sit-down cabinet, and make it look similar to the old site-down arcade cabinets from the 1980’s?
 

(It is still far too much money for me - but I love the idea)

imperialscum said:

oojason said:

imperialscum said:

oojason said:

imperialscum said:

oojason said:

imperialscum said:

oojason said:

Kurtz was also asked to produce Revenge Of The Jedi - which he turned down for the reasons we all know…

That seems extremely unlikely. After falling out with Lucas, it would be ludicrous to think that Lucas would ask him to do anything for him after that.

Like Lucas asking him to stay around until the film was finished? As stated below in your reply to Wook? 😉

I did not want to imply that he was asked to stick around. I implied that they just let him stick around in order not to cause any trouble, like making a complaint to PGA, which could easily doom already fragile situation. 😉

The information that “he was asked to produce ROTJ” only ever came from Kurtz during his interviews (and of course secondary sources that refer to him saying so). I have not seen any other independent source confirming that information. Also, he never specified by WHO he was asked. Maybe by a voice in his head? Unless he was asked by Lucas (which is more or less impossible), it makes the whole thing completely irrelevant.

A ‘voice in his head?’ - no, somebody from Lucasfilm had obviously obviously spoke with Kurtz and offered him Producing work (or credit) on ROTJ - as of 1981, in the official Lucasfilm press release below… to which Kurtz must have agreed to.

This seems like a thing for the public not to question and wonder why he was removed and replaced. Lucasfilm always seemed to have tried to make it look like everything was fine and dandy. We did not even know he was removed until many years afterwards when people investigated behind-the-scenes for books and documentaries. Same goes for many other key figures and events of OT that we had only learned about many years after.

Even if this “Production Consultant” was an actual job (which it was not for sure) instead of just a make-up for the public, it is still by no means any kind of proof that he was offered to actually produce ROTJ. I mean you do not remove a producer in the middle of the film only to then offer him to produce a sequel.

oojason said:

oojason said:

• https://www.jeditemplearchives.com/specialreports/banthatracks/archives/banthatracks11.pdf

^ Bantha Tracks: Issue 11 (official Star Wars Newsletter), dated February 1981, re Revenge Of The Jedi and an official Lucasfilm press release:-

“Gary Kurtz, who produced ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Empire Strikes Back’ will serve as a Production Consultant on ‘Jedi’, while he prepares two of his own projects.”
 

So, not so ‘ludicrous’ as you think or claim, yes? 😉

As to ‘Independent source’? who are you expecting to know outside of Kurtz and high-end Lucasfilm employees that would have know he been offered the job of producing ROTJ? Do we need ‘independent sources’ to confirm Lynch was offered the chance to direct ROTJ, or Cronenberg etc?

The who and the when are irrelevant in the context of Kurtz stating he was asked to produce ROTJ - the statements came the man himself - to which nobody from Lucasfilm has challenged any of them - including George. You believe a professional and highly regarded producer (a job which requires inordinate levels of trust & professionalism) and would make continuous false claims he was offered the producer job for a famous film… when at any time the said employer - or employees - could turn around and deny it? His reputation and credibility would likely be ruined.

In fact, would a be a ‘ludicrous’ thing for Kurtz to claim… if it was not true, yes? 😉

Like said above, Lucasfilm extremely rarely challenged anything or anyone in order to keep things appear fine and dandy. In his later interviews, Kurtz seemed very resentful of his removal, so it would not surprise me if he made it up. After all, he did use ideas from Lucas’ pre-SW drafts and tried to present them as if they were ROTJ draft (when it actually did not exist in any form at the time). Also, he tried to claim that he left because he did not like the direction in which the saga was going in order to try to cover the fact that he was fired because the production was hugely over-budget and over-schedule. 😉

‘Seems’ is a word - often a guess - people use when they wish to use / value a narrative or opinion etc over or contrary to fact or evidence.

As for your book claims… most strange… as you stated previously it is also years after the event that Kurtz gave his, so far, undisputed account.

And we know for a fact that Rinzler’s ‘Making Of’ books contained retcons & revisionism (at the request of George himself, according to Rinzler) - and also omitted or downplayed people’s contributions to the making of the films (even the author himself as to the Lippincott interviews / archive).

You also stated it would be ‘ludicrous’ for Lucasfilm to have anything to do with Kurtz (after your claim of him being removed and replaced / Kurtz sending in his resignation letter) - and yet when presented with a document of Lucasfilm crediting Kurtz as a Production Consultant just two years later for ROTJ… you now claim this is ‘just a make-up for the public’.

Not forgetting the official ‘Once Upon A Galaxy: Making of Empire Strikes Back’ book… which has Kurtz involved in post-production on Empire - you should really give that a read as to Kurtz’ work on Empire throughout the whole process, it is quite illuminating.
 

Available evidence and facts don’t cease to exist because they are ignored. For many, they also remain above opinion and speculation - though you are most to welcome to your opinion 😉
 

(I’ll have to leave it there - though found it fun; especially the gap-filling guesswork and dismissal of statements and documents contrary to it. Let me know if you do ever find proof to back up your opinions to continue this 😃 )
 

In return, you provided some obscure fan club newsletter material to base your conclusions on (btw “Production Consultant” or whatever is not a Producer by any means) along with a bunch of opinions of your own that you claim as facts. In response to that fan club newsletter material, I can provide the film credits of ROTJ. I am sure if they listed just about every assistant of an assistant, he should be there somewhere, right?

At least we agree that this debate is pointless to continue. 😉

Dude, ooj provided a link to image of an official Lucasfilm press release from 1981 where Kurtz was credited as a ‘Production Consultant’ at the time - within a Bantha Tracks fan club article. ooj links to content like that so you know what you are going to be clicking on.

Of course Kurtz didn’t appear in the credits in ROTJ, becuase things changed over time - ooj never claimed otherwise. He was illustraing how ‘ludricous’ and wrong your earlier claim was that Lucas would have nothing do with Kurtz after ‘removing and replacing’ (your words and claim) him on Empire, and there was a working relationship there between them.

Are you trying to rubbish the actual Lucasfilm press release, or ooj posting a link to it via Bantha Tracks?
 

Considering he has highlighted how you use your opinion as a narrative, while ignoring statments and documents that conflict with them, and also twist words to give credence to your claim, it does appear you are bent on doubling down and carrying on.

I hope you do - this IS fun!

screams in the void said:

I made a Dune 1984 poster …https://www.deviantart.com/screamsinthevoid/art/Dune-1984-839803627

Awesome work, it looks like book cover quality!

^ That is a bonus, and certainly cheapr than splashing out for the 4K Saga set or 4K discs individually. Money is tight right now, so a nice moved by Disney bringing TROS forward. Plus all the other Star Wars stuff on there too.

I’d prefer to physcially own it all rather than stream, but given the cost difference…

I don’t like their (Disney, not DisneyPlus) ‘taking over’ of the ‘MayThe4th’ hashtag twitter thing (If I understand it correctly, and I probably don’t! 😃

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/28/21238909/disney-star-wars-maythe4th-hashtag-copyright-contract-twitter

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52457596

It is really cool there are also covers for some Fan Films too in there - if they are good enough to have their own covers then they must be worth checking out?