Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[Weirded Wonder]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

latimes.com August 12, 2010


Did 'Star Wars' become a toy story? Producer Gary Kurtz looks back



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Thanks for the link.

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by beardmoen

Thanks for the link.

Actually I like this bit the most:

On the moment he knew that “Star Wars” was becoming a pop-culture sensation: “On opening day I was on the East Coast and I did the morning-show circuit — ‘Good Morning America’ and ‘Today’ … in the afternoon I did a radio call-in show in Washington and this guy, this caller, was really enthusiastic and talking about the movie in really deep detail. I said, ‘You know a lot abut the film.’ He said, ‘Yeah, yeah, I’ve seen it four times already.’ And that was opening day. I knew something was happening.”

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Which reminds me of that summer way back in 77 when some kid who had already seen it a couple of times, kept following me around the soccer field telling me the who story bloody story from the movie. I was like WTF?!

So a few weeks later I finally go and see it and I was like...ok I can see what the big deal about this is now.





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[supersonic395]

I hear (har har) a lot about this surround sound issue.

Is it limited to only one of the 3 films? (Guessing A New Hope?)

Reason I ask is because I just watched the last 20 mins of Return of The Jedi and the surround channels were not switched (they were normal/fine).

I haven't watched ANH/ESB on my new 5.1 system yet.

[Buddy Christ]

A little off topic but just got back from Celebration V!




And this is what little Anakin looks like now.

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

Did 'Star Wars' become a toy story? Producer Gary Kurtz looks back

Excellent article. Even Kurtz knows the truth. Too bad Lucas didn't do with his ideas for Jedi.

[Monolithium]

Originally Posted by Buddy Christ

And this is what little Anakin looks like now.

He looks like he has beaten several Anti-Jake Lloyd fanboys in his day.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Buddy Christ

A little off topic but just got back from Celebration V!




And this is what little Anakin looks like now.

Whoa, I guess that's what Jack Daniels and puberty did to the kid.

[Batman1980]

He looks kind of like Hayden Christensen, if Hayden had bushy eyebrows and a bigger jaw.

[Jumpman]

Screw Kurtz. Another interview where he sounds bitter. Tell me, what has he done of any significance since The Empire Strikes Back in the film industry?

I love how this guy basically comes off like "his" version of how things would've gone would've been ultimately better.

A question to all, is it a crime to use your creation, in this case Lucas using the Star Wars films, as a vessel in creating a filmmaking empire that's contributed ten-fold to better the art of filmmaking over the past 33 years?

That's basically what Lucas has done in his career, along with being the mastermind behind two the greatest film sagas in history.

Gotta love with Gary "the real truth about Star Wars" Kurtz rears his head.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Jumpman

Screw Kurtz. Another interview where he sounds bitter. Tell me, what has he done of any significance since The Empire Strikes Back in the film industry?

I love how this guy basically comes off like "his" version of how things would've gone would've been ultimately better.

A question to all, is it a crime to use your creation, in this case Lucas using the Star Wars films, as a vessel in creating a filmmaking empire that's contributed ten-fold to better the art of filmmaking over the past 33 years?

That's basically what Lucas has done in his career, along with being the mastermind behind two the greatest film sagas in history.

Gotta love with Gary "the real truth about Star Wars" Kurtz rears his head.

Did you not get the memo? George is evil now, he made money, he sold out, he make's kid movies...never mind that back in 1977 they were kid movies as well No, no, no Lucas is wrong all the other losers who never achieved anything else are right of course

[disneyboi81]

IGN claims that Lucas announced the blu-rays for 2011 at Celebration.

[RYJAPE21]

Originally Posted by disneyboi81

IGN claims that Lucas announced the blu-rays for 2011 at Celebration.

Good to have confirmation I'm assuming it'll still be a Fall release.

[hidef al]

thehdroom.com

Today at Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando, Florida, George Lucas confirmed during a q/a session that all six Star Wars live-action feature films are coming to Blu-ray Disc in 2011. This confirmation comes after Star Wars ambassador Steve Sansweet offered a similar confirmation about Star Wars on Blu-ray earlier this year.

The box set, expected to arrive in the fourth quarter of next year, will include never-before-seen deleted scenes. One of those scenes is from Return of the Jedi and was decribed by Lucas, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill on-stage. I don't have the description yet but it sounds like it might take place towards the end of Jedi when Luke reveals to Leia who she really is.

http://www.thehdroom.com/news/George...e-in-2011/7285

[StereoMike]

Originally Posted by hidef al

will include never-before-seen deleted scenes.

[goldenrod]

It's a scene at the beginning of return of the Jedi when Luke constructs his lightsaber at Ben's house, describeb in Shadows of the Empire novel.

http://www.yakface.com/ you see luke with his saber

up on the main site: http://starwars.com/themovies/saga/m...ray/index.html

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by goldenrod

It's a scene at the beginning of return of the Jedi when Luke constructs his lightsaber at Ben's house, describeb in Shadows of the Empire novel.

http://www.yakface.com/ you see luke with his saber

up on the main site: http://starwars.com/themovies/saga/m...ray/index.html

I see you have constructed a new lightsaber. Your skills are now complete.

[goldenrod]

It starts with Vader walking down a corridor on his Star Destroyer, he enters his meditation chamber and calls out to Luke through the Force. The scene jumps to Luke in the cave hearing Vader while he's constructing his new lightsaber. Luke hears Vader's voice say "Luke" one last time then he ignites his saber. Very cool - Luke looks very dark

[Neil_Luv's_BLU]

This will be a 12 month period long remembered. It has seen the confirmation of Back to the Future, it will soon (eventually) see the release of the Star Wars saga.

Really pleased to FINALLY have confirmation, but it is such a long way away

[goldenrod]

pictures of the vader/luke scene were posted on facebook on the yakface page

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Neil_Luv's_BLU

This will be a 12 month period long remembered. It has seen the confirmation of Back to the Future, it will soon (eventually) see the release of the Star Wars saga.

Really pleased to FINALLY have confirmation, but it is such a long way away

Considering blu-ray's been going for 4 years and how long it took to hit DVD, it really hasn't been that long at all. Hoping for really good transfers on all 6 films.