The Original Trilogy General Discussion Thread.

[C. Lee]

STAR WARS spacecraft designer Colin Cantwell has died at age 90 Star Wars spacecraft designer Colin Cantwell dies aged 90

 

[Prison Mike]

For all the Star Wars experts out there, do you guys know how much time lapsed between TESB and ROTJ? Also, how did Luke get so good in that time? He was pretty badass at the beginning of Jedi compared to the end of Empire. Did he train on his own? I’m assuming he didn’t go back to Yoda during that time because we see that in Jedi when Yoda dies.

 

[henzINNIT]

For all the Star Wars experts out there, do you guys know how much time lapsed between TESB and ROTJ? Also, how did Luke get so good in that time? He was pretty badass at the beginning of Jedi compared to the end of Empire. Did he train on his own? I’m assuming he didn’t go back to Yoda during that time because we see that in Jedi when Yoda dies.

It's about a year in canon I believe. Growing up I assumed it was longer because of how much Luke seemed to have changed. In my head it feels more natural to have it be 3 like it was in real life. ROTJ implies that Luke hadn't returned to Yoda until that film so he must have trained alone I spose.

 

[Prison Mike]

It's about a year in canon I believe. Growing up I assumed it was longer because of how much Luke seemed to have changed. In my head it feels more natural to have it be 3 like it was in real life. ROTJ implies that Luke hadn't returned to Yoda until that film so he must have trained alone I spose.

Oh I thought it was only 6 months but a year makes more sense given his improvement.

 

[henzINNIT]

Oh I thought it was only 6 months but a year makes more sense given his improvement.

Reading into it further, it looks a little vague. There is some EU that had the gap as 6 months. According to the in-universe calendar, the films are a year apart, but that could vary depending on the months each took place, ha

 

[The Caped Knight]

Happy 92nd Birthday to James Earl Jones The voice of the Dark Lord: Darth Vader!

 

[Morg]

The Real-Life War 'Star Wars' Almost Caused — CultureSlate

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Jodie Foster Confirms Princess Leia Offer; She Turned Down ‘Star Wars’ Because of a Disney Contract She ‘Didn’t Want to Pull Out Of’

Jodie Foster was offered Princess Leia, but she was already contracted to do a Disney movie at the time.

variety.com

 

[Drizzle]

I'm sure Jodie Foster would have done a great job as Leia but it's probably for the best that she didn't take the role because she would have been a little too young. She's 20 years younger than Harrison Ford so those scenes in Empire would have been awkward to watch.

 

[Luigi]

Wheezing.

 

[Captain Tired]

That's ingenious. Would genuinely love it if they resorted to that sort of tactic for every form of television commercial.

 

[C. Lee]

I found the original Trilogy posters from Japan -

 

[Breogan]

Hadn't seen these:
Brian Griffin photgrapher on Jedi - Star Wars Prints | Vaughn George

First two look Frank Frazzeta conjured.

 

[Drizzle]

If this is the original 1977 version or even the 1995 pre-Special Edition remastered version then I'm so there. I saw the Special Editions of the original trilogy in theaters back in '97 but I absolutely would not pass up the opportunity to see the original cut on the big screen. I'm hoping that the BFI screening was a good sign that Lucas might be willing to allow the original versions of the OT to be shown for the 50th anniversary.

 

[Morg]

LEGO Builds a Fully Operational Wallet-Killer: $1,000 Death Star Set Unveiled

 

[BatLobster]

If this is the original 1977 version or even the 1995 pre-Special Edition remastered version then I'm so there. I saw the Special Editions of the original trilogy in theaters back in '97 but I absolutely would not pass up the opportunity to see the original cut on the big screen. I'm hoping that the BFI screening was a good sign that Lucas might be willing to allow the original versions of the OT to be shown for the 50th anniversary.

Not sure if anything's been following this, but apparently there's been an internal leak of footage that indicates that Lucasfilm is in the process of actually doing a proper restoration of the original versions for the 50th anniversary.



I'm in the 4k77 community which has been on the frontlines of this stuff with the best fan-sourced restorations to date, and the folks there who have really studied this stuff believe it's actually real. Would be very exciting.

 

[Simon Phoenix]

I did hear a rumor about that. I hope it does happen, its hard to remember the movies before the cgi was put in.