Sorry folks. I got a little excited with the posting of the the Interactive Board Game video, and I forgot the rules. Moth3r caught three of my posts, but I corrected the fourth.
I hear that Boba Fett, tired of the restrictions society imposes upon genders, actually donned pink armor and joined the Womandalorians. But I'm getting ahead of myself, because first Boba Fett had to get out of the Sarsac Pit. This was actually quite easy, considering he had long golden hair, like Rapunzel. He simply hooked his hair on the railing of a nearby crashed skiff (Indiana Jones-style) and climbed on outta there. He moved to a nearby cantina where he tried to start a life as a dancer, but few appreciated his talent. Then a talent scout named Jorge from the socialist planet of Looka$osisiasssis hired him as a tightrope walker in a tutu. It was here that Boba (professionally now known as Hubba Hubba Bubba) threw off the restrictions of Galactic society and became a free man...er, woman. Every now and then he pops up in an EU story, usually in a dark bar chewing the meat off of Princess Leia's great uncle's hamhock and sucking on Live Savers as a dessert, but you have to be sharp, as he/she is usually mentioned only casually in the book or comic.
That last bit is why I started to give up on the EU...I mean, c'mon, I thought this was a long time ago in a galaxy fairly distant...Live Savers in Star Wars is just taking things too far...they obviously were ripping off Life Savers!
What do YOU think happened???
doubleofive said:
Yoda should speak correctly as much as you can make him.
Or as incorreclty as possible, completely jumbling his wording to the point that it's completely nonsensical to the audience (though the characters seem to get the meaning).
The version I had uploaded was different from daveytod's version. DaveTheHutt was kind enough to upload whole daveytod disc for me. Here are the links:
I'm pretty sure it's PAL (I only tested it briefly last night on my BD player and it said it was the incorrect format). Hopefully we can get this thing circulating again. Not sure if it's better than the version I uploaded or not.
DaveTheHutt was kind enough to upload the whole disc for me. Here are the links:
I'm pretty sure it's PAL (I only tested it briefly last night on my BD player and it said it was the incorrect format). Hopefully we can get this thing circulating again. Not sure if it's better than the other version I uploaded or not.
Okay, sent out the correct link. Let me know if you did not get the second email.
EDIT: As of writing this, three people have voted with the first link (four including me), but I'd have to pay to see your answers because I started creating this vote more than 10 days ago. Again, PLEASE use the alternate link. I'm sorry for the inconvenience and confusion, but I really want to have your vote.
HALT! So because this free account wants to suck my money, I can't view the results because I started working on this more than 10 days ago. I copied the survey and now have an alternate link. Please no voting till I get you the alternate link.
As an additional update, DaveTheHutt was kind enough to upload an alternate version of Star Wars: The Interactive Video Board Game, the one actually done by daveytod. Here are the links:
It's PAL, and I'm not sure if its quality is better or worse than the previous version I provided, but at least it's got potential. And you probably can extract the audio from this one, as I had a great deal of trouble doing so with the other version.
Alright, you should be getting a PM shortly inviting you to join the vote, if you are interested. This is an online survey, and a free account only allowed 20 questions, resulting in the format you will see. You may vote only once. If you choose to vote, you are required to answer all questions to submit it. There are no 'maybe' options. Links are included if you want to see what is being referenced, but they are not hyperlinked, so you must copy and paste them. The current script is the updated editing guide linked several pages back and in the first post. The following is a list of invitees. If you do not get a PM in the next little while and want one, please let me know.
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You have until February 28th to vote, at which time the polls will close. After that, changes will be implemented, and darth_ender will become script dictator. If any further changes are to be made, I'll have to do it without a vote, though I won't do it without some discussion. Have fun.
I haven't forgotten to record it. I just got really busy today, and I haven't had access to my only digital recording device. I'll get you something soon. Meanwhile, I think I may have recorded a Palpatine impersonation and included it here. I can't remember for sure and can't check now. I'll get you something more asap.
Okay folks, here's the deal. Today I begin my transition away from originaltrilogy.com for a while. I have an addictive personality I fear, and I have put too much time into this project. I have completed the final vote and this time I will be PMing everyone who has participated between the last vote and today with a link, though I actually have to get going right now, and may not get back to it for a couple of days.
After I post the vote, I will only respond to appropriate updates.
After the vote is completed, I will update the script and provide assignments to the editors.
After the assignments are made, I will only respond to emails (my email address for this project is rotjfan@gmail.com).
This will probably last until the summer. I may provide periodic updates if the project makes serious headway with the editors, ideally using the other site I set up. But you will not see much of me for the next few months. I have to prioritize things this way. I really hope this project keeps up the steam. I'd hate for it to die. Thanks for everyone's participation thus far, and I truly believe we can get this done.
fishmanlee said:
Aelanfe (or however you spell it) your video mockup is pretty good, it reminds me of this but much more serious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG1XLJPvkLg, in fact if that version of "Funeral Pyre for a Jedi" in there were to be used, I think the scene would be perfect.
Interesting, especially since I had no idea that Lego beat me to the idea. I agree with you about the music...your music cue for that scene is indeed very powerful.
Ronster said:
darth_ender said:
It's good food. My other thought was if we couldn't have Fett face Han, maybe Lando could take him out. Perhaps we could have Boba involved in the space battle, and perhaps when the shield is taken out, Boba could head to the surface to face off with Han.
Still engaging in a firefight with Han would be tricky. Maybe the Death Star is the way to go. It'd be a more glorious end for the infamous bounty hunter than his original, that's for sure.
Whilst the idea is good and in theory it works but it makes Boba Fett practically part of the empire and that is not what he is.... He's a mercenary... So it would make more sense him being contracted to hunt them down on Endor than chase the falcon through the tunnels of DSII... Even though he is the coolest star wars character it would add nothing to have him flying through DSII although it's interesting idea it's simply swapping him for a tie-fighter..
It would be tough to show him hunting down Han on Endor and TBH he does not have anything against him as per say he only got hired to catch him for Jabba so there is no revenge story either Jabbas dead so who would he be working for?
Nobody from the empire knows Han / Chewie / Leia is on the shuttle tydirium only luke is known to be on the mission because Vader senses him and he gives himself up. Very difficult to join the dots on this thats all I'm saying
put it this way if somone killed your boss would you want to chase them down on a revenge hunt or would you simply go work for somone else and the only somone else is the empire who don't know Han / Leia / Chewie are there
Your points are all very good, especially the fact that Fett is a mercenary and it does indeed make him look like an Imperial agent.
My thought was that he was ticked off for losing his prized capture and feels a personal vendetta towards Han (who also has a pretty personal problem with Fett) for having smacked his rocket pack. If Fett were to survive, possibly flying over the sail barge, it would make for an interesting subplot. And I'm actually quite confident that we could somehow show Boba trailing the team all the way to Endor, perhaps even hired a second time by Vader to take assist in taking out the commando team. I'm confident in everything except that it would be nearly impossible to show Fett and Han facing off. It occurred to me that since we are removing most of the Leia/Wicket 'getting to know you' bit, Boba Fett could take Leia as a hostage while she waited outside the bunker as Han and others set the charges to blow up the generator. But still, how would we portray Han getting ticked off and saving his woman?
TV's Frink said:
If I might make a suggestion re a trailer...make a trailer that highlights the changes in one way or another. Otherwise people think you are just showing them a fan-made trailer for the original movie.
EDIT: Of course, you guys are doing more than just playing with existing footage...but still.
Agreed.
Johannus said:
With regards to finding costumers to help I have so far had someone with a Vader costume, and someone with a Scout trooper costume say they are interested in helping. I have also spoken to a few people in the US that seem to like the idea, but I would have to pass their information on to someone in the US to film things there. I'm still confident we will find more, it just seems to take time to get the individuals to come forward, probably because its a close community and I'm still very new. I am actually looking into making a costume of my own (an X Wing pilot) and joining them on an outing, so I can talk to them face to face about it, as I think it would be a lot easier to generate interest this way. I also know someone with his own camera who I am hoping I can get to help (though it will depend on actual dates quite a lot), and I am still hoping I can find someone else with a camera to help too as this would be a big help. Given that several groups of people are in the process of making fan films at any given time, we could just try to put a list together and contact them in the hope they could also add something for us to work with.
There also seems to be a group of costumers in the US who are currently filming footage for Adywan to use in ESB:R so assuming they intend to help in the same way with RotJ:R then perhaps we could contact them too? Just kinda making this up as I go, but given that camera and costumes are the two big expenses in something like this, and we know there are already Star Wars fans out there with access to them, then the more help we can get and the less we have to spend out ourselves the better. There are only two official groups of costumers in the UK and one seems to be ignoring my attempts to contact them altogether, but in the US there are dozens, so maybe if we could convince a few of the leaders of those groups, it would be much easier to spread the word.
I also find it has been difficult to get across exactly what we are trying to do, to people who aren't familiar with fan editing, and who largely don't see the films as in need of changing, so I was thinking some sort of trailer showing a few examples of what we are trying to achieve might help to generate a bit more awareness.
A trailer would be great, but I don't think we have enough new material to be worth showing that. Perhaps we can get moving soon on the CGI work and use some of that to make a trailer, and from there we can try to recruit some costumer folks for filming new material.
Johannus, I think for now you have officially nominated yourself as the PR person for our live footage. Keep up the good work, and please keep us informed as to the success of any outreach to costumers and fan film makers. Thanks for all your efforts in that department.
Trying to address a few things: Ronster, I'm not really a big fan of most of Jabba's altered lines. The only one that maybe sounds equal or better is, "Now we will deal with you."
Also regarding wrapping up the brother/sister plot point, I think if you'd prefer that Luke not tell Leia, then that addition to the end does nothing but slow down the ending. I just perhaps she doesn't even ever need to know--she just loves Han in the end.
The whole thing with the ships jumping to hyperspace in the end is not my ideal ending, but I have to admit that it's pretty cool. I'll include it in the vote.
I also admit that I am laughing at what you did with Jerjerrod. The shield goes down, the Executor crashes into the Death Star, and then the Imperial officer replaces Ric Olie as the new Captain Obvious by telling Jerjerrod that "the shield is down." I must admit that I skimmed that point and missed it. That's pretty darn funny! However, I like how you rearranged some of the shots with the amount of damage to the Death Star seemingly far more as a result of the Executor's crash, and I like that Jerjerrod orders the fleet to take a defensive position around the Death Star. However, it's clear that you didn't want the Death Star to fire on Endor, something that I think improves the tension in the film drastically. And I personally like my own portrayal of his demise better.
As always, it's constructive criticism, but that's what I feel. And while I don't always agree with your ideas, that doesn't mean I think they are bad. They're just not what I would do.
I liked a lot of the additional battle shots you added, though I know they are just to convey ideas.
How about really obvious human animal impersonations, like the mooing on the Secret Cow Level of Diablo II?
Daneditor did this with one of the trailers. I think it's perfect.
daneditor said:
Here's the rebels landing on Endor with some footage from a fan film added, just to see how it would look:
daneditor said:
Here's the rebels landing on Endor with some footage from a fan film added, just to see how it would look:
I think this is perfect, and I'm going to put it in our thread as well. A nice, charming, simple addition that adds life to the film, and essentially adds a sense of danger as well.
I would be happy to do so. But now that I'm thinking about it, do you want Chancellor Palpatine or Emperor Palpatine? I probably do better at the Emperor. I'll upload something later today.
Ovan Merkel said he could do it, I believe. And I can probably do a decent job. And we know you are busy. Thanks for all your help on our collaborative edit. Must be hard doing two at once :)
Warbler, were you aware that an ICE agent was killed in California today? It even made the news. Instead of spending his days addicted to drugs, he probably (key word) was largely a law-abiding citizen with a wife and kids. Of course I don't know this, but nevertheless, such things do happen daily to better people than Whitney Houston. Do you think they're going to fly the flag at half mast in CA? Heck, the governor would probably order the Mexican flag put up instead in celebration. *Okay, I know that's extreme, but we know how most of CA feels about illegal immigration.*
Oh, since I've never had the honor...*clears throat*...WRONG PICTURE!
^lol. I just don't know how to respond to you sometimes, you heinous little heathen. You and Bingowings are a pair of Jokers in a deck!
It's good food. My other thought was if we couldn't have Fett face Han, maybe Lando could take him out. Perhaps we could have Boba involved in the space battle, and perhaps when the shield is taken out, Boba could head to the surface to face off with Han.
Still engaging in a firefight with Han would be tricky. Maybe the Death Star is the way to go. It'd be a more glorious end for the infamous bounty hunter than his original, that's for sure.
If so, you're in deep Bantha poodoo. Now they've got your name and year of birth! They're after you!!!