New Feature on the OS: Episode IV Visual Guide

Mange · Post by **Mange** » 2007-05-01 03:03am

There's a new feature on the Official Site, the Episode IV Visual Guide, which includes annotated stills from ANH which includes behind the scenes trivia and movie lore. Three scenes were released today, the first two were meh (the FOX logo and opening crawl) while the third was pretty interesting and included some insight in the layout of the Tantive IV and a blurb which indicates that the ISD has a Star Trek-style reactor core ejection system.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-05-01 03:50am

This looks like it could be the start of an awesome (and free!) all-in-one multi-purpose resource.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2007-05-01 05:44am

Wow, the two moons of Tatooine get identified! And a reactor ejection system!

Also like how the 501st have DV in their designations.

Man, what will happen when they get to ROTJ? Maybe even the Tector gets some trivia, or the faraway Imperial fleet gets individual identifications?

Mange · Post by **Mange** » 2007-05-01 06:13am

Yes, I'm only hoping this will be updated often and not forgotten about.

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2007-05-01 06:41am

This is going to be a fantastic resource if maintained well.

VT-16 wrote:Wow, the two moons of Tatooine get identified!

I was about to say that the moons must have been identified in Galaxy Guide #7, but you're right! I just checked and they're not.

Post by **Vympel** » 2007-05-01 07:25am

Should be cool, though I wish they weren't so eager to give names to otherwise nameless extras who die in a matter of moments.

Vehrec · Post by **Vehrec** » 2007-05-01 08:09am

Huh. So stormtrooper armor has it's power cells in the legs, and a heat sink on the belt? Well that seems odd places to put them, but I guess in the GFFA, you can put your power cells where you please. Stormtrooper armor isn't significantly powered either, so I guess that if you loose your legs, you've got bigger things to worry about than where you power cells are located.

Cykeisme · Post by **Cykeisme** » 2007-05-01 11:28am

Argh, my SoD is bruised..

For example, "Dog-eared set dressing" on Image 17..

I just closed my eyes, covered my ears and kept chanting "Loose access panel left ajar" over and over again

Vehrec wrote:Stormtrooper armor isn't significantly powered either, so I guess that if you loose your legs, you've got bigger things to worry about than where you power cells are located.

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » 2007-05-01 11:59am

Pretty cool, though why they wasted two slots covering the Fox logo and the opening scrawl, rather then just adding them together, is beyond me. I do hope they maintain this and eventually get around to doing the other movies.

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2007-05-01 12:57pm

wwhere exactly are the powercells/heatsinks coming from on that source? Or the reactor ejection system?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-05-01 02:39pm

Balrog wrote:Pretty cool, though why they wasted two slots covering the Fox logo and the opening scrawl, rather then just adding them together, is beyond me.

Because they're technically two separate elements.

I'm surprised that even thirty years later, and given with how much stuff has been released and revealed, that there is still information that seems brand-new.

For instance, I never knew that the title of the film was initially part of the opening crawl, let alone what the logo actually looked like at that point, until last night.

Man, this thing has me totally stoked...

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2007-05-01 05:42pm

Info on mystery ships in ESB, more info on the Imperial and Rebel fleets at Endor..... 8)

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » 2007-05-01 07:05pm

TIE boarding craft is affixed to opposite end of portside airlock

Why would it be necessary to use a TIE boarding craft to board the Tantive IV? Isn't the ship already in the Star Destroyer's ventral bay, meaning the Imperials can just mate a boarding tube (term?) from the Star Destroyer to the airlock? If they're worried the rebels might escape aboard the Star Destroyer, they can just magnetically lock the doors to prevent anyone from going out the opposite end of the boarding tube.

As for Stormtrooper armor power cells... ergonomically, they should be on the lower torso (lower back, hips, beltline, etc.). Maybe the power cells above the right knee are replacement cells in a storage unit, to be removed from the storage unit and plugged in somewhere on the torso when needed?

Anguirus · Post by **Anguirus** » 2007-05-01 07:19pm

WOW! I'm so psyched that this isn't "Hyperspace only."

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2007-05-01 08:56pm

Sidewinder wrote:
TIE boarding craft is affixed to opposite end of portside airlock
Why would it be necessary to use a TIE boarding craft to board the Tantive IV? Isn't the ship already in the Star Destroyer's ventral bay, meaning the Imperials can just mate a boarding tube (term?) from the Star Destroyer to the airlock?

In case there's a booby-trap, you'd rather have it hit a boarding craft than the main ship.

And...erm...I don't think we'll be advertising that the Imperial Navy is propelled by pantyhose containers.

Cykeisme wrote:Argh, my SoD is bruised..

For example, "Dog-eared set dressing" on Image 17..

I just closed my eyes, covered my ears and kept chanting "Loose access panel left ajar" over and over again

Don't know if you realized this or not, but it's something for everyone in general - white text is in-universe information, green text is out-of-universe.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-05-01 09:19pm

Hence why there's also the corresponding script excerpts, background notes, and images for the primary page entries.

The Original Nex · Post by **The Original Nex** » 2007-05-01 10:43pm

Vympel wrote:Should be cool, though I wish they weren't so eager to give names to otherwise nameless extras who die in a matter of moments.

Are they coming up with these as new parts of the feature, or just reiterating old Decipher/WEG material?

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2007-05-01 11:55pm

The Original Nex wrote:
Vympel wrote:Should be cool, though I wish they weren't so eager to give names to otherwise nameless extras who die in a matter of moments.
Are they coming up with these as new parts of the feature, or just reiterating old Decipher/WEG material?

Some of the names seem decidedly new as I certainly can't recall even Decipher naming several of those who get identification in this series.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-05-02 12:08am

Pello Scrambas, Chad Hilse, Stormtrooper DV-523, were all originally identified in the Decipher and WotC card games.

Cariso Smadis seems to be identified in this feature for the first time.

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2007-05-02 01:32am

I don't know, the reference to the TIE Boarding Craft does have a use. If someone says the EU isn't valid we can just say, 'Fine, the Stormtroopers blew open the door with their blasters, rather than a TIE Boarding Craft blowing it open, now scale that up to the size of a turbolaser.'

Post by **RogueIce** » 2007-05-02 06:59am

Am I blind or something? I'm totally not seeing all this cool information at all. Just some basic behind-the-scenes stuff...

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2007-05-02 07:19am

You need to click on the view images section to get it to pop up.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2007-05-02 07:43am

VT-16 wrote:You need to click on the view images section to get it to pop up.

All I get are nine images (in the Chapter 3 page) that tell me nothing of interest. Do I have to go sign up and log in or something?

EDIT: So I signed up, logged on, and...nothing.

This is either going to be one of those "How the fuck did I miss THAT?" moments, or something is screwy with my browser.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2007-05-02 08:26am

Nine? There's supposed to be 37!

And I find the part about reactor core ejection interesting. And being able to tell one moon from the other.

Kane Starkiller · Post by **Kane Starkiller** » 2007-05-02 09:00am

No no not those nine pictures at the bottom. Scroll up where excerpt from the script begins. On the right you'll see a thumbnail with the writing:
"Visual Guide
Chapter 3: Imperial attack
click here to view images"
Click it and the popup will appear.