oojason

^ from last year - and likely already done - but worth it just in case…

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/boy-riding-toy-car-rescued-from-rush-hour-traffic-in-china-a7389926.html

SilverWook said:

With George out of the picture, Lucasfilm really needs to mend fences with Dave Prowse while he’s still around. Forget the past, and start fresh. At least allow him to attend Celebration again. It’s a disservice to the fans that he isn’t there.

This, a lot of this.

Sadly though, I don’t think it’ll happen. Seemingly too many egos at Lucas Film - too many uneasy questions that’ll be asked - and ground retrodden, a still-stubborn Lucas - all which does nothing for the incorrectly accused, and unfairly scapegoated, Dave Prowse.

oojason said:

‘Rian Johnson says last Jedi means final Jedi’

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRWRPd4gTPQ/

from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/5y2xzk/rian_johnson_says_last_jedi_means_final_jedi/

After that, Rian Johnson poster this…

https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/839300875545780224

(After reading some of those comments I think some people are wishing they chose a different film title - or that everyone stayed off topic about it until the film is out 😉)

Sadly, this is the official Rogue One dvd front cover:-

^ fortunately there are already far better fan-made / custom dvd covers out there…

(on art sites, cover sites, toddlers’ crayoned paper, and also on google images etc)

^ they can all be final Jedi too 😉

‘Rian Johnson says last Jedi means final Jedi’

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRWRPd4gTPQ/

from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/5y2xzk/rian_johnson_says_last_jedi_means_final_jedi/

had to admit I did a double-take - certainly a good resemblance to Ewan McGregor there (especially on the smaller-size pic) - damn fine job though…

more here - https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/5xx4kd/my_finished_mythos_obiwan_costume/

On the Leia theme - Yvonne Strahovski (from Chuck)…

(struggles to believe Chuck started 10 years ago…)

Gareth Edwards on Rogue One, and the global influences of British filmmaking (video):-

http://www.itworld.com/video/75095/gareth-edwards-on-rogue-one-and-the-global-influences-of-british-filmmaking#tk.rss_itmanagement

The Rogue One dvd cover…

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

oojason said:

Was it the opening credits that the helmet appears? (with some drums and some indistinguishable French radio in the background?)

Yes, and the ending credits as well, with the theme song (including with lyrics towards the end)

Really good film - will have to try and seek it out to watch again soon.

It’s on Netflix now. Hadn’t watched it since a DVD rental a decade ago. Amazing how stunning it looks in HD. Wonderful restoration as well as a fantastic film.

Alas, I’m in the UK and the netflix here isn’t as deep as the US catalogue of films. Though it’ll likely be available for next to nothing on ebay or similar sites - and not too long before it’s on terrestrial UK tv once again 😃

an article on ‘How Translators Made Rogue One: Una Historia de Star Wars’ (and how difficult it can be for them):-

http://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-a-cool-glimpse-at-how-translators-made-rogue-one-1792987458 (with audio)

Fair play to Diego Luna for translating his character too.

(the 1st comment at the bottom of the linked article is about Backstroke Of The West 😃)

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Just finished watching The Longest Day. I wonder if the Russian poster was inspired by the shot behind the rolling end credits:

Funny how I ended up having this convo and watching this movie in the same day.

Good call - for some reason I thought of Platoon and then Full Metal Jacket when I first saw the Russian poster - though The Longest Day is likely it.

Was it the opening credits that the helmet appears? (with some drums and some indistinguishable French radio in the background?) Really good film - will have to try and seek it out to watch again soon.

The Force Is With You, and You Are With The Force 😉

^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/5xuo5r/star_wars_pancakes/

The Kodi / Plex / Media Center Posters? thread has superseded this one, though still a few pieces below…

That is a top idea 😃

Do you mean something like this?:-

link - https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/467/19470876154_9724014f71_k.jpg

link - https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/346/19905502698_85beb60e31_k.jpg

link - https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/557/20085739792_42acc36e8d_k.jpg

(^ by Kevin 7 - from http://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/782818)

think these are pretty different…

these are Harmy’s DVD covers ‘just’ lined up into 1 picture - but still pretty cool…

^ from http://deus62.com/star-wars-despecialized/

or maybe something like…

(^ poster found at http://desktopgraphy.com/star-wars-posters-empire-strikes-back-return-jedi-high-resolution/star-wars-posters-empire-strikes-back-return-jedi-gallery/)

or something a little simpler…

this very cool Classic Trilogy poster from Alistair-Rhythm at devianart.com…

^ http://www.deviantart.com/art/STAR-WARS-TRILOGY-Theatrical-Editions-Blu-ray-634058981

It may be worth asking him if he’d do one for you with ‘Despecialized Edition’ text on there?

It should be quite easy to find almost any large Star Wars cover / poster / art you like and attach some ‘DeSpecialized Edition’ text onto them as a few pictures below show… (MS Paint and a few Star Wars themed fonts usually does the trick for me 😃)

a few very quickly knocked-up examples - just for ideas etc…

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SW…

ESB…

ROTJ…

For a ton of Star Wars posters and art - collected and uploaded by the top man doubleKO…

doubleKO said:

Posters 1.48GB

and good luck 😃

ps - most of the images above are 1920x1080 - you can download the full size files from a googledrive here (there is more art in the link below too - though not in landscape):-

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ByfjLkYDj7bRQll5YjVibjF2UEU?usp=sharing

Please feel free to edit and improve upon them 😃

Probably been posted before - but fair play to whoever came up with this…

(edit - doh! Apologies - was meant to post this in the ‘random Star Wars pics’ thread.)

ray_afraid said:

oojason said:

rastanz on deviantart fixed the decent poster with the TIE’s correctly now firing green (and original Jyn head!)

That’s much better than the one being used. I’m still not into the pyramid of people though.

It seems a bit bizarre to me mate - that Lucasfilm/Disney haven’t paid the extra $$$s for a decent artist to come up with some quality (posters, art or dvd/bluray covers). The Russian helmet poster and some decent IMAX stuff aside - it’s been a pretty poor effort on their part - for what a film worthy of a bit more respect than that (let alone the decent amount of money it’s made them so far - and will make them more with the home releases and sales to tv companies etc).

Respect to the fan-made art - much of which has easily surpassed the official art.

Rant over 😃

on a separate note…

http://www.deviantart.com/art/Rogue-One-Battle-of-Scarif-653338526

http://www.deviantart.com/art/Star-Wars-Rogue-One-631303202

http://www.deviantart.com/art/Rogue-One-649927897

^ love that poster - indeed the best official one out there. The reflection of the helmet in the water, the menace and power of the Empire (with nice foreboding dark clouds) - a well thought out picture 😃

rastanz on deviantart fixed the decent poster with the TIE’s correctly now firing green (and original Jyn head!):-

http://www.deviantart.com/art/Rogue-One-Poster-665626221

^ both by ‘MessyPandas’ at deviantart (and a few more Star Wars pics and art too) - http://messypandas.deviantart.com/art/Rogue-One-Alt-Poster-601941353

Handman said:

???
I don’t think this guy thought that through. I always got the impression Batman doesn’t care about politics, only what he feels is right. Keep in mind there are numerous instances where Bruce will take in one of those guys on the street and give them a job at Wayne Enterprises to help get them away from living through hell, if he feels they’re a person with good intentions, but stuck in terrible circumstances.

I think it was just a joke told by a comedian for laughs mate - a video of Reg D Hunter’s take on Batman is here (on a satirical BBC news program called Have I Got News For You, some years ago now):-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l1PMVvfjDM - the joke ends about 45 seconds in.

From Donnie Yen’s instagram… what seems to be a photo from a scene that didn’t make the final version of the film…

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRPmCvthYwi/
 

"Wish these moments were kept because it’s good!

#donnieyen #甄子丹 #rogueone #starwars #chirrutimwe #lucasfilm"

https://www.instagram.com/donnieyenofficial

the picture…

DuracellEnergizer said:

^Good reason why Murdoch & Trump and reality should give one another a wide berth.

Fixed that for you, my friend.

Hang on, shit, Murdoch and Trump always have.

Finnius said:

Love stuff like this - reminds me of…

😃

Deadpool 2 leaked trailer - http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/brand-new-deadpool-2-official-trailer-released/85284044/

(it’s on youtube too - but crappy quality and likely be taken down soon - it is the ‘longer’ version with the start included though - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoK1pXB-Gb4)