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generalfrevious said:

Ok what about Jakku? I hope it isn't Tatooine all over again, much like John Harrison was Kahn all along. We've seen that planet five times already.

 I wonder if Jakku will turn out to be a sad story. Beautiful world, turned to desert from the fallout of the massive battle that littered its surface with wreckage.

Anchorhead said:

 That color balance...AHHHHHHHHHH!

You inadvertently distorted the image in a way that looking at it gives me a headache! Couldn't you have taken it in a way where the colars truly resembles those of the original trilogy, rather than the orange and blue prequels?

I worry that it takes visual focus away from the X-Wing

I haven't seen the video yet, but that still is wonderful.

vexedmedia said:

Any update soon would be perfect given the recent hype surrounding The Force Awakens!

 uh... I guess so?

msycamore said:

SilverWook said:

There was an expectation after ESB that Star Wars was going to go on long enough for the actors to grow old in their parts. Weird Al referenced this in his Yoda song.

Starlog magazine even made jokes about their early 21st century incarnation that would come on a computer disk, and feature an interview with an aged Mark Hamill in his Jedi Master costume on the set of the latest episode. They couldn't predict their own demise, alas.

Never heard or been aware of such expectations. As I recall, there was uncertainty Ford would even do a third one at the time, (the character arc of Solo was basically complete by the end of the second film and he hadn't yet signed for a third movie like Fisher and Hamill) reports were that Lucas would make SW movies out of sequence with completely different characters after the third one, even back then.

 It checks out

Weird Al said:

Well, I heard my friends really got in a mess
So I'm gonna have to leave Yoda I guess
But I know that I'll be coming back some day
I'll be playing this part 'till I'm old and gray

See that barely-filled hole between ESB and ROTJ?

There's hope for Xizor yet!

if that's a thing anyone wants, I guess...

digitalfreaknyc said:

I'm betting most people have never seen this before...
It was filmed September 12, 1978 at Fox studios.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buRGuDX8Oek

It's....quite somethin'.

Unfortunately someone has rudely pasted some letters across the video, obstructing my view.

Bingowings said:

It would be nice to see the Falcon start off as a chrome saucer thing in the Naboo mode and then get progressively more grungy on the outside and lose the shag pile on the inside until it's the 'piece of junk' we all love as seen in ANH.

 This has some nice potential when paired with replacing Padme's ship.

darklordoftech said:

EyeShotFirst said:

I think anything set in the Star Wars universe could be entertaining if done right. Bounty hunters, smugglers, pilots, soldiers, mercs, cantina bartenders, and so on and so forth could make for a hell of an interesting film. Hell, you could do a real gritty film about civilian life during the Imperial takeover and it would be just as interesting.

Indeed. There's more to the Star Wars universe than Star Wars movies. After all, Thor is set in the same universe as Iron Man but isn't an Iron Man movie.

True, but they're both "Marvel Cinematic Universe" movies.

ben_danger said:

I was wondering a while back if a younger cleaner Millenium Falcon could replace the Royal Starship in TPM. It would take a tonne of rotoscoping obviously, but you could introduce some new characters who would have just docked there when the droids show up.

 It's either that or have it replace the Republic Cruiser at the beginning. And then have it not get blown up.

It is complicated.

This might be eligible for Worst Edit Ideas, but...

Is there any way we can make the 6-movie saga "The Adventures of People in The Millennium Falcon"?

Official Star Wars Twitter Account said:

A band of resistance fighters unite for a daring mission to steal the Death Star plans in Star Wars anthology film, Rogue One

http://twitter.com/starwars/status/589857369322037249

eiyosus said:

emanswfan said:

Here's some 4K shots from the new teaser, including the IMAX shots uncropped.

http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-star-wars-episode-vii-force-awakens-hires-stills-4k-imax-format-74958/

 Nice!  Zooming in shows that the silver stormtrooper dude is standing behind the guy on stage at the big stormtrooper rally.  Not that special, but it's something.

 Also, that's a guy on stage, not Leia.

towne32 said:

I shot first said:

Akton said:

Just wanted to add that I also love the unabashedly un-pc tack they've taken in eschewing the mealy mouthed vaguery currently in vogue by announcing the film will be released not "This Holiday Season," but rather "This Christmas," just how the first film would have been advertised if it had met its original release date in December 1976. But then, I love pretty much any show of defiance against 21st Century America's despicable repudiation of Christmas as a cultural touchstone.  

 Great point. And I could not agree with you more. I'm surprised I didn't even think about this when seeing it the first time. Love it.

I hope they go one further and give Jesus a god damn cameo. They'll probably just try to be all PC and make it Life Day, again.

 Fact: The Star Wars Holiday Special first aired on November 17, 1978. It was, at best, a Thanksgiving event, although it aired the weekend *before* the holiday.

Anyway, you're wrong in thinking that no one says movies are coming out on Christmas because of PC culture or whatever.

2014: The Interview, Unbroken

ALSO, now that I'm spending so much time writing this post, where the heck did you see "Christmas"? The trailer says "December"

Anchorhead said:

Regarding some of the state of The Empire thoughts;

I tend to err on the side of believing they didn't fall because an emperor and his counterpart were killed when one base was destroyed.  That sort of thing has happened in real life plenty and the regimes and countries are still alive & well, as well as remaining a threat. Not uncommon on a single planet, certainly possible in a galaxy.

Have there been any theories in the nerdosphere of there being a twist where we're seeing a restructured Empire?  Not so much a rebirth as a shift and restructuring to a more aggressive power?

What about the figure addressing the troopers being Leia?

 It's certainly possible. According to all the signs on the costumes at Celebration, it's not "The Empire", it's "The First Order", so take that to mean...whatever you want I guess.

Also the X-Wings are working for "The Resistance"

Harmy said:

And the VFX shots reminded me of this video by MVerta about VFX shots grounded in reality, which was a hallmark of the original movies. The crazy camera moves, while cool, just don't read as reality. It looks sort of incogruent with not only the original movies but, from what we've seen so far, also with the live action in this new movie.

What about http://youtu.be/xPZigWFyK2o?t=313 ?

Are you saying your avatar currently depicts an animal?

Harmy said:

Chewie looks really weird too.

 Really? I thought they got it right.

towne32 said:

Are Celebration related details fair game for this thread? It will be kind of frustrating if all of the new images and details are only being discussed in the same thread where it's okay to mention which characters are rumored to die/not die/ be each others great grandparents/whatever.

For those who aren't even watching trailers or Celebration-released things, they should start a "PURIST NO SPOILER THREAD" thread

They actually got Chewie to look like Chewie! Look at that!

Frink's new avatar rule is great btw

ray_afraid said:

I'm in.

 I'm with you, too!

After some consideration, I'd like to change my to to "Maybe", but I'd really like the "For" party to explain what kind of moderation they want. Specifics.

Bingowings said:

Lucas is a legend, and a film maker.

Kubrick is a legendary film maker.

They both have beards.

Each made at least one film taking place in space.