timdiggerm

I definitely feel like there should be more than one Clone War.

Baronlando said:

Did they play Victory Celebration at the big ongoing Star Wars concert thing?  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_In_Concert

Nope!

And honestly, given that they can only feasibly do one finale, I'm not surprised. Though I would have done Victory Celebration/End Credits w/ a hybrid end credits that finishes the way the ROTS OST (but not film) credits track runs (ie ending w/ Throne Room).

Tyrphanax said:

timdiggerm said:

Tyrphanax said:

The markings on the capsule are completely new and don't match up with any Star Wars written language, which is part of why this picture excites me so much; was this supposed to be the original Star Wars language, before Aurebesh?

Aurebesh's first appearance was ROTJ in 83, right? And even then, it's not really the same aurebesh as the more modern codification.

Anyway, keep in mind that the same film has English letters on screens, particularly the Tractor Beam controls.

Yes and yes; if I remember correctly, by modern connotation, the "Aurebesh" in Jedi "translates" to gibberish, but all Aurebesh after Jedi "translates" into English.

The English in the rest of Star Wars is exactly why I find the markings on the capsule so interesting, because it makes me wonder if they were initially going to use those markings as the alphabet and then changed it so it would be readable for viewers, and then changed it again for Jedi; or if the markings are even supposed to be "letters".

I'm very okay with a universe with several alphabets.

And oh wow, decoding the Holiday Special alphabets. Amazing.

TServo2049 said:

 I'm not even sure if these images will look to you the way they look to me.

You can be sure that they won't.

CP3S said:

georgec said:

...it all just seems so...inconsequential.

When I hear people arguing about sports, what this guy said, what that guy said, etc., it just seems like such a waste of time. I think the culture of sports is extremely bloated. Watching a bit of a game here and there is fun, but anything beyond that doesn't interest me now.

Rant over.

Yay! Guys like me and the Gaffertape are generally made to feel like aliens our entire lives because we don't get into sports. It is kind of refreshing to see someone who was once into sports "get it" and start to see things the way we have always seen them. It just feels like a bunch of inconsequential crap used to sell lots of stuff.

One thing I honestly dread about meeting new people is that I know the sports question is always going to come up.

"What's your name?"

"C3PX"

"Cool. Who's your team?"

"Uhh, never really got much into sports, to be honest"

*Baffled look* *Alert stance* *Cautious tone of voice as if speaking to someone who is clearly a lunatic who could snap and kill you at any moment* "Really?! How come?" (seriously, this question almost always happens. Nobody can hear someone say they are not into sports and just leave it at that, they have to figure out what the hell is wrong with you by pressing the issue and trying to get to the bottom of things. I am not even kidding or exaggerating in the least.)

 

I've gotten to the point where I almost feel guilty when I say I am not into sports. Like I am being rude or difficult. Especially where I live now where people, sadly, have very little else they want to talk about. I feel like I am pushing people away, or telling them that their go to bridge for arbitrarily relating to strangers is, in my case, nothing more than a sheer drop into a gaping ravine. My dad, who has always for the most part felt the same way about sports as me, fakes it. He'll read the local college team's scores online along with any important highlights from the last big game so he can use it to make small talk with people and built rapport. Feels somewhat disingenuous to me, but I can see why he does it. Commercialized sports have become such a deep, embedded part of our culture, and when you don't embrace that aspect of our culture, it can be very hard to find common ground with those around you.

From the other perspective though, someone who's just met is hoping to make small talk (an important part of any social interaction, especially when you've just met) and picks what, statistically speaking, has been a very dependable small talk topic. Uh....shoot, now what to talk about? Plus, if you don't know many people who aren't into sports, it would seem strange.

You probably exaggerate when you say that they immediately suspect you of being ready to murder, and exaggeration never helped anybody come to a peaceful understanding of one another.

And, if it matters, I'm saying all this as a person who doesn't follow sports.

Easterhay said:

I'm just amazed that zombie didn't know there were three Prune Faces in ROTJ. I spotted that ages ago and I don't even have a book out :)

Who knew that Prunefaces qualify as Double-Secret History!

Tyrphanax said:

The markings on the capsule are completely new and don't match up with any Star Wars written language, which is part of why this picture excites me so much; was this supposed to be the original Star Wars language, before Aurebesh?

Aurebesh's first appearance was ROTJ in 83, right? And even then, it's not really the same aurebesh as the more modern codification.

Anyway, keep in mind that the same film has English letters on screens, particularly the Tractor Beam controls.

Yeah, everything I've ever seen about what's what on an ISD has said that's part of the reactor.

Baronlando said:

It's funny, I thought the end music from phantom menace made a better bookend

Just remember that's its the Emperor's theme in a different key.

SS4DarthPayne said:

2) Victory Celebration has never been released as a stand-alone song, correct? It is only part of the 8 minute, 34 second Victory Celebration/End Title track on both the 1997 and 2004 soundtrack releases, correct? For example seen here: LINK I believe it is about the first 2:24 or so.

Listening to my ripped copy of the soundtrack and comparing with the 2011 blu, there appears to be a short pause between the build up at the end of the Celebration and the start of the credits music that does not exist in the film. So, really, all you need to do is open the track up in an audio editor (Audacity, Goldwave, etc) and making it two separate tracks would be easy.

The Sarlacc is not the point of the Sarlacc Battle. The Sarlacc is not there to be terrifying. It's there to provide a situation conducive to the escape. Jabba and his henchmen, pathetic though they may be, are the adversary. 

mrbenja0618 said:

These sarlaac ideas are interesting, but which CG wizard here is going to make this happen? Not trying to be a naysayer, but I'm really curious on the hows. 

Obviously Adywan will construct a fully articulated go-motion bigature, then add CGI mucus in post.

ben_danger said:

If the battle was not in a sandy region of tatooine, but more of a rocky chasm, the sarlac could be in some sort of deep cave, and climb out for a big reveal.

Runs the danger of becoming a rehash of ESB's cave, though.

Wolfman said:

 

Oh there's not just one pruneface! There are three. And here is a gallery documenting what, as far as I know, are their only appearances:  http://imgur.com/a/h4zdJ 

 

A Prune Face appears at the Rebel celebration, dancing in front of an Ewok hut.

http://imgur.com/B6oPU

Gasp! You're right!

msycamore said:

Bingowings said:

I still have this nagging suspicion that the Prune Faces actually came form an attempt to depict the Emperor with a one piece mask.

If you look at some of the depictions of him in storyboards for ROTJ he looks less skeletal and old and more simian and alien.

Interesting, there's definitely a likeness between them. Where does this Prune Face show up in ROTJ? I only recall the action figures...

Oh there's not just one pruneface! There are three. And here is a gallery documenting what, as far as I know, are their only appearances: http://imgur.com/a/h4zdJ

Incidentally, checkout this wideshot of the briefing room, a slightly different frame than the one in the pruneface gallery. There are red, orange, green and possibly even blue (center, right in front of Madine) flight uniforms visible. And who are those aliens in the upper left?

No, it's totally reasonable. There's plenty of outcry among Trek fans about this.

Not sure what's up w/ the extra shot in the Japanese trailer. I mean it's obviously a WoK homage/ref, but we know nothing else.

Also, did anyone else realize that this trailer manages to tell us nothing new?

Bingowings said:

Maybe this should become a more general purpose Star Wars obsession thread because as amazing as the project sounds (do people really spend that sort of money on plastic bricks?) it could become a bit of a blog after a while.

You mean like a thread devoted to a specific project?

Is there any reason why ROTS can't go...

1. Anakin saves Palpy from Windu; Windu dies

2. Anakin flees to Mustafar; Anakin is left for dead w/ the lava

3. Slaughter at the Jedi Temple, feat. Darth Vader

?

And hey, if Palpy makes some reference to his apprentice, Darth Vader, when talking to Anakin earlier... the illusion is complete.

FanFiltration said:

I want to know why it's called "Star Trek", yet most of the films take place around Earth.  Let's get out into deep space! You know, that place where no one has gone before. Generations & Insurrection seem to be the only two films in the franchise that do not include any Earth bound segments. And that is excluding the  Earth holodeck scene in Generations. 

Because films have to appeal to a broader audience than the tv show. People care more about Earth than they do about other planets.

Is this on the spleen yet? PMed links never did work for this one, for me...

I think the problem is that he sacrificed sturdiness for accuracy. If you look around at some of his pics that aren't models, they're weird and clever techniques for very precise plate placement. They're delicate and finely tuned. If you want sturdy but fairly accurate, try Set 9493.

I feel like this makes the hiding that Anakin = Vader a little trickier... but we'll see (eventually).

Tyrphanax said:

timdiggerm said:

russs15 said:

...and best of all, I built the Psiaki X Wing which is awesome.

Are there directions available for that?

It's really pretty incredible!

Much better than the supposed "professionally-designed" official version.

Never mind, found it!

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=493509

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Avt1Xx0rVI-cdFphZWhSVzBlc1czWHFfWG9KaU55X3c#gid=0

russs15 said:

...and best of all, I built the Psiaki X Wing which is awesome.

Are there directions available for that?