For a good while there seemed to be little-to-no listings up on ebay featuring the various projects freely available on here and on similar other sites…
Yet it seems they’re back and doing brisk business - though may have grown a little slack given their addresses are on the ebay listings.
^ ‘Echoes of the Empire’ by Alexey Egorov
On the back of Hayne’s ‘Star Wars Tie Fighter Owners Workshop Manual’ released earlier this year…
^ obligatory amazon link for info only - https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Tie-Fighter-Manual/dp/1785212230 (please support your local bookstore - or a company that pays it’s fair share of taxes and treats their employees decently)
This beauty will be available on 12th November…
^ https://www.amazon.com/dp/1683839366
The blurb:-
'After the Clone Wars, the Galactic Empire spared no expense to build a massive fleet of warships to enforce Imperial rule, intimidate defenseless worlds, and destroy all opposition. However, the Imperial Navy underestimated Rebel Alliance fighter pilots, who flew X-wing, Y-wing, A-wing, U-wing and B-wing starfighters, and whatever else they could obtain to fight their Imperial enemies. Decades later, Resistance pilots would fly next-generation versions of Rebel starfighters against the First Order.
The Rebel Starfighters Owners’ Workshop Manual presents a thorough history of the starfighters that served the Rebel Alliance and the Resistance. The history includes design origins, production, and modifications for each Rebel starfighter, and is fully illustrated with numerous photographs, schematics, exploded diagrams, and computer-generated artwork by Star Wars vehicle experts Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas. Text is by Ryder Windham, author and co-author of more than 70 Star Wars books. This Haynes Manual is the most thorough technical guide to Rebel starfighters available, and is fully authorized and approved by Lucasfilm.’
^ PM sent mate.
Hope these are okay mate (from a copy of doubleKO’s collection):-
with a massive image of it here - https://www.iamag.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/70-Star-Wars-Episode-IV-A-New-Hope.jpeg
and just because it was next to the two above images in the collection - and I quite like it…
Trailer searches? I wasn’t aware the trailer for TROS was even out yet.
(Likely soon though - along with the PR machine kicking in with adverts, promos, tie-ins and merchandising etc…)
The article on google search, and trailers is about movies in general, not Star Wars specifically. However, the teaser for TROS on the official channel currently stands at 33 mio views compared to 44 mio for TLJ, if that is any indication. The total views for TROS seem to have been higher compared to TFA and TLJ:
The PR machine for all Disney films has followed a pretty similar trajectory, so while it’s early days, the difference in interest (as measured by google trends) thusfar is quite significant, but I will keep following its progress over the next few months.
Remember to factor in (or note) other social media too mate; and not just facebook, twitter and instagram etc - but also news-streams, and the rising popularity/use of reddit subs and also fan-made/fan-run You Tube channels as growing mediums for this (over the past couple of years especially), for people online to find / retrieve trailers and other assorted film promos & info.
Though I imagine for many people they’re more interested in the content and quality of TROS itself - along with it’s place in the Sequel Trilogy and also the Main Saga. And are not too concerned with comparisons of other brands and franchises etc or google search data - though if you wish delve deeper into this then I suggest a more relevant (or new) thread.
(one which may likely find a wider audience and have more input into the discussion too - whether for TROS itself, the wider Sequel Trilogy, or the Disney era films so far - R1 & Solo included? etc)
This has a few suggestions to try and overcome the same issue:-
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/370533-tsMuxeR-giving-Reading-buffer-overflow-error-at-47-4
and the 3rd post down (and onwards) in here - https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=175120&page=4
and the forums at http://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com may also be a good place to see if others have had the same / similar issue and how they overcame it.
Good luck with it mate 😃
I’m probably wrong or my knowledge is out of date - but I don’t think a PS4 can play iso files.
Also, if Sony blu ray players are anything like Sony tvs when it comes to file support… there is a decent chance they may not play iso files too - though best check with the compatible formats your specific Sony blu ray player can handle.
I take it the disc plays on the pc just fine?
Anyone see this?
https://comicbook.com/starwars/2019/08/09/star-wars-saga-bluray-rereleases-artwork-covers/
Yeah - there’s been some chat about in this thread:-
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/4K-restoration-on-Star-Wars/id/16857/page/275
Personally, I’m not a fan of them - there are better covers by fans on here… than those supposedly official covers (and without the errors too 😉 )
What do you think of them, mate?
Trailer searches? I wasn’t aware the trailer for TROS was even out yet.
(Likely soon though - along with the PR machine kicking in with adverts, promos, tie-ins and merchandising etc…)
They’ll still take our money at the cinema kiosk for TROS come December, yes?
Is using a USB flash drive or an external hard drive an option to play the Despecialized Editions?
It may save you the hassle of resizing files to find an acceptable image quality for you - and also burning discs etc?
If not, and you want to go the disc route, then these may be of some help:-
https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-convert-mkv-video-files-to-mp4-without-losing-quality
https://www.freemake.com/how_to/how_to_convert_mkv_to_avi_mp4
https://www.tipard.com/mkv-video-converter/how-to-convert-mkv-to-mp4-with-mkv-to-mp4-converter.html
Anyone got a textless copy of this…
…but with more image on the far right like in this poster???
doubleKO has that image - with a little less cropping to the right of R2 - in his ‘collection download’ (1.48gb), here - https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/993765
There’s a fair chance that SkyderHouseMafia also has a version - in his ‘Complete Star Wars Poster Collection’ too (6gb+), here - https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Complete-Star-Wars-Poster-Collection/id/60955
No covers with ‘4K Ultra HD’ on them so far?
Personally, I believe there are far better fan-made covers in the Case Covers, Disc Labels, and Fan Art section - ranging back some 15 years…
Looking for criterion style or concept art inside covers for 1-6. Leave suggestions down below
Hi & welcome Tzaddie,
You could, of course have a search for them yourself… there are a few featured ‘inside cover’ type threads (and posts / projects) - on here, and feature various artwork for what you are seeking.
Or perhaps find and select criterion style or concept art images (there are many to choose from) - and then resize them accordingly - depending upon whether you are looking for blu ray or dvd sized covers, for example?
Good luck with it 😃
PS - a ‘please’ and / or a ‘thank you’ can often go far when asking people for assistance.
Sorry I didn’t mean to sound rude! I’ve searched for hours on the thread and I’ve seen some amazing covers for OT I just can’t find a complete matching set. Thanks for the help!
If you’ve searched for hours going through the threads on here then it’s probably worth taking the time to state that in your opening post - rather than ask others to just ‘leave suggestions for you below’ for you without an introduction, please, or thanks etc.
Please, take the time to look around to see how this place functions 😃
And good luck with the search - the An Index Thread (and more) for Case Covers, Disc Labels, and Fan Art… may be of some assistance - as may the Inside Covers & Inserts thread, and the various poster / art collection threads - and other DVD/blu ray cover sites linked too.
‘Google image’ searches are usually quite helpful too - ‘prequel trilogy concept cover art’ comes up with quality McQuarrie-style art that are likely a match for some of his more well known Original Trilogy art.
If and when you do find some you like - please be sure sure to post them up here - thanks.
Looking for criterion style or concept art inside covers for 1-6. Leave suggestions down below
Hi & welcome Tzaddie,
You could, of course have a search for them yourself… there are a few featured ‘inside cover’ type threads (and posts / projects) - on here, and feature various artwork for what you are seeking.
Or perhaps find and select criterion style or concept art images (there are many to choose from) - and then resize them accordingly - depending upon whether you are looking for blu ray or dvd sized covers, for example?
Good luck with it 😃
PS - a ‘please’ and / or a ‘thank you’ can often go far when asking people for assistance.
‘Proof that Star Wars is Dead!!!’ by HelloGreedo…
An old friend sent me this very cool, insightful and informative link for background information on how some of the astro-droids were made for Star Wars (1977)…
I thought it may also be of some interest on here?
I: Designing R2-D2 - https://sites.google.com/site/3dsfinfo/astromech-pages/designing-r2
In the ‘The robotic R2’ section - https://sites.google.com/site/3dsfinfo/astromech-pages/designing-r2#TOC-The-robotic-R2…
'In the end, fully robotic R2s were not possible, both in terms of budget and available time. Stears had to be satisfied with all-metal robots largely worn as costumes or occasionally puppeted externally. Only one robot was built with mechanization, and that radio-controlled R2 simply had driving motors in its outer feet, a steering mechanism in its middle foot, and a spring-loaded middle leg mechanism. It couldn’t turn its head or operate its arms.
It was Stears and his effects team who worked on the mechanisms of the RC R2, and the lights built into most of the droids. According to Stears in a 1978 Cinefantastique interview, his crew included “Dick Hewitt, electronics expert; Brian Warner, Bert Hamilton-Smith, Bob Nugent, all engineers; (and) Bennie Smith, electrician.”
Stears was quite upset that none of the people who worked on his end of the show were listed in the film’s credits, grumpily remarking that “the American crew credits included everybody including the teaboy, but my effects crew never got a mention.” Accordingly he placed a full-page ad in Screen International, a British industry magazine, thanking the people and companies who worked on the project. Note that this ad doesn’t just focus on the people who made R2-D2, but also people who worked on the landspeeder, the dewback mannequin, the light sabres, the non-R2 droids, and so on.’
^ The full page advert in the ‘Screen International’ trade paper that special effects director John Stears took out to thank and congratulate all the British-based effects people who went uncredited in the original Star Wars film (1977).
Another example of all those years that poor old George was forced to compromise his vision(s) by allowing award winning artists and technicians to collaborate on the original Star Wars Trilogy - including the two films he did not make / direct… 😉
I: Designing R2-D2
II: The Astro-droids of 1977
III: After Elstree: Pickups and Empire, 1977-1980
IIIa: Creating the Tatooine Desert
IV: Naming the Parts of a Droid
V: The R2-D2 Detail Catalogue
The Body
The R2-D2 Detail Catalogue Part A: the Dome
The R2-D2 Detail Catalogue Part B: the Body
The R2-D2 Detail Catalogue Part B: the Body
The R2-D2 Detail Catalogue Part C: Legs, Shoulders, and Feet
VI: R2-D2’s Arms and Tools
VII: Other Astro-droids
VIII: A Droidy Timeline
VIIII: References
Wheelie Bin Droid WB-5
X: The R2 Builders Club plans
Other astromechs - https://sites.google.com/site/3dsfinfo/astromech-pages/other-astromechs…
1 R5-D4
2 The R5-D4 Frankendroid
3 The R2-D2 Frankendroid
4 Background droids
4.1 Painted domes
• The Wheelie Bin Droid
• De Agostini/Fanhome “Build Your Own R2-D2” Kit Review
Also on the 3DSF site - https://sites.google.com/site/3dsfinfo…
• Part I: The Miniatures
• Part II: the Sets
Part IIa: the Cockpit Sets
Part IIb: the Boarding Ramp Sets
Part IIc: the Docking Bay Sets
• Part III: the Lighting
• Part IV: Conclusion
• The Original Millennium Falcon
• The Five Foot Falcon’s Strange Cockpit
• The Mystery of the Five Foot Falcon’s Undersaucer Pits
• The Names of the Millennium Falcon
^ as well as some lovingly detailed information on the model kits of the Millennium Falcon available too.
This article, at the ‘Episode Nothing’ website, is also worth a thorough read through on the oft-overlooked work of John Stears:-
‘John Stears: the man who built R2-D2’:-
http://episodenothing.blogspot.com/2018/10/john-stears-man-who-built-r2-d2.html (the whole website is worth checking out too!)
As well as this insightful interview & article (info, sources, and a PDF for ‘A Look At Star Wars’), from CyberneticZoo, in 2011:-
https://cyberneticzoo.com/early-mobile-robots/1975-6-r2-d2-from-star-wars-john-stears-british
The 2019 Original Trilogy Film Crew & People Behind The Scenes: Profiles, Info & Links… OT•com thread may also be of interest.
‘The Lost Art of Star Wars’ article by doubleofive, on the Star Wars Visual Comparisons website, is also well worth a good read.
If any one else knows of any quality websites on the droids, their design, the making of, issues on-set etc, please post them up. 👍
The somewhat outdated The changes made to the Original Trilogy films down the years… OT•com thread has had the links to certain Star Wars websites in it updated - so that they are all now functional once more… via the Internet Archive’s Tardis ‘WayBack Machine’ 😃
Some of the longer-serving members on here may recall a few of the sites linked in it - ranging from the mid 1990’s to early/mid 2000’s. So definitely some retro rabbit-holes going on there.
And for the younger members here - that is indeed what the internet looked like back then…
(insert your own dial-up internet connection screeches here)
Many of the websites that Gregatron linked to in his insightful and informative post unfortunately are no longer around.
In an attempt to not lose that information - and also the sterling efforts of Gregatron - the links in his OP have been updated to include working links from the Internet Archive’s WayBack machine.
^ There may be some familiar old sites linked to… 😉
Well in Gregatron 👍
Links have also been fixed/updated and added & compiled in the similarly older thread of:-
‘The changes made to the Original Trilogy films down the years…’
^ with various sources of information available during that time.
Along with several (15-20) similar older and somewhat outdated OT•com ‘comparison & info’ type threads - though still worthy of archiving; with some gentle yet thorough reminiscing - added to the:-
An Index Thread for Theatrical Cuts vs. Subsequent Releases
The current and up-to-date info & discussion thread for changes made to the Original Trilogy films…
Complete Comparison of Special Edition Visual Changes - by doubleofive
…features an array of links to various sources covering the many changes made to the Original Trilogy films (in the opening post of the thread) - as well his own superb comprehensive projects on the changes made to the three classic films. It also serves as the main discussion thread on these many changes…
'Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series — Episode II - First Look
Friday, August 23, 2 p.m., Stage 28
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series lets you become the hero of your own personal adventure as you step into the role of a Force-sensitive smuggler recruited by Darth Vader himself. Director Ben Snow, Senior Experience Designer Jose Perez III, and Lucasfilm Story Group Creative Executive Matt Martin take the stage for an in-depth discussion about the upcoming second episode, including an exclusive sneak peek that will be available only to those at D23 Expo.’
^ from https://d23.com/d23-expo-2019-additional-presentations/
Very much looking forward to seeing what they come up with for Episode II - and how they have progressed since Episode I…
A little more on the missions, new features and abilities for ‘Vader Immortal: Episode II’:-
https://www.starwars.com/news/d23-expo-2019-vader-immortal-episode-ii
The article has the game being released… ‘later this year’.
^ more from the quality ‘The Shortest Stories’ here - https://twitter.com/StoryShortest & http://shorteststory.com
Kylo Ren VS. Darth Vader …now THIS is how Vader fights , economy of motion and not fancy, flashy moves …also has some great production values …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owrmLeX20CY
Really enjoyed that; spot on with the production values - the cinematography, choreography, voice acting are all above standard - and had that all important vibe running through it from the OT - as well as the ST too 😉
Nice find, screams!
Hi m_acrylic - a patient look around the site here and you’ll have found what you drove a long, long way to go buy - and possibly, somewhat likely, in better quality too…
There are also several quality covers for the Holiday Special (some even with correct spellings and a choice of artwork 😉) - along with host of many other Star Wars releases - in the Case Covers, Disc Labels, and Fan Art section of the site.
Just saw this edit on YouTube, and it’s probably the best Star Wars edit I’ve ever seen. I wanted to download the DVD file at Fanedit.info but it’s not listed. Does anyone know where I could find it?
Hi Mabsedol, two posts above yours in here may be a good place to start mate - and if you haven’t already done so… it may be worth sending a PM to TMBTM to ask how you can acquire his Edit. Good luck with it.
The Welcome to the OT.com; Introduce yourself in here - a good place to make your first post may also be of some interest - and hopefully of some assistance too.
and they say these mobile tiny homes are just a new fad… 😉
^ I’ve seen that image a few times - and am still impressed upon every viewing 😃 Thanks, BAD.
‘French flyboarder (the marvelously named Franky Zapata) attempted to cross the English Channel’:-
more info here - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/25/french-inventor-tried-cross-english-channel-his-flyboard-he-failed/
