Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by bytor

Has it been said why Lucas changed the Krayt Dragon Howl? After finally watching the blu rays that's really the thing that bothered me the most. Some of the other things at least make some sense, but that has no sense to it at all.

Not sure, but I believe that howl has changed several times over the years on home video versions.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by Ryan0503

I saw the footage from Episode II 3D ... I wasn't impressed by TPM but was amazed at AOTC ... it looks fantastic in 3D

Being completely digital it was more than likely easier to convert the image.

[Jay444]

Originally Posted by Ryan0503

We are getting II and III in September and October of next year!!!!

Excellent move on the part of Lucasfilm. I think they suspected, much like the rest of us, that ATOC may not perform so well on its own, and having the stronger 3rd film released a month later might help it perform a bit better. Not saying ATOC sucks, but it is commercially speaking the weakest of the Saga. Would also open the door for them to do entire PT screenings much like the recent Avengers, Batman and soon to be Indy Marathons.

I honestly would not be surprised to see them release the OT 3D slate much like the special editions back in 1997 (like a month apart, Jan, Feb, and March).

Also, I think it might show their plans for the eventual Blu release as a 3D trilogy as well. You would suspect that TPM 3D would come out next Sept OR they could wait and do a PT box set instead as that might make more sense and be easier to produce one box set instead of stand alone titles. But who knows?

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by Falaskan

I don't care about SW in 3D, but I will probably see ROTS in 3D. I'm just happy because this means (I assume) that the OT is going to have to get the HD overhaul it needs for the conversion process!

Agreed.

Although I would like to see the OT in non-3D at the big screen when they eventually come out. I believe Phantom Menace was still playing in non 3D earlier in the year, right? Looking forward to seeing Raiders at Imax in a couple of weeks!!!

[miniroll32]

Originally Posted by bytor

Has it been said why Lucas changed the Krayt Dragon Howl?

[The Apocalypse]

I'd like a complete restorative overhaul for the OT suitable for IMAX viewing, 3D or not.

[greg_achen]

Originally Posted by Ryan0503

I saw the footage from Episode II 3D ... I wasn't impressed by TPM but was amazed at AOTC ... it looks fantastic in 3D

You were at Celebration VI as well? Wasn't it a blast?

I agree about being amazed at the Episode II footage. Though intentionally done so, the depth in Episode I was far too subtle and underwhelming, but luckily for Episode II they are now implementing an "artistic depth" approach as oppossed to 100% accurate depth. If I recall, John Knoll was the one who supervised the 3D conversion for Episode I. However, Episode II's conversion is being supervised by Dennis Muren who has a different philosophy than Mr. Knoll when it comes to 3D. The difference in quality between the two conversions are like night and day. The few scenes they showed looked as good if not better than the 3D in Titanic.

As a side note, my picture with the Emperor himself.

[Ryan0503]

Originally Posted by greg_achen

You were at Celebration VI as well? Wasn't it a blast?

I agree about being amazed at the Episode II footage. Though intentionally done so, the depth in Episode I was far too subtle and underwhelming, but luckily for Episode II they are now implementing an "artistic depth" approach as oppossed to 100% accurate depth. If I recall, John Knoll was the one who supervised the 3D conversion for Episode I. However, Episode II's conversion is being supervised by Dennis Muren who has a different philosophy than Mr. Knoll when it comes to 3D. The difference in quality between the two conversions are like night and day. The few scenes they showed looked as good if not better than the 3D in Titanic.

As a side note, my picture with the Emperor himself.

Yes and it was a blast!!!! The panel on the 3D footage was great

And ...

[Falaskan]

are you saying the picture is doctored?

[greg_achen]

Originally Posted by Falaskan

are you saying the picture is doctored?

Picture is not doctored. He took a picture with him too. Mr. McDiarmid was posing for pictures with fans all four days.

[greg_achen]

Originally Posted by Ryan0503

Yes and it was a blast!!!! The panel on the 3D footage was great

Yes it was! It was fascinating watching the whole process how they post convert the footage. The OT is definitely going to be more of a challenge than Episodes II and III. I'd venture to guess that we can expect a lot more "updated" effects for the OT to make the conversion process easier when the time comes. Mark my words.

[Ryan0503]

Originally Posted by greg_achen

Picture is not doctored. He took a picture with him too. Mr. McDiarmid was posing for pictures with fans all four days.

Originally Posted by Falaskan

are you saying the picture is doctored?

And he is wearing a different shirt in each pic lol

[nycomet]

Originally Posted by greg_achen

Great photo of Bill Murray!

[JamesKurtovich]

Glad to see this thread back. It's why I come to these forums.

Happy to hear II and III are being released back-to-back. I didn't want to wait a year between those... Bring on the OT! Never seen them in theaters. It'll be a big thing for me.

[Aquel]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

Glad to see this thread back. It's why I come to these forums.

Happy to hear II and III are being released back-to-back. I didn't want to wait a year between those... Bring on the OT! Never seen them in theaters. It'll be a big thing for me.

Ditto, it is my favourite topic on this forum . Glad to hear they will incorporate more 3D effects in this one. Whilst I don't need every single object in the screen to be thrown at me Ep.1 was so subtle you barely noticed it was 3D at times. I'm quite excited to see AOTC and ROTS again on the big screen anyway, just as I'm interested in seeing the OT for the first time in the cinema..

[basketball]

Question about ep. 3's opening battle sequences. Ahem, channels script writers from "The Big Bang Theory"...

1. It seems illogical for those enormous opposing battleships to be within such terribly close proximity. It allows the opponent to inflict a huge amount of damage with very little skill in firing.

2. In these battleship vs. battleship sequences, why don't the 'shields' work? A single laser blast is enough to tear an entire battleship in half. Shouldn't the shield be activated? Why don't they take extra precautions in light of these horrific consequences?

3. What happens if a ship flies into an energy shield? In ep. 1, laser blasts carom off an energy shield. But what happens if a ship flies into a shield?

[budious]

Originally Posted by basketball

Question about ep. 3's opening battle sequences. Ahem, channels script writers from "The Big Bang Theory"...

Tactically, smaller ships navigating between larger vessels to generate friendly fire damage. Ala, Calrissian suggestion to Ackbar in RotJ.

Shields drain, or have their generators destroyed. Why single shots pass through an entire ship, I have nfi... maybe structural integrity was already compromised.

Energy shields... kinda like magnets, how do they work? I'd guess it be all about overcoming force of deflection or something, a large enough mass with enough velocity could force its way through with some damage. A smaller ship might be obliterated...

... but all these questions are academic and irrelevant as they pertain to a prequel movie and not a real Star Wars movie.

[Blu-man08]

Originally Posted by nycomet

Great photo of Bill Murray!

"Star Waaaaaars! If they should bar waaaaaars, please let these Star Wars...

stay!"

[Agent Bond]

Has it been said why Lucas changed the Krayt Dragon Howl?

I like that change. It was realistic!

[Aquel]

Originally Posted by basketball

Question about ep. 3's opening battle sequences. Ahem, channels script writers from "The Big Bang Theory"...

1. It seems illogical for those enormous opposing battleships to be within such terribly close proximity. It allows the opponent to inflict a huge amount of damage with very little skill in firing.

2. In these battleship vs. battleship sequences, why don't the 'shields' work? A single laser blast is enough to tear an entire battleship in half. Shouldn't the shield be activated? Why don't they take extra precautions in light of these horrific consequences?

3. What happens if a ship flies into an energy shield? In ep. 1, laser blasts carom off an energy shield. But what happens if a ship flies into a shield?

1 has been answered. 2: Probably because either the shield isn't strong enough to deflect the blast (the shield of a smaller ship will most likely be less strong in comparision to bigger ships) or it has lost it's shields due to constant fire. The battle was raging on for quite a while when Anakin + Obi arrived so the latter isn't far fetched.

3. Depends if the shield blocks physical objects, which we don't know. If it does, the attacking ship is disintegrated most likely. If it doesn't, the attacking ship will simply collide with the other ship and do hull damage according to it's size.