^ like the concept of that, always good to have something a little different 😃
^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/abncil/the_last_jedi_vhs_cover_art/ (also did a TFA VHS cover too)
Axanar is back in production!
Is Axanar still going? We hear that a lot from people just watching our new video updates on YouTube. So to get everyone up to speed, here is a round up! Some of you may know this, and for some it may be all new, but we want to make sure everyone knows what is happening as we move towards shooting in a few months!
As part of the settlement agreement with CBS & Paramount we are allowed to make two more 15 minute episodes, not the full movie we had planned. The question was what to make?
Now when we made Prelude to Axanar , we thought we should make it a part of a series, like The World at War, the famous BBC series narrated by Sir Lawrence Olivier and which a lot of us grew up on (You can read a good article on The World at War here, and its Wikipedia page is here).
The idea was to make Prelude LOOK like it was part of a series. But we had no intention of ever making episodes 4 & 5, let alone 1 & 2. Prelude was meant to be a proof of concept, followed up by the full length movie Axanar.
Fast forward three years and we settle the ridiculous lawsuit by CBS and Paramount. As part of the settlement, we are allowed to make two more 15 minute episodes, or 30 minutes total, and so I took the Axanar feature film script and trimmed it down and reformatted it to tell the story in 30 minutes.
Click here to read the full Production Update.
Robert Meyer Burnett has his say, and spills a few beans, on his time on Axanar - and since…
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4YIKjJU7wT9wnunmz3dWAw/videos : https://twitter.com/BurnettRM
3 quite lengthy videos there (29th Dec onwards), have only watched the first one - yet found it quite illuminating - certainly don’t get the feel this was a just another (albeit quality) fan film, and can see why CBS felt they had to step in.
^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/ab8omz/the_force_awakens_vhs_cover_art/
‘New Year’s Day Special Preview | Doctor Who: Resolution’…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz2bGfo-ono - a 30 second minute video; with no real spoilers.
There were a fair few ideas and people interested in doing a Solo edit in the Solo fan edit ideas thread - though none seem to have been released as yet…
Which seems a little strange as there were a few good deleted scenes released for the blu ray, and a few people were highlighting their wish for a shorter film in there - or somewhat of a ‘faster’ and ‘more intense’ edit as RL stated above 😉
Am not sure… though I don’t recall kk650 having yet done a colour-corrected version for Solo either (I think he has done projects for the other SW films?)
It may be worth reaching out to 'PREDATOR-ASSASSIN’ over at deviantart (the artist who put them all together) - he may still have the individual larger / HD images:-
https://predator-assassin.deviantart.com/
He also has a few other quality Star Wars pieces on there too…
Good luck with it man - please post up a link to them on here if you find them (and one for Solo too) 😃
A few talented folks on here have deviantart accounts - and some quality pieces up on there.
Great thing with deviantart is there’s usually something for all tastes and preferences too.
Screams’ is well worth a look at (love his SW comic cover homages) - https://www.deviantart.com/screamsinthevoid
^ cool video from HelloGreedo that, mate 😃
On a similar note…
’The Greatest Teacher Failure is’ - by Heroes Fan Productions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kjEnDj7K30
and from the same ‘Heroes Fan Productions’ channel; they make a fair few good quality Star Wars videos (plus GOT too)…
’The Scavenger’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUPPjaUl9cs
’Kenobi’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pykJCXKhllA
’TLJ | A Tribute to Luke Skywalker [40th Anniversary Celebration]’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rme4HrOL8vw
Hopefully so mate.
The release of ‘What We Left Behind’ has been delayed a little so that all the actual DS9 footage will now be in HD:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztEgRsTD0KQ &
http://trekcore.com/blog/2018/12/first-look-what-we-left-behind-high-def-star-trek-ds9-footage/
‘Here’s Your First, Tiny Glimpse of the Deep Space Nine Documentary’s HD Footage in Action’…
https://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-your-first-tiny-glimpse-of-the-deep-space-nine-d-1831255958
‘Richard Overton, America’s oldest World War II veteran and the oldest man in the US, dies at 112’…
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/27/us/richard-overton-oldest-ww-ii-vet-died/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46699175
Colour me intrigued, Jackpumpkinhead - I love a good Rogue One edit. PM sent 😃
^ sweet comparison images Mark 😃 I know which I prefer - great work!
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch | Official Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM0xWpBYlNM&fbclid=
‘In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a sprawling fantasy novel into a video game and soon faces a mind-mangling challenge. Welcome back.’
Very much looking forward to this - if nothing else the soundtrack should be boss 😃
‘Bandersnatch: Netflix’s interactive Black Mirror film puts viewers in control’… (with the viewer choosing from alternative endings)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46699402
https://twitter.com/blackmirror - out on the 28th December apparently…
Hi and welcome Gujag,
There are many Star Wars preservation projects - including the theatrical releases of the Original Trilogy - in the Star Wars Preservation section of the site.
The ‘Harmy DeSpecialized Editions’ and also the ‘4K77’ and ‘4K83’ releases (4K80 is being worked on - though may take a year or so to be finished) may be of particular interest to you.
Though please take the time to look around and find which project(s) appeals to you.
Also on site are a fair few intriguing Star Wars fan edits knocking around the site - as well as preservation projects and fan edits unrelated to Star Wars.
Good luck with it mate.
‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge | Behind the Scenes at Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort’:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SowdvPryB2g
'Check out this exciting new video of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opening summer 2019 at Disneyland Resort and fall 2019 at Walt Disney World Resort.
Get ready to take control of the fastest ship in the galaxy on Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. Or join in an epic battle on Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, the biggest and most immersive Disney Parks attraction ever.
Learn More: https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/star-wars-galaxys-edge/’
Posted on Jon Favreau’s instagram page:-
‘Merry Christmas!’ with an image of a certain droid…
Seems TLJ will end up being the best selling blu ray of 2018 in the US (was released in April):-
https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/bluray-sales/2018
^ Solo seems to have sold well too (was released towards the end of September).
Edit: DVD sales of 2018 in the US - https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/dvd-sales/2018
Some info on Episode IX from John Boyega in Empire magazine (in the 2nd column if people wish to read it)…
MILD SPOILER
‘Former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown dies aged 77’…
RIP - from erasing issues to highlighting them - by strength and guile.
The sheer amount of people who have hate for TLJ baffle me sometimes. And the fact that I want to be accepted makes me question my opinion of TLJ.
Also I don’t like people who take Star Wars quotes and change them to try and be relevant. For example, “You refer to the prophecy of the one who will bring balance to the force. You believe it’s this…editor?” - Jeremy Jahns from the trailer for Ivan Ortega’s edit of TLJ. It’s just annoying and I don’t like it, dang it.
To me it seems the people who actually hate TLJ are quite small in number - though are somewhat vocal and repetitive with that hate - across the various media platforms. (a few have seemingly done quite well out of it too).
Obviously there are more that just don’t like the film overall, or certain aspects of it - which is fair enough.
Many fans also seem to enjoy it - though probably aren’t as vocal a year on from it’s release, or looking to monetise / improve or hold onto their ‘fame’ / clicks / subscribers etc on the back of it. The internet at times can have that ability to distort reality…
As for Ivan Ortega’s TLJ Edit, seems many of the scenes he claims to have improved upon have already been done in the 20 or so various TLJ Edits already available on here - all freely available (as long as you own TLJ on blu ray or digital) - and without profiting from having released an Edit or endangering the fan editing community through that avarice.
Be great to see these two work together on a project - whether film or tv…
