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Well, I am finding out that my ANH:R disk won't play in my Blu Ray/DVD player. I tried putting it on a DVD-R disk (instead of a DVD+R) but that did nothing. Somehow my disk player won't play anything that has been burned onto a DVD.

Oh well, guess I'll have to get another Blu Ray/DVD player. Anyone know of some good Blu Ray/DVD players that can actually play recorded DVD's and Blu Rays?

Well, even though you lost the original ANH:R, that just means the NEW ANH:R will only be better, since you'll have two films under your belt. You'll have more experience with film editing, so I'm really looking forward to ANH:R HD!

Cheers

rpvee said:

*sigh*

http://theforce.net/latestnews/story/SW_On_BluRay_At_UK_Big_Screen_Event_139930.asp

You'll see it.

OK well here's my ratings (based on the OP's rules).

TPM - 5

AOTC - 3

ROTS - 6

ANH - 6

TESB - 8

ROTJ - 7

I've watched all six films in a row (not on the same day of course, lol) and I have to say that none of them were "bad" so to speak, as I enjoyed all of them as part of the saga. AOTC was the worst IMO because at some parts I wasn't really into it, and it seemed a bit dull to me. The entire saga would still make sense if AOTC was just taken out, it didn't really add anything to the story (I guess the origin of the stormtroopers, but meh).

I gave ROTJ such a high rating because even though the majority of the film was mediocre, It contained my favorite scene in the whole saga, which is the final lightsaber duel between Luke and Darth Vader. I also like Palpatine in ROTJ. That lightsaber fight was the best of all of them (even though the duel in TPM was a close second). The score was brilliant, and the fight was just well executed.

First off, it is good to hear that you are still interested in these edits, especially with everything that has been going on in your life as of late.  I really appreciate that you are even working on ESB:R, I would have given up on the project already. 

I also like your idea about doing the PT all at once, can't wait to see what you do with them!  :)

I just want to say good luck with everything and hopefully more things go right for you in life. 

Love the clip, looks great!

On a side note, I've always wondered what that blue thing is next to Yoda when he is sitting on the log.  What is that?  A pair of blue jeans?  LOL that's what it look like to me. 

Does anyone know what this is?

adywan said:

I wish they had given a little more details about the technical aspect of the Blu-Rays.  With each film getting a 6.1 DTS audio track i guess that means every film will have a new mix. I'm really hoping that they take a leaf out of the Clone Wars tv series surround tracks and have the dialogue and FX in the centre channel without any music bleed through. This would be a fan editors wet dream ;)

 Agreed.  I was sort of looking foward to see if they would announce some fixes to the OT similar to what you are doing in your edits.  One can only hope I guess.. 

I really hope the footage from the trailers isnt the final product.  I mean Luke and Vader's lightsabers still bleed through each other in front of the Emperor! 

I won't be able to believe it if they don't fix that glaring error. 

Well sorry I still don't understand.  A ride?  I am not familiar with the Disney Star Tours so I am sorry for asking that stupid question.  Please disregard. 

teharri said: 

I hate to ask such a stupid question, but what exactly is this from?  Star Tours?  I Googled it but couldnt figure out what it was?  Is this what the Blu Ray version might look like or something? 

Bingowings said:

Star Wars has always had explosions and sound in space (it is Space Fantasy not Science Fiction) but even in evoking the dreaded science bit here, these are ships filled with breathable air, surrounded by force fields and venting breathable air, couple that with the possibility that the ships may be built with elements that don't need atmospheric Oxygen to burn (like some metals) what is TOO unrealistic about them being on fire?

If it works with the story and can be done well it should be done.

 Well I know that theoretically you could have explosions because of the oxygen in the ships, but most of the explosions are quick, as there isn't enough oxygen to support a long, sustained explosion. 

I think there is a difference in that and having a ship be continously on fire.  Maybe if it was a small fire within the shield, but a large fire continuously engulfing a whole ship would look a little out of place IMO. 

WhatsMyName said:

Back to topic, i was wondering. in the Battle of Endor, should ships be on fire? Explosions? More of them anyways.

I know ships have sheilds. but you think after awhile of fighting you think you'd see ships on fire, ships blowing up or parts of the ships blowing up. It just seems like it would make more sense.

 I think more explosions might be good.  But to have ships be continuosly on fire would be a little TOO unrealistic lol. 

Should we make a new thread saying that Adywan's ESB:R is coming to blu ray? 

:)

Wow that was really a good one!  That got me lol.  Might have to join the Facebook group anyway. 

Well currently I don't have a Blu-Ray burner but by the time Ady finishes the edit I should have one.  If not whatever version he releases I'm gonna be sure to find a way to get my hands on it! 

I loved the menus for ANHR.  Very proffesional looking and was in line with all of the menus for the other five films.  Definately one of the things that sets Adywan's edits apart. 

Hopefully ESBR will have similar looking menus. 

Well I, for one, think that nothing else needs to be done with Ady's version of the shot on YouTube.  Its great the way it is.  Palpatine now looks like he does in ROTJ and that's good enough for me. 

Great work Ady, no need to spend more time than necessary on this topic, on to the next! 

Loved the new clip.  Everything looks so much crisper, especially the new space scenes.  Great work, no complaints here.  :) 

Darth Id said:

I watched ROTS about 2 weeks ago.  For all of its thematic merits, it really is an amateurishly executed, juvenile mess of a movie.

Obi Wan: "Anakin!  Palpatine is evil!"

Hayden's non-response: "Don't make me kill you."

WTF?

 Well I believe that Darth Vader said to Luke at one point: "don't make destroy you" or something along those lines, so it is kinda Vader-like.. I guess. 

Well I know he's going to edit them, but I don't know about re-editing them.  I would think they will be good enugh after his first edit. 

Bingowings said:

There was a bloody hand on the cantina floor...

 That's been fixed.  ;)

I'm not opposed to a more gory battle, it'd probably be more realistic.  I just don't want it to turn into Saving Private Ryan (which is a good movie BTW). 

TV's Frink said:

Imma gonna guess you two are in the minority.

 That would be my guess also. 

Tuskin38 said:

The only change I don't like so far is going back to Boba's original voice. That is all.

Yeah, I the old Boba voice always kinda annoyed me.  I thought it sounded like a well-to-do white guy trying his best to sound intimidating, it's at the point where whenever I watch the original I chuckle whenever the original Boba voice comes on, lol.  Temura (I think that's how you spell it) has more of a natural bad guy voice IMO.  Simply improving the quality of his voice over is enough for me. 

But hey, I'm a continuity guy, as long as Ady keeps his word that he'll make Jango's voice sound like a well-to-do white guy trying to sound intimidating, fine by me. 

I just realized that there's really no blood in Star Wars.  I guess you could add blood to the Ewok battle in ROTJ, but I haven't seen blood in any of the other films. 

Of course that doesn't mean that we shouldn't add blood.  :)

thecolorsblend said:

 One thing I dug was the visual transformation that took place over the series of the films. The production design, costumes, etc, all slowly transitioned over from more organic, individualized, hand-crafted types of production to the more machined, pre-fab type of look.

 Agreed.  One of my favorite thing about the prequels was watching the transformation of a free Republic to the Empire, like the design of the ships, etc. 

I also would like to say that I wish Anakin wasn't so kid-likev in Episode I.  I think a better representation of him would have been similar to Boba Fett in Episode II, much more serious.