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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:13:18 PM EDT
I'm sure most of you got the DVD Trilogy but here are some shots for those who don't have it yet.
I was 10 when this movie came out and I gotta say it was a great time to be a kid, this movie made it a LOT more fun. Watching it again sure took me back.   While hardly a Sci Fi expert I think the effects on this film were groundbreaking and reset the standard.      Now how cool were these guys?  And Vader was so badass he had every kid under 14 walking around making sucking breathing sounds like an idiot.  Every film need a girl with a gun. |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:13:52 PM EDT
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    And with the exception of the Cantina scene the characters created like C3PO, R2D2, Jawas and Sandpeople were great. Light years ahead of blue people with funny hair like in Star Trek.    While certainly more polished than the original I found much of the CGI stuff to be busy and overused. In this case less would have been more.   Simple effects like the dual sunset and a light saber were far more powerful in my opinion and things like that made the film.  Mark Hamill in a prouder "Pre Corvette Summer" moment. Lucky for him these films made his career. |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:14:31 PM EDT
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 Charred remains. Pretty gritty stuff for a 1977 PG film.    Gotta love Han Solos Broomhandle Mauser. The Stormtroopers MG34s and Sterlings weren't bad either.     Shots like this made the movie. Totally believable.  Some of the "improvements" that actually worked for the film.  But still not as impressive as stuff like this. |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:15:22 PM EDT
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 And more than just effects, had some decent twists and turns.   Those in the know are aware of the fact that Hamill and Fisher actually did this stunt and they were kinda high up there.  And of course the light saber battle stole the show.    Arial combat choreography were taken directly from WW2 films like "Battle of Britain." |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:16:02 PM EDT
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       Ships were all cool but I gotta give it to the Tie Fighters over the X Wings. After all they made that cool noise.    Definitely hittable.  |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:17:06 PM EDT
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Beautiful capture and DVD quality..I see they redid the saber fight.....no more off-blue and red glass rod looks.
Oh and the "cool TIE-Fighter noise" was moldeled after the WW2 Stuka Dive Bomber noise. As was the German helmet designs and european accents the empires officers had....i did a paper in college on this. |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:18:28 PM EDT
[#6]
Gotta rent those ASAP.
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:19:27 PM EDT
[#7]
Damn....
I had it in my hand today, and I said, "Nah. I'll get it later..." Now you've got me regretting it! 
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:20:23 PM EDT
[#8]
I got to get that one day soon.
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:23:16 PM EDT
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Watching the scene with Vader entering the ship among all the smoke while watching the movie in the theater will always stick with me. It was the coolest. I think I was about twelve at the time.
BTW, I liked Corvette Summer. The black Trans Am with the Formula hood and side pipes was SAWEET. |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:24:23 PM EDT
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Just finished it and Empire Strike Back. Ahhh the memories. I just wish they didn't renumber them cause there is not fucking way I'm getting Phantom Menace or whatever that second piece of crap was called. |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:25:49 PM EDT
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Yeah but you would have been about 14 so how would you know if it sucked.
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:33:24 PM EDT
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I was 12 when this movie came out. Saw it on opening day.
Those who were that age or older will remember that most movies (and the general post-Vietnam cultural ambience) back then were anti-heroic and dwelt on how bad things were. Fighting was portrayed as futile. You were going to lose, period. Star Wars totally reversed that. It was positive. Fighting for what you believed in was OK. That last scene with the heroes getting the medals would have been laughable and unthinkable in most Hollywood products. Thank you George Lucas. |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:34:29 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:38:36 PM EDT
[#14]
Amen. It was the best o the three....
Please! I'm not even over the fact that Han and Greedo fire at each other and that the grand douchbag Christensen shows up at the end of Jedi. Don't even get me started on the other three which, aside from the saber duels, suck tauntaun balls.... |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:38:41 PM EDT
[#15]
Needs more Ackbar!
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:46:17 PM EDT
[#16]
Here ya go...  Have a Allah Akbar.
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:47:52 PM EDT
[#17]
I knew this was a SA thread before I saw the author
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:57:18 PM EDT
[#18]
Some of my favorite costumes....
   HS1 |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 11:00:18 PM EDT
[#19]
 Going in   Lets kick some ass!  Run away!!!  PWNED!!!!!! I think they could have done a bit more work on removing the green boxes around the Tie fighters when they attack the Millenium Falcon when it leaves the Death Star earlier in the film (they were VERY apparent on my TV, as well as on the Death Star in ROTJ), the Jabba's Palace musical should have been cut, and Jabba in ANH was too soft and looked pretty damn fake, IMO. |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 11:12:21 PM EDT
[#20]
Needs more Princess Leia in gold bikini!
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Posted: 9/23/2004 12:17:44 AM EDT
[#21]
 That's me playing America's Army... |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 12:54:45 AM EDT
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DAMMIT WHERES MY PRINCESS LEIA IN THE GOLD BIKINI?! |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 1:00:12 AM EDT
[#23]
Watching the fourth disc with the documentary was very interesting. I had never seen the footage of Prowse without James Earl Jones dubbed over him before. I definitely think it was a good call overdubbing, because he just didn't have the type of voice that made Vader menacing.
Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 1:04:31 AM EDT
[#24]
Anyone notice in number three one of the dancers tits pops out briefly?
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Posted: 9/23/2004 3:18:59 AM EDT
[#25]
Solo shoots first.
Nuff said. 
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Posted: 9/23/2004 3:42:26 AM EDT
[#26]
Great stills and I see that you watched the "extra" DVD. Fascinating to hear Darth Vader speaking in a whiney English accent and to hear Chewbacca speaking English! Also interesting that the blasters made a popping noise!
I could be mistaken but I think "Star Wars" was labled "Episode IV" when I saw it in theaters in 1977. |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 5:14:22 AM EDT
[#27]
IIRC, the first movie was relabled "Episode III - A New Hope" after it was re-released in theaters.
The original release was simply "Star Wars". |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 5:17:49 AM EDT
[#28]
Thats IV. |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 5:26:05 AM EDT
[#29]
Granted that ep1 and 2 sucked sandpeople balls, I will eventually buy ep2 just for the crazy ass yoda lightsaber battle.
That got my blood pumping like the first time I heard the mortal kombat theme in Dolby Digital with a big ass bucket of popcorn. |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 5:37:24 AM EDT
[#30]
The lasting influence of this movie is real. To this day, often when I open my refrigerator I'll mutter, "Oh, what a lovely smell you've discovered". 
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Posted: 9/23/2004 5:41:15 AM EDT
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every time i turn on a trash compactor... |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 5:46:09 AM EDT
[#32]
I've had the DVD set for about 4 years now, only issue with mine is the Korean sub-titles
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Posted: 9/23/2004 5:52:08 AM EDT
[#33]
SteyrAug,
We must be about the same age!  My birthday was yesterday and I got the Trilogy as one of my presents!  BigDozer66 |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 5:52:47 AM EDT
[#34]
First movie I remember seeing in the theater. I was 7.
I took my oldest daughters to see the re-release on the big screen, opening day. Very good memories both back in the late 70s and now! CH |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 6:08:01 AM EDT
[#35]
I set my computer at work so that every morning when I turn it on Vader says "What is thy bidding, my master?"
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Posted: 9/23/2004 6:40:44 AM EDT
[#36]
What... no pic of Carrie Fisher in the skimmpy outfit?
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Posted: 9/23/2004 6:48:55 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2004 6:49:51 AM EDT
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And it wasn't relabled! |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 7:24:43 AM EDT
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Rip and reauthor. |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 8:30:36 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2004 8:40:52 AM EDT
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I downloaded the 1977- trilogy last week and they're going to DVD as soon as my blanks show up in the mail. Trying to find the 1997 trilogy... Already bought the 2004 trilogy. I wonder how much more Lucas will "update" it when he put them to HD-DVD. |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 8:41:25 AM EDT
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A buddy of mine will use his DVD burner to put the THX version on discs.
We both own the THX version, so copyright isn't a problem. We just each want a copy for archival purposes, so that we can show our children and grandchildren the REAL Star Wars, without Greedo shooting first The stupid and lame "Jabba, you're a wonderful human being" scene "Prepare my Star Destroyer for my arrival" instead of "Bring my shuttle!" The stupid ring around the exploding Death Star I'll pay the $7.50 to see Epissode III, but it's just for a sense of completeness. I'm certain it will be awful. |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 8:49:32 AM EDT
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Yes. Furthermore, when Han cops a feel when Leia is hit by blaster fire on the Endor Moon. He grabs her to pull her up and he gives her a reach around. |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 8:52:11 AM EDT
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EVERY damn time I hit the button in my car to activate/deactivate the cruise control, I hear "Luke, what's wrong, you've switched off your targeting computer." |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 8:53:57 AM EDT
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I credit the original 3 Star Wars movies as my inspiration to learn to draw... which lead to what I do now for a living. I was utterly blown away by each of the movies in different ways... and have been hoping for a DVD release of them since I got a player. This is a long time in coming, and I really look forward to popping them in the player, new scenes and all. I heard they added the Biggs scenes back in -- I had a kid's SW Storybook back in the day and it had the Biggs plotline in it, but when I saw the flick I was like "Where's Biggs???" Now that I think about it, the movie novelization might have been the first "real" book I ever read. I was 6 in '77, saw the movie in the Fall of that year.
FYI there's a website called "leiasmetalbikini.com" that has tons of pics of her in the outfit. And of some other nice looking chicks dressed in replicas of that outfit. |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 9:03:10 AM EDT
[#46]
Got them from Netflix yesterday. Watched Episode IV and V last night.
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Posted: 9/23/2004 9:07:53 AM EDT
[#47]
NICE pics! I really like the one where Luke is looking in the distance(1st show) the sound track was unreal!
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Posted: 9/23/2004 9:12:14 AM EDT
[#48]
I'm not shocked at all that you guys notice this stuff. |
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Posted: 9/23/2004 9:46:57 AM EDT
[#49]
I'm holding out for the Polydrilogy in 2007
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Posted: 9/23/2004 10:23:36 AM EDT
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+1 on that TIE fighter pilot costume. I also like the Death Star Gunner costume.  I also like the Imperial Snow Storm Troopers:  And the Imperial Scout Troopers:  Favorite equipment: Imperial Speeder Bike (who didn't want one of those babies?)  And the AT-AT:  My favorite piece of equipment was either |
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