timdiggerm

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?

So, as SpilkaBilka noted here:http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/TPM-and-AotC-colour-correction/topic/14532/page/5/

The guy in the back:

and middle-left guy:

adywan said:

I think that it's Gary Mitchell, At first i was thinking more along the lines of Charlie Evans, but i think Mitchell would make a better villain because he was Kirks best friend. Plus Benedict is a little too old to play a 17 year old boy.

As much as this makes sense, apparently

1. They've done Gary Mitchell in the Trek09 comics

2. They've said that the comics based on Trek09 are actually canon.

So probably not.

Additionally it makes it harder for new members to realize that their threads need improvement.

AntcuFaalb said:

I wonder what they'll do for the 24p BD release.

Simple solution: Throw out half of the frames!

Same thing they're doing for theaters that don't have the 48 equipment, yeah.

Yeah, that'd be crazy. They could have spaceships that move like airplanes!

Stay JEDI!

Fang Zei said:

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