Starwars.com Is A Pay Site Now...
DOOManiac
Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
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<div class="IPBDescription">WTH?</div>Grr...
StarWars.com used to be great for finding out all kinds of Star Wars crap (especially stuff for the unreleased episodes and the Expanded Universe) but now the whole thing is a pay site. Really pisses me off...
Oh and I found a partial credits list for Episode III. On this list is CHEWBACCA and MON MOTHA... Mon Motha should probably be, what 15? maybe 20? And Chewie should still be a puppy...
I have a feeling Episode III will suck as bad as Episode I and II. Oh wait, that's cause that's what is going to happen...
StarWars.com used to be great for finding out all kinds of Star Wars crap (especially stuff for the unreleased episodes and the Expanded Universe) but now the whole thing is a pay site. Really pisses me off...
Oh and I found a partial credits list for Episode III. On this list is CHEWBACCA and MON MOTHA... Mon Motha should probably be, what 15? maybe 20? And Chewie should still be a puppy...
I have a feeling Episode III will suck as bad as Episode I and II. Oh wait, that's cause that's what is going to happen...
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I remeber the good old days when I was a Star Wars junkie, reading Insider between bouts of Tie Fighter all day long <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->.
I remeber the good old days when I was a Star Wars junkie, reading Insider between bouts of Tie Fighter all day long <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
omg! I still have all of my star wars insider magazines....3 years worth!
I was a star wars junkie from 4th grade to 7th grade <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> those were the days....
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and on a side note that has nothing to do with this topic, the free willy whale died today..... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
The new episodes have been pretty disappointing to me. Previous to the release of the new movies I found most Star Wars games sucked with the exception of the Tie Fighter series. Now that the new movies have come out, a whole new wave of Star Wars games have been released. I've really gotten addicted to Knights of the Old Republic as well as Star Wars Galaxies.
Maybe while the movies continue to go downhill the games will continue to get better?
/end grasping for a silver lining. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
I just hope gamefaqs doesnt go paysite <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Fear not brave one,
The DVD's are supposed to come out next fall.
So many ifs. I just hope someday in the future someone compitant will take the scripts and remake eps 6, 1 & 2 into something good.
My hopes for Ep 3 btw wane with each passing day. Chewbacca in it? Oh god, it's going to be some sort of puppy.
I prefer the old-sk00l SW simply because...well, they aren't 99% digital. the actors can't act when they are surrounded by green.
mean while...
/runs back to KotOR. and akimbo red Lightsabers.
Fear not brave one,
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Original-old-school-George-Lucas-didn't-add-slim-arse-Jaba Star Wars DVDs for eps 4, 5 and 6?
Starwars nubcaeks... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Now someone will come along and prove me wrong. *sigh* tis the way of life I suppose
You know, that's not a bad idea. I wonder how Jackson would do Star Wars...
Fear not brave one,
The DVD's are supposed to come out next fall. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Original-old-school-George-Lucas-didn't-add-slim-arse-Jaba Star Wars DVDs for eps 4, 5 and 6? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I sure hope so. I've come to hate the special editions and their new age hippie ewok music...
And Greedo didn't shoot first damn it!
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George Lucas didn't direct Eps 5 & 6, and they're noticibly better.
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George Lucas didn't direct Eps 5 & 6, and they're noticibly better. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm talking about the Special Editions that were re-released at cinemas a few years ago.
'Digitally remastered' = 'I'll add whatever the f*** I want to it'
I've always considered it to be more of a "fairy-tale in space". It even starts with a "Once upon a time"-ish phrase. I've always viewed it as fairy-tales, and never really been disappointed. I mean, what does one expect from fairy-tales? Light entertainment, an easy-to-follow, simple plot. That's what Star Wars has always been to me. I've never been a fanboy. I've seen the movies, some of them twice or thrice (though only once in the theatres), and I've always been entertained for the duration. To complain that a fairy-tale is "dumbed down" seems strange to me; isn't that what fairy-tales are? Dumbed down reality, in a format that makes it easier to understand?
I'm thinking that people sometimes expect a little too much from Star Wars. It's a fairy-tale. Sit back and enjoy the pretty pictures.
I have to agree, the old movies are the shizzy, except the saber battles <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->. But its kinda understandable from a technical aspect how they could make awsome battles back then. Oh, and wth did that guy mean "Return of the Jedi sucked"? Its as good as the other two, if not better, and Ewoks pwn the nubz0rs!
Oh, and if you listen to any of the interviews of George Lucas about the "new" episodes, hes ALWAYS said he didn't want to direct them. Some1 must have suckered him into it or he feared that some Star-Wars junkie would come out and assasinate him if he didn't.
The only thing I really liked in the "new" movies are the saber battles, they made those look just plain sweet. And you gatta admit, there were some cool parts in Episode 2, like when he arives on teh CLoner's planet and you see the big tall aliens for the fisrt time. And that big war near the end was awsome, so was Yoda with the saber. The new ones aren't all that bad, they just could have been better.
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George Lucas didn't direct Eps 5 & 6, and they're noticibly better. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm talking about the Special Editions that were re-released at cinemas a few years ago.
'Digitally remastered' = 'I'll add whatever the f*** I want to it' <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I am sorry to disappoint you. The "Special Editions" were apparently what Lucas had in mind when he shot the film, only cut due to budget and time constraints. The DVD's will only feature the Redux.
However, the Greedo-Han shooting incident has been alleviated (thank goodness) due to fan outlash.
Lucasfilms apparently thought the Indiana Jones DVD release was so successful, the Star Wars DVD's will pretty much be the same format (4th disc of extras). It may have a teaser for Episode III slated for May 2005.
I'm confused as to what exactly the shooting incident is about. I'm not really a big Star Wars fanatic, I just watch the movies once in a while because they're entertaining enough. Can somebody explain?
I'm confused as to what exactly the shooting incident is about. I'm not really a big Star Wars fanatic, I just watch the movies once in a while because they're entertaining enough. Can somebody explain? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'll do my best.
Apparently, bowing to societal concerns, Lucas made Greedo shoot first in the new version to make Han's act sound like self-defense. But that's complete bull for several reasons.
1) Han is more skilled and would've certainly pulled the trigger first.
2) It's Han's character to kill when threatened, not to kill in self-defense or because somebody shot him first. (Case in point: he's not a jedi.)
3) It's not an error, and didn't need to be "digitally restored" in the first place. (reminiesce of ET where they replaced guns with walkie-talkies).
I'm guessing some excellent Storyline, so you actually care what happens to the characters, And some epic battles not just thrown into the story to fill up the gaping holes of the plot. Think Lord of The Rings with lightsabers.......in space....