oojason

That video link left me feeling somewhat Blue… (bad puns ahoy - sorry. Definitely NSFW! 😉)
 

I was hoping Chelsea’d have to persevere with Kepa for the season - though fair play to you guys for getting some quality transfers in. From a Red point of view I hope it takes a long time for them to gel… 😁

Albion should bean interesting game for you on Saturday. They’ll likely keep it tight and not come out to play unless on the counter-attack - see how you try and break down a packed defence…
 

That ‘Sunderland Til I Die’ series is well worth checking out (subtitles may be required; sorry any Mackems reading this) - hard to imagine a professional club ran like it was in the documentary - and that the club also allowed it to air. I really hope they do a third series of it.
 

jedi_bendu said:

I know I’ve been spamming this thread recently - sorry folks - but in case anyone missed it, ILM just realised a 17-minute documentary about the model work of The Razor Crest. It’s great and I’m glad practical effects are making a comeback.

https://youtu.be/8YuaIwVbEZo

^ That ‘Inside ILM: Creating the Razor Crest’ video was a really cool and insightful watch.

The short Variety article also a decent read too mate.

Nice one 👍
 

MikeMatt101 said:

oojason said:

adywan said:

Broom Kid said:

In the UK, if you buy a blu-ray only disc, you get the new masters on that blu-ray.

in the US, if you buy a blu-ray only disc, you get the 2011 discs repackaged. The only way to get new masters on blu-ray in the US is to buy a 4K disc that comes with the new masters on the pack-in blu-ray.

It’s pretty much pot luck if you buy the single blu-rays in the UK. Amazon, you’re not guaranteed to get the 2020 version. At HMV, someone i know purchased the OT as separates. ANH was 2011, ESB was 2020, ROTJ was 2011. HMV refused to take the 2011 discs back as the package was opened. So he ordered ANH & ROTJ from Zavvi. Got ANH 2020 & ROTJ 2011. The packaging is identical too so there’s no way of knowing which version you will get even if you go into a shop and check the covers. So now he is stuck with 2 versions of ROTJ and no way of knowing if he buys another copy if it will be the new version or not. Until all the old stock of the September 2019 releases are sold, its a risk buying them as separates.

I’m surprised this hasn’t received more attention online - especially given the seemingly endless and inane ‘unboxing’ and ‘review’ channels out there on youtube.

Ah, so it’s not the case that 2011 discs are being put in 2020 packaging, but that the retailers are getting confused by the 2019 and 2020 releases.

It could be that as well mate (I remember at Woolworths… the staff putting the discs in the boxes themselves when you were at the DVD counter - and sometimes getting that wrong - though that maybe have been some time ago now 😉)

I imagine many are shrink-wrapped these days - but you never know…
 

The 2019 releases don’t appear to be listed separately on Amazon, which I guess is why it’s pot luck which version you get.

Unfortunately, both are…

September 2019 release (2011 Special Edition) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/STAR-WARS-NEW-HOPE-Blu-ray/dp/B07TNVWQCZ (Edit: imported)

August 2020 release (2019 Special Edition / Maclunkey version) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Episode-IV-Blu-ray/dp/B08D7234D9

^ and I’d doubt the staff at some places knowing the difference - or being aware there is a difference…
 

adywan said:

Broom Kid said:

In the UK, if you buy a blu-ray only disc, you get the new masters on that blu-ray.

in the US, if you buy a blu-ray only disc, you get the 2011 discs repackaged. The only way to get new masters on blu-ray in the US is to buy a 4K disc that comes with the new masters on the pack-in blu-ray.

It’s pretty much pot luck if you buy the single blu-rays in the UK. Amazon, you’re not guaranteed to get the 2020 version. At HMV, someone i know purchased the OT as separates. ANH was 2011, ESB was 2020, ROTJ was 2011. HMV refused to take the 2011 discs back as the package was opened. So he ordered ANH & ROTJ from Zavvi. Got ANH 2020 & ROTJ 2011. The packaging is identical too so there’s no way of knowing which version you will get even if you go into a shop and check the covers. So now he is stuck with 2 versions of ROTJ and no way of knowing if he buys another copy if it will be the new version or not. Until all the old stock of the September 2019 releases are sold, its a risk buying them as separates.

I’m surprised this hasn’t received more attention online - especially given the seemingly endless and inane ‘unboxing’ and ‘review’ channels out there on youtube.

This is discart for the September 2019 blu ray releases of the individual Star Wars films (the 2011 Special Edition version):-

 
This is discart for the August 2020 blu ray releases of the individual Star Wars films (the 2019 Special Edition / Maclunkey version):-

^ Nice of Lucasfilm to use the same art… if the Star Wars logo is at the top of the disc art it is the August 2020 release (the 2019 Special Edition / Maclunkey version).

Cover-wise…

The September 2019 blu ray release (the 2011 Special Edition version):-

The August 2020 blu ray release (the 2019 Special Edition / Maclunkey version):-

It is no wonder stores or warehouses are making mistakes and mixing up peoples’ orders - if they there are even aware there is a difference at all.

Just how lazy and cheap do Lucasfilm have to be with these releases… a cynic [cough] may go as far as saying it seems they are willfully confusing people as to the content of their releases.

There is a little more info on the September 2019 releases of the individual Star Wars blu rays for sale, here:-

The 2019 re-release of the Original Trilogy films on blu ray & DVD (2011 SE version)
 

thatguyakira123 said:

oojason said:

^ by Nicolas Barbera - https://twitter.com/barberanicolas

I dunno why but this one just entices me…

^ Aye, I’d be well happy with that up on the office wall etc - though would likely spend too much time just staring at it 😃

^ both images by Christian Piccolo - https://cpiccolo.artstation.com (with a fair bit more Star Wars art)
 

'This map lets you see where your hometown was on the Earth millions of years ago’:-

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/30/us/map-hometown-earth-continental-drift-scn-trnd

 
'A California paleontologist has created an interactive map that allows people to see how far their hometowns have moved over 750 million years of continental drift.

Webster’s map visualization lets users enter their location and then plugs that location into plate tectonic models. The result is that users can see where towns and cities were located hundreds of millions of years ago.’
 

The link to the interactive map - https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#750
 

^ Some decent info from the various time-frames and ‘jump to…’ section too 👍
 

^ huh, Sith ghosts exist too.

‘Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Obituary of the Supreme Court justice’:-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49488374
 

‘Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her own words – video obituary’:-

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2020/sep/18/ruth-bader-ginsburg-video-obituary
 

‘Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87’:-

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/100306972/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87

and something from imgur - usually I wouldn’t post content like this from there as there is a lot of unsubstantiated rubbish, lies and fact-bending on there. Though for anyone interested, these are seriously impressive feats within a lifetime, and well worth checking out…

^ and a reminder that throughout history many rights, especially for equality, have to be fought for - they are not given away.
 

I am intrigued mate. Good luck with this 👍
 

‘A Conversation with Harmy, creator of the Star Wars Despecialized Edition - PART 1’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjp3e9lj5Cs - at the HelloGreedo youtube channel. (52 minutes long)

'A conversation with HelloGreedo, Star Wars YouTuber - Part 2:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcpdACUYYCA - at the Petr Harmy youtube channel. (59 minutes long)
 

‘A Conversation with Harmy, creator of the Star Wars Despecialized Edition - PART 1’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjp3e9lj5Cs - at the HelloGreedo youtube channel. (52 minutes long)

'A conversation with HelloGreedo, Star Wars YouTuber - Part 2:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcpdACUYYCA - at the Petr Harmy youtube channel. (59 minutes long)
 

 
‘The Secret History of Star Wars – Exclusive (Audio) Interview with Michael Kaminski – SWR #445’ (68 minutes):-

http://www.starwarsreport.com/2020/08/25/the-secret-history-of-star-wars-exclusive-interview-w-michael-kaminski-swr-445
 

Topics:-

• GL and his “liberties” with the making of Star Wars
• 3 films, 6 films? 12 films?
• Father Skywalker becomes Vader
• ESB’s aha moment
• The beginning of Skywalker Ranch
• The Marcia Lucas affair
• The dark days of Skywalker Ranch and Star Wars
• GL’s experimental films
• The Disney Era
 

Well worth a listen - especially if you haven’t yet read the ‘The Secret History of Star Wars’ book.
 

‘The Star Wars Report’ - a Star Wars blog and podcast network: http://www.starwarsreport.com

Edit:-

The Secret History of Star Wars

^ another quality 2020 article and interview with Michael Kaminski on the TSHoSW book, at the Rebel Briefing website.
 

^ Really sorry to read that, mate.
 

Season 2 logo…

Season 2 poster…

^ from https://twitter.com/themandalorian/status/1305870279453765633

Season 2 trailer - https://twitter.com/themandalorian/status/1305868996965625858

PoyzenArt - Mandalorian Season One Custom covers thread:-

PoyzenArt - Mandalorian Season Two Custom covers thread:-

^ sweet artwork, CarboniteSolo 😃

^ from https://twitter.com/TrodenOG_/status/1216040708282421250

as well as some stunning and official looking covers on here - My The Mandalorian Season One Custom covers - by PoyzenArt…

^ https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/issep0/made_a_custom_mandalorian_vhs_cover
 

 
'The Mandalorian - Season 2 Official Trailer - Disney+’:-

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CFKOg43gIkq/?igshid=nah6s3g13jdo

^ a 2 minute trailer from the official Star Wars instagram channel.
 

or on the official The Mandalorian twitter account - https://twitter.com/themandalorian/status/1305868996965625858

or on the official Star Wars youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW7Twd85m2g

Star Wars: Squadrons - ‘Hunted’ - CG Short…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2VmOqjV_7Q - 7 minute video - from the EA Star Wars youtube channel

 
‘Meet one of the ace pilots you’ll fly alongside in Star Wars™: Squadrons in this original standalone CG short, made in collaboration by Motive Studios, Lucasfilm, and Industrial Light & Magic.’:-

https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/squadrons/cg-short-hunted
 

54-46 Was My Number - by Toots and The Maytals:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhH1Lxv-8sA

^ What a voice! RIP Toots Hibbert

https://www.nme.com/news/music/toots-and-the-maytals-singer-toots-hibbert-has-died-aged-77-2751280
 

No worries and thanks mate 👍

Go with the fun and imagination of it - that ‘Manny Bothans’ was Mon Mothma’s lover (who wasn’t in on the plot - and Mothma had actually killed) and that’s why she put on such a public display of emotion in the meeting room in ROTJ 😉

That one of the founding members of the Rebellion would actually be a double-agent - a female Sith Lord, and in league with Palpatine… orchestrating events behind the scenes to keep their respective power and influence…
every Govt needs an enemy to point the finger at to deflect away from any misdeeds and the the public focus on the ‘war’.

There is some fun to be had right there (or more than Rey being Palp’s granddaughter in IX… huh… does that now mean Mothma is Rey’s gran? 😉)
 

Or focus on that General Madine in ROTJ - something seems seriously off about that bloke (and not just being an Imperial Defector) - almost in a Scooby Doo stylee…
 

^ I think we can do without the ‘laugh in your face’ put-down gif for someone who took the trouble to contribute to the thread, and is chewing the cud and talking ideas about the topic at hand. Thank you.
 

You may also wish to look up appearances in Star Wars for Mon Mothma (to your ‘random bit character from ROTJ’) 😉
 

I haven’t seen the doc on Leeds yet - though the one on Spurs was quite entertaining. The doc on Sunderland was quite an illuminating watch too.

Chelsea, eh? The Dark Side… j/k 😃

Should be a good season for you guys if it all clicks together - that gk situation could be problematic unless you can get someone in. Do you guys have to sell (Kepa?) before buying - or is there a little still left in the bank?

Should be a good game on the 20th 😃
 

Looking forward to finding the time to sit down and watching a few of these - nice one Darth Muffy 👍