StarDestroyer.Net BBS

Ender wrote:Am I the only one disappointed tha we didn't get to see wookiees rip any arms out of sockets? I mean, have Gree get decapitated, have Tarful take on the scout. Or have random wookiee 5 rip the arms off a SBD. Something, please!

It looks like the Wookiee stuff was cut out for a reason. It didn't even get a mention in the novelixzation. TV show fodder, people? Recall, that Ann Crispin was forbidden to write about how Han and Chewie met in her Solo trilogy! Considering the fact that Lucas originally wanted Han to be Jungle Boy on Kashyyk, this might be a clear indication that LFL has other plans for the Wookiees.

Vader's saber has been inconsistent since Star Wars first came out. There was one shot in the Death Star where it was WHITE.

If you're talking about the 2004 DVD's, I wouldn't trust that too far.

No, I´m talking about ever single version I´ve seen. Orange for the seeker droid in ANH, orange/red for the speeder bike-cannon in ROTJ.

Though I must admit to liking the yellow center of the DS II superlaser in the DVD-version. Made me think of the yellow beam for the crab cannon in SW: CW.

I just noticed this. In the picture of the emperor with two clonetroopers (look at the General Reactions page), we see that they're moving away from the style of helmet used in AotC, and more toward the Stormtrooper helmet. They have seperate eyes instead of the T-bar, and they've almost completely eliminated the fin on top. Also, the bulges at the base are much more prominant.

The trooper helmet evolution is pretty well known by now.

Cykeisme wrote:

Isolder74 wrote:Has this been mentioned?

It appears that the Chanceller has on his person a tracking becon. This becon is on him in such a way that the jedi feel confident that finding it they find the chanceller. It HAS to but on him in such a way that taking away his clothes would not lower their confidence in finding it.

Is it some type of implant?

Oh, I see where this is going.

Where what is going? It could be something similar to a dog info tracking chip placed in his wrist. It could be an article of jewelry, perhaps even sewn into his underwhere

It HAS to but on him in such a way that taking away his clothes would not lower their confidence in finding it:roll: .
erhaps even sewn into his underwhere":roll:

Oh my aching backside

How the hell are you getting all of these good images? They don't all appear to be from official releases.

They don't all appear to be from official releases

Don´t ask, don´t tell.

That's what I thought. Any way of not knowing how low the Venator sits in dock from Yoda's arrival at the yards?

You´re gonna have to get that from some other source right now. =\

Bah! Some miracle worker you turned out to be.

Just give me.....

...09:36 hours.

VT-16 wrote: I think that might have been an error, someone could have thought the AT-RTs were named AT-STs, like their decendants.

I think Stover knows the EU pretty well to not make such a mistake- I think his reference to AT-ST was on purpose. More the merrier really.

Nice screenshots there too, btw. Mike should definitely have them on hand for the technology section, if it's ... advisable.

I could swear there's some sort of unidentified walker design during the Utapau combat.

Personally I can´t wait for the DVD, there´s so much going on, especially on Mygeeto and the other CW worlds, here´s hoping they added some low-res CG EU stuff somewhere. *Sigh*

If not, there´s plenty of opportunity in the TV series. I still can´t wrap my mind around the fact that we´ll probably see more stuff in that than in all six films combined! According to some high-profile dude on MF who attended a party with Lucas and Co (even got a pic of him and the Flanneled One), he was heading for Sydney next week to begin pre-production already.

Lord Poe wrote:Vader's saber has been inconsistent since Star Wars first came out. There was one shot in the Death Star where it was WHITE.

True dat, but barring the color screwups in the new DVD's, it's been pretty consistent from ESB to ROTJ (okay, so the hilt looks slightly different, but I mean the blade).

The goal of modifying the lightsabers on the DVD's was supposedly to smooth out any inconsistencies that had been in the films since day one, instead they mostly just introduced more inconsistencies or made them uglier (though I liked the changes to the Vader/Kenobi fight in ANH, even if they still left 1% of it messed up; and the fix for Vader's white saber in that one shot).

VT-16 wrote:

If you're talking about the 2004 DVD's, I wouldn't trust that too far.

No, I´m talking about ever single version I´ve seen. Orange for the seeker droid in ANH, orange/red for the speeder bike-cannon in ROTJ.

Though I must admit to liking the yellow center of the DS II superlaser in the DVD-version. Made me think of the yellow beam for the crab cannon in SW: CW.

I always thought those were both red, but maybe I'm wrong. For years our home TV had the color settings messed up. I could dig out my SE VHS (non-widescreen, woo hoo) tapes sometime and compare. If you're right, then I stand corrected. The SE was a clean up of the films supposedly, but even then we had some colors changing (Luke's saber in Ben's hut looks green due to aging of the stock). I wish I had the original originals...

I'll just take your word for it then unless somebody else can post some caps. If it's in the SE there's a pretty good chance it's always been that way though, 'cause I think Luke's saber in ANH was never blue in the SE (the only colored parts had faded to green or were white).

You did bring up a good point though, sometimes blaster bolts (in the OT) have a "core" to them (almost like a lightsaber blade) other times they're just solid color, though usually we're talking different weapons, not the same one.

Okay, finally I think I might have another ROTS Revelation (or more of a nitpick, whatever):

I swear I saw lightsabers shadows (ie: as if they were physical blades) in the Dooku/Kenobi/Anakin fight. Of course Lucas could easily fix that if he wanted to...

Slug ridding Trooper?

Yeah, that poor slug was pulsating harder than Jabba in heat!

I noticed especially the stormtrooper blasters throughout the OT firing solid red bolts.

So really Dark Forces had it right. It was the subsequent sequels (Jedi Knight, et al.) that got it wrong by portraying red bolts with white (or yellow) cores.

Kurgan wrote:So really Dark Forces had it right. It was the subsequent sequels (Jedi Knight, et al.) that got it wrong by portraying red bolts with white (or yellow) cores.

IIRC, in photo stills, the blaster bolts had yellow cores. Don't ask me why just in the photos.

It was the subsequent sequels (Jedi Knight, et al.) that got it wrong by portraying red bolts with white (or yellow) cores.

I don´t think it´s necessarily wrong, just another type of ammo.

The smaller doors on the Venator dorsal hull are likely a mod or variant of the class. Other ships, such as those seen in the opening battle, don't have them.

Kurgan wrote:Okay, finally I think I might have another ROTS Revelation (or more of a nitpick, whatever):

I swear I saw lightsabers shadows (ie: as if they were physical blades) in the Dooku/Kenobi/Anakin fight. Of course Lucas could easily fix that if he wanted to...

There have always been shadows cast by lightsabers.

Man, looking at the first pic above, even the fucking V-wings look huge next to the Eta-2!