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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.

My favorite Palpatine first name is "Cosinga". A good nod to the rough draft.

Yoda

DuracellEnergizer said:

This image

makes me sad.

Vodo Siosk-Baas, like Yoda, should not be shown wielding a lightsaber.

I agree so much. Where did you come across this image?

DuracellEnergizer said:

I think Palpatine works better as a self-taught darksider, someone who attained all that power working alone, someone who has his own personal reasons and goals for following the dark side.

Making him a Sith Lord -- making him part of any greater Force religion -- having it so that he does what he does because its in line with some pre-existing dogma -- reduces the character in my eyes.

This, plus TFN's fanatical zeal for the word "Sith" has made me hate that word.

In 1977-1983, I thought that "the Sith" was Vader's Stormtrooper legion.

skyjedi2005 said:

It was really dumb he had to be called Darth Sidious and have a red lightsaber, like Yoda having a lightsaber and being a great warrior.

I was always convinced the emperor  and yoda were above mere physical conflict.

And this too.

Fang Zei said:

Danfun128 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Fang Zei said:

The convention in Anaheim is just a few weeks away. There will doubtlessly be a lot of people there wondering the same thing we are. Disney/Lucasfilm can't expect it to go by without at least saying something about it. It's been almost two and a half years since the buyout and they haven't said a word. The elephant in the room has become too big to ignore.

This is why i think that we'll get some sort of quality presentation of the OOT on blu ray, maybe not a restoration on the same scale as 1997, but at least a transfer on par with most acceptable blu rays released today.

 In other words, a fresh transfer...by Lowry.

That wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. It depends on whether Reliance Media Works (who bought-out Lowry) still uses the old Lowry's restoration methods.

As well as how much say Lowry had in the process. 

Tobar said:

They've now made Grand Vizier canon.

That's good news.

Another random thought: if you post anything bad about legends or good about the new canon on the Star Wars Books facebook page, they'll create memes with your profile picture to make fun of you.

Most of the EU ignores what's implied in the movies, screenplays, and novelizations, but WEG is largely true to them. For example, in some drafts of the ESB screenplay, the Empire has a Grand Vizier. WEG talks about the Grand Vizier, but the Thrawn books are like, "nope, the Empire has "Grand Admirals" and "Emperor's Hands"".

The planet Fiddanl. Mercury oceans and rapidly drifting continents are cool concepts that I would love to see.

Thank you for your take on the Emperor hologram scene. It makes the scene much more enjoyable.

- "Dark Horse will never loose the license."

- "The EU will never be decanonized."

- "Episode numbers will never be excluded from marketing."

I kept hearing all those claims, and look where we are now.

The TIEs that we see in the movies actually being "TIE LNs", with TIEs actually being a predeccesor and T.I.E. being a predeccesor to that.

The Rogue Squadron games

It would have been cool if Amidala's advisors in TPM dressed like Palpatine's advisors in ROTJ. It would show that the Naboo aristocracy is in charge of the Empire thanks to Palpatine's Naboo origins.

Three things I like about the Vader comic:

1. We see Tagge's starfleet that Motti mentions in Star Wars (1977).

2. We see Vader's starfighter squadron, something I've always been dissappointed that we didn't see in ESB, ROTJ, or the legends EU.

3. Tagge outranks Vader, which fits how Vader is presented in Star Wars (1977).

emanswfan said:

the last second of the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkRVtyWRtQE

Those eyes have an interesting color.

Just because the ships look the same doesn't mean that their specs haven't changed and maybe the Empire no longer has the resources for new ships.

Luuke

Nocturnaloner said: he basically set the whole movie timeline in motion. 

How? Any Sith Lord could have trained Palpatine.

DuracellEnergizer said: an overpowered supervillain in a poorly written comic book. 

I definitely hate the comic-bookyness of the EU. "Clone Emperor has World Devastators! Greatest threat ever! Daala has the Sun Crusher! Greatest threat ever! Yuuzhan Vong can Vongform planets! Greatest threat ever! Vitiate can suck the color out of planets! Greatest threat ever!"