timdiggerm

sade1212 said:

The slow car chase was hilarious though; between episode 1 and 3 of this and his Mando episode, Rodriguez does seem to struggle with action scenes.

The crazy part about this, to me, is that supposedly he’s an action movie director! However, I have not seen his films, other than Spy Kids.

Yeah, not only does the gang look like they belong on a different planet in a different movie, but the car chase was lame, felt too staged. It was bad.

The rancor feels a little silly

Rodney-2187 said:

I wonder if the original actors are still around. Can you imagine being cut from the first Star Wars movie. I think it would be nice if they at least got cameos somewhere in Star Wars, even of they’re just sitting at a bar or something.

Koo Stark and Anthony Forrest are indeed both still around

I think the differences in the Tusken camp & costumes from AOTC are pretty easily explainable: Different tribe, different customs

I got the impression that the Tuskens had the kid take Boba & the Rodian out into the desert specifically to show them the swoopgang problem in their area.

Oh, here is a painting from the Rinzler Making Of book

Says it’s by Joe Johnston, June 1981. Would never have guessed it reached the maquette stage of development. Seems like a reasonable guess at the inspiration for ROS’s orbaks.

I came across this auction from last summer and was extremely surprised to see this:

What is that furry thing? What are any of those things?

This could almost fit into the small details thread, but I don’t think it’s particularly obscure.

I wonder why they (Kershner?) decided it was so important to make sure Lando demonstrated proper safety protocols by wearing a safety harness & clipping in when getting onto the Falcon’s roof and grabbing Luke under Cloud City. It’s also such a shame any shots of Lando actually on the roof of the Falcon grabbing Luke were cut.

True, but then he has to escape without the armor, and the armor has to get off of his body while he’s still inside the Sarlaac. I think an extended recovery period with the Sandpeople is more plausible.

I figure the timeline is as follows

• Fett is eaten by the Almighty Sarlaac
• Within a few weeks or even days, Fett kills and, or at least escapes the Almighty Sarlaac. He is badly injured, unconscious, dying on the sands from the deed.
• Jawas come for any useful scrap from the sail barge wreckage. They also strip the immobile and barely conscious Fett.
• Sandpeople find Fett and bring him home, caring for him until he recovers
• Recovery takes awhile

I was thinking more about this, and I wonder if the Executor’s demise is from before Black Friday. It is infamously not all that good looking, but maybe have been deemed to difficult to recreate. Purely speculative, but it’s the one part of the extant space battle footage that looks bad.

timdiggerm said:

Does it shed new light on the DSII battle?

I just used Google to see if anyone had ever made a thread about this book (which I still have not actually gotten a copy of), only to discover that I already asked the question I am presently wondering about… seven years ago.

The Star Wars At A Glance posts are particularly intriguing/illuminating here (specifically the end of the Y-Wing post, the B-Wing post, and “Unsung Heroes of the Battle of Endor”). You have to wonder if the elimination of Vivienne Chandler from the film is a result of Black Friday (and not having enough time to re-do all the effects for her role), or maybe her performance wasn’t that good (see also: Dermot Crowley’s reduced role as Crix Madine), or if the Battle was just way too long and bloated. Unfortunately, it’s probably impossible to discern the truth as it may be a mixture of the effects & bloat (like why they cut Jerjerrod’s moral dilemma).

Hal 9000 said:

Imply that Palpatine possessed Kylo Ren during the opening of TROS by dubbing over in his voice and removing Palpatine from the rest of the film.

Wait wait this is in the wrong thread

RU.08 is correct. No one should donate to this guy until he has a plan for scanning and has already purchased the print.

This is very intriguing. Do we think the show is pretty much all set on Tatooine, or will it only start there, then move elsewhere as the new Fett Corporation expands to fill the void left by Jabba’s demise?

fmalover said:

So far the only change that really irritates me about the movie is gender-swapping Doctor Kynes. I suspect it was done to increase the female presence, but that could have easily been fixed by including the Fremen widow (Harath I think is her name) that is placed under Paul’s care.

Yeah, but she doesn’t really do much that I can remember.

oojason said:

timdiggerm said:

JEDIT: After many years, I finally double-posted

 

Nice film titles, though 😃
 

They’re all just from Wikipedia!

I dunno, I liked Padme’s dad

JEDIT: After many years, I finally double-posted

Servii said:

timdiggerm said:

Star Wars
Star Wars 2: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Jedi
Star Wars 4: The Beginning
Star Wars 5: Jar Jar’s Great Adventure
Star Wars 6: The Creeping Fear
Star Wars 7: The Clone Wars
Star Wars 8: Shadow of the Empire
Star Wars 9: Underworld: Dark Times
Star Wars 10: Space Bear
Star Wars 11: Underworld 2
Star Wars 12: Duel of the Fates

Sign me right up for this timeline.

Star Wars 5: Jar Jar’s Great Adventure
Star Wars 6: The Creeping Fear

Also, why do I get the uneasy sense that these titles are connected to each other. The “creeping fear” being that Jar Jar is really the mastermind behind all this.

In case it wasn’t clear, I made up essentially none of those titles

Star Wars
Star Wars 2: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Jedi
Star Wars 4: The Beginning
Star Wars 5: Jar Jar’s Great Adventure
Star Wars 6: The Creeping Fear
Star Wars 7: The Clone Wars
Star Wars 8: Shadow of the Empire
Star Wars 9: Underworld: Dark Times
Star Wars 10: Space Bear
Star Wars 11: Underworld 2
Star Wars 12: Duel of the Fates

I would love this. I was disappointed (though understanding) when Ady cancelled his Prequels:Revisited plans, and similarly when Aalenfae’s prequel edits fell apart due to computer failure, which were something like what you’re envisioning. I think it’s been talked about before around here as well, particularly as regards using alternate takes of scenes, in the faint hope that alternate takes might suck less; I have my doubts.

Of course, it’ll never happen.

jedi_bendu said:

oojason said:

as well as seeing the Rebel Alliance slowly start to form.

I know I have a tendency to insufferably bang on about the series sometimes, but surely we already have Star Wars Rebels for this? It’s not quite the comprehensive guide as it focuses on one cell - Phoenix Squadron - through to the Alliance’s formation, leaving room for other stories, but at the same time I’d guess Andor won’t try to focus so much on the same aspect.

There’s some amount of market fragmentation (or whatever the right term is) to consider here. My wife has never watched an animated Star Wars show, but we’ll almost certainly watch this.

No, I think Mac’s right. Something important in the iconic visuals is lost in this new version of the shot. Sometimes the visual is more important.

Robert Rodriguez said:

Wait until you see what’s coming. It’s going to blow your mind. That’s all I can say. I can talk it up all I want, because I know it over-delivers. It way over-delivers. People are going to be so pumped when they see it.

This may be true, but surely this is also how he talks about every project?