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They don't have to go to any lengths, there is a system in place called Content ID which will find similar audio or visual material: http://www.youtube.com/t/contentid then automatically submit the take down.  But there have been other reports that some companies interns have been given the take down task, and then it's just whatever they are able to find in whatever time they're alotted.  It could be Lucasfilm giving the mandate to these other companies, who knows what's in those contracts.

It's great that google has added: http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/ but they've blocked many of their search tools from being used in the database.  For all the advance the internet has made putting information up, it'll be a fraction of the time to take it off search engines.  Maybe it'll be better with everything working as a

Sony Music Entertainment Downloads LLC handles some digital downloads of the Star Wars soundtrack: (Sony Classical label copyright 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005)

http://www.amazon.com/The-Music-Star-Wars-Anniversary/dp/B0013DC9XE

They only need to own a small piece for a valid takedown.  So could be the Jefferson Starship or any of the other acts.

doubleofive wrote: The copy I've always watched on YouTube was taken down by Fox.

I guess Fox can do that on grounds of the Star Wars relationship, but it was a CBS program.  What was the link?

russs15 wrote: Before you get to specifics, I think a list of different languages from VHS, TV, LD, DVD, GOUT, HDTV, Blu Ray - OT and SE would be a good start.

Yeah this was more of an impulse topic as I had a specific instance.  Had a similar thought along the way which was in draft a year or so ago so here it is:

---------draft----------

What are the different Language Versions of these movies?  Audio and Visuals, Hearing and Visual Impaired (Audio Description) versions as well.

Generally : English (Anglais), Latin America, Deutsch (German), Spanish, Portuguese, Français (French), Italiano (Italian), Polish, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norwegian, Estonia, Greece, Russian, Japanese, Thai, Cantonese, Mandarin, India, Turkey, Romania, Arabic, ???? (some of these may just be title translations)

As SW didn't enter the Russian market until the late 80s, was there ever a version done or was it created later?  Same idea for Cantonese and Mandarin, as China's copyright policies often limit films going over, are the versions created for a TV broadcast?

Can eventually discuss the variations or split out each language into their own thread.  For example - German:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Preserving-German-Original-Trilogy/topic/5765/

Articles on dubbing or subtitling:

An International Phantom Menace - Dubbing Episode I

http://www.starwars.com/episode-i/bts/production/news19990818.html

Tentative International Trailer and Release Dates (of TPM)

http://www.starwars.com/themovies/episode-i/theaterlist_intl.html

Clones, Klónok and Klonkrieger

http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/release/promo/news20011102.html (offline)

http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/release/promo/news20011102.html" target="_blank" title="web.archive.org/web/20080116080253/http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/release/promo/news20011102.html">http://web.archive.org/web/20080116080253/http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/release/promo/news20011102.html

Audio Description:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-films-with-audio-description-Can-anyone-help-out/topic/4933/

Maybe reaching out in other SW forums (example: http://www.starwarsspanishstuff.info/), otherwise resellers like ebay seem to be the only option.

Here's some pics from a forthcoming TWC073: (not certain if it's a Rental or the 80s Alquiler : La Guerra de las Galaxias)

Subtitles:

(picts of the rest of the subs are in the folder)

General thread for the information/discussion related to the international versions of the Star Wars films.  From official in theater dubs, official release dubs, television dubs and unofficial voice-over translations.

Listing of when a country first aired a Star Wars film in theaters:
Info from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/releaseinfo & http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=starwars4se.htm

First showing Date : Country
1977.05 : USA
1977.08-10 : Philippines, France, Italy, Australia
1977.11-12 : Spain, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Mexico, Argentina, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, UK
1978.01-02 : Uruguay, Hong Kong, West Germany
1978.06-10 : South Korea, Japan, India, Iceland, Poland
1979-1980 : Hungary, Turkey
1982 : Bulgaria
1991 : Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia
1997 : Taiwan, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Austria, Colombia, Israel, Romania, South Africa, Switzerland, Bolivia, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Peru, Slovenia, Greece, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Panama, Thailand, Jamaica, Egypt, Malaysia, Singapore, Estonia, Indonesia
1999 : Puerto Rico, Singapore, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Kenya, Seychelles, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Suriname, Slovakia, Estonia, Morocco, China, Kuwait
2002 : Jordan, Kazakhstan, Netherlands Antilles, Syria, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Belize, Barbados, El Salvador
2005 : Bahrain, Republic of Macedonia
2012 : Bosnia and Hezegovina, Malta

Countries which may have not had Star Wars shown:
Most of Africa, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Afganistan

Official International Variations
Countries with Dub and Subtitles

Countries with Subtitles Only

Uncertain

Countries with UnOfficial Voice-Over Translations

List of possibilities:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_foreign_language_translations_of_Star_Wars_titles

and

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/releaseinfo

La guerra de las galaxias	Argentina / Chile / Colombia / Mexico / Panama / Peru / Spain (imdb display title) / Venezuela
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope	International (imdb display title) (English title) / Netherlands (imdb display title) / Netherlands / UK (imdb display title) / USA (reissue title)
???????? ?????. ?????? 4: ????? ???????	Russia / Soviet Union (Russian title)
La guerre des étoiles	Canada (French title) / France
Star Wars: Epizoda IV - Nová nadeje	Czech Republic (imdb display title) / Czechoslovakia (long title) (Czech title)
Stjärnornas krig	Finland (Swedish title) / Sweden
Ο Π?λεμος των ?στρων	Greece
???????? ?????	Soviet Union (Russian title)
???????????? ?????	Bulgaria (Bulgarian title)
A Guerra das Estrelas	Portugal
Adventures of the Starkiller: Episode 1 - The Star Wars	USA (working title)
Csillagok háborúja	Hungary
Guerra nas Estrelas	Brazil
Guerre stellari	Italy (imdb display title)
Gwiezdne wojny	Poland
Gwiezdne wojny, czesc IV: Nowa nadzieja	Poland (reissue title)
Hvezdné války	Czechoslovakia (Czech title)
Hviezdne vojny	Czechoslovakia (Slovak title)
Hviezdne vojny IV - Nová nádej	Czechoslovakia (long title) (Slovak title)
Krieg der Sterne	West Germany (imdb display title)
La guerra de las estrellas	USA (Spanish title)
La guerra de les galàxies	Spain (Catalan title)
La guerra de les galàxies: Una nova esperança	Spain (reissue title) (Catalan title)
La guerre des étoiles - Un nouvel éspoir	Canada (TV title) (French title)
O polemos ton astron	Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
Ratovi zvezda - Nova nada	Serbia
Ratovi zvijezda	Croatia (video title)
Razboiul stelelor	Romania (imdb display title)
Star Wars - Episode IV: Eine neue Hoffnung	Germany (new title)
Star Wars IV. - Egy új remény	Hungary
Star Wars IV: A New Hope	USA (video box title)
Star Wars: ?????? IV - ???? ???????	Bulgaria (Bulgarian title)
Star Wars: Episódio IV - Uma Nova Esperança	Brazil (DVD box title)
Star Wars: Episodi IV - Uusi toivo	Finland (imdb display title)
Star Wars: Episodio IV - Una nueva esperanza	Spain (new title)
Star Wars: Episodio IV - Una nuova speranza	Italy (new title)
Star wars: Épisode IV, la guerre des étoiles	France (TV title)
Star wars: Osa IV - Uus lootus	Estonia (imdb display title)
Stjörnustríð	Iceland
Stjernekrigen	Denmark
Sutâ wôzu episoddo 4: Aratanaru kibô	Japan
Tähtede sõda	Estonia
Tähtien sota	Finland (short title)
The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as Taken from the 'Journal of the Whills': Saga I - Star Wars	USA (working title)
The Star Wars	USA (original script title)
The Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Starkiller	USA (working title)
Yildiz savaslari	Turkey (Turkish title)

Listening to an 80s La Guerra de las Galaxias VHS and noticed the Stormtrooper who falls just before the Luke/Leia's swing doesn't have a Wilhelm. Checked out some other versions:

La Guerra de las Galaxias 80s VHS - no scream

Guerra Nas Estrelas - Portuguese Dub (Brazilian) Pre-SE TV - no scream

GOUT Espanol - no scream

GOUT French - Wilhelm

GOUT Deutsch German - new scream

SWSE GKar Deutsch - Wilhelm

SWSE REIVAX Francais - Wilhelm

German'07 HD Broadcast Deutsch - no scream

Semi-related threads:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Preservations-with-non-English-tracks/topic/13539/page/1/

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Definitive-tractor-beam-Close-the-blast-doors-Blast-it-Biggs-Wedge-you-dont-taste-very-good-Noooooo-Preservation-Guide/topic/13428/

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/How-Star-Wars-names-are-translated-in-non-english-countries/topic/4532/

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Looking-for-people-who-speak-German-French-Spanish-or-Brazilian-Portuguese/topic/13463/

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Non-English-versions/topic/2421/

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Announcing-Project-Threepio-Star-Wars-OOT-subtitles/topic/13794/

If that doesn't happen you can ask for a spleen invite here:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Once-upon-a-time-on-MySpleen-Back-to-Normal/topic/12652/

From the first post:

If there is any interest in this I can get it uploaded to MySpleen this holiday weekend.

SilverWook wrote: I am not familiar with the specs for Mallwalker's capture.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/ESB-ROTJ-Audio-Mixes/post/547149/#TopicPost547149

Jetrell Fo wrote: have we figured out if the newsgroups are still carrying this?

You can find out what's on usenet through various search engines:

http://binsearch.info or http://www.mysterbin.com/ for example.

The 'still carrying' part depends on your news providers retention. 

1 month, 194 days or 3 years depends on your service.

CatBus wrote: It looms like a shadow over everything we've built here.

That's a garbage matte, *waves hand* pay it no mind.

Slightly off topic: http://starwarsaficionado.blogspot.com/2012/07/star-wars-at-35-remembering-uk-effects.html

About John Stears' contribution to the films with test photos of an early version of the lightsabers:

New Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMVfIc7aCtA (2012.07.17)

more media at the official site: http://drewthemovie.com/

via: tf.n

I'm not a lawyer and my advice cannot and should not be construed as legal advice, but the forums maybe better off with a general legality discussion thread to alleviate these as the thread turns and to collect our delusions of grandeur into one big humorous mess.

^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiCn0O4aF_8

Sith BD changes, additional audio when clones arrive.  There was also talk that Anakin's Dream sequence may also have had it's audio revised.

From your above list, would you mind posting if they have different crawls and/or credits?  And is it a safe assumption that each countries LD has their own language?  Do these non-english language LD's audio vary in a similar pattern to the english counterpart?

How about Mr. Morgan's ESB 70mm in theater recording: http://www.wideanglecloseup.com/starwarsaudio.html (scroll down)

OT.com thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/ESB-70mm-Soundtrack-1980-in-theatre-recording/topic/12501/page/1/

A toy forum may be a better place for this question: http://forum.rebelscum.com/forum.php

Rubber disintegrates, maybe wipe it down with some alcohol, but that may cause it to break down more.

TWC301 has been spleen'd.  Thanks AvP.

(others on the spleen: TWC327, TWC323, TWC299, TWC127, TWC320, TWC289, TWC288, TWC224, TWC223, TWC222, TWC176)

If it hasn't happened.  To help you out, -1's frame data (NTSC GOUT)

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/frame-data-star-wars-GOUT-NTSC-widescreen-V10-now-complete/topic/9567/

and

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Shot-List-Spreadsheet-v0505-6-films-publicly-editable/topic/13403/page/2/  for location of the SE changes, is a possible start.

But yeah the hard part of the time values, don't remember hearing about.  (but not upto date with many of the audio projects, who might have reused the SE to create an OT)  Will gladly add your findings to the spreadsheet.  This is one of the goals of the spreadsheet to have times and the ability to calculate alternatives, but it's just not that advanced at the moment.

This tape is could be one of the sources Lucasfilm sent out to television stations.  You'll be able to confirm that better once you get the tape, hopefully a label or something on the cover will have the Lucasfilm logo and some other legalese.  (please post some pics)  The tape contains segments which news programs could insert into their coverage.  From a pre-packaged piece to small clips of Lucas and the actors talking and clips of the movie, many focusing on the Special Edition updates.

Here's an online version:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cORIbTF0QNc

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Z3xM0knsM

The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition Audio/Visual Press kit (AKA Electronic Press Kit) was released in 1997.  If you have it on Umatic tape then that's probably the best quality version this forum has seen. 

A past preservation of the SWTSE:EPK was babyhum's 009:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Official-babyhum-Release-Thread/post/203103/#TopicPost203103

Here's a list of the content from the ESB/ROTJ package:

Star Wars Special Edition : Electronic Press Kit
 Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi Electronic Press Kit
 Empire/Jedi Trailer #1  Ch.1 D/M/E Ch.2 Narr. 2:00
 Empire/Jedi Trailer #2  Ch.1 D/E Ch.2 Music 2:00
 Featurette with text  Ch.1 D/M/E Ch.2 Narr. 9:49
 Featurette without text  Ch.1 D/E Ch.2 Music 9:49
    Font Information Slate
    Chyron in order of appearance
    :46  George Lucas - "Star Wars" Creator
    2:02  Carrie Fisher - "Princess Leia"
    2:37  Harrison Ford - "Han Solo"
    2:50  Mark Hamill - "Luke Skywalker"
Empire Film Clips
 "Scoundrel" 1:22
 "I'll Give it a Try" 1:55
 "Snow Battle" 1:31
 "Asteroid Field" 1:11
 "Cloud City" 2:05
 "Let's Make a deal" :53
 "Carbon Freeze" 1:38
 "Obi-Wan Never Told You" 1:25
 Jedi Film Clips
 "Defeating Jabba the Hutt 1:32
 "Escape" 1:46
 "Speeder Bike Chase" 1:15
 "Jedi Rocks" :40
 Selected Sound Bites
 George Lucas - "Star Wars" Creator
 ...on 20th anniversary of "Star Wars" :08
 ...on re-releasing the Trilogy :13
 ...on "Star Wars" as modern myth :11
 ...on combining serials and myths :14
 ...on re-compositing "Empire" snow battle :50
 ...on re-doing "Empire" Cloud City :55
 ...on Jabba music in "Jedi" :24
...on Sy Snootles limitations :38
Harrison Ford - "Han Solo"
 ...on reading with hundreds of actors :08
 ...on testing others for "Han Solo" part :08
 ...on first day on Millennium Falcon :06
  ...on flying Millennium Falcon :39
Mark Hamill - "Luke Skywalker"
 ...on hearing about "Star Wars" :10
 ...on reading with Harrison Ford :10
 ...on getting "Luke Skywalker" part :09
 ...on "Empire's" darker themes :16
Carrie Fisher - "Princess Leia"
 ...on first reading "Star Wars" script :16
 ...on preparing for "Jedi" :13

How'd you come across what you've got?

^ here's the thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-ADigitalMan-Special-Editions-DVD-Info-and-Feedback-Thread/topic/2446/

Thanks, this is one of the weird ones, other cases they've kept them away from where the eye might be looking, this one's part of the action.

From this bunch the one that gets me is the McCallum, Lucasfilm has gone to great lengths to portray the negative as being abnormally degraded almost lost (pieces maybe), yet he says (what i'm assuming could be an overall picture) a loss of 20-25 percent, that's not that bad.  There's the Vader/Tantive picture Lucasfilm typically shows of the degraded negative which is all cyan next to the updated version, yes they are probably showing us a worst case or an example of how far the film had gone in one case.  This number is a sign that maybe things aren't so bad.  This quote came from a SWSE press conference i've never see the full thing of.  Would love to find it.

The other two numbers though are at least close to some of the other quotes.  but the 109/110 is GL sourced in both cases.  The other two (800 & 748) are at least sourced from people closer to the production.  And this number may mean that every SFX shot is a redo, all the way down to blaster fire, which we've been uncertain about.  Need to run the numbers...

Some more SE number quotes, from the Sci-Fi channel's 'The Force Returns' SWSE program (TWC298):

Phillip Feiner (Optical Supervisor) said: "Taking a look at the number of shots, optical, dupes and effects of over 800, it's a massive undertaking."

Also:

Rich McCallum said: "The color fading had dropped by 20-25 percent."

and:

narrator: "To update the film, Lucas added over one hundred nine new digitally created scenes."