darklordoftech

That Naboo isn't Alderaan. Putting Alderaan in Naboo's role would shrink the galaxy more than Anakin building 3PO did.

gizzy2000 said:

Harmy said:

We do know, that those aren't the original sabers in that video, which means, that it isn't the '97SE either and apart from color, they look an awful lot like the 2004SE sabers. But since evidence points towards this new transfer having been done in 2012, which would co-inside with the time the 3D releases were still part of the plan, Disney may have nothing to do with it and since Lucas was still running things, they probably would have bothered to add all the other changes for a Lucas-sanctioned 3D re-release.

 Thank you. So Disney will probably just kind of abandon this restoration since there isn't a plan for Star Wars 3D anymore, unless they release it before Episode VII.

Why not use it in place of the existing Blu-Ray versions in future SE releases?

Beatleboy99 said:

Time will tell, I guess.

I just find it weird that the site sad "Star Wars Trilogy 4k restoration." If it was for the 3d release wouldn't Clones and Sith have to get a 4k upscale too? Or would those be fine projected in 2k?

TPM got a 3D release without a 4K restoration.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Vader_(clone)

ratpack1961 said:

darklordoftech said:

ratpack1961 said:

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned yet that synopsis they have on badassdigest about the opening of the film.

A hand floating in space holding a lightsaber plummeting to a planet.  That's what we see after the title crawl?

No matter what you may think of the prequels, none of the rumors or even legit story points from those films were ever as bad as some hand falling in space after the title crawl.

The reason that nobody has mentioned it is because of how absurd it is.

 

haha, just edited my post because someone did mention it above.  I really really hope its absurd and completely false.....please?

Nothing that badass digest has said has ever turned out to be true. Devin Faraci is a yellow journalist.

ratpack1961 said:

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned yet that synopsis they have on badassdigest about the opening of the film.

A hand floating in space holding a lightsaber plummeting to a planet.  That's what we see after the title crawl?

No matter what you may think of the prequels, none of the rumors or even legit story points from those films were ever as bad as some hand falling in space after the title crawl.

The reason that nobody has mentioned it is because of how absurd it is.

Protocol Droid said:

 Is the mouse droid a hint of the Empire being in Episode VII?

Well, yeah.  did you read the posts about Stormtroopers being confirmed as in the next film?

Speaking of the Empire, I don't want to see a New Republic when episode 7 begins. We already saw a Republic in the prequels (in other words, democracies make for bad movies) and episodes 7-9 should be about accomplishing new things, not about maintaining what was accomplished in the OT and in the 30 years in between ROTJ and episode 7.

Number-based marketing. I much preferred the title-based marketing of the OOT and the marketing of Star Wars as "Star Wars" rather than as "Episode IV: A New Hope."

Fang Zei said:

A description of John Boyega's character:

http://badassdigest.com/2014/07/20/star-wars-episode-vii-follow-up-john-boyegas-character-is/

I hope the desert and snow planets are places we've never visited before, not Tatooine and Hoth.

A description of Badass Digest: lies with no truth to them.

gizzy2000 said:

Does anyone think she would want to preserve George's "true vision" of the trilogy (possibly at his request), or would she just not care anymore?

As far I'm concerned, they're respecting George as long as they stick to the spirit of his treatments for episodes 7, 8, and 9.

brash_stryker said:

darklordoftech said:

brimforge said: for "Sidious": I would keep him in all PTs as a holo, like in ESB, no connection to Palpatine (which is a ruthless politician, but only interested in "history" and "arifacts"), never leaving his secure lair ...

Would you ignore the fact that The Emperor has been called Palpatine since 1976  or would Sidious and Palpatine be 2 Dark Side users with no connection to each other?

He's never referred to as Palpatine on screen until the Prequels as far as I'm aware...

He's referred to as Palpatine in the novelizations of ANH and ROTJ.

brimforge said: for "Sidious": I would keep him in all PTs as a holo, like in ESB, no connection to Palpatine (which is a ruthless politician, but only interested in "history" and "arifacts"), never leaving his secure lair ...

Would you ignore the fact that The Emperor has been called Palpatine since 1976  or would Sidious and Palpatine be 2 Dark Side users with no connection to each other?

If the OOT is restored and released, will it be canon?

From the upcoming novel "Lords of the Sith":

"Vader completed his mediation and opened his eyes. His pale, flame-savaged face stared back at him from out of the reflective black surface of his pressurized meditation chamber. Without the neural connection to his armor, he was conscious of the stumps of his legs, the ruin of his arm, the perpetual pain in his flesh. He welcomed it. Once, as a Jedi, he had meditated to find peace. Now he meditated to sharpen the edges of his anger. He stared at his reflection a long time. His injuries had deformed his body, left it in ruin, but they'd perfected his spirit, strengthening his connection to the Force. Suffering had birthed insight. [...] When man and machine were united, he no longer felt the absence of his legs, his arm, or the pain of his flesh, but the hate remained, and the rage still burned. Those, he never relinquished, and he never felt more connected to the Force than when his rage burned. [...] The armor separated him from the galaxy, from everyone, made him singular, freed him from the needs of the flesh, the concerns of the body that once had plagued him, and allowed him to focus solely on his relationship to the Force. [...] He looked out and up through the large viewport that opened out onto the galaxy and its numberless worlds and stars. It was his duty to rule them all. He saw that now."

What do you think?

ATMachine said:

The way the rough draft is presented, the Jedi and Sith are both fearsome warriors. What makes the Sith dishonorable is that they serve the totalitarian Empire. A Sith who switches his allegiance to the cause of liberty is functionally equivalent to a Jedi.

Mind you, this is because telekinetic Force powers hadn't been invented yet by Lucas. Jedi and Sith are fierce fighters and cunning tacticians, but not superhumans. So there's no element of corrupting black magic attached to the Sith yet--that came later.

Once the Force became akin to a superpower, with light and dark sides akin to white and black magic, the Sith became irredeemably evil. This is reflected in their grotesque appearance: from the second draft onward, Lucas wanted the Sith knights to "look like Linda Blair in The Exorcist."

Also, the Sith in the rough draft are not stated to be an ancient organization like the Jedi. In fact, they may very well be a relatively new sect, created by the Empire in order to hunt down the Jedi.

In the backstory of the rough draft, the Jedi Order rebelled against the corrupt Empire, only for the Sith to crush the rebellion and hunt down the survivors. It's quite possible that the ranks of the Sith were filled by Jedi who remained loyal to the Empire.

Brings to mind the Inquisitor from Rebels. Inquisitors didn't exist before the Empire and might not have any desire to rule.

I also find it interesting that throughout the OOT, Vader has qualities of a knight while Palpatine does not. Compare Vader lightsaber dueling his opponents to Palpatine blasting lightning upon an unarmed opponent.

It's interesting how the Sith have honor while the Empire doesn't. This is the complete opposite of the Starscream-like Sith that we know today.

Do we know for sure whether they rescanned in 04 or used the scans from 97?

DuracellEnergizer said: The creator of savestarwars.com was a regular poster on this forum

What happened to him?

After all these years of 04 and 11, anything that's not upscaled 04 scan would make me happy.

In 2001, this was the entire list:

• Sith Race
• "New Sith", which lasted 1000 years
• Darth Bane's Pair o' Siths, leading to Darth Vader
• Brotherhood of the Sith (Exar + Krath)

This list, combined with Star Wars being Haydenless, makes me nostalgic

JediZombie said:

Get rid of as much Jar Jar as possible. Get rid of the microscopic Force bugs living in everyone's blood. I know what they're called but don't care. Get rid of horrid CG Jabba. Change Vader's Nooooo in RoTS to a pain filled cry of rage. Take Vader's Nooooo in RoTJ out. Put Shaw back in. Han shoots first. After all that just some touch ups here and there and for me it would be perfect. Of course this is what I want and not what Disney will do. But a fella can dream. Right? 

At least two of the things that you referred to are from the prequels, not the special editions.

MrGrayson said:

I know that I'm a little late on this (I'm a newbie) but the '97 versions were released on VCD.

In Japan only and in Pan & Scan only. Both of those disqualify the VCD release from counting as a DVD release.

Anyway, I really want a DVD, Blu-Ray, or Digital release of the '97 Special Editions.

What changes do you think they would keep, what changes do you think they would undo, and what new changes do you think they would make?

msycamore said:

darklordoftech said:

msycamore said:

It should be noted that the before and after sample with the droids in the desert seems to be the old 2004 Lowry fiasco. It's old.

What before and after sample? I didn't see anything that shows the droids in the desert.

 Posted earlier in the thread: http://vimeo.com/86986263

Thank you.

msycamore said:

It should be noted that the before and after sample with the droids in the desert seems to be the old 2004 Lowry fiasco. It's old.

What before and after sample? I didn't see anything that shows the droids in the desert.