oojason

4D is my favourite - some great work going into this. Nice one 😃
 

‘Toy Empire: The British Force Behind Star Wars Toys’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c7nq (until 15th January - you will need to be in the UK, or to access UK tv, to view?)

(a 2019 release, 29 minutes long - a great watch for those that collected the Palitoy / Kenner figures and toys 😃 )
 

The blurb:-

"Star Wars superfan David Whiteley celebrates the unlikely toy heroes of the 1970s.

Toy manufacturer Palitoy based in Coalville, Leicestershire, was chosen to make toys for the new Star Wars movie in the UK. The company was already successful with Action Man and Tiny Tears. But Star Wars toys were about to become the must have toys of a generation. It was an unexpected success. At that time toys from films didn’t sell well. Rich archive brings the nostalgia of the 1970s back to our screens, as David Whiteley meets the men and women who made it happen against all the odds, and the enthusiasts whose pocket money toys now fetch eye watering sums.

‘Toy Empire: The British Force Behind Star Wars Toys’ tells the success story of the toys would change the way movies are marketed forever."
 

BBC Page
 

Monsieur Hulot said:

I am having trouble finding despecialized, can anyone please send me despecialized in a PM? Thanks!

Look for the ‘The Ultimate Introductory Guide’ in the 1st post of this thread by Harmy - it had proved very useful for many, many people.
 

Alternatively…

Bluto’s Guide to Downloading Projects from Usenet

or

solkap’s NJVC Custom Blu-ray Set of Harmy’s Despecialized Editions now available on Mega

may also be of some interest or help.
 

There is also the Some info & help for Harmy’s Despecialized Editions of the Original Trilogy… which has some basic information too.
 

Good luck with it 😃
 

Wanderer_ said:

oojason said:

A ‘balanced review’ and ‘constructive criticism’? Doesn’t seem like it - and I’ve no wish spending two hours finding out.
;

Your choice of course. I find suspicious that people get put off by the name of the channel, honestly its clear to me that any review pointing put flaws and problems on the sequel trilogy wpuld get dismissed by random reasons.

Screen Rant for example is one of most thoughtful and chilled movie critiques on YouTube… But it has “rant” in the name so im going to dismiss it.

No, not the name of the channel - the title of the video and two of it’s descriptions therein. As I said before, I’ve seen enough of those similar type of ‘monetised hate’ videos - after a while they seem pretty much the same - and also other reasons given previously too.

I’m not much of a fan of ScreenRant either - but not because it has rant in it’s title though.

Wanderer_ said:

oojason said:

Wanderer_ said:

The unbridled rage take on the movie is here, and it’s awesome: https://youtu.be/0528-TlRODI

A 2 hour long youtube video from ‘MauLer’ on bashing TROS? Titled ‘TROS: An Unbridled Rage’?

No thanks - personally I’d rather watch something with balance to their videos, something without a pre-conceived agenda - and not 2 hours of a ‘video ranting about a crappy movie’ - or ‘Disney’s failure is now complete’.

Though fair play to those that do.
 

Its a very fair, balanced review though. That said, i understand how people who loved the movie cant take well constructed criticism, as seen with TLJ.

Fyi, its not a rant or enraged review despite the name of the channel.

You assume that only those who ‘loved the movie can’t take well constructed criticism, as seen with TLJ’? I don’t know - I don’t love the movie… you’d have to ask someone who does.

Seems many people who didn’t like TLJ or TROS or X, Y & Z also don’t like those type of videos - it is not a mutual thing.
 

The title of the video is ‘TROS: An Unbridled Rage’.

‘video ranting about a crappy movie’ is taken from from the video’s own description. As is ‘Disney’s failure is now complete’ from another part of the description.
 

A ‘very fair, balanced review’ and ‘constructive criticism’? Doesn’t seem like it - and I’ve no wish spending two hours finding out. It’s also not much of an endorsement from someone who states ‘people who loved the movie cant take well constructed criticism, as seen with TLJ’ - a bit narrow minded, that.
 

I’ve seen enough of the ‘monetised hate’ type of videos out there already, thanks.

Like I said, fair play to those that enjoy those type of videos - it’s not for me.
 

FreezingTNT2 said:

While Scene 38 Reimagined was a standalone project made just for fun, it does not fit in with the dated look of A New Hope. If you want to put it into an edit of A New Hope, then edit all the VFX, models, practical effects, and matte paintings in the movie to look realistic and in-line with the sequel trilogy and Rogue One.

Buzz Lightyear has already explained what his Edit is about - he doesn’t have to do anything you want him to do, or that you think he should do.

Buzz, congratulations on finishing your Edit - it has been added to the An Index Thread for Star Wars Fan Edits and Other Projects…
 

Wanderer_ said:

The unbridled rage take on the movie is here, and it’s awesome: https://youtu.be/0528-TlRODI

A 2 hour long youtube video from ‘MauLer’ on bashing TROS? Titled ‘TROS: An Unbridled Rage’?

No thanks - personally I’d rather watch something with balance to their videos, something without a pre-conceived agenda - and not 2 hours of a ‘video ranting about a crappy movie’ - or ‘Disney’s failure is now complete’.

Though fair play to those that do.
 

‘Billie Lourd played Leia Organa and other visual effects secrets from 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’:-

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-visual-effects-secrets-revealed-200000081.html

^ with ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Patrick Tubach - an interesting article, and covers why there is no Ben Solo ‘Force Ghost’, The Ghost ship (& others), and ‘what you see is what you get’ with Palpatine…

‘Star Wars Took A Different Approach To Maz Kanata For Rise Of Skywalker, But Worked Hard To Make It Seamless’:-

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2487978/star-wars-took-a-different-approach-to-maz-kanata-for-rise-of-skywalker-but-worked-hard-to-make-it-seamless
 

doubleofive has written three quality and in-depth articles on the topic for The Digital Bits website, titled:-

‘A Visual Guide to Changes, Fixes & Tweaks in the 2019 SE Version’ - for each of the three Original Trilogy films…

• Star Wars

• Empire Strikes Back

• Return Of The Jedi

doubleofive’s exhaustive and comprehensive work cataloging the changes made to the Original Trilogy films (including the 2019 SE Disney+ version) can also be found at the following…

• Star Wars Visual Comparisons twitter page

• Star Wars Visual Comparisons website

• Star Wars Visual Comparisons blog

The pinned Complete Comparison of Special Edition Visual Changes thread in the Theatrical Cuts vs. Subsequent Releases section of the site is pretty much the default discussion thread on the overall subject.

Within the first post of the linked thread above is a list of many other sources of information which also cover the numerous and continuing alterations made to the Original Trilogy films over the years - and the differing released versions - including content on the changes made for the 2019 SE Disney+ version.

It also features doubleofive’s ‘Disney+ Should Offer the Star Wars Original Cuts’ article on the Wired website : #ReleaseTheOriginalTrilogy : also with an OT.com thread on the article here.

The Complete Comparison of Special Edition Visual Changes thread also features OT•com member 13las’s insightful and informative YouTube videos on the changes made to the OT over time:-

• Star Wars
• Empire Strikes Back
• Return Of The Jedi
• The Prequels
• and also for the 2019 SE Disney+ version too.

‘Shot List Spreadsheet - v0.6.05 - 6 films - Multiple SW Audio Mix Changes Added’ - OT•com thread, by none, is also well worth a thorough read.

Yet, yes - of course… if anyone spots any further changes not already found or noticed for the 2019 SE Disney+ version, please mention them in here…
 

On the crawl issue, this may be of some interest…

Jackpumpkinhead’s Custom Crawl Creator: Revisited (A Free Blender Project for Fan Editors) thread
 

with a few other similarly useful / helpful threads that are listed in the An Index Thread for Star Wars Fan Edits and Other Projects… and also the An Index Thread (and more) for Star Wars Preservations…
 

Good luck with the project mate 😃
 

‘How Star Wars Star Joonas Suotamo Crafted Chewbacca’s Most Emotional Scene’:-

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-new-details-chewies-force-awakens-snub-revealed-by-joonas-suotamo-1267225
 

^ An intriguing interview with Joonas, covering many topics on his time on Star Wars, and also the disclosure that…

'At the end of 2015’s The Force Awakens, fans were incensed when J.J. Abrams had Leia bypass Chewbacca in order to hug Rey (Daisy Ridley) after the loss of her newfound father figure, Han Solo. Such a snub echoed a similar moment in 1977’s A New Hope when Leia rewarded Luke and Han with Medals of Bravery but not Chewie. However, Suotamo reveals that The Force Awakens shot and cut a consolation scene involving Chewie and his grief over Han.

“For The Force Awakens, we actually shot a special scene — a consolation scene for Chewie — which didn’t make it into the finished film or the DVD. The thought process behind it was a little bit different than what ended up being in the film…”’
 

Congratulations Cathy - looking forward to seeing this.

^ the set has been updated - more can be found here (with any future updates to be found on RedHeadJedi’s) superbsites:-

https://theposterdb.com/poster/4448 & https://theposterdb.com/user/RedHeadJedi

& https://www.reddit.com/user/RedHeadJedi34/submitted

^ and also features their other great work on various series and films etc.

vstarvan also knocked up some posters in a similar style for the following:-

more are available here:-

https://imgur.com/r/PlexPosters/mQUbieT

&

https://www.reddit.com/r/PlexPosters/comments/b6g120/collection_star_wars_tv_series_specials (with download links)

😃

DrDre said:

Cthulhunicron said:

Wanderer_ said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

“Sheev” is Palpatine’s first name. That detail was one of Lucas’ last contributions to the lore, IIRC.

I just find weird that we call him palpatine at all. He is darth sidious.

It’s not wise to call him Darth Sidious on this forum.

Why? This site is called originaltrilogy.com, not prequelhaters.com, or sequelhaters.com. As for any forum, there will be those, that like the PT, and/or ST, and those that don’t, but let’s not even begin to push the idea, that some opinions on the films are more valid than others, or that we should censor ourselves to pacify some vocal hard line segment of the membership on this forum.

I read it as more a joke / humour - and was awaiting a follow up post ‘He IS the Senate’ etc

(or maybe now a follow-up of ‘He is ALL of the Senate’)

DougieP - you have a PM re your post/concerns.
 

A good number of fans agree with you, mate. The execution and quality of the change itself… is as poor as the nonsensical decision to replace Sebastian Shaw and insert Hayden Christensen as Anakin’s force ghost in the 2004 Special Editions of ROTJ.
 

Though for a fair few of us on here… Sebastian Shaw will always be Anakin Skywalker in Return Of The Jedi.

A mini-index of dedicated OriginalTrilogy•com threads on the subject of Anakin Skywalker’s Force Ghost in Return Of The Jedi…

 
These threads may be of some interest on, and around the subject of, Anakin’s force ghost in Return Of The Jedi too…
 

Your first reaction to Hayden is ROTJ (2006)

Unbearable HC (2005)

Anakin ghost old vs young (2016)

Hayden replacing Sebastian Shaw in ROTJ (2005)

Anakin’s ghost?!?!?! (2004)

2004 release continuity error?! (Anakin’s ghost) (2004 thread; re Jedi are restored their youth as force ghosts)

End of SE ROTJ… (2006 thread; re Anakin’s force ghost should be Shaw)

Official Lucasfilm Video Explaining Force Ghosts (2016 thread; with 2 minute video re why George made the ghost Hayden change)

Why Hayden’s acting in ROTJ was bad… (2005)

Hayden Christensen’s head on Sebastian Shaw’s Body - A digital autopsy (2017)

Hayden replacing Sebastian Shaw in ROTJ (2005)

Why Sebastian is better… (2005)

Anakin’s Force Ghost (2022)

Was Sebastian Shaw the wrong choice for Anakin? (2021)

Why don’t people hate the Palpatine re-casting in ESB yet despise Force ghost Anakin’s re-casting in RotJ? (2019)

Sebastian Shaw Dot Com (2011)

How you pictured Anakin pre-PT (2015)

The end of ROTJ re-edited for the Special Editions (2021 post; with comparison video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Z6G9LewT8)
 

^ If anyone knows of any more threads on here covering the subject of Anakin’s force ghost in Return Of The Jedi please me know, or post it below, and I will add it to the above list - thank you.

👍

Two informative and insightful articles on the Machete Order - by the creator of the Machete Order. (addressing the 2004 Special Edition alteration of Hayden Christensen now playing Anakin Skywalker - replacing the original actor Sebastian Shaw - in ROTJ):-

• The Star Wars Saga: Introducing Machete Order - ‘Release Order vs Episode Order’ - from 2011

• Star Wars Machete Order: Update and FAQ - from 2015

^ ‘Part of this shot where Luke nods at the ghosts was cut from the SE. Now the long shot of the ghosts is cut between the shot of Luke looking at them. For the DVD, Hayden Christensen’s head from “Revenge of the Sith” was pasted on Sebastian Shaw’s body. (1997/2004) #StarWars #RotJ’ - https://twitter.com/starwarsviscomp/status/941714478034571264 (doubleofive)
 

^ by Adam Cockerton - from https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1208809433876303873 (larger size image in the link)
 

The first episode of new and final season of The Clone Wars will air on Disney+ on Friday 21st February…

^ thanks man - and am glad you liked it 😃

StarWarsLocations.com

and their twitter - https://twitter.com/swloc
 

The website seems to have been reinvigorated over the past year - and even has it’s own forum, a gallery to upload images, a Q&A section, and sites used for filming can be searched for by location too…
 

Mocata said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

“Sheev” is Palpatine’s first name. That detail was one of Lucas’ last contributions to the lore, IIRC.

I can’t wait for the next edited release where someone says it out loud.

Sheev Maclunkey Palpatine - it was always meant to be his full name… and George will go back and change past documentation to prove it (once again) 😉

DrDre said:

Ah, yes. @Dataracer117 - the victim blamer and racism-denier…

https://twitter.com/Dataracer117/status/1204990242047938561:-

'The SJW media used the fake victimhood of Kelly Marie Tran to shame Star Wars fans for criticizing TLJ.

The only proof of the “months of online harassment” were replies to her birthday post by the official Star Wars Instagram.

Kelly’s Insta was always full of fangirl type stuff’
 

Yep, reading through that twitter account for just a few minutes… I’d happily take a stand against toxic fandom such as that victim-blaming and racism-denier shite. You too, Dre?

The final season - just wow.

Goodbye friend.
 

Looking forward to seeing Part 2 😃

Pt 1 SPOILER

I was waiting for Stephen Fry to say something along the lines of ‘not now, Darling’ to his aide during the scene where he assumed Graham was The Doctor 😃

Danfun128 said:

ChainsawAsh said:

…if you’re trying to download an HD project, you need to own the official Blu-Ray first.

Are you sure about that? Stuff like the schorman HDTV preservations are overall closer to the DVDs than the Blu-rays. Perhaps the Blu-ray’s are “close enough” for the OT, but certainly not Ep 1 and probably not Ep 2 and 3.

Ash is indeed correct mate…

From the Notes on Piracy - Please Read thread:-

Moth3r said:

If a project is sourced from an HDTV broadcast, and that movie has subsequently been made available for purchase on Blu-ray Disc, you are expected to own the BD before obtaining the fan project.

A little more info on R2-KT…
 

‘The Heartwarming Story Behind R2-KT, And How She Joined Star Wars Canon’:-

https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-heartwarming-story-behind-r2-kt-and-how-she-joined-1744986951

and R2-KT also was featured in the ‘Our Star Wars Stories’ short series on the Star Wars website in 2018…

’Albin Johnson and the Power of Fandom | Our Star Wars Stories’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE4UYy8EoyU - 12 minutes long - from the official Star Wars youtube channel

and also featured in these 3-part articles up on the official Star Wars website:-

‘Remembering Katie, Inspiring Hope with R2-KT art’ - Part 1 : Part 2 : Part 3

R2-KT Wookieepedia Page - https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/R2-KT