darklordoftech

DominicCobb said:

Any of the Old Republic stuff worth checking out? And what's the deal with the New Jedi Order books? There seems to be like a thousand of them, are any good?

The Tales of the Jedi comics are a very important part of the lore of the Star Wars Legends universe. The New Jedi Order books are extremely dark and have villains who are immune to The Force. I think that it's spread across too many books.

nvm

I wonder what the characters' perspective on the larger galaxy will be. Who do they hate most: Vader, Tarkin, or The Emperor?

EyeShotFirst said:

I think anything set in the Star Wars universe could be entertaining if done right. Bounty hunters, smugglers, pilots, soldiers, mercs, cantina bartenders, and so on and so forth could make for a hell of an interesting film. Hell, you could do a real gritty film about civilian life during the Imperial takeover and it would be just as interesting.

Indeed. There's more to the Star Wars universe than Star Wars movies. After all, Thor is set in the same universe as Iron Man but isn't an Iron Man movie.

Cobra Kai said:

darklordoftech said:

Lightsabers, Jedi, and The Force don't have as big a role in Star Wars (1977) as they do in later films. The climax of the film is a space battle, not a lightsaber duel, and in the opening scene Vader doesn't use The Force to choke the captain.

The force doesn't have a big role in Star Wars? 

The Force has a big role in Star Wars, but it has an even bigger role in Empire and Jedi and an even bigger role than that in the prequels.

Lightsabers, Jedi, and The Force don't have as big a role in Star Wars (1977) as they do in later films. The climax of the film is a space battle, not a lightsaber duel, and in the opening scene Vader doesn't use The Force to choke the captain.

That there's a planet called "Despayre".

brash_stryker said:

luckydube56 said:

 

 Nice work.

I actually like the concept of the new enemy built off the old.  Kind of like the Romans building their civilization off the Greeks.

I know nothing so take it for what its worth.   But there does seem to be a lot of respect being paid to Darth Vader by this new villain.  This new empire seems a bit more of a religious bureaucracy.  Or maybe just more zealous to the last man.

The old empire was Hitler + Wehrmacht.

The new empire seems Hitler + SS.

If that makes any sense.

The only problem with that ancient symbol being a precursor to the Empire symbol is the Prequels. As darklordoftech rightly pointed out, the Empire symbol is previously the Republic symbol in the Prequels, so it's a symbol of good subverted to be a symbol of evil. I personally don't think Palps would keep a symbol of the old Republic as his new Empire's sigil though, and yet that's what we got in the Prequels. Goody.

Isn't this the opposite of what we said in our discussion?  Neither of us said anything about the prequels and you said, "I'm not suggesting it's a good idea."

Handman said:

We know in the first film from the first Death Star scene that power from the senate was gradually withering away

This tells us two things:

1. The Empire was once the "Old Republic."

2. Palpatine isn't openly a Force-user. Motti's comments to Vader also point to Palpatine's use of the dark side being a secret.

brash_stryker said:

Expanding further on the hexagonal symbol. It's not outside the realms of possibility that Lucasfilm have taken a shine to this symbol and imagery and want to use it. Afterall, the EU isn't off limits if they see something they like. 

The game is set 4,000 years before the movies, and this is the symbol for the ancient Sith Empire of that time. 




It's sort of a precursor to the Galactic Empire symbol. They have similar designs except the obvious different basic shapes.

I don't know about you guys, but the symbol on the flag in the trailer seems to be a hybrid of the two designs to me. It utilises a circle within a hexagon, with a 'spoked' design just like the others.
Could this be symbolic of the Imperials/Sith returning to their roots?

I know this idea relies on Lucasfilm referencing the symbol from SWTOR (those who know the game will get it, those that don't won't care), but it just seems too perfect to me to be coincidence. 

I've always hated the resemblence of the Sith Empire's symbol to the Galactic Empire's symbol because:

1. Why would Palpatine use ancient Sith symbols rather than do his own thing? Palpatine has no respect for anyone besides himself.

2. Wasn't Palpatine hiding that he was a Sith? If you're hiding the fact that you're a Nazi, you wouldn't publicly use a swastika.

3. It undermines an irony that I love: that the Galactic Empire is the very Republic that Obi-Wan remembers so fondly.

No Bespin and Yavin? No space battles? 

C'mon, EA. This feels like an incomplete game.

unamochilla2 said:

It kind of looks like one of the guys who were around the Emperor in ROTJ... I find their names...

Their names are JanUs Greejatus, Sim Aloo, and Kren Blista-Vanee.

I wonder why the TIE Fighters have inverted colors and why Kylo Ren wears a hood over a mask.

I also noticed a new Imperial logo. 

DuracellEnergizer said:

^I tend to like them. There don't seem to be enough "light side" planets to balance them out, though.

Agree with the first sentence. Never thought about light side planets, but it's a good point.

I like the contrast between the futuristic Byss and the ancient Korriban.

What do you all think of "dark side planets" such as Byss and Korriban?

DuracellEnergizer said: Generally, I like to go with the idea that the Jedi were almost superhumanly powerful prior to the Great Sith War, but became progressively weaker over the centuries and millennia that followed. 

Pre-1999 Star Wars definitely gave me the impression that the Jedi slowly dissappeared from public view and declined and the Empire just finished the job. Motti called the Jedi "ancient", which I interpreted as "millenia past their prime."

I would have preferred silence during the Lucasfilm logo. Why does there need to be any music during it? Anything other than the Fox fanfare doesn't sound right.

SilverWook said:

This thread deteriorated quickly. :/

I'm not sure what I did to provoke it.

generalfrevious said:

darklordoftech said:

dclarkg said:

Hal 9000 said:

I'be got my fingers crossed for the PT deleted scenes from the DVD to appear in HD. They're listed under "legacy content," but hopefully sourced from a master and not just literally from the DVD.

 Don't hold your breath on this one... I'm pretty sure it will be the same DVD deal. BUT DIGITAL!!!

Are we sure that Georgie boy sold SW? This is the kind of BS he would do, I bet he is still having a big wet orgasm with this release just because is the same of business cap he is used to.

Considering that people already have the blu-rays, I won't be surprised if the sales are poor.

 It has the name Star Wars on it, so naturally it will sell record-breaking millions. Remember how many people bought the 2004 DVDs and 2011 Blu-Rays in spite of being the special editions? We just went from fascism to communism. Disney will never release the OOT now; just fucking give up now.

The post you responded to didn't say anything about the OOT or the special editions. The post was talking about whether or not people buy digital downloads of things that they already own on blu-ray, which is not the same topic as the OOT and the Special Editions. What you posted is like responding to an argument about Vader with info on Batman.

dclarkg said:

Hal 9000 said:

I'be got my fingers crossed for the PT deleted scenes from the DVD to appear in HD. They're listed under "legacy content," but hopefully sourced from a master and not just literally from the DVD.

 Don't hold your breath on this one... I'm pretty sure it will be the same DVD deal. BUT DIGITAL!!!

Are we sure that Georgie boy sold SW? This is the kind of BS he would do, I bet he is still having a big wet orgasm with this release just because is the same of business cap he is used to.

Considering that people already have the blu-rays, I won't be surprised if the sales are poor.

generalfrevious said:

Danfun128 said:

Also, I like how the guy talks about the digital release being in "glorious 4k". Don't they know that the 2004/2011 transfer is 1080p in 8-bits? Even the 97se is limited to 2k resolution. I don't know where they are getting "glorious 4k" from.

 This is just corporate exploitation: selling a substandard product for as much money as they can, and flat out lying to us. Disney Loves to do this just so they can reap maximum profits with zero work.

Disney never advertised it as "4k". The "glorious 4k" comment was just a commenter who didn't do their research.

lordjedi said: How many of the people that are commenting on the articles you're reading really aren't going to buy it?

If they already own the blu-rays, they might feel there isn't any reason to buy the digital releases.

canofhumdingers said:

Tobar said:

The original trilogy actually had it's own alien font that was used over all three films on props and the sets that has since been forgotten.

Huh, I can't believe I've never noticed this. 

I never noticed either. I always figured that they use our alphabet.

Tobar said:

Vudu is the biggest digital movie rental venue on the planet. They have the largest library of instantly watchable films anywhere.

and yet I've never heard of it until today

GlastoEls said:

http://www.vudu.com/movies/Movies_mobile.html#!content/656496/Star-Wars-Episodes-1-6-Bundle-plus-bonus-features

?

I have a hard time believing this. Why release on VUDU of all places and why hasn't there been an announcement?

Plo Koon's yellow lightsaber.