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Apart from plans to make a couple of animated series alongside the Star Wars: Clone Wars, Lucas doesn't plan to make anymore movies. (which is probably a good thing)
What do you guys believe is the future of Star Wars? Will it be forgotten about by the time this generation gets old?
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Posted 30 November 2005 - 04:35 PM
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Posted 30 November 2005 - 06:12 PM
hopefully, it'll be forgotten about by tommorow.
if i get the originals on DVD i'll show them to future generations, but other than that, may it be forgotten for the disposable crap that it is.
if i get the originals on DVD i'll show them to future generations, but other than that, may it be forgotten for the disposable crap that it is.
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Posted 30 November 2005 - 06:30 PM
Hell, I'll settle for showing them the original VHS tapes.
Apparently writing about JM here is his secret weakness. Muwahaha!!!! Now I have leverage over him and am another step closer towards my goal of world domination.
"And the Evil that was vanquished shall rise anew. Wrapped in the guise of man shall he walk amongst the innocent and Terror shall consume they that dwell upon the Earth. The skies will rain fire. The seas shall become as blood. The righteous shall fall before the wicked! And all creation shall tremble before the burning standards of Hell!" - Mephisto
Kurgan X showed me this web comic done with Legos. It pokes fun at all six Star Wars films and I found it to be extremely entertaining.
<a href="http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html" target="_blank">http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html</a>
"And the Evil that was vanquished shall rise anew. Wrapped in the guise of man shall he walk amongst the innocent and Terror shall consume they that dwell upon the Earth. The skies will rain fire. The seas shall become as blood. The righteous shall fall before the wicked! And all creation shall tremble before the burning standards of Hell!" - Mephisto
Kurgan X showed me this web comic done with Legos. It pokes fun at all six Star Wars films and I found it to be extremely entertaining.
<a href="http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html" target="_blank">http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html</a>
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Posted 01 December 2005 - 12:13 AM
It'll probably live on, but thanks to the OT, not the special editions!
Even if Lucas continues to push his continually revised versions, fans will continue to trade, create, and preserve the original versions.
Hell, look at how long fans have preserved the SWHS (27 years and counting!)... and that wasn't even any good!
And certainly the EU will be long forgotten...
The Prequels might be remembered for being big money makers in the blockbuster CG fest genre, but I can't see them being held up so highly in another 28 years like the classic trilogy...
Even if Lucas continues to push his continually revised versions, fans will continue to trade, create, and preserve the original versions.
Hell, look at how long fans have preserved the SWHS (27 years and counting!)... and that wasn't even any good!
And certainly the EU will be long forgotten...
The Prequels might be remembered for being big money makers in the blockbuster CG fest genre, but I can't see them being held up so highly in another 28 years like the classic trilogy...
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Posted 01 December 2005 - 12:50 AM
Also: The future of fan preservation of the originals is DVD!
And when Hi Def comes out, somebody can transfer it to that. Granted, it'll never look as good as a Hi Def digitial transfer, but at least it'll be the unmodified films. It's not like you're going to want to throw away all your movies that aren't Hi Def just because Hi Def becomes the standard, since probably most won't be able to benefit from it like newer movies will.
And when Hi Def comes out, somebody can transfer it to that. Granted, it'll never look as good as a Hi Def digitial transfer, but at least it'll be the unmodified films. It's not like you're going to want to throw away all your movies that aren't Hi Def just because Hi Def becomes the standard, since probably most won't be able to benefit from it like newer movies will.
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Posted 01 December 2005 - 01:10 AM
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Even if Lucas continues to push his continually revised versions, fans will continue to trade, create, and preserve the original versions.
I hope your right, but I doubt this generation will have much interest. The OOT will (sadly) probably be forgotten in 30 years.
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Posted 01 December 2005 - 05:17 AM
QUOTE (jariten @ Dec 1 2005, 02:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I hope your right, but I doubt this generation will have much interest. The OOT will (sadly) probably be forgotten in 30 years.
The generation that grew up with the original Star Wars (say, you were a kid in 1977) will be in their 60's by then. I hope I haven't forgotten my childhood by the time I retire!
The OOT was remembered from 1977 (or starting with 1983 when it was complete) until 1997.
Hard as it may be to believe, the Special Edition was only with us for barely 8 years. The newest editions for only 1. Yes, the kids these days may never have seen the originals if they're only 14.
These kids who've never seen the Original Originals don't know what they're missing. So do your part and show them. There's huge interest in the original originals now among the Star Wars generation. And that generation is having kids, whom they can pass on the love to (maybe!).
Well, I guess if Star Wars dies out now, the fans are to blame. Lucas has done his part to kill the old movies, now it's up to us to prove him wrong.
This post has been edited by KurganX: 01 December 2005 - 05:19 AM
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Posted 01 December 2005 - 06:06 PM
QUOTE (barend @ Nov 30 2005, 06:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
hopefully, it'll be forgotten about by tommorow.
if i get the originals on DVD i'll show them to future generations, but other than that, may it be forgotten for the disposable crap that it is.
if i get the originals on DVD i'll show them to future generations, but other than that, may it be forgotten for the disposable crap that it is.
I assume you're talking about the PT and SEs, and not the OOT.
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Posted 02 December 2005 - 12:36 AM
I've said this somewheres else, so I'll keep it breif
OOT - each film between 500 and 1,000 times
Everything else - less than ten if at all.
I never got to see them in theater (OOT that is), but I'm only 19
OOT - each film between 500 and 1,000 times
Everything else - less than ten if at all.
I never got to see them in theater (OOT that is), but I'm only 19
This post has been edited by Zatoichi: 02 December 2005 - 12:37 AM
Apparently writing about JM here is his secret weakness. Muwahaha!!!! Now I have leverage over him and am another step closer towards my goal of world domination.
"And the Evil that was vanquished shall rise anew. Wrapped in the guise of man shall he walk amongst the innocent and Terror shall consume they that dwell upon the Earth. The skies will rain fire. The seas shall become as blood. The righteous shall fall before the wicked! And all creation shall tremble before the burning standards of Hell!" - Mephisto
Kurgan X showed me this web comic done with Legos. It pokes fun at all six Star Wars films and I found it to be extremely entertaining.
<a href="http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html" target="_blank">http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html</a>
"And the Evil that was vanquished shall rise anew. Wrapped in the guise of man shall he walk amongst the innocent and Terror shall consume they that dwell upon the Earth. The skies will rain fire. The seas shall become as blood. The righteous shall fall before the wicked! And all creation shall tremble before the burning standards of Hell!" - Mephisto
Kurgan X showed me this web comic done with Legos. It pokes fun at all six Star Wars films and I found it to be extremely entertaining.
<a href="http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html" target="_blank">http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html</a>
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Posted 02 December 2005 - 07:37 AM
QUOTE (Revan-47 @ Dec 1 2005, 07:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Im fifteen and have seen the OOT about a half million times!!!
Actually you'd have to be over 114 years old!
(and a time traveler, since you only had 28 years to watch them so far! 22 years to see the whole trilogy) 
QUOTE (Smashman @ Dec 1 2005, 07:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I assume you're talking about the PT and SEs, and not the OOT.
He may be talking about any of the many fan-made bootlegs of the OOT on DVD encoded from the LaserDiscs.
You can also make your own with the right tools!
This post has been edited by KurganX: 02 December 2005 - 07:38 AM
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Posted 02 December 2005 - 06:25 PM
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These kids who've never seen the Original Originals don't know what they're missing. So do your part and show them
Ive still got the originals on VHS, so I could feasibly show them at some point. I'm sure they'd get a kick out of VHS in all its whirring glory. When I was a kid, we had a 'tracking' button on our VCR to fix the image on the video when it went funny. Shit, i'm old.
I'll actually be showing them Star Wars in sequence. It helps that I like the prequels, I suppose.
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Posted 02 December 2005 - 06:52 PM
I remember the tracking button. we had one on our vcr. i got the remains of the late eighties and the best of the nineties. what will they call this. the 2000's.
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