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timdiggerm

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#724713
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Plot Hole in The Empire Strikes Back Discovered
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As much as I usually hate overexplaining fiction...

With sublight engines pushing for long enough, the Falcon achieves near c flight. A week passes on board the Falcon, while Luke trains with Yoda for months. Boba follows long enough to figure out their course, and can easily predict when they'll arrive. The Empire, thus, arrives just before the Falcon.

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#724341
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Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI Despecialized Edition HD - V3.1
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Hostmaster said:

pittrek said:

Is there any chance you might return to your plan to do Episode 1?

Partner there's already a WIP project of the prequels in 35mm ;-)

http://originaltriloy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Prequels-35mm-4K-Filmized-Editions-by-Emanswfan-New-clip-coming-soon/topic/15033/

 I think he just means cutting out the air-taxi?

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#723503
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Plot Hole in The Empire Strikes Back Discovered
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Mavimao said:

Ion cannons were used on certain ships in the Roque Squadron games. They could momentarily disable certain things like laser cannons. in retrospect, they were actually pretty crappy weapons because it was easier to just hit whatever with actual lasers and freakin blow it up. 

 Same with the X-Wing games. Useful when you wanted to capture and/or board an enemy vessel.

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#722556
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4K restoration on Star Wars
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doubleofive said:

These are all coming from the same source, well, lack of source. At this point, I won't believe anything that doesn't come directly from StarWars.com.

 A very reliable source named KenralyShadow told me that in the new 4K-sourced SuperSpecial Editions, Luke's hand will be shown falling out of Cloud City and landing on a passing freighter which then carries it into space. Later, when Vader loses his hand, it will fall past the DSII reactor, land on the Falcon as it passes through, and be carried away from the explosion safely. When Lando takes the Falcon in towards the Forest Moon, the hand will fall off and drift away into space. After the dancing celebration, we'll see Vader's hand bump into Luke's hand. The two hands clasp and float away into the void, which is right where we'll find them when SW7 opens.

At least the final shot of ROTJ won't be the happy clappy group photo anymore!

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#722538
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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KraytsRevenge said:

timdiggerm said:

Guys, it's only actually creepy if Luke & Leia know they're siblings... which they don't. It's maybe sorta creepy if the viewer knows? Maaaaybe? But I'm hoping in the Revisited saga, the viewer won't.

Any speeding it up would only introduce weird sped-up-ness.

 I dunno man that's how I get over the fact that it's in the original but if we're getting what may be the definitive version of the trilogy then we can go without any incesty-type-stuff. And I should have clarified that I don't mean just speeding up the film, but using that as well as other editing tricks to make the kiss shorter in general.

 There is a love triangle in the original trilogy which is only resolved by Obi-wan revealing that two of the people in the triangle are siblings. It's okay for that to be in a movie.

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#721999
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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dan76 said:

timdiggerm said:

dan76 said:

I don't like either of the new stormtrooper designs really. Why do these have to be updated, we don't want R2-D2 to look any different, or sleak Star Destroyers. These are iconic designs and can just be reused.

If they kept it the same, we'd all complain about how "OH COME ON are you telling me NOTHING changed in 30 years???"

Maybe, but as I said, R2 units have looked the same since the prequels, so I don't see a problem. 

Obviously in "real life" things are up graded and evolve in a design sense so it would be more realistic, but the trade off is we won't have the visual element that made the original films so great.

It's just a personal opinion, I want to see old stuff in the new movie so that at least it looks like Star Wars. Nothing can beat the original stormtrooper, they're great.

 Militaries change their uniforms fairly frequently. You won't find any US soldiers in Iraq wearing the same stuff as in WW2, Korea or Vietnam, and it's not just because the camo is a different color. Droids, meanwhile, are perhaps more like cars. As such, although it happens from time to time, it's getting rare to see one of these on today's streets - And Artoo may be a similar rarity in the Sequel Trilogy. On the other hand, droids may have somewhat longer operational lifespans, but the analogy is probably close enough.

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#721991
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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dan76 said:

I don't like either of the new stormtrooper designs really. Why do these have to be updated, we don't want R2-D2 to look any different, or sleak Star Destroyers. These are iconic designs and can just be reused.

If they kept it the same, we'd all complain about how "OH COME ON are you telling me NOTHING changed in 30 years???"

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#721632
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Conventions
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WedgeCyan said:
confiscate our non-sanctioned versions of the movies.

Confiscate our digital files which have been distributed via public computer networks? Oh no!

AntcuFaalb said:

timdiggerm said:

I don't really know what we'd do if we were all in one place.

e.g., watch a few fanedits and a few preservations on a big screen; attend a talk by Adywan|Harmy|Poita|Team_Negative1; attend an Adobe AfterEffects speed-tutorial; count petition signatures with pat man; check out booths publicizing new fanedits and preservations; meet TV's Frink; be a part of a short movie documenting the convention; .

 I just realized we can't meet until Jay builds his own convention center.