screams in the void

also , Robert E. Howard deserves a mention in this discussion , he is regarded as the father of sword and sorcery and did a lot of world building for Conan’s world , as evidenced in his Hyborian age essay https://conanthecimmerian.fandom.com/wiki/The_Hyborian_Age Many fantasy authors imitated him afterwards , but never quite captured his spirit . Then there were the many many fantasy film cash grabs that came in the wake of the 1982 Conan The Barbarian film …

oojason said:

‘An unseen archive of movie poster artwork is being published’:-

https://lwlies.com/articles/the-feref-collection-movie-poster-archive-star-wars (mainly Star Wars posters)
 

^ awesome find ! Interesting look into the process , especially how a lot of the artists kept trying to emulate the design elements of the posters for SW77 . I have seen a color comp of the fourth one down online before though .

Black Angel is indeed an awesome short film ,I first saw that video a few years ago an wish we would have gotten the same experience here in the U.S.

Great article Bonez ! This is worthy of being a Star Wars Insider article , and it feels like one to me . Very enjoyable read . One thing to point out though , there was a first edition of A Guide To The Star Wars Universe that came out in 1984 , by Raymond L. Velasco , which was really one of the first times that things got detailed explanations ,Star Wars Poster Monthly not withstanding . I saw the guide in Waldenbooks in 1986 and bought it and still have it https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/A_Guide_to_the_Star_Wars_Universe , though it did not give as much explanation of every single aspect as later publications. Also , when it comes to Surrealism ,the visual language is most apparent to me in the Dagobah cave scene in ESB and most especially the vision Rey has in TLJ with multiple versions of herself going off into infinity . That is the artistic principle of recursion ,inherent in the works of surrealist artists who defined the term surrealism , Salvador Dali , Max Ernst ,M.C. Escher etc . and it is spot on .

Rodney-2187 said:

There’s a difference. Lando and the Ewoks did actually did change as events moved along. They were actual adversaries that became allies. Rose and Holdo didn’t change at all, they changed the main characters views. Finn learned from Rose and Poe from Holdo. To me TLJ is about learning from failure. Decisions aren’t always black or white, there’s a whole lot of gray.

^ " The greatest teacher , failure is " -Yoda . That is indeed the central theme of TLJ . I had a teacher , decades ago in art school ,who taught his students this exact principle ,which is one of the reasons this theme resonates so strongly with me . As for Luke being an antagonist , I would say it was Rey being the antagonist in the beginning of TLJ . Luke just wanted to be left alone , Rey antagonized him . In the end , Luke did the right thing ,heeding Yoda’s final lesson .

please disregard my previous post , I realize now that my browser was not loading the image . I thought Jason was linking to a larger image of the wood cut , hence , my confusion.

oojason said:

Thanks Screams, it feels good to be back mate 👍

 

^ click here for a larger image - https://i.imgur.com/8IMZ74Y.jpg
 

^ that link took me to an image of the Yavin temple from the Star Wars visual dictionary . Cool , but strange .

Bluto said:

Just a warning about the above link. While it does lead to a Jar Jar lollipop, the webpage is riddled with pop-ups which locked up Safari on my iPhone.

^ I apologize for the headaches , I will try to better scrutinize the pages I link to in the future .

oojason said:

‘Scroll sawn Star Wars minimalist original trilogy movie poster. 8 different woods w/ no stains or dyes.’:-

^ more photos and info here - https://imgur.com/gallery/s2bN82V

^ pretty cool ! And by the way , I would just like to say it’s good to see you back Jason .

^ lol ! I think he was secretly under orders from Darth Badguydious .

speaking of Star Wars Aficianado , what is up with their website ? They seem to have went on a hiatus since Christmas . I really enjoy that site and they posted daily . Lot of great 40th anniversary coverage of ESB last year …https://starwarsaficionado.blogspot.com/

remake the entire saga using chimpanzees …no , wait , that’s a great idea . NVM .

^ of course it is ! …https://www.tumgir.com/tag/Jar Jar Binks Lollipop

mod edit: the original image may have been causing issues for mobile users - so has been replaced with a link from a non-popup site (I hope).

Han didn’t shoot first , he was the only one who shot . As it was ,and as it should have remained .

I bought these when they came out in the individual sets that were packaged with the Dark Horse reprints of the Marvel adaptations of each film . I still have the comics and the dvd’s themselves , but no longer have the cardboard boxes they came in . They are worth buying as collectibles and display pieces . I wish I had waited a bit and got the Best Buy tin pictured in this article https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/star-wars-original-trilogy-unaltered-dvds even without these extras , the dvd’s make great display pieces by themselves .Just take out the inserts that have some relatively rare movie poster art on them , and slip them under the protective plastic on the outside of the case .This way you can cover up the lackluster photoshopped movie poster remakes on the front .

Temple of Doom
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
The Last Crusade
King Solomon’s Mines
Crystal Skull

the original Marvel Star Wars comics

Al Williamson classic newspaper strips and collected color dark horse comics of same .

Tales of The Jedi series ,dark lords of the sith and it’s audio drama ,the sith war and redemption

truce at bakura

original thrawn trilogy

droids animated series and Boba Fett cartoon from the holiday special

Rebel Mission To Ord Mantell audio drama and original Han Solo novels , as well as the A.C. Crispin Han trilogy

both Clone Wars animated series

original radio dramas of the ot , on par with the films and sometimes even better

Hand of Thrawn duology and Outbound Flight novel

x-wing rogue squadron novels and comics ,the phantom affair being the highlight .

Dark Empire 1 ,the other 2 were terrible imo . I could accept the emperor coming back once ,but it got ridiculous after that ,and I thought it was handled far better in DE 1 than TROS.

Crimson Empire comics and audio drama

The New Jedi order novels . After these novels , the main EU story beyond the films became too over bloated for me and I had a hard time following it . When I need to read a dramatis personae on every character before starting to read , it gets a bit too much . I know the new jedi order started the trend , but it got way too over blown for me after that .

I saw a 75th anniversary 3d screening at my local Imax theater back in 2013 . It was awesome seeing it on a screen that size . You could really appreciate the artistry and craftsmanship that went into the building of the sets and the matte paintings . At times , I felt like I was there on set . The forest scenes were very impressive .

I use cursive all the time when writing …" Damnit ! Fuckin pen slipped out of my hand and ran out of ink " . "Shit "!

oojason said:

Star Wars: Attack on the Death Star introduction on the Sharp X68000

https://twitter.com/ste_mega/status/1341419331813597184 (with 2 minute video - from the ‘3DO, PS1 & Atari Will’ account)
 

cool , reminds me a bit of the old Star Wars arcade game with the vector graphics .

whenever I click on a given discussion topic ,it takes me to replies from a few pages back ,or sometimes even the first page. Is this just me, or is anyone else experiencing this ? Is there a way to fix this so one gets to the most recent post in a thread ?

OutboundFlight said: I came onto the internet.

well , that Luke scene WAS exciting ! 😃

It’s not like they posted an image of todays episode ,it’s been over a week since the ones depicted here .

ChainsawAsh said:

I have a strong feeling we’re going to eventually learn that this episode was in the middle of production when the pandemic lockdowns hit.

^ This thought occurred to me today as well .

seeing Luke was a pleasant surprise ,though given all of the other characters added from The Clone Wars and Rebels this season ,I am a little surprised they went there this soon . I kept thinking the Darktroopers at the door to the bridge pounding on the door to the bridge was going to end it on a cliffhanger .Luke looked pretty good to me overall ,but I think they could have done a bit better . I think it was the outer edges of his hair and the shadows on his tunic that needed work the most .If they had went a lot darker with the background behind him ,I think it would have blended in better . And looking at where his hood meets his tunic when it is down , the shadows are a too black …there is light in shadows and reflective light on clothing . So ,put some light in the dark on the figure ,and some dark in the light and blend him into the background more ,and it would have been more seamless. They had already established the room on the destroyer that he was in ,so they had to go with that it seems .Still , I was able to look past all this and enjoy it ,and I do believe the technology will only get better . Now lets see some Legends movies outside the main continuity please. Marvel is doing a What If series ,so it seems feasible to me to have an alternate continuity with a branding “Legends” that already exists outside the main continuity in books etc . I would rather see them do this than the world between worlds angle .