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#1428480
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The <strong>random YouTube / Vimeo etc video finds</strong> thread for the Original Trilogy
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Another great ‘mystery starship’ video by EC Henry & Angelos Karderinis, this time with some animation by Ryan Fletcher.

The Coolest Rebel Starship You’ve Never Heard Of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfSfGiSSWkU - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (8 mins long)

The blurb:
“Lurking in a corner of the frame for decades… is a Rebel starship that has never gotten the recognition it deserves!
Let’s explore this awesome starship!”

Previous EC Henry restoration and redesign videos posted in this thread:

The Unsung Hero of Hoth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa3vDAB47f4 - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (3 mins long)

The blurb:
“This obscure vehicle has been hiding in The Empire Strikes Back under our noses from the very beginning. Unfortunately, this awesome little vehicle has only gotten minimal recognition. Time to change that!”

The Secret CORELLIAN CORVETTE in Return of the Jedi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhalNJJPc3o - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (7:40 mins long)

The blurb:
“For almost 4 decades, a secret Corellian Corvette variant has been hiding in plain sight in Return of the Jedi. Join us on an exciting exploration of this ship, including a fan interpretation of the ship brought to life!”

The Secret Mystery TIE FIGHTER in Return of the Jedi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYpbVrXFSqQ&t - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (6:45 mins long)

The blurb:
“We might think that we’ve seen every ship in Star Wars… but there are always new discoveries! In this case, possibly an entirely new variant of TIE fighter.”

Making a Civilian T-47 Snowspeeder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xqUbRKrjUo - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (4 mins long).

The blurb:
“The snowspeeder is an iconic Star Wars vehicle, but canonically it was developed from a stock civilian airspeeder. In this video, I design what that might look like.”

The Most Obscure Rebel Ship in Star Wars?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeA777Ru7aI - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (10 mins long)

The blurb:
“So many canonical Original Trilogy ships have been totally forgotten by official Star Wars media. It’s my goal to restore them all to their rightful place!”

Three Rebel Ships That Star Wars Forgot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5b0cxF8HOE - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (6 mins long)

The blurb:
"You might think you know every ship in the Rebel Alliance fleet, but there are ships in the original Star Wars trilogy that have somehow evaded detection for decades. I’ve brought three Rebel “mystery ships” to life. "

The Ugliest Rebel Ship You’ve NEVER Heard of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsLocVDui6Y - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (5 mins long)

The blurb:
"It’s amazing that there are canonical ships in the original Star Wars trilogy that are completely neglected. Come explore a completely unexplored ship of the Rebel Alliance! "

The Mon Cal Cruiser You Never Knew Existed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtozC1NLZY8 - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (6 mins long)

The blurb:
“Star Wars is full of mysterious ships that for some reason have never been acknolwedged by canon. I explore one such ship today!”

The IMPERIAL Nebulon-B Frigate (Fan design)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz13rwQpUd4&t - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (9 mins long)

The blurb:
“The Nebulon-B has long been considered a Rebel vessel, but canonically this frigate was originally an Imperial vessel. I took on the challenge of creating what that might have looked like.”

TIE Shuttle’s TRUE FORM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VPVxrKCUGg - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (2:40 mins long)

The blurb:
“Star Wars has no shortage of TIE variants. We’ve all been told that the TIE shuttle is essentially just one ship re-purposed as another. But… the truth is a little more interesting! Let’s explore the TIE Shuttle’s true form!”

The ORIGINAL Star Destroyer: Colin Cantwell’s Design Reborn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZLAtGu3-98&list=PLYn2a0e2FVIKni_wHXR5CJYBnnnYH7mIB&index=146&t - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (5 mins long)

The blurb:
“Many fans of Star Wars don’t know the name Colin Cantwell, but they should. He designed almost every ship in the original film, including the Star Destroyer, which began its life as a very interesting design. Let’s explore that design and maybe we can bring it to life.”

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#1428290
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<strong>The Bad Batch</strong> (animated series) - a general discussion thread
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JakeRyan17 said:

Based on Cut’s family, and how old his kids were in The Deserter, there could even be more time for the war than 5 years.

I’d say 5 years makes sense based on the new designs for Jek and Shaeeah, especially the former. I can see Jek being about five years old in TCW season 2 episode and nine or ten in the latest episode.

Even Cut has aged a fair bit, such as his hair having started to grey a little, but he’s a clone after all so it only makes sense that he’d age must faster. Speaking of clone aging, and since we’re on the topic of SW timelines, has it ever been established how fast the clones grown compared to regular people? I figured they’d have to at east age twice as fast as normal humans, which would make sense for Rex’s old age in Rebels, provided he was one of the first clones grown.

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#1428259
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<strong>The Bad Batch</strong> (animated series) - a general discussion thread
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JakeRyan17 said:

I mean, Filoni’s series doesn’t line up with Genndy’s almost at all. Ventress only has one major appearance, and it’s suggested she dies.

The old canon’s tiered system of some things retconning others made it so that Filoni’s team tried to avoid Genndy’s timeframe as much as possible, but Anakin’s knighting leads almost directly into the Battle of Coruscant, by the way it’s structured. It’s a bit messy, but Filoni tries not to retcon anything if he can help it, but will do whatever he thinks is best for a story.

I think the old EU has established multiple timeframes for the Clone Wars, I’ve seen 2 years, 3 years, and 4 years published, but I don’t think anything in the new Canon has been said officially. And even if it had, that might be hanging out with Ahsoka’s green lightsabers and the red paint job on the clone armour when Caleb/Kanan experienced Order 66.

I always got the impression that the whole “pitch” for Filoni’s TCW was that it would fit within the montage after Anakin’s knighting which suggested the passage of several years (which is why they kept the overall style of Tartakovsky’s series, but made it 3D). The “death” of Ventress’ in the 2D series is debatable however, but yes, Lucas and Filoni didn’t seem to care much for continuity with the EU overall back when they started making the series. IIRC some of the writers even quit during the firs two years because they kept retconning the EU. Either way, this all just adds to the absolute bonkers continuity of all things clone wars related both now and (especially) then.

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#1428255
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<strong>The Bad Batch</strong> (animated series) - a general discussion thread
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JakeRyan17 said:

ZkinandBonez said:

JakeRyan17 said:

The Bad Batch arc is about 6 months prior to RotS, and is a part of the Outer Arun Sieges. That’s why Parme still isn’t really showing in the hologram, though she knows and was about to tell Anakin.

The Trace/Rafa arc is about 2 1/2 to 3 months before that, when Anakin leaves for the Outer Rim sieges.

So basically most of TCW stories are crammed into three years or so of the clone war, while there’s roughly six months (or more?) of untold stories predating the events shown in season 1 (though technically it was originally shown in the Tartakovsky series before it was de-canonized) and about six months or so between the start and finish of TCW season 7?

For context I’m referring to Anakin being knighted and having time to grow his long hair (plus gain his scar) when I’m talking about pre season 1 events. Maybe six months is a bit of a stretch, but it would have to at the very least be a couple of months?

Different people will tell you different timeframes of The Clone Wars, what’s generally accepted by people working on those shows is that it’s roughly five years. This allows Ashoka to grow over the course of the series from roughly 12 to roughly 17. As far as the timeframe prior to Ahsoka’s arrival, be that “pre-Season 1” or the parts of Genndy’s series that haven’t been contradicted, is less established, and I’d guess was only a couple of months.

Right, though for some weird reason I always thought the clone war was canonically four years long. Maybe that’s a Legends thing? Five years makes a fair bit more sense though, but I still find it odd that Anakin was knighted, scarred by (presumably) Ventress, and grew his hair to shoulder length in just a couple of months all between AOTC and TCW season 1.

I still think it’s funny how Lucasfilm keeps expanding everything Filoni-related, but keep ignoring the pre TCW season 1 events, leaving both Ventress’ and Grievous’s first appearances as untold stories. Though I personally find a certain charm in the absolute canonical mess that is the connection between the two clone wars series and how Filoni’s series (most of it anyway) technically exist in both canons.

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#1428247
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<strong>The Bad Batch</strong> (animated series) - a general discussion thread
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JakeRyan17 said:

The Bad Batch arc is about 6 months prior to RotS, and is a part of the Outer Arun Sieges. That’s why Parme still isn’t really showing in the hologram, though she knows and was about to tell Anakin.

The Trace/Rafa arc is about 2 1/2 to 3 months before that, when Anakin leaves for the Outer Rim sieges.

So basically most of TCW stories are crammed into three years or so of the clone war, while there’s roughly six months (or more?) of untold stories predating the events shown in season 1 (though technically it was originally shown in the Tartakovsky series before it was de-canonized) and about six months or so between the start and finish of TCW season 7?

For context I’m referring to Anakin being knighted and having time to grow his long hair (plus gain his scar) when I’m talking about pre season 1 events. Maybe six months is a bit of a stretch, but it would have to at the very least be a couple of months?

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#1428183
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<strong>The Bad Batch</strong> (animated series) - a general discussion thread
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I only just now realized that they changed Echo’s armor to match the rest of the Bad Batch instead of sticking to the white one he got in TCW season 7.

It’s hardly a new thing that exact timelines can be a bit confusing and/or inconsistent with SW, but some of the lines from the last episode (especially Echo’s line about the smell in their quarters suggesting that he’s been to Kamino with the Bad Batch at least once before), as well as how the Siege of Mandalore in the TCW season 7 finale is meant to connect to ROTS, makes me wonder just how much time is supposed to have transpired between the Bad Batch TCW arc and the Bad Batch series.


Also, the latest episode was quite good. Nothing too special, but it made sense to add a simpler, calmer episode after all that happened in the movie-length last episode. I did like the chain code tie-in to the Mandalorian. These things can often feel quite pointless, but it added to both the conflict of the episode and the exploration of authoritarianism that’s one of the main themes of this series.

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#1427511
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The Beyond the OT Trailers/Promos Thread (YouTube/Vimeo, etc. finds)
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The Bad Batch - Official Disney+ Trailer (2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsOmYpP4UDU - from the official Star Wars YouTube channel (2 mins long).

The blurb:
“Check out the brand-new trailer for Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Bad Batch,” an original animated series launching exclusively on Disney+. “Star Wars: The Bad Batch” makes its debut on Tuesday, May 4, with a special 70-minute premiere, followed by new episodes every Friday starting on May 7.”


The Bad Batch - Disney+ Featurette (2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZGrq9lCB7g - from the official Star Wars YouTube channel (1:30 mins long).

The blurb:
“Star Wars: The Bad Batch follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in The Clone Wars) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War. Members of Bad Batch—a unique squad of clones who vary genetically from their brothers in the Clone Army—each possess a singular exceptional skill that makes them extraordinarily effective soldiers and a formidable crew.”


The Batch is Back - Disney+ Promo (2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUwKQMiT5vc - from the official Star Wars YouTube channel (30 secs long).

The blurb:
“The batch is back. Celebrate May the 4th and stream the premiere of Star Wars: The Bad Batch now on Disney+.”


For Hire: The Bad Batch - Disney+ Promo (2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttn3vvwU0f0 - from the official Star Wars YouTube channel (30 secs long).

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#1427482
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<strong>Disney+</strong> streaming platform : <strong>Star Wars content</strong> &amp; various other info
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Still no Vintage Collection available in Norway (and presumably the rest of Scandinavia as well). Today seemed like an obvious time to release it, but it seems to just be the same as the US got, so at least the Bad Batch wasn’t postponed like The Mandalorian and TCW season 7 was, but it is quite frustrating how hard it is to get any proper news on this.

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#1427479
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<strong>The Bad Batch</strong> (animated series) - a general discussion thread
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Ed Slushie said:

ZkinandBonez said:

MINOR SPOILER:
As a side note, I think it’s interesting how it re-wrote the moment from the Kaanan comics a few years back when Caleb witness the clones turn on his master. It’s technically not all that different; it’s mostly just the tone and setting that changed, but I’m glad that they’re not being too uptight about canon. I’d much rather have Filoni tell his story rather than have them force him to recreate a moment from a comic down to every little detail. Plus, I really enjoy watching Filoni’s corner of the EU connect like this, while at the same time you can easily watch The Bad Batch without having seen Rebels.

I just with they hadn’t brought back a 45-year-old man to voice a 14-year-old boy.
A great episode overall, though.

It sounded fine enough to me, though yes, it did stand out a little as I recognized the voice. However, I feel like they did something to the audio to make him sound younger? I was thinking it was perhaps something similar to what they did with Mark Hamill’s voice for The Mandalorian, but it might just have been pitch shifted a little to make him sound a bit more like a teenager.

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#1427476
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<strong>The Bad Batch</strong> (animated series) - a general discussion thread
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Maybe I missed an announcement or a leak at some point but I was quite (positively) surprised at the 75 min. runtime of the first episode today. As for the story itself, it was pretty much what I expected, but I do in no way mean that as a negative. I like how it’s already feeling a lot like an eight season of TCW while still being it’s own thing.

MINOR SPOILER:
As a side note, I think it’s interesting how it re-wrote the moment from the Kaanan comics a few years back when Caleb witness the clones turn on his master. It’s technically not all that different; it’s mostly just the tone and setting that changed, but I’m glad that they’re not being too uptight about canon. I’d much rather have Filoni tell his story rather than have them force him to recreate a moment from a comic down to every little detail. Plus, I really enjoy watching Filoni’s corner of the EU connect like this, while at the same time you can easily watch The Bad Batch without having seen Rebels.

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#1427241
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The new Star Wars comics - a general discussion thread
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screams in the void said:

ZkinandBonez said:

jedi_bendu said:

screams in the void said:

while I am not a big fan of the current Marvel Star Wars comics , I do find this interesting

Out of curiosity, what do you generally not like about them? Most of the reaction I’ve seen to Marvel’s sw comics has been positive; the recent Vader and Kanan comic series in particular are really popular.

If you don’t mind me butting in;
This all depends greatly on who you ask. Some people really hate the new SW Marvel comics with a passion, while most people I follow online seem quite indifferent to them. I personally stopped paying attention a while ago, finding it to just be too much and not being too impressed overall. Don’t get me wrong, some of it’s been great. I actually think Charles Soule’s Vader series is up there with the best SW comics of all time, but the rest has been quite average I feel. There might be a generational thing as well, and/or a feeling that the tone of the new comics aren’t all that consistent. I tried reading the Aphra series, and while it was fine enough, I just never got the hype. It just seemed kind of dull to me. As for the main series following Luke and the other OT characters, it just doesn’t fell like the OT at all, and the characterization feels off to. It lacks that old serial charm, and instead feels like it takes itself way too serious. Maybe that’s why the Vader series has worked so well (though I personally thought he art in the first run by Larroca was pretty bad).

I also think that the new comics, regardless of what you think of the art, writing, etc. feel so much more pointless nowadays. Before there were multiple cartoons and live-action series the EU existed in novels and comics, yet both of these mediums feel more like filler than anything of consequence, so that might be a factor for a lot of fans as well.

^ yeah , I agree with most of this ,and I will add that most modern comics don’t really do much for me when they are 5 to 6 bucks for a single issue that can be read in five minutes as opposed to the original Marvel Star Wars which had narrative captions that enhanced the stories for me . Same goes for most of the 80s comics I read . Back then , four issues were the equivalent of a full movie for me , as each was about a half hour read . Plus , they had the benefit of doing things that movies can’t really do ( kind of hard for me to explain , for the best idea of what I am talking about , read the book Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud ) .

I completely forgot about the ridiculous prices they demand nowadays. I know times change, but taking comics away from comic racks in regular stores (or the equivalent of this) was a huge mistake. Spending 4 dollars each month on what feels more like a standalone scene in a larger narrative than a complete story or “episode” just doesn’t feel worth it, especially when you either have to buy them digitally or go to specialized stores. The latter of which aren’t always an option at all if you don’t live in a large city (this goes double if you live outside America or the UK).

I’m also quite tired of obvious padding for the trades. Some writers do this much better than others, but even then you might as well wait until the TPB. Funnily enough I think Chares Soule has been a good example of both approaches. I enjoyed his Vader series because, among many other reasons, each issue felt like a satisfactory read. Not as self-contained as older comics were, but enough that I didn’t mind waiting a month. is Lando series on the other hand, although I did think the end result was fine, felt like it was two issues too long. Had this story been told in the 80’ s I think they might have managed to even squeeze it into one issue, but he could have easily have told it in three and not lost a single story beat.

Either modern comics need to return to their roots and get single issues back into grocery stores and the like, or they need to commit to the trades and adopt a more French/Belgian approach with each writer/artist team making just a couple of large graphic novels per year.

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#1427117
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The new Star Wars comics - a general discussion thread
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jedi_bendu said:

screams in the void said:

while I am not a big fan of the current Marvel Star Wars comics , I do find this interesting

Out of curiosity, what do you generally not like about them? Most of the reaction I’ve seen to Marvel’s sw comics has been positive; the recent Vader and Kanan comic series in particular are really popular.

If you don’t mind me butting in;
This all depends greatly on who you ask. Some people really hate the new SW Marvel comics with a passion, while most people I follow online seem quite indifferent to them. I personally stopped paying attention a while ago, finding it to just be too much and not being too impressed overall. Don’t get me wrong, some of it’s been great. I actually think Charles Soule’s Vader series is up there with the best SW comics of all time, but the rest has been quite average I feel. There might be a generational thing as well, and/or a feeling that the tone of the new comics aren’t all that consistent. I tried reading the Aphra series, and while it was fine enough, I just never got the hype. It just seemed kind of dull to me. As for the main series following Luke and the other OT characters, it just doesn’t fell like the OT at all, and the characterization feels off to. It lacks that old serial charm, and instead feels like it takes itself way too serious. Maybe that’s why the Vader series has worked so well (though I personally thought he art in the first run by Larroca was pretty bad).

I also think that the new comics, regardless of what you think of the art, writing, etc. feel so much more pointless nowadays. Before there were multiple cartoons and live-action series the EU existed in novels and comics, yet both of these mediums feel more like filler than anything of consequence, so that might be a factor for a lot of fans as well.

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#1423721
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The Original Trilogy <strong>Trailers/Promos</strong> Video Thread (YouTube/Vimeo, etc. finds)
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screams in the void said:

^ Thank you for updating this thread and the Betamax thread so the thumbnail shows ,I wasn’t sure how to gt it to show up .

No problem, though I didn’t really update your post much, I just added the ON-TV logo from wikipedia (the YouTube thumbnail was a bit odd looking). But I did add another video showing the ON-TV premiere of ANH in 1982 which I found from the same uploader.

BTW, it can be a tad convoluted, but I explained how you can post the YouTube thumbnails here.

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#1423694
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The Original Trilogy <strong>box set releases</strong> on home video tape: 1988 to 2000…
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NORWAY

EDIT: Not technically Box sets, but they were sold as a ‘set’ of sorts:

1995 - Fullscreen

https://www.swonvideo.com/vhs/vanhfullscrno.htm

“The 1995 THX remasters were issued in both Widescreen and Pan&Scan editions in Norway. These reissues were produced in vast numbers and I remember them littering the discount bins even after the 1997 special edition tapes were released two years later.”

Interestingly this was apparently the first proper release of the films in Norway. The only previous edition I’ve found information about online were a rental-only release in 1983.

These photos are from my own collection and were the tapes I had as a kid. I got these in late 1999 after I’d seen TPM and the SE editions of the OT. I asked my mother if she’d get me the films and she got me these tapes from a used comics and video store and it’s thanks to this that I grew up with the original versions of the OT and not the SE (which I didn’t see again until I got the 2004 DVD set).

1995 - Widescreen

https://www.swonvideo.com/vhs/vno1995anh.htm

“At the time only the first movie was planned for a digital upgrade thus the “last time available” sticker was only found on this tape.”


https://www.swonvideo.com/vhs/vno1995esb.htm


https://www.swonvideo.com/vhs/vno1995rotj.htm


2000 - Special Edition Widescreen

https://www.swonvideo.com/vhs/vtrilogybox2000.htm

“The transparent slipcase holds a box with three tapes in cardboard sleeves. While cardboard sleeves are common in the US, they are rarely seen on Norwegian releases. This box (with minor local variations) was used on all releases both US and internationally. In Norway, this set was only released in Widescreen, but not noted as such on the slipcase.”


https://www.swonvideo.com/vhs/vtrilogybox2000anh.htm



https://www.swonvideo.com/vhs/vtrilogybox2000esb.htm



https://www.swonvideo.com/vhs/vtrilogybox2000rotj.htm



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#1423654
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The <strong>random YouTube / Vimeo etc video finds</strong> thread for the Original Trilogy
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ON-TV Star Wars Pay-Per-View special event promo (September 25th 1982)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo8WK8N7EmM - from the IntermissionSociety YouTube channel (50 sec long).

The blurb:
“From September 1982. Promo for the “one time only” special event pay-per-view broadcast of the original Star Wars on pay TV subscription service.”

BTW, I’ve posted both this and the previous video in the OT Trailers & Promos thread as well.

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#1423653
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The Original Trilogy on Betamax (Beta)
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Here’s the 1982 ON-TV premiere promo.

ON-TV Star Wars Pay-Per-View special event promo (September 25th 1982)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo8WK8N7EmM - from the IntermissionSociety YouTube channel (50 sec long).

The blurb:
“From September 1982. Promo for the “one time only” special event pay-per-view broadcast of the original Star Wars on pay TV subscription service.”

BTW, I’ve posted both this and the previous video in the OT Trailers & Promos thread as well.

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#1423652
Topic
The Original Trilogy <strong>Trailers/Promos</strong> Video Thread (YouTube/Vimeo, etc. finds)
Time

ON-TV Star Wars Pay-Per-View special event promo (September 25th 1982)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo8WK8N7EmM - from the IntermissionSociety YouTube channel (50 sec long).

The blurb:
“From September 1982. Promo for the “one time only” special event pay-per-view broadcast of the original Star Wars on pay TV subscription service.”


Originally posted in the The Original Trilogy on Betamax thread by screams in the void.

ON-TV Star Wars Up Next & Star Trek II Premiere promos (1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jtuh8Sz9JY - from the IntermissionSociety YouTube channel (1:09 mins long).

The blurb:
“Pair of promos for Star Wars and the future broadcast premiere of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan on Pay TV subscription service.”

screams in the void said (from the Betamax thread):

" VCRs did existed as far back as 1975 - and many people did ‘record’ the showings of Star Wars on TV onto a blank tape when the film was eventually aired on tv back in 1982 in the US (via PPV; something which only half a million people could access at the time)."

I was one of the lucky ones who got to see it on ppv ( pay per view ). My folks had a subscription to the on-tv ppv service out of Chicago. The box was in their bedroom, so I could only watch it in there, though my older brothers and I could see the scrambled signal on the downstairs TV, which we got great amusement from watching late at night 😃 Sadly we did not have a VCR at that time, as they were indeed very expensive. Here is an ad for the ON-TV Star Wars premiere that someone recorded back in the day and uploaded to YouTube, also featuring The Wrath Of Khan premiere, which is how I first saw that movie. The video says 1983, but it was in fact 1982 when Star Wars premiered on ON-TV

more info about the ON-TV service…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ON_TV_(TV_network)

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#1423530
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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fmalover said:

Not the first time I’ve heard about it, but yes, I’m a huge fan of the idea of the Force being inherently evil, which would explain why dark side powers are much more awesome than light side powers.

I’m pretty sure Lucas would argue that destruction doesn’t qualify as true power. That’s kind of the whole point of the SW movies. Heck, the OT even ends with Luke choosing not to fight.

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#1423267
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The <strong>random YouTube / Vimeo etc video finds</strong> thread for the Original Trilogy
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NeverarGreat said:

I’m unsure why he gave the sled skis instead of repulsors. I mean, sure, it has skis on set, but that’s presumably just so it could be pulled around. I don’t see any greebling on the skis and in universe, it looks like it would use standard speeder technology.

Well, there are vehicles in the SW universe that use both wheels and tank-treads, so I guess he figured why not? Plus, I suppose it could still use repulsors of some kind to propel it.

Also, there’s this exchange between Han and the Deck Officer in ESB explaining why they use Tauntauns;
“Are the speeders ready?”
“Not yet. We’re having some trouble adapting them to the cold.”

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#1422993
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The <strong>random YouTube / Vimeo etc video finds</strong> thread for the Original Trilogy
Time

The Unsung Hero of Hoth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa3vDAB47f4 - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (3 mins long)

The blurb:
“This obscure vehicle has been hiding in The Empire Strikes Back under our noses from the very beginning. Unfortunately, this awesome little vehicle has only gotten minimal recognition. Time to change that!”

Previous EC Henry restoration and redesign videos posted in this thread:

The Secret CORELLIAN CORVETTE in Return of the Jedi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhalNJJPc3o - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (7:40 mins long)

The blurb:
“For almost 4 decades, a secret Corellian Corvette variant has been hiding in plain sight in Return of the Jedi. Join us on an exciting exploration of this ship, including a fan interpretation of the ship brought to life!”

The Secret Mystery TIE FIGHTER in Return of the Jedi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYpbVrXFSqQ&t - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (6:45 mins long)

The blurb:
“We might think that we’ve seen every ship in Star Wars… but there are always new discoveries! In this case, possibly an entirely new variant of TIE fighter.”

Making a Civilian T-47 Snowspeeder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xqUbRKrjUo - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (4 mins long).

The blurb:
“The snowspeeder is an iconic Star Wars vehicle, but canonically it was developed from a stock civilian airspeeder. In this video, I design what that might look like.”

The Most Obscure Rebel Ship in Star Wars?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeA777Ru7aI - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (10 mins long)

The blurb:
“So many canonical Original Trilogy ships have been totally forgotten by official Star Wars media. It’s my goal to restore them all to their rightful place!”

Three Rebel Ships That Star Wars Forgot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5b0cxF8HOE - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (6 mins long)

The blurb:
"You might think you know every ship in the Rebel Alliance fleet, but there are ships in the original Star Wars trilogy that have somehow evaded detection for decades. I’ve brought three Rebel “mystery ships” to life. "

The Ugliest Rebel Ship You’ve NEVER Heard of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsLocVDui6Y - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (5 mins long)

The blurb:
"It’s amazing that there are canonical ships in the original Star Wars trilogy that are completely neglected. Come explore a completely unexplored ship of the Rebel Alliance! "

The Mon Cal Cruiser You Never Knew Existed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtozC1NLZY8 - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (6 mins long)

The blurb:
“Star Wars is full of mysterious ships that for some reason have never been acknolwedged by canon. I explore one such ship today!”

The IMPERIAL Nebulon-B Frigate (Fan design)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz13rwQpUd4&t - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (9 mins long)

The blurb:
“The Nebulon-B has long been considered a Rebel vessel, but canonically this frigate was originally an Imperial vessel. I took on the challenge of creating what that might have looked like.”

TIE Shuttle’s TRUE FORM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VPVxrKCUGg - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (2:40 mins long)

The blurb:
“Star Wars has no shortage of TIE variants. We’ve all been told that the TIE shuttle is essentially just one ship re-purposed as another. But… the truth is a little more interesting! Let’s explore the TIE Shuttle’s true form!”

The ORIGINAL Star Destroyer: Colin Cantwell’s Design Reborn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZLAtGu3-98&list=PLYn2a0e2FVIKni_wHXR5CJYBnnnYH7mIB&index=146&t - from the EC Henry YouTube channel (5 mins long)

The blurb:
“Many fans of Star Wars don’t know the name Colin Cantwell, but they should. He designed almost every ship in the original film, including the Star Destroyer, which began its life as a very interesting design. Let’s explore that design and maybe we can bring it to life.”

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The Kenobi <s>Movie</s> Show (Spoilers)
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https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2021/04/obi-wan-kenobi-series-set-video-gives-up-close-look-at-physical-structures.html

“An up-close drive-through video of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series set gives an incredibly detailed look at a lot of the physical buildings and structures built for the Disney Plus show at its Southern California location.”

Not super interesting TBH. About what you’d expect from a Tatooine set.

PS. Beware of very loud music when clicking the play button on the video.


BTW, is no one going to talk about the fact that this series has an actress who’s last name is Kessell (albeit with two L’s)?