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#321832
Topic
George Lucas's Interview with Seth MacFarlane (from the Family Guy DVD)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/321832/action/topic#321832
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Oh thank you!

 

I've been meaning to look these interviews up for ages ever since the dvd was released. You reminded me and save me the hassle all in one go. Kudos.

 

Good interview on Seth’s behalf. I don’t think I’ve actually heard his real voice before, initially it made me laugh because I thought he was taking the piss.

 

I think it’s always been obvious George doesn’t watch the movies that often, which is fine after living them for so many years. But you think he’d consult them before making new ones or changing old ones, unless it was just a passing remark and we are reading too much into it.

 

When Lucas is talking about having a tivo full of FG and having never bought the dvds and Seth remarks (beautifully I might add) well I bought all the Star Wars dvds, does George then say “Well you can go out and buy them all again”?.

 

That’s what I heard, and I then burst out in laughter. Not the good laughter. A more sick, desperate laughter. Its purpose to prevent my head from exploding. 

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#321527
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Discussion: Awful Star Wars Collectibles
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/321527/action/topic#321527
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Not exactly star wars but these were so bad I had to post them:

Business card holder

http://shop.indianajones.com/kernel/imageload?table=cat_images;ttl2=15;key1=1221578_f;key2=-100_f

Paper Clip holder (wtf!!!)

http://shop.indianajones.com/kernel/imageload?table=cat_images;ttl2=15;key1=1221570_f;key2=-100_f

and the Pen holder

http://shop.indianajones.com/kernel/imageload?table=cat_images;ttl2=15;key1=1221562_f;key2=-100_f

Who would actual use this garbage on their desk. I'm pretty forgiving when it comes to this kind of stuff (especially when there is so much SW crap) because... each to their own. But I howled with laughter when I saw this stuff, especially the paper clip holder (which by the way is magnetized!!1!11)

I'm not a religious person but keeping your paper clips in the Cup of Christ (I know it's just a movie) just seems..... wrong. Oh God this is making me chuckle (no pun intended) ;)
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#320820
Topic
Crystall Skull has GL's fingerprints all over it
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/320820/action/topic#320820
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Easy.

Pay it no attention, I suspect frustrations with Lucas and his prefered techniques (overuse of cgi) are being taken out on the newbie.

Besides I like his/her av, though it is contradictory to their arguement.

skyjedi2005 said:

You probably were not even born yet....


I'd hope so, I wouldn't know what a 25+ year old would be doing in High School ;)
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#318264
Topic
Oh yeah!!! Lucas...clueless as ever.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/318264/action/topic#318264
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When you were here at ShoWest three years ago, you talked about converting all six of the Star Wars films into 3-D. Is that something that's still going forward?
GEORGE LUCAS: It's still on. It's just that, technically, it's a much harder thing to pull off than we thought. So we've been working on how to get it done — we're still in the middle of R&D, so to speak. But we're getting closer now. The field [of 3-D] is opening up a little bit. It's a hard thing because it takes a lot of talented people — like, 100 or 150 — and since it's a craft that nobody's been trained to do before, it's a little tricky. So it's hard. But it'll get there.



That's from March 2008. I think it supports what you read.

They're still in the R&D phase. I don't see this happening for a long time. Maybe they'll pull the plug all together if the costs become too great.
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#318152
Topic
State of the Trilogy/ annual SW depression
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/318152/action/topic#318152
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skyjedi2005 said:

just for that i vote a boycott for the new dvd's if this is on there.



The new dvd's are the same as the old 2003 release.

This looks like its only a part of the HD version so far. Not a good sign if you're looking forward to a Blu-Ray release.

I've been following the discussion of at the raider.net and this is the first I've seen in regards to a screencap.

It doesn't look bad, but I ask why bother. None of the effects in any Indy movie (talking about the first 3 here) are bad. There's some dodgy matte lines and bluescreen work but it's a product of their time. We are not talking about new films.

Have Temple of Doom and Last Crusade also aired in HD in the U.S?

I'm guessing there is no changes to them if they have. Which makes this single change even more odd.
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#318026
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Oh yeah!!! Lucas...clueless as ever.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/318026/action/topic#318026
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I don't see this happening.

Other than Spielberg's giant crush on Le Beouf he's too smart to do this. He's also a busy guy, he's doing the Chicago (7?) movie + Tin Tin + his Lincoln biopic. In addition to it only taking 19 years to get the latest Indy movie made and George saying this was his last 'Macguffin', if they didn't use this idea he had no more left.

Also would Ford be willing to take a back seat? Would his ego prevent it or would he be just happy for the work?

Besides I'm more concerned with the quality of the 4th installment right now than a theoretical part 5. Maybe cautious is the right word.

Has this already been posted? I think its very appropriate to this topic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPzDjaA03ts

edit: We all know how George often talks out of his ass. This will happen around the time Star Wars Episode 12 is released.

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#316942
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Info: Cool or Unusual Star Wars Collectibles
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316942/action/topic#316942
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Ok time to post some cool Star Wars collectibles.

In the last few days in Japan the latest Star Wars Kubricks series 8 was released. Unfortunately it is based on the PT (TPM specifically) after 7 series and numerous other sets based soley on the OT with a big nod to the Vintage Kenner Star Wars line.

These are from the previous series, series 7, released at the end of 2006. Each series has 6 kubricks and a few 'secret' or 'chase' figures.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/2858/spiritanakinfrontmm4.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/5494/jedianakinfrontrx5.jpg

The ghost Anakin is from the regulars while the other vintage kenner-esque (flesh) Anakin is a chase.

I though it was appropriate to mention when series 7 came out because it is after Lucas' alterations to ROTJ.

A very cool OOT collectible in an age where everything is saga-fied.

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#316450
Topic
Why is the GOUT not anamorphic?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316450/action/topic#316450
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Erikstormtrooper said:

I believe Steve Sansweet discussed the issue at a fan conference in 2006 (possibly ComicCon?). There used to be a video of it online somewhere. He basically tried to discredit the criticisms, saying that the transfer on the GOUT was very good, and that only a very small number of people were making a big deal out of really tiny black lines that you could only see if you look real close......



If someone could supply a link to this or point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.

I've done the virtualdub re-author thing too. At the moment it's my version of choice. I prefer it very much over having to sit through the SE.
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#316135
Topic
New 'The Clone Wars' movie trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316135/action/topic#316135
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C3PX said:

Yeah, so Anakin will have to participate in another podrace in order to get money that is worth something, he'll meet up with Watto to discover that he has rebuild Anakin's old pod (the one that was smashed up from the last race he had prior to EP.I), since Watto feel bad about selling Ani's mom to some crazy old man who lives out in the middle of nowhere..............


Why would he do that? He'd use the same podracer as he did to win in Ep1. "That's crazy, Qui-Gon sold that podracer" I hear you say. Well George Lucas doesn't remember shit like that.

....He's too busy having money fights and playing with his computers. (j/k)

Actually I can't believe I remember shit like that.

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#316133
Topic
Clone Wars doc's
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316133/action/topic#316133
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http://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/video-streaming-recording

The section of that website I linked to has a list of programs that can record streaming from webpages. If none of the 14 programs are applicable check out more programs in the Tools section. Its a very good resource.

I'd say the odds are against you. Chance are the reason it's not on youtube is because no one was able to rip it.
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#315995
Topic
New 'The Clone Wars' movie trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315995/action/topic#315995
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Uh Duh...

Prior to writing my last post I did think about the last scene is ESB and even watched it. Lando says "When we find Jabba the Hutt and that bounty hunter we'll contact you" and didn't mention Tatooine that was enough for me and I must have zoned out.

Oh well that answers my question. That probably indicates at least the direction of where the story was heading in '79. And considering the deleted scene from SW in George's mind Jabba was on Tatooine.

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#315993
Topic
New 'The Clone Wars' movie trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315993/action/topic#315993
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Off on a slight tangent... It has nothing to do with the Clone Wars but I didn't want to start a new topic and it has to do with Jabba the Hutt and Tatooine.

I was thinking about some peoples criticism of ROTJ, something that I've only learnt about in the the last few years, that it's too much of a rehash of SW with the second Death Star etc, this had never occured to me previously.

Anyway previous to 1982 was there anything in the SW universe to suggest that Jabba the Hutt was a crime boss on Tatooine? Apart from the Jabba deleted scene from SW which places him on Tatooine.

I was thinking it was a curious decision to have Luke return home in ROTJ to rescue Han. Could the story have been as easily as written having Jabba a gangster of some other random lawless planet. And Greedo having tracked Solo across the galaxy to some backwater planet called Tatooine in SW.

Like I said it's just a curiosity. I still love ROTJ despite its few flaws. The Jabba's Palace/ Tatooine stuff was always one of my favourite parts of the trilogy as a kid. Nothing excites the inner child in me quite like Luke igniting his new lightsaber for the first time
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#315858
Topic
New 'The Clone Wars' movie trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315858/action/topic#315858
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zombie84 said:

The thing about the Vintage Edit's is that they are SD. That was fine in 2006, but I think a true "preservation" should be HD, because not only is that competitive with the SE version available, but its the highest quality and truely does preserve the films in a form that will basically be permanent (ie not upgraded; I suppose in the future if there is a new master of the SE with improved coloring and black levels then that would be a better start source, or if there is a BluRay with improved compression, but otherwise I think a HD-based OOT from the current HD masters is, relatively speaking, a safe and permanent master that won't be made obsolete).

Not only that, the 2004 DVD's are not the best source for an SD version--SWRevisited shows what an improvement a custom HD-downconversion can do.

I am of course being nitpicky. But as you said, if you are going to do it, do it right.


I edited my previous post, but did so before you made yours. As far as I'm aware the Vintage Edits are HD sourced (well at least SW is, not sure about ESB).

Considering the source material out there, what Paulisdead is doing is the best one could hope for. We'll at least it's the best I'm hoping for.

edit: I wanted to add I think Adywan's Revisited is awesome. I haven't seen it but have seen what he's done. I think it's what the special edition sholud be.
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#315857
Topic
New 'The Clone Wars' movie trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315857/action/topic#315857
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No not really, the OT doesn't get old for me.

I'm not much of a Star Wars fan in a modern sense. Maybe I'm more of a film enthusiast and Star Wars just happens to be one of my favourite films.

The last SW products I purchased were the 06 dvd's and the Lego Star Wars OT video game. Lego Star Wars the complete trilogy was recently given to me as a gift (I did want it). Ocassionally I pick up some merchandise here and there, mainly stuff from Japan.

And that serves me just fine. Personally I'm not boycotting anything. I'm not all of a sudden going to starting reading comic books, I've never purchased a comic in my life. Novels never interested me because ironically the stories never came from Lucas. So on and so on.

People have different tastes. I'm not interested in it. For those that are, who am I to approve or disapprove of it.
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#315852
Topic
New 'The Clone Wars' movie trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315852/action/topic#315852
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Johnboy3434 said:

Not necessarily the SE, but Star Wars products in general. Books, comics, collectible drinking cups ("Meesa thirsty!"), etc.

You know, I would laugh so frickin' hard if he included the '97 SE's as special features on the Blu-Ray release, but left out the OOT.


Now this just serves to confuse me even more.

Are you saying if Lucasfilm doesn't release the OOT, eventually those fans holding out for the OOT will start buying ancillary products instead?

Why would that be the case?
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#315851
Topic
New 'The Clone Wars' movie trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315851/action/topic#315851
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I once thought as you guys did, until I started poking around in the preservations forum.

To do a complete de-volving of the SE's it takes more than lifting out a few shots and scenes.

The biggest thing is to restore the colours of the OOT using the 04 dvds. As explained here with some screenshot comparisons.
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Auto-correction-from-SE-colours-to-GOUT-colours/topic/6732/

The biggest example of this is removing the blue tint from ESB. This also serves to match the 04 dvd footage with the GOUT footage.

Little things like the realignment of horizons in SW I could live with out but the people undertaking these projects are pretty thorough. If you're going to do it you might as well do it properly. There's even a few SE things from SW I'd leave in but I don't have the tools or know how.

The things some people have done like removing the cg Rontos (sp?) from Mos Eisley is incredible. Even things like restoring the lighsaber blade colours.

Paulisdead's Vintage edits are the projects I'm watching closest.

They can be read about here:

SW Vintage Edit: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-The-Vintage-Edit/topic/8069/page/1/

ESB Vintage Edit: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Empire-Strikes-Back-The-Vintage-Edit/topic/7634/

I recommend checking them out, even to just look at the screenshots. It's amazing.

To quickly summarise, ESB was the first project he tackled. It's not perfect and in the future he wants to do a v2.0. SW is the one he's working on at the moment but is not yet finished. I guess ROTJ will follow next.

edit: And as far as I know Paulisdead is using HD broadcasts as his source.

If I've made any mistakes please correct me as I'm mearly a lay-man.
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#315820
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New 'The Clone Wars' movie trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315820/action/topic#315820
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Speaking for myself I don't assume eveyone here hates the PT and EU. I know there are posters here that are into it. And that's fine. From time to time arguments can get a little one sided. So a differing opinion can be refreshing.

I only ever offered my opinion. I would have liked the new 'Clone Wars' series to have been the PT (as animated film not as a tv series). I might not have worked but I might have dug it. But the PT is done and depending on your opinion so too is the clone wars. Which is why I'm not into this tv series.