How I realized I was over Star Wars completely

[Darth Vader]

It's all George Lucas. He's my pimp. If I don't do what he says, he beats me and threatens to replace me in the Original Trilogy with Darth Maul.

Can I interest you in a free toaster oven?

[anarky]

Is George Lucas gonna hafta Force-choke a Sith bitch?

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

I saw TPM 3D last night at midnight. Overall, the conversion really works. Aside from one or two shots of Qui-Gon's face that seem to be deeper than necessary, and the fact that Jar Jar looks pretty dated at points, everything feels natural and smooth. Thankfully, it's the "deep" kind of 3D, not the "let's shove shit at your face" kind (the only thing that really pops out is the revised Lucasfilm logo). It also has the far superior CGI Yoda from the Blu-ray, so it's one way to check that out if you don't feel like buying the Blu-ray set. It wasn't always a "ZOMG LOOK AT THE 3D!!!" type of thing, but it was definitely interesting to see the film in a new way, and I still noticed many things I had never seen before. The podrace is pretty awesome in 3D and on the big screen, though. I was also flashing to the Darth Plagueis book throughout, now that the backstory has been fleshed out some more.

[Diabolical]

I enjoyed it. The convertion was more hit than miss. Some scenes didn't look very 3D, but the podrace is pretty badass. Probably the best post-convertion I've seen so far (although I tend to avoid post-convertion).
But it was great to see SW back on the big screen.

The only thing I saw that I never noticed before is when Jar Jar says "Yousa thinkin' yousa people gonna die?" you can see Jar Jar's reflection in the lamp behind him. Just a nice attention to detail more than anything.

[anarky]

I notice at least two of our own responding to a post about Lucas saying Han always shot first at CBR.

A bit odd to see vyn using capitals....

[Rollo Tomassi]

I didn't go back and see what others had wrote. My response was

The court does not recognize Señor Lucas' authority in matters of StarWarsian lore and the jury will disregard his comments.

So noted.

[vynsane]

I notice at least two of our own responding to a post about Lucas saying Han always shot first at CBR.

A bit odd to see vyn using capitals....

HA. i use them sometimeS.

my contribution was

Like I always say, Leia is the only cold-blooded killer. She shot a Stormtrooper at point-blank range after hearing them all ordered to set their weapons to 'stun'.

i'm still waiting for the digitally remastered version of that scene where one of the Stormtroopers plugs off a shot with his blaster set to 'kill' first, she dodges quickly (very, very fakely digital), THEN the 'leader' of the stormtroopers says "set weapons to 'stun'".

[Rollo Tomassi]

Or use anarky's idea of the verrry obvious VoiceOver of one of the Stormtroopers saying "And by Stun, I mean KILL!!!"
In fact, if it was George Lucas doing the VO, that would be funny as hell.

[Ran]

i'm still waiting for the digitally remastered version of that scene where one of the Stormtroopers plugs off a shot with his blaster set to 'kill' first, she dodges quickly (very, very fakely digital), THEN the 'leader' of the stormtroopers says "set weapons to 'stun'".

It would be "Han stepping over CGI Jabba's tail" bad.

[anarky]

Out of curiosity, can any of you (read: JJL) answer this:

In 1997, Han stepped on Jabba's tail. Jabba did this bizarre double-take that kinda reminded me of Roger Rabbit.

In 2004, Jabba was re-designed, Han seemed to step a bit higher to step on his tail, and Jabba now looks like he's getting ready to punch him.

However, both times, the real issue was Han's hand passing through Jabba's jaw.

Was this corrected for the blu-ray?

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

Out of curiosity, can any of you (read: JJL) answer this:

In 1997, Han stepped on Jabba's tail. Jabba did this bizarre double-take that kinda reminded me of Roger Rabbit.

In 2004, Jabba was re-designed, Han seemed to step a bit higher to step on his tail, and Jabba now looks like he's getting ready to punch him.

However, both times, the real issue was Han's hand passing through Jabba's jaw.

Was this corrected for the blu-ray?

At what point does his hand pass through the jaw? Here's the 1997 scene:

And the 2004 version:


Fuck me a-runnin', that 1997 one looks like hot shit in a dirty asshole.

There are a few times where Han gets weirdly close to Jabba, for the obvious reason of them covering up the human actor but maintaining the eyelines. Other than that, though, I don't know where the issue is. Anyway, I just checked the Blu-ray version, and it looks the same as the 2004 one.

[anarky]

Okay, it wasn't exactly how I remembered. It's the weird "pass through" Jabba thing about the :48 mark in the second that bugs me. (I didn't check the first. It depresses me.)

Minor point, but it was sorta odd that they explained away the bizarre size and color thing (as well as the more laid-back attitude) of Jabba in the 1997 version in the Han Solo Trilogy of novels (saying that Hutts often hit a midlife growth spurt where they doubled in size, lost most of their mobility, changed color, and became obstinate assholes instead of just jerks), but it was contradicted in 1999 with TPM, then retconned in the 2004 version.

Then again, Jabba now has a child that's not been mentioned since, meaning he went she for a while.

[vynsane]

i see what you mean about :48, where he points at his lower lip before hopping over his tail. i thought it was another point you were talking about at first, where han does this weird gesture with his hand where his index finger and thumb make a loop like an "okay" sign, with the other three fingers extended, but the effect makes it look like the first two lengths of his index finger are inside jabba's lower lip. it also makes it look like han's tickling his chin while dry-humping his fat. they added some shadows in the new version, but it didn't really help to make it any less awkward.

[anarky]

As soon as Darth Plagueis saves it for me, Dave Filoni comes along to piss all over it again.

Please, someone, explain to me how anyone thinks bringing Darth Maul back from the dead is anything but crap. Did someone win a contest in the Special Olympics where the most retarded competitor gets to write Clone Wars?

[Ran]

Did Dengar save him? Anytime someone dies and is brought back in the SW Universe, he should be involved. Now someone go write a story about how Dengar saved Captain Fraask after he crashed his ship. THIS I COMMAND!