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I don't think anyone has ever built a good C3P0 costume. I certainly haven't found such a thing online... but maybe I haven't looked hard.

Well, I'll believe it when I see it.

none said:

A promotional patch to throw off onlookers.

...by using Star Wars font.

doubleofive said:

Can you imagine if someone tried to piece together the plots from the prequels based on pictures like this?

"He's walking in front of a blue screen... He takes his lightsaber out and swings it around, then continues walking..."

Having been a regular TFN and VirtualEdition reader during the Prequels, I can confirm that it was much like that. Thankfully some info did leak, over time, and so you could start to figure things out.

If any of you are unfamiliar with the Virtual Edition, I strongly recommend you check out http://virtualedition.net/ . They're slowly working on writing and illustrating their own Sequel Trilogy, but the really fascinating stuff is their "Virtual Editions" of the prequels. They were updated over time, so you'll probably find them a little more accurate than you'd expect as dialogue became available through trailers, but it's pretty fascinating to see what spy reports and photos plus photoshop could give you, before each prequel was released. Here's their version of TPM.

By the way, the title of this thread is a little silly. I never thought they didn't film the Barge scenes, you know?

Unfortunately, I think that amount of deviation from the plot would require significant exposition which we can't really make any characters do.

slight changes to Jabba who is now digitally expressive.

This is new, but not surprising.

Questions:

1. Why does Threepio sneak down to the planet if he's a TF droid? It might work better to make him the Jedi's droid, not replacing the TF Welcome Party. (Note: This might make "Nice to see a familiar face" in ESB a little funnier, if you get what I mean?) If they're ambassadors, why shouldn't they have a protocol droid?
2. How do they get from the swamp to the city, if they don't visit Otoh Gunga at all?
3. If we're talking about no gungans, when/where/how/why is the Padme/Amidala thing revealed effectively?

Jaitea said:

wonder if the whole Dermot shot will be an extra on the BD

Well, it hasn't been on any of the lists we've seen. :-/

I'm hoping we can compile some fair reviews by knowledgeable folks like Hairy (sound), Ady (picture) and whoever else you think would be the exact right people to comment on relevant issues with the discs, after they're released. I mean no offense to those who have been saying things so far, but there would be far more value in having a collection of reviews of the actual, confirmed releases.

And yes 005, that's exactly the case.

Sounds like a call for full-assed effort to me!

I think it might require a Threepio costume and a greenscreen... but yeah, it is actually doable.

And a really great idea.

LegendaryPOO said:

Why complain about the matte lines anyway? Arent you wanting the video to look as close to the original product as possible? Removing the matte lines will mean more tinkering, which everyone is complaing about. Im so confused by the indecision about fixing stuff and leaving it the way it was.

This is a central tension around here. The best way of explaining it, as near as I can figure, is to say that there are two main thoughts:

1. The Originals need to be released in high-quality scans worthy of the historically important and really great films that they are.

2. If you're going to do a Special Edition, which is pretty understandable given the modern viewing audience and wanting things to be a little more consistent across all 6 movies, at least do a good and thorough job.

Folks around here think Lucas has done neither. Not everyone agrees with #2, but many do. They're not mutually exclusive goals, either, because he could certainly release both.

Here in Baltimore, MD, we sure did feel it.

TV's Frink said:

^Fanedits to the rescue.

The guy/girl was hit by a poison dart. I don't see why poison darts couldn't do that to your face, in Star Wars.

DuracellEnergizer said:

 

theprequelsrule said:

Empire is a better movie, but Star Wars was the best Star Wars movie.

There's something about this statement that makes me feel like I'm seeing an impossible object in word form.

 

He's drawing a distinction between two systems of judgment. By the rules of "What makes a good movie?", Empire is better. By the rules of "What makes a good Star Wars movie?", Star Wars is better.

Above all, remember that although concepts like the rule of thirds should certainly inform, framing shots is ultimately an art.

I'm aware of the rule of thirds, but not every shot needs to obey it. There's something really, really great about the centered pod ejection shot, and not just because it's classic Star Wars, first effects shot they filmed, etc.

I do think that this shot is actually much better centered.

The greatest contraction is for "You all will have"

Y'all'll've

I really do prefer the uncropped.

Erikstormtrooper said:

Also, he mentioned that most deleted scenes are in HD, except for those shot on analog video. Which deleted scenes could possibly be analog video? Why would they even shoot in analog in the first place?

The scene with Vader that was reused/dubbed for the Holiday Special may only have been available anymore from the Holiday Special. Not sure what they'd do about the audio.

Jacobss said:

There are also some sad things:

Q:  Was there any thought given to archiving previous tracks like the 6-track master from the 70mm prints or the 78 mono remix?  Any thought given to putting them on the Blu-ray?

A:  Yes, we have those and they’ve all been digitized.  I don’t know if they considered putting those on the Blu-ray.  That might be more of a question for Marketing, it may be an issue of space.  It’s funny because I play those other audio tracks, like the scene when R2 and C3PO have been left on Tatooine and they walk through the canyon.  I just love that on the current mix, you can actually hear the quiet, when R2 is lonely, going through the canyon.  I played the original mix and it’s FULL of hiss and totally brittle, so it’s fun now to hear it like George wanted it to really be, what was intended.

So they have the restored 1977 70mm sound. Now all we need is that they scan the original elements from the negative, incorporate them into SE negative and release it on BD with lossless sound. Sadly, this will probably never happen.

I figure they'll do the OT-release eventually, and the original sound is for that.

I guess I was thinking that most of the frame would be from the HD source and only the very edges, the cropped part, would be the SD

Oh, something I've been wondering...

Any chance of uncropping the Falcon cockpit shots, like how Harmy has done certain things?

none said:

Some answers have come back from the Home Theater Forum questions:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/313950/chance-to-talk-to-lucasfilm-about-the-new-star-wars-blu-rays-what-do-you-want-to-know/60

• "Humdinger Glitch"? Check 
• Color timing?  Check

Well, these certainly remain to be seen.