SilverWook said:
And the museum curator is an old Naboo pilot who catches on pretty quick? ;)
Hm, I think Ric Olie fits that description pretty well. They should use Ric Olie as the curator!
ImperialFighter said:
The TMZ site sure seems to have a good 'source' at the moment... Anybody wanna glimpse of J.J.'s half-built MILLENNIUM FALCON? Well, here's 22 additional 'leaked' shots that also show a new style of 'X-Wing fighter' in it's very early stages, as well as more of the 'pig-creature' - http://www.tmz.com/2014/06/03/star-wars-episode-7-millennium-falcon-set-photos/
Can someone rehost to imgur?
Ryan McAvoy said:
Phreeow! Ford Prefect is gonna be in a Star Wars movie! ;-)
Pretty sure his name would be SoroSuub X-34 in that galaxy
Mondess122 said:
And is it just me, or does every film released these days feature at least one cast member from Game of Thrones?
It has a big cast.
No but don't you know? Everything was better in the past.
http://starwars.com/star-wars-episode-vii-adds-academy-award-winner-lupita-nyongo-and-game-of-thrones-gwendoline-christie.html
Lupita Nyongo, long rumored, and Gwendoline Christie, have joind the cast.
Tyrphanax said:
Okay. Stepping back a bit and being more objective...
The costume design (and the podracer bits) is a bit Prequel-y, I must admit. Just doing some comparisons with Tobar and there's a definite difference between OT and ST that leans more to the PT.
No matter what, this is a movie being designed by people in 2014, not 1987
Why would a loose NJO adaptation be a bad thing?
TV's Frink said:
Nah, it's more fun this way.
We could also use a script to delete your doubleposts
The Shade said:
It's difficult to tell how good the quality is; I see a lot of compression artifacts in the 2 videos.
Could they be reuploaded at with better compression?
We should write a script to post this reply every time they post a video
yoda-sama said:
Wait, easiest of the three, that must mean now we're NOT recreating the Jabba musical number verbatim with hand puppets? Nobody tells me nothin... Well, of course, it'll be a cakewalk to complete now...
I think you've confused Ady & Harmy
emanswfan said:
Tweaked settings:
In which Obi-wan's hair and skin become nearly one color
Does it shed new light on the DSII battle?
Meanwhile, back at the ranch
anyone. And then everyone died.
darklordoftech said:
The Republic using a predeccesor of the Imperial symbol. It shows that the Empire is the very Republic that Obi-Wan told Luke about.
Does the Imperial symbol even appear in the OT?
JEDIT: I am dumb. It's on all those helmets.
I'd like to state, for the record, that I love the Muppets and Jim Henson. The cartoon-ish looks great in certain contexts. Not sure that's the same context as EP7.
Related: This is my favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn49H3O0Jvk
HigHurtenflurst said:
timdiggerm said:
TheBoost said:
HigHurtenflurst said:
Klasodeth said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
Tyrphanax said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
HigHurtenflurst said:
When the Death Star fires at the MonCalamari ship, it always bothered me that the beam didn't just punch right through like it was made of paper and keep going. It can destroy a whole planet, so a ship shouldn't have stopped it... Maybe it could even take out another ship(s) in the background.
This is a good one. I've always thought the same, myself.
I believe the official explanation is that the second Death Star had a variable energy output so they could dial it down to destroy a ship, or dial it up to destroy a planet.
Something about that explanation just never sat right with me.
Why not? It doesn't make sense to use the full power of the superlaser just to blow up something as tiny as a capital ship. Reducing the power level in exchange for a faster rate of fire not only makes sense, but would also help explain why the Death Star in Star Wars spent 30 minutes traveling around Yavin to to get in range of the Rebel base instead of blowing up Yavin and then blowing up the Rebel base two minutes later.
Why not? Well because the only "official" explanation would be whatever is in the movie in the first place and not some fan-boy EU crap. The emperor says it's "fully armed and operational," and nobody says anything different. What you say makes 100% sense, but once the ship explodes the beam would have gone through. Visually it would be a much more dramatic demonstration of the beam's supposed power.
The official explanation IS the movie.
The Death Star can blow up a planet. It can also blow up a ship. This is totally clear in the film. It requires no further exposition in the film, nor any outside discussion.
YOU made up a rule "once the ship explodes the beam would have gone through" that doesn't fit with what's in the film. The film is not in error.
This is the correct answer. The DSII is depicted as having variable-strength firepower. That's not a crazy concept.
??? I must have missed something. Depicted how? In some EU account? There is no dialogue or discussion in the film to indicate that, (eg. "Fire at 1/4 strength, commander!"), the firing sequence as shown is IDENTICAL to ANH... You're just ASSUMING that's the case. FWIW, I totally agree with your logic about variable beam strength/anti ship weaponry, but in reality once a laser burns through a substance, it keeps right on going. But thank you for giving me credit for making up basic physics!
Oh true.
I hereby motion that fanedits use a different firing sequence (which, frankly, is a good idea anyway) to show that.
Surely the 6-->1 beam focusing setup confirms the presence of nifty focusing technology
m_s0 said:
On the other hand, Whitta's track record is downright horrifying to me.
Two whole films is not quite enough of a track record, particularly when one of them is known as decent and the other was probably terrible because it was a Jaden Smith vehicle.
DuracellEnergizer said:
One has to wonder how a superlaser fired from a battle station the size of the moon has such a narrow beam, though. You'd think such a beam would be thick enough to envelop and pass right through a conventionally-sized ship regardless of its overall intensity.
JEDIT: I think I just figured out what my problem with the Death Star II's beam blowing ships out of the sky is.
Turn down the power, the beam is narrower.
Over all, beautiful as expected. Two criticisms:
- Are the asteroids made of gunpowder?
- I'm not totally sold on that canyon. The bits closest to the camera look a bit plastic.
TheBoost said:
HigHurtenflurst said:
Klasodeth said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
Tyrphanax said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
HigHurtenflurst said:
When the Death Star fires at the MonCalamari ship, it always bothered me that the beam didn't just punch right through like it was made of paper and keep going. It can destroy a whole planet, so a ship shouldn't have stopped it... Maybe it could even take out another ship(s) in the background.
This is a good one. I've always thought the same, myself.
I believe the official explanation is that the second Death Star had a variable energy output so they could dial it down to destroy a ship, or dial it up to destroy a planet.
Something about that explanation just never sat right with me.
Why not? It doesn't make sense to use the full power of the superlaser just to blow up something as tiny as a capital ship. Reducing the power level in exchange for a faster rate of fire not only makes sense, but would also help explain why the Death Star in Star Wars spent 30 minutes traveling around Yavin to to get in range of the Rebel base instead of blowing up Yavin and then blowing up the Rebel base two minutes later.
Why not? Well because the only "official" explanation would be whatever is in the movie in the first place and not some fan-boy EU crap. The emperor says it's "fully armed and operational," and nobody says anything different. What you say makes 100% sense, but once the ship explodes the beam would have gone through. Visually it would be a much more dramatic demonstration of the beam's supposed power.
The official explanation IS the movie.
The Death Star can blow up a planet. It can also blow up a ship. This is totally clear in the film. It requires no further exposition in the film, nor any outside discussion.
YOU made up a rule "once the ship explodes the beam would have gone through" that doesn't fit with what's in the film. The film is not in error.
This is the correct answer. The DSII is depicted as having variable-strength firepower. That's not a crazy concept.
THE HIDDEN PLANET
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by "Jim Hensony" I think he means "cartoony". The cartoony aliens are one of the many things I don't like about ROTJ.