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ratpack1961 said:

We still haven't seen the Stormtroopers running into the Wampas holding room in ESB.  Just stills.  Also the scenes with Ree Yees and the other alien arguing around R2 in Jedi on the sail barge.

What I'd really love to see are the original workprint versions of the OT. The original versions of SW and ESB are especially interesting because they are put together so differently.  In Skywalking they talk about Lucas' version of ESB losing character moments and being really fast.  Would love to see his version of trying to make the film work.

 I didn't even know stormtroopers were even part of the Wampa attack scene; I've seen the part with the rebels, but haven't seen any of the stills of the stormtroopers. 

For being so obsessed with his "true vision" it's amazing that Lucas never released any of those scenes that he apparently originally planned on including in the film.

pittrek said:

I love deleted scenes. So more deleted scenes or new HD transfers of the stuff which was used for the eBooks would be great.  I don't really care about commentaries etc.

I think it'd be great to include all deleted scenes and alternate takes. I usually am not too interested in commentaries, but I do enjoy the ones that include the main actors and/or the director. 

As others have said, they should just includes everything they can find

Other than the OOT, what are some yet to be released features regarding Star Wars films that you'd like to see released?

Personally, I really want to see all of the deleted scenes from the Original Trilogy cleaned up and included in the next release, along with general behind the scenes footage of the production. I also wouldn't mind a commentary track that included Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford but I doubt that'll ever happen. 

Also, if there is a thread already existing for this topic, I apologize. I searched for something along the lines of this and didn't find it. 

MVacho said:

Curious on the progress of ROTJ 2.0

Do you think it will be released this year?

No rush, I think 1.0 looks great! The only thing that I think even looks odd is one shot of Luke on the plank looking down at the Sarlacc

 When it's done

Baronlando said:

I always assumed that if they ever did it, they wouldn't announce it at an event-type situation because there's so much negative baggage about the whole thing. It's like admitting the company policy has been so completely stupid since 1997. Which it is, but you're not supposed to say that right to the customer's face. 

 It'll probably just be a thing where whenever the next re-release comes out they'll tell us that the OOT is included in the more expensive edition or something.

Fang Zei said:

That too.

It could be that he's there to announce his final version of the SE (from the Reliance 4k job we've been hearing about) and, to counter the "who %#*^ing cares" response that would follow from the comic con audience, Disney's also gonna announce a blu-ray set that includes the remastered originals.

I'm not holding my breath for this to actually happen, but it's one big, giant "could happen" in my mind.

Yeah it's a bit of a stretch. That being said I don't feel that Lucas's desire to see the OOT limited to 4:3 letterbox extended beyond his own tenure at Lucasfilm. I can't see him being opposed to other people releasing it now that he has sold the company, or at least not opposed enough to try and do anything about it. 

Unless he's not bothered by that. Maybe he finds it funny or something that he would be present when the OOT is announced.

John Doom said:

The fact is we know Di$ney are going to move only if it's enough profitable for them. Sure we know there are a lot of people out there who want the theatrical versions, but how much valuable they are? Is the percentage of the OOT's fans big enough to persuade Di$ney to make a proper restoration? I'm not sure, but I think they're not. If that's the case, I think they'd try to sell them in the cheapest format, in order to maximize the profits: basically the new GOUT.

Luca$film are still managing Star Wars, I doubt Disney suits are going to get too involved with any OOT release as long as it isn't too costly. Cheapest format doesn't necessarily mean something like the GOUT, which was designed to be an insult. I mean, the Producer's Cut of Halloween 6 got a pretty decent blu ray transfer, and you and I both know that there is WAY less demand for that than there is for the OOT.

team_negative1 said:

There would be no money or profits in releasing the OT in 4k. It would take too long, and they don't have the budget to clear up the legal issues for it. Not to mention straightening out the political issues which are a bigger.

It's not going to happen. Not in any way that would satisfy the people here.

Team Negative

You need to speak for yourself. I think a lot of people would be satisfied with a Bladerunner-esque release of the unaltered versions that includes clean transfers OOT. Not everyone is going to deny a release of the films that isn't a perfect restoration. And unless you have some sort of insider information from one of the really high up officials in Lucasfilm then I doubt that you know any more about their budget, plans, or the legal situation than any of us do. 

DuracellEnergizer said:

^Were I Palpatine, I wouldn't tear the temple down. I'd convert it into a training centre for darksiders.

Of course, were I Palpatine, I also wouldn't have had a bunch of Force-sensitive children I could have brainwashed into loyal Dark Jedi followers needlessly slaughtered either.

 There can only be two darksiders.... I guess

Tobar said:

darklordoftech said:

If Disney ignores the prequels but keeps promoting the SEs, how are they going to explain who that ghost next to Yoda at the end of ROTJ is?

 First of all, it's still Lucasfilm, not Disney at the wheel.

Secondly, at Celebration there was a lot of prequel love. There was a clear undercurrent of resentment toward the current OT focus.

I'm afraid it's only a matter of time before it resumes infecting the rest of the franchise. It's already started in the Marvel comics.

 What were some examples of this?

TheBoost said:

imperialscum said:

And their success had little to do with them being white and coming from middle-class families. It can mostly be attributed to their talent. I find it a bit funny that such moralisation comes from a person who studies, what I consider, privileged ("useless") studies.

 My wife would argue that's racist bullshit from some asshole whose people probably haven't been murdered and forcibly erased for 400 years. 

I don't see how imperialscum's comment was racist. I also don't understand the argument that simply because a person isn't of a race that has a history of being oppressed then his opinions are completely invalid. 

As for imperialscum's statement that history is a "useless" field of study I definitely have to disagree, but I'm a bit biased because I happen to study history :p

I know that there is no excuse to dredge up this dumpster of a thread, but I just thought of something that we've mentioned before but haven't discussed since the digital release. I don't think the digital release means that we won't get a new physical media release of the OT in order to replace the "Complete Saga" edition that is on shelves. Even if it's the 2004 versions just repackaged, they need to replace the one that labels episodes 1-6 as the "Complete" series. Hopefully it'll be a perfect opportunity to throw us some sort of OOT release. 

I had a nightmare that I was in my college band and my high school band teacher was conducting it. 

Darth Lucas said:

If I remember correctly, Harmy said he will be replacing all of the eyebrow shots with cleaned up TeamNegative1 film scans.

Yeah, the eyebrows are top priority. Once the eyebrows, Lapti Nek, and Yub Nub are properly despecialized GOUT-free, Jedi should be in good shape. Also that weird shot of Jabba that was cut in order to include a shot of Boba talking to the 80s back-up dancer. I think Harmy needed to add a bit of smoke to cover up the low quality GOUT footage, which from my understanding that particular GOUT shot was pretty fuzzy even for the GOUT. 

Maybe on the 10th anniversary they'll re-release it

dclarkg said:

Emissary35 said:

Also I noticed when Darth Vadar has his helmet removed an attempt was made to replace his eyebrows that Lucas decided to wax off for the special editions for some unknown reason.  The restoration needs a bit of tweaking to get those brows right, but apart from that the movie is absolutely flawless, and I can't wait for version 2.0.  Thanks so much!

 This will be fixed indeed, according to Harmy.

 Yeah the eyebrows are a much discussed change when it comes to this project.

Now that home TVs are getting so big I think it takes the incentive of sitting in a dingy, crowded, noisy, disgusting, miserable, overpriced, and uncomfortable movie theater away. Now that film is rarely used, there is even less incentive. I can listen to people talk and get coughed on by a 2 year old while watching a movie at home for free.

A Boba Fett movie would be a huge cash-in, but I worry that they'll try to do some boring prequel related story such as what was happening to him between II and III. Honestly, any mention of the prequels' version of Boba Fett's backstory would completely destroy the excitement of a Boba Fett movie since the AOTC portrayal of Fett was so lame. 

I had a nightmare that I was a member of my college concert band and that my high school band teacher was conducting it. 

slask said:

Harmy said:

No, we live in a world where the people who worked on the '97 SE read the books. If Corucsant in the '97SE was already a PT reference, then why did they have to alter it in 2004 to make it a PT reference?

 I doubt in '97 the look of the city (better, of the Jedi temple and the Senate) was completed or definitive. They were added to make it more recognizable.

 Perhaps Leorge Gucas wanted to include a shot of the city in the SE because he planned on using it in the prequels, but that doesn't make it a reference to them. They didn't exist yet. It'd be like saying that George Clooney's character during season 1 of Roseanne was a reference to him coming back in Season 4. You can't really reference something nonexistent from the future. 

I went to my niece's grade school band concert, and it's actually at the same grade school I attended. The disturbing thing is, all of the songs were exactly the same, and the teacher (who is the same one who taught me) actually told all the same jokes that she did during my band concert back in like 2003 or whenever. 

I currently have no one on my ignore list and have no one ignoring me

The character of Darth Vader in the OT was a reference to Jake Lloyd

I could be wrong but I think Coruscant was mentioned in the original novelization of Star Wars, I know Palpatine was (and his description is nothing like he ended up being in Jedi), but I think Coruscant was mentioned by name too.