STAR WARS, INDY , HOWARD THE DUCK DEUCE; AND MORE

[Timothy225]

I could watch RO, ANH, ESB, ROTJ, Mando and nothing else SW for the rest of my life.

Kind of leaning towards this. I'll admit, though, there are scenes/sequences in both the Prequel and Sequel trilogies that I don't mind rewatching (the big lightsaber battle in Phantom Menace, for example. And Luke's final stand in Last Jedi - never get tired of that little brush off Luke does after he's shot at by Ren's forces).

[Anderson]

My problem with SW is my lack of a problem.


Basically, the OT and its trappings are the only thing I care about.


I appreciate the Classic Serial leanings of the PT and I appreciate what the ST tries to do.


But, at the end of the day...I don't really give a shit about them.

[Martin]

STAR WARS, INDY , HOWARD THE DUCK DEUCE; AND MORE

I could watch RO, ANH, ESB, ROTJ, Mando and nothing else SW for the rest of my life.

Same.

But let’s see what comes next.

Any truth to the KOTOR and Keanu rumor?

[Abraham Smashington]

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[Abraham Smashington]

Lucas wanted to have 100 episodes, each an hour long. The problem is that the episodes were going to cost 50 million dollars each. Lucasfilm didn't have that kind of money. They were trying to invent new technology which would allow them to radically bring costs down. Allow them to shoot an hour of VFX-driven storytelling in a cyberpunk city on a budget closer to 5-10 million. Star Wars has always been suited to longform TV storytelling. It's why Clone Wars works so well. But Lucas and his team dreamed of being able to have VFX as good as -- actually better than -- something like Revenge of the Sith, but with a much lower budget and several hours to tell each story arc.

The test footage isn't a great film, but it's not supposed to be. It's a tech demo showing how they could create these amazing looking environments and blend actors into them. There's also some really interesting intimacy to the camera work, and the instant replay means that they know how it's going to look as they're shooting it. A really, really impressive tech demo. Supposedly some of the scripts for SW: Underworld were really, really good. Corey Balrog has said he got to read some of the scripts:

“Probably the really small beginnings of this idea, the germination of this — when I was working at Lucas, I was allowed to go up to the ranch and read the scripts for the [canceled live-action Star Wars] TV show. It was the most mind-blowing thing I’d ever experienced. I cared about the Emperor. They made the Emperor a sympathetic figure who was wronged by this fucking heartless woman. She’s this hardcore gangster, and she just totally destroyed him as a person. I almost cried while reading this. This is the Emperor, the lightning out of the fingers Emperor. That’s something magical. The writers who worked on that, guys from The Shield and 24, these were excellent writers”

The StageCraft technology is a bit of a successor to this tech, I think. Except StageCraft has a circular screen that displays Unreal 4 visuals and the lighting on the set matches the visuals, which is great. This tech is seen in stuff like Oblivion, Interstellar, The Mandalorian.

neat.

[Captain Russ]

“I almost cried while reading this.”

Get it together. Jesus.

That tech demo does sound really cool though.

[Matt]

that demo reel is very impressive.

[Matt]

Heads up: they released TROS early on streaming. You can get it now.

[Abraham Smashington]

Already ahead of you hahah. Let's see if I still hate it

[Captain Russ]

Best of luck opening the Ark of the Hacks.

[B_Metal]

I still havent seen solo. DGAF

[Matt]

Honestly, it plays better on rewatch. We watched it again on the cruise (they were playing it on the Star Wars day at sea) and while it's not a 'good' movie, it's an 'entertaining' movie.

[Anderson]

Honestly, it plays better on rewatch. We watched it again on the cruise (they were playing it on the Star Wars day at sea) and while it's not a 'good' movie, it's an 'entertaining' movie.

I love Ron Howard.


But, my problem with Solo remains. It feels like the film equivalent of a lesser EU book.

[BillyG]

I still havent seen solo. DGAF

Honestly not that bad. Rewatched over Xmas and it's fun. Better than the last movie by far.

[Matt]

I love Ron Howard.


But, my problem with Solo remains. It feels like the film equivalent of a lesser EU book.

I was talking about TROS, not SOLO.

SOLO is completely flat and tries to hard to explains shit about the character that didn't need explaining. Also, he's flat out NOT a hero before ANH. His arc in ANH and TESB is in becoming a hero.