miker71

This is something I’d been meaning to do for a while, a perhaps rose-tinted look at the origins of Boba Fett and his (not) missile-firing Palitoy vintage action figure. Came together a few months ago and has a few views online.

Sources are credited in the Youtube description. I don’t post here much anymore so if I’m breaking any rules I won’t be upset if mods delete.

Youtube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LaATS0p8SM

sorry about the ads, I only brought together some research for posterity 😃

That wizard’s just a crazy old man.

But I, too, loved the idea that OB-1 was a clone or cloned, how that might’ve tied into the Clone Wars - but then, Guinness pronounces “wan” all wrong anyway in the movie.

George Lucas rebooted Flash Gordon and created Star Wars™. Let's
reboot the star wars. [/end of elevator pitch]


Here are working titles for the as-yet unnamed trilogy:

1. Gathering Force

2. Empire Disrupted

3. Final Assault


We can reboot it. We have the technology. We have the capability to
build the next great science fiction franchise*.


*All you need is cash - The Rutles.

It's unlikely 'name' actors will be cast, though as per Star Wars we may cast a known actor for credibility (ie Lucas cast Guinness for credibility reasons).

TV's Frink said:

Mr. Bungle said:

Johnboy3434 said:

SilverWook said:
On the flip side of the same coin, wasn't she also posting tweets that could be interpreted as baiting angry fanboys?

Perhaps, but I can't help but side with her when she tirades about the ridiculousness of the phrase "raped my childhood". While you could argue about whether or not the phrase is technically correct, the inescapable fact is that the word "rape" has heavy baggage tacked onto it. To use it in reference to something as trivial as a movie is nothing short of irresponsible.

Meh. When I was growing up, I recall Celtics' radio announcer Johnny Most screaming "Bird was raped!", implying that Larry Bird was fouled and there was no call. Was I supposed to take that literally?

Is the phrase "my childhood was raped" too much? Of course. But does it really belittle people who have been raped? Was someone who was raped actually offended by a geek saying "George Lucas raped my childhood"? There's sensitivity, and then there's needless sensitivity.

Have you ever been raped?  Do you know anyone who has been raped?  If not, then you have no way to know the answer to your questions.

Tobar said:

If you have some spare change lying around you could win a dinner with Lucas! Right now they're auctioning a dinner with Francis Ford Coppola, John Lasseter, Chris Columbus, Philip Kaufman and George Lucas. <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290607988421">Check out the auction here.</a>

So if you got the chance to eat dinner with George Lucas what would you talk about? What would you ask him?

EyeShotFirst said:

You guys have got to see this comedy gold edit of the deleted scenes.\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rajCyWb9BFA

Well, by the dictionary definition of "fan", I haven't been a fan since the release of 1997SE.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fanatic

"a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics."

1997 is definitely when I became critical. Indy IV is when I switched off completely because with enough "fans" criticism is moot.

DominicCobb said:

Funny, but that reminds me, that's how the Death Star should explode. I actually being serious here, I the Death Star would explode, it would cause a Praxis effect from its trench. Sorry, a little off topic rant.

none said:

We will never see another Star Wars type phenomena. People move on to the next thing too quickly now thanks to our culture being oversaturated with media, and the audience being very tech savvy (there has been no real movie "magic" post-Jurassic Park). Special Effects used to be wizardry, now you just take a course.

and now modify the above to account for Harry Potter.

 

DominicCobb said:

miker71 said:

<span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; line-height: 17px; font-size: 12px;">Just like Lucas couldn't/wouldn't secure rights to Flash Gordon, we need an exciting new franchise to get behind (and it won't be from Cameron either). I'm optimistic that can happen, but I think it will be "underground" global phenomena rather than overground corporate shilled-to-death. The Matrix came close IMO, but no cigar.</span>

<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; color: #ffffff;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">I don't think I agree with you about Cameron. </span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; color: #ffffff;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Think of it this way: Sci-fi epic is released, becomes a must see event by pushing visual effects to the next level, and it ends up being the highest grossing film of all time. Critical reception is mostly positive, it is nominated for many Oscars including Best Picture which it loses, but many people don't believe in the hype. Granted, the film builds much of its content from pre-existing properties. </span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; color: #ffffff;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Now stop. What film have I described? Star Wars. I know many dislike Avatar, but Star Wars wasn't a sacred cow when it was released either. Now I'm sure most of you discovered Star Wars when you were kids right? Well I doubt you could find a kid that has seen Avatar and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">didn't</span> like it. Also, Avatar 2 and 3 haven't even come out yet. So we should wait before we pass too much judgement. </span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; color: #ffffff;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">As a side note, I think everyone should be looking forward to Avatar 2. If you've seen Aliens, Terminator 2, or, hell the Empire Strikes Back, you should know what kind of movie we'll get.</span></span></span></span>

TV's Frink said:

miker71 said:

 
Exactly.

And is he still knocking around with Mellody Hobson?

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellody_Hobson" target="_blank" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellody_Hobson"></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellody_Hobson" target="_blank" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellody_Hobson">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellody_Hobson</a>



 

I was going to say "wut" but clearly George isn't the only one who loves money, and if that's all she loves, then that's what she'll receive...

Also, lol at the fact that wiki even includes something like the answer to the above question...
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th><span>Mellody Hobson</span></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Born</th>
<td>April 3, 1969 <span>(age 42)</span>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>,
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Occupation</th>
<td>Businessperson</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Years active</th>
<td>2000–present</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Partner</th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> (2007-present)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

danny_boy said:

 

TK-949 said:

So 35mm is supposed to be watched on VHS only? Oh crap, I have to sell almost all of my DVDs and Blu-Rays.

... people tent to forget that  1080p/24 digital cameras like the genesis(that was used for Superman Returns,2012 and Alice In Wonderland) ...
 

Hostmaster said:

The Star Wars Saga will never have a perfect edition.

If Lucas does it, for him will be like killing the chicken of the golden eggs.

What's he gonna sell in the future if he gives to us now a reference edition with our beloved OT?

George gave me something to do with my childhood, and something to aspire to as an adolescent (tell stories via the medium of movies).

Unfortunately computers got in the way and took over my career (much as they took over moneymaking moviemaking) and I'm really sad to see those pics of Steve Jobs on TMZ.

I applaud Lucas for the PT political machiavellian subtext which is a lot wiser than the optimistic childish/cliché/one-dimensional subtext of the OT. It just goes to show that politics makes for very boring cinema and everyone wants to feel emotionally charged rather than confused and bored.

I also applaud him for driving technology forward by facilitating things like EditDroid, Pixar, digital acquisition, THX, Rescue on Fractulus, Skywalker Sound, Photoshop ...

thedaner said:

JasonN said:

none said:

from MF.com

<span>"Jedi Rocks" is still there and unchanged.</span>

<span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Vader's "NO's" have been added. The first sounds like it has been sloppily laid on top of the mix, the second is from ROTS. </span></span>

See, that just freaking pisses me off.... you have Lucas with a sh*t-ton on money to throw at this release, to "improve" it as he "sees fit", yet he can't hire James Earl Jones or even Chad Vader for one damn day to do some new voice work, he just recycles that BS line from ROTS over the audio mix and think's it'll sound perfectly fine when it won't. -_-

They could be both the same "Nooo" from ROTS, and an unused take of the first "no".  At least they sound more like JEJ than the "alert my star destroyer" Ep V line.  I've NEVER thought that was JEJ, and I don't buy Ben Burtt's BS about it being a discarded take from Ep IV

DominicCobb said:

rpvee said:

 

<span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana, geneva, arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; line-height: 17px; font-size: 12px;"> </span>

lol, Lucas fans are clutching at straws.

<a href="http://blogs.starwars.com/teekay-421/106"></a><a href="http://blogs.starwars.com/teekay-421/106" target="_blank" title="blogs.starwars.com/teekay-421/106">http://blogs.starwars.com/teekay-421/106</a>

 

 

I'm actually glad I read that blog post. I don't think its funny at all. Seriously, think about it: Lucas must have some reason for adding the NOOO!, believe it or not his goal isn't to rape people's childhoods, its creating his own vision of these movies. Now don't get me wrong, I don't like the change at all or the idea of revisions, but I don't approve of laughing at that post. Lucas had a reason for changing that scene and in all honesty I believe that that post, in trying to figure out why Lucas made the change, probably came up with the actual reason Lucas changed that scene. Hell, that post wasn't even defending him. So really, let's calm down here.

For me the fatal flaw is the high reliance on greenscreen for everything from special effects to virtual sets.

None of the CGI (or miniature comped) sets seemed tangible, there was little interaction between the actors and their environment besides shooting and slicing and sitting in cockpits. The rest of the movies seemed to be sitting or standing around.

The technique is probably perfected in Avatar, but even that flick left me cold and no yearning to go and see it again.

I remember reading the novelisation of TPM before seeing it at the cinema and thinking the story played out pretty well. So it's a flawed execution. Poor direction. Did Lucas even leave the video village?

bkev said:

I'm not sure why I care so much, but Katie Lucas seems to be getting much more civil. Good for her.

Katie Lucas said:

You are absolutely allowed your opinions,but don't be abusive about it! He's my father he's not a punching bag!spew your hate somewhere else

rockin said:

Mielr said:

Even on HTF the Lucas apologists have been unusually quiet today - maybe now they've gotten a little taste of what it's like to have your favorite films ruined.

I think Lucas really has gone too far this time.

You should see over at blu-ray.com. Some of the same apologists still saying they don't mind the new changes and I'm sure I read one of them say that they thought it was in fact better... I seriously do wonder sometimes.

Asaki said:

Look on the bright side...maybe it's just a hilarious joke Lucas is playing on the bootleggers, like when they named it Revenge of the Jedi to catch them in the act! Right?

 

 

 

 

 

.........right? =|

Darth Editous said:

He's not an artist...he's a man with many psychological issues.

Yeah, he's also obsessed with amputation and midgets.

DE

Journal of the Whills.

Sadly, its authenticity can never be verified.

http://starwars.mytopix.com/lightsaber/
"The original film prop hilts were constructed from old camera-flash cylinders. The 'switched-on' sword props were designed with the intention of creating an 'in-camera' glowing effect. The 'blade' was three-sided and coated with super-reflective material-- the same sort used for highway signs. A lamp was positioned to the side of the taking camera and reflected towards the subject through 45-degree angled glass so that the sword would appear to glow from the camera's point-of-view. A motor in the hilt caused the blade to spin so that a reflective surface was always presented directly to the camera. This also created the familiar 'flickering' effect. Ultimately, this process yielded unsatisfactory results and animation was employed to enhance the brightness of the sabers. It was at this point that the artistic decision was made to assign different colors to the blades."

cyan/white

I'm not willing to wait. Neither am I willing to pump any more of my money into the Lucas disappointment machine.

LexX said:

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Han's line about the Kessel run should have been fixed because the use of "parsecs" makes no sense (it's a unit of distance).

It was once subtitled to 40 lightyears here on TV which doesn't make anymore sense, LOL. Those subtitles were classic.