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Posted: Sep 29 2010 03:39 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100929/ap_en_mo/us_film_star_wars3_d

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Lucasfilm announced Wednesday that the "Star Wars" films will be converted into 3-D and rereleased theatrically. All six films of the saga, beginning with episode one, "The Phantom Menace," and concluding with episode six, "Return of the Jedi," are expected to be released in theaters in 2012.

Lucasfilm and distributor Twentieth Century Fox have not yet set a release date. Industrial Light & Magic is supervising the conversion process, which it promises will be "cutting edge." Many previous conversions of films shot in 2-D, such as "Clash of the Titans," have drawn criticism for cheapening 3-D.

John Knoll, visual effects supervisor for Industrial Light & Magic said a proper conversion to 3-D "is a matter of taking the time and getting it right."

Uh oh. Let's hear it.

UsaSatsui's Youtube Channel · Posted: Sep 29 2010 03:53 pm

Gotta be first:

Posted: Sep 29 2010 03:57 pm

Heh.

Why stop there though? Let's get the full Star Wars experience. Add Smell-O-Vision, too. Do tan tans really smell worse on the inside than the outside? What's it smell like to be pushed up against Jabba. Dagobah looks like it could be pretty rank as well.

Or how about temperature controls? Turn the temperature of the theater up about 50 degrees during the light saber fight between Obi Wan and Anakin on Mustarfar at the end of Episode III.

Fuck it, add neck clamps on the audience so when Vader does his force choke on someone they feel it as well.

Come on, Lucas! There is so much more money to be made here.

Posted: Sep 29 2010 04:00 pm

That's it, let's just remake everything in 3D, after we colorize everything of course.

Posted: Sep 29 2010 04:04 pm

To impress me, I want to see the movie done in 4-D. Bla-dow.

UsaSatsui's Youtube Channel · Posted: Sep 29 2010 04:10 pm

Or the next innovation.

"Okay, audience, get your voting pads out! If Greedo shoots first, press 1! If Han shoots first, press 2! Vote now!"

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

Bullshit, you can complain about any other re-releases and you would be right but this should be no surprise from lucas. He already has done the modern equivalent of colorizing star-wars by going back and re-editing it.

Posted: Sep 29 2010 07:31 pm

UsaSatsui wrote:

Or the next innovation.

"Okay, audience, get your voting pads out! If Greedo shoots first, press 1! If Han shoots first, press 2! Vote now!"

Yeah, I always wondered why that never broke out of America's Funniest Home Videos...

Posted: Sep 29 2010 07:53 pm

By being a star war fan but growing up in the 3 prequel years i must say meh, i really like all of the movies (well maybe not 2 and 3) but lucas as so much cash already. Keep the series classy not money hungry

UsaSatsui's Youtube Channel · Posted: Sep 29 2010 07:58 pm

Optimist With Doubts wrote:

Bullshit, you can complain about any other re-releases and you would be right but this should be no surprise from lucas. He already has done the modern equivalent of colorizing star-wars by going back and re-editing it.

"You're not allowed to complain about someone doing something you don't like, because he's already done something like it before?"

Kirby

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

You are perfectly allowed to do so, but when a dog that has bitten you over 6 times does it again you can't act all surprised. The original series lost it's magic years ago when it was cut to shit and re-released several times.

Releasing in 3D is no more gimmicky then re-editing special effects in the background.

I take back the "people can't complain" remark but star wars is not the cause to take up in the "don't touch our movies" front.

Posted: Sep 29 2010 09:10 pm

I'd like to say that I'm not pissed about this. This series can't really be raped much more than it already has.

I will probably go see whichever one they release first (Ep IV?) in 3D to see how it looks. If I dig it, I'll likely see them all. Besides, I like watching these on the big screen.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

They are releasing them in episodic order according to your link.

Posted: Sep 29 2010 09:54 pm

Blah blah blah blah, Lucas raped my childhood, blah blah blah blah, Star Wars is meaningless and dead to me now, blah blah blah...

Whatever chumps, I'll be seeing each of these about 20 times in theatres when they hit.

And if you really want to talk Lucas ruining Star Wars, let's talk about the CGI Clone Wars show.

Posted: Sep 29 2010 09:59 pm

If you'll pay for it, they'll make it. See: Halo.

I'm fine with them just on DVD for me until I can get a blu-ray, and even then I don't know.

But simple economics now is driving the Star Wars franchise, and not the desire to create.

Posted: Sep 29 2010 10:14 pm

Optimist With Doubts wrote:

They are releasing them in episodic order according to your link.

Ah yes. I read another report later in the day that they may actually start with Episode IV. I got a little mixed up.

In my opinion starting with Episode I is a bad idea. It is considered the worst movie of the six by most people, so the sales may be underwhelming. Then again, it likely won't curb the release of any more of them so wtf do I know.

Yeah, BZ, I don't care myself. If people don't want to see them, they obviously don't have to. I like that I'll have the opportunity to see these on the big screen again. If the 3D is just terrible (which I doubt it will be), then I may skip the later releases. Otherwise I'm in for all six.

Wizard Joined: Jun 12 2009 Posts: 4209

Klimbatize wrote:

Yeah, BZ, I don't care myself. If people don't want to see them, they obviously don't have to. I like that I'll have the opportunity to see these on the big screen again. If the 3D is just terrible (which I doubt it will be), then I may skip the later releases. Otherwise I'm in for all six.

This. It'll be a nice change.

Posted: Sep 29 2010 11:03 pm

I will say im in for all 6 as well

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

Since Episode I, II, and III had a large amount of footage created using digital means, those portions can be rerendered in 3D. I imagine they will get perfect quality with any of the artificial environment.

Episodes IV, V, and VI on the other hand don't have original footage that is digitally created. They need to be synthetically updated. I don't think it will ever look quite right in 3D.

I will most likely see these if they have a decent run in the theater. I am not going out to see a 2 day showing or something like that. But if they are out for 3-4 weeks I'll catch them when they aren't as busy.

Posted: Sep 30 2010 10:39 am

I'd rather scratch my small intestine with a screwdriver. IV-VI might be worth watching if they don't make me want to puke, but I and III were both bad enough to make me fall asleep in the theatre and II was known, in my circle of friends, as "five minute Yoda fight scene". I'll save sixty-seventy dollars and say pass.

Posted: Sep 30 2010 02:30 pm

Hasn't the original trilogy been raped enough? LEAVE IT ALONE, GEORGE! You can pile drive your craptastic prequel set into the dirt for all I care. Leave Luke outta this.

Posted: Sep 30 2010 04:48 pm

Joe_Killer wrote:

Hasn't the original trilogy been raped enough? LEAVE IT ALONE, GEORGE! You can pile drive your craptastic prequel set into the dirt for all I care. Leave Luke outta this.

Its been raped yes but ill probably go see them anyway

Wizard Joined: Jun 12 2009 Posts: 4209

snesguy1012 wrote:

Joe_Killer wrote:

Hasn't the original trilogy been raped enough? LEAVE IT ALONE, GEORGE! You can pile drive your craptastic prequel set into the dirt for all I care. Leave Luke outta this.

Its been raped yes but ill probably go see them anyway

This, and, if you don't think it's a good idea, just don't go and see them. Problem solved.

Posted: Oct 01 2010 04:11 am

GPFontaine wrote:

Since Episode I, II, and III had a large amount of footage created using digital means, those portions can be rerendered in 3D. I imagine they will get perfect quality with any of the artificial environment.

Episodes IV, V, and VI on the other hand don't have original footage that is digitally created. They need to be synthetically updated. I don't think it will ever look quite right in 3D.

I will most likely see these if they have a decent run in the theater. I am not going out to see a 2 day showing or something like that. But if they are out for 3-4 weeks I'll catch them when they aren't as busy.

Yea, but apparently these aren't gonna start coming out until 2012, and even then only one a year.

By that logic we won't get Empire and Jedi until 2016 and 2017 respectively. By that time I expect 3D to be pretty perfected, shit it will probably be glasses free by that point.

Posted: Oct 01 2010 01:50 pm

I was never that offended by any of the editing they made to the original movies. Most of it is kind of stupid, maybe. But for the most part I can just dimiss it.

The only real exception for me is that damn musical number with the singing gremlin they added into Jedi, in Jabba's palace. That was a fucking disgrace.