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As there will be stuff coming out over the next couple of months regarding the 30th Anniversary i thought itd be good to have a thread concerning any goodies/coming events or tv specials coming our way regarding the celebration of the release of STAR WARS or A New Hope as its now refered to

weve had the stamps but check these Ralph McQuarrie concept art figures
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/dragonballzcentral_1944_238814421.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/dragonballzcentral_1945_299542529.jpg

and this beauty as mentioned before
The Making of SW book
a 300-plus page book with over 500(many unseen....more!) color images and a 150,000 word manuscript
its not cheap at $74 and is out April 24th
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/p1_1_bg.jpg

more
ABOUT THIS BOOK
After the 1973 success of American Graffiti, filmmaker George Lucas made the fateful decision to pursue a longtime dream project: a space fantasy movie unlike any ever produced. Lucas envisioned a swashbuckling SF saga inspired by the Flash Gordon serials classic American westerns, the epic cinema of Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa, and mythological heroes. Its original title: The Star Wars. The rest is history, and how it was made is a story as entertaining and exciting as the movie that has enthralled millions for thirty years–a story that has never been told as it was meant to be. Until now.

Using his unprecedented access to the Lucasfilm Archives and its trove of never-before-published “lost” interviews, photos, production notes, factoids, and anecdotes, Star Wars scholar J. W. Rinzler hurtles readers back in time for a one-of-a-kind behind-the-scenes look at the nearly decade-long quest of George Lucas and his key collaborators to make the “little” movie that became a phenomenon. For the first time, it’s all here:

• the evolution of the now-classic story and characters–including “Annikin Starkiller” and “a huge green-skinned monster with no nose and large gills” named Han Solo
• excerpts from George Lucas’s numerous, ever-morphing script drafts
• the birth of Industrial Light & Magic, the special-effects company that revolutionized Hollywood filmmaking
• the studio-hopping and budget battles that nearly scuttled the entire project
• the director’s early casting saga, which might have led to a film spoken mostly in Japanese–including the intensive auditions that won the cast members their roles and made them legends
• the grueling, nearly catastrophic location shoot in Tunisia and the subsequent breakneck dash at Elstree Studios in London
• the who’s who of young film rebels who pitched in to help–including Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and Brian DePalma

But perhaps most exciting, and rarest of all, are the interviews conducted before and during production and immediately after the release of Star Wars–in which George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Sir Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, composer John Williams, effects masters Dennis Muren, Richard Edlund, and John Dykstra, Phil Tippett, Rick Baker, legendary production designer John Barry, and a host of others share their fascinating tales from the trenches and candid opinions of the film that would ultimately change their lives.

No matter how you view the spectrum of this thirty-year phenomenon, The Making of Star Wars stands as a crucial document–rich in fascination and revelation–of a genuine cinematic and cultural touchstone.

Originally posted by vintageSW77
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/dragonballzcentral_1945_299542529.jpg


I am in love.

they are nice
they are part of an Anniversary set that includes Biggs etc
i may buy the two pictured as they are unique

MCQuarrie action figures... I can't believe it! Pretty amazing. I better go and pre-order the book.

Hell I just want Fett. I need to catch up on my action figures.

Hehehe

theres an exclusive McQuarrie 30th Anniversary 3p0 and R2 for convention goers coming
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/20070402_2_bg.jpg

and this has just been announced today
its Luke from the famous duel with Vader art
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/20070409_3_bg.jpg

the Stormtrooper with sheild and lightsabre was out last year and that was niiiiiiiiiiiice

R2 and 3PO are KEWL!!!

whoo! more stuff to spend money on!

w00t

We fall for it again.

We always will...

Fight the urge people, don't allow Lucas to make even more money, or he will make Jar Jar episodes one day, you have been warned.

He made Ewok episodes one day: live action and animated. I didn't buy those either.

That is because he made allot of money from movies, now he will make even more money from stuff related with SW and you know he will make Jar Jar TV episodes, he is his favorite character, after all. I say we stop him, with all means necessary.

more of the McQ Boba
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/LargeScan.jpg

Cool! It's nice to see the original Clone concept also came from McQuarrie. He's a true SW hero.

What's with the different helmets?

Its one of the earlier helmet designs put forward but discarded

here
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/SWPicsMcQuarrieMandalorian.jpg

im loving these figures
they def have that old SW vibe

Originally posted by queeq
Cool! It's nice to see the original Clone concept also came from McQuarrie.

Some of us already knew this 13

Of course. I guess I did too, it just kinda struck me how nice. It's just like those 50's rocket men. Aka vintage SW.

I gotta start saving up some money so I can spend some...

They probably wont be even sold in my country, tham it.

Yeah, there is that possibility.

Ebay anyone?

Yup, 'fraid so.

I haven't bought anything off there in a while...

If you buy something on Ebay, can they ship it to EU?

If they couldn't, they wouldn't be a very good place now would they? They ship everywhere nuts

Even in far reaches of third world country's.

They??? They??? Most do, but some don't. Depends on the seller.

Yes they!

You could always try.

It usually says where they ship.

Where?

In the object info.

Beautiful...

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/DH14803lg.jpg

Awesome! faint

Originally posted by vintageSW77
Beautiful...

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/DH14803lg.jpg

Actually, thats TOTALLY KICKASS.

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THat is outstanding!

I really kind of want it.

queeq, will you get it for me for my birthday?

Heres Darth raven, I think he's pretty cool, Theres also going to be a darth malak figure....

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o186/Aqualancer/darthrevan.gif

im also glad to see more OT than PT.

Originally posted by vintageSW77
Beautiful...

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/DH14803lg.jpg

Who is the guy fighting Vader?

luke....

Never seen it before.

well, he does look like a scuba diver.

Yup and he is still lame.

But its so awesome!!

Postapacolyptic Luke is much better than farmboy luke.

Originally posted by Count Makashi
Never seen it before.

It's an original MacQuarrie design. INteresting tidbit: matching masks.

are they gonna show the Star Wars Celebration on tv ?? (I live in the uk)

i doubt it
well probably get a tv doc though
or just a repeat of the first dvd boxset documentary on the biography channel again

Originally posted by Alliance
Postapacolyptic Luke is much better than farmboy luke.

I might actually think he wasn't so terrible if they went that route.

Originally posted by vintageSW77
i doubt it
well probably get a tv doc though
or just a repeat of the first dvd boxset documentary on the biography channel again

How many times have they played that now?

Maybe some time later, we can download it, from the Internet, for free. That would be great.

Eevrybody downloads stuff now. And it is free to watch it off T.V. too you know.

Yea, but probably not in my country, which program.

Which program for what?

On which program will it be on TV, like Discovery, that was just an example.

Dunno, they haven't even said what it will be, or if they will do anything at all, but I'm sure they will.

Originally posted by General G
I might actually think he wasn't so terrible if they went that route.

Likewise...and maybe his whines would be muffled through the mask.

Originally posted by Alliance
Likewise...and maybe his whines would be muffled through the mask.

That would be the day.

Indeed.

Indeed.

Copy boy ermm...cat.

haermm

nuts

I'd rather be a copy boy than a metalhead.

"MFffffmfffff Toshiffffff Stafffftiffffnnn MFFFFF "




Yeah. I can see that.

Originally posted by queeq
"MFffffmfffff Toshiffffff Stafffftiffffnnn MFFFFF "




Yeah. I can see that.

Hey! They can talk! They even talk in the movies...

Luke talked all the time

And whined.

Originally posted by Alliance
Luke talked all the time

Yeah....point? He also:

Originally posted by queeq
And whined.

He whined allot.

Only in ANH and half of ESB.

And after that, he was just a bad character.

Who still whined. The whining is strong in him.

He didn't whine too much after 5.

wtfed again? What this time?

Anakin whined more than Luke.

I find it harder to sympathize with Luke's character.

That's very strange. There was nothing sympathetic about Anakin, plus he didn't change. Luke did.

Ankin changed... a lot. Luke had no justification for his actions. Anakin is at least in an interesting situation.

I have to say that I agree with Alliance on this one.

firefirefireph

Originally posted by Alliance
Ankin changed... a lot. Luke had no justification for his actions. Anakin is at least in an interesting situation.

He got a black leather suit on.... yes, I understand why you like it.

I think he prefers the white armor over the leather.

Leather is cool too.

White armor is more meaningful.

Would you prefer a clone in armor or leather than?

clones would feel naked without their armor.

Even if they wore something else that protects them more instead?

Like spandex.

Not what I was thinking, but that works too...

Yeah, they feel naked without thier armor even if wearing other clothes.

Their armor is their real birthday suit.

Creepy. Is their armor only including their infantry armor? Or does it include their pilot armor?

Whatever they are trained to be.

Originally posted by Alliance
Yeah, they feel naked without thier armor even if wearing other clothes.

Their armor is their real birthday suit.

Is there anything underneath? I mean, can clones procreate?

Originally posted by Alliance
Whatever they are trained to be.

And if they are trained to be a normal citizen as a "spy" per se trying to get some information?

Originally posted by queeq
Is there anything underneath? I mean, can clones procreate?

What a question to ask.

is it true lucas is puttig out a rough draft of the making of the screenplay with dialogue that couldve been but wasnt

Originally posted by General G
And if they are trained to be a normal citizen as a "spy" per se trying to get some information?

Nah. Even commandos who do that sort of stuff hate it. They feel "naked"

But they wouldn't express that to their superiors I assume? Sounds like an odd execuse.

As clones get more independant, they express more of a 'tude.

Many don't like the Jedi, for good reasons, and it would depend on who they were expressing it too.

Its not an excuse, its just distractingly awkward...like having your legs removed or something.

And when they get onto the battlefield, certain attitudes can affect how they act, and are more prone to getting shot.

I am sure that is a bit more extreme than not wearing your armor, but your point is seen.

Originally posted by Smoki
is it true lucas is puttig out a rough draft of the making of the screenplay with dialogue that couldve been but wasnt

Originally posted by Smoki
is it true lucas is puttig out a rough draft of the making of the screenplay with dialogue that couldve been but wasnt

Originally posted by vintageSW77
and this beauty as mentioned before
The Making of SW book
a 300-plus page book with over 500(many unseen....more!) color images and a 150,000 word manuscript
its not cheap at $74 and is out April 24th
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/p1_1_bg.jpg

more
ABOUT THIS BOOK
After the 1973 success of American Graffiti, filmmaker George Lucas made the fateful decision to pursue a longtime dream project: a space fantasy movie unlike any ever produced. Lucas envisioned a swashbuckling SF saga inspired by the Flash Gordon serials classic American westerns, the epic cinema of Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa, and mythological heroes. Its original title: The Star Wars. The rest is history, and how it was made is a story as entertaining and exciting as the movie that has enthralled millions for thirty years–a story that has never been told as it was meant to be. Until now.

Using his unprecedented access to the Lucasfilm Archives and its trove of never-before-published “lost” interviews, photos, production notes, factoids, and anecdotes, Star Wars scholar J. W. Rinzler hurtles readers back in time for a one-of-a-kind behind-the-scenes look at the nearly decade-long quest of George Lucas and his key collaborators to make the “little” movie that became a phenomenon. For the first time, it’s all here:

• the evolution of the now-classic story and characters–including “Annikin Starkiller” and “a huge green-skinned monster with no nose and large gills” named Han Solo
• excerpts from George Lucas’s numerous, ever-morphing script drafts
• the birth of Industrial Light & Magic, the special-effects company that revolutionized Hollywood filmmaking
• the studio-hopping and budget battles that nearly scuttled the entire project
• the director’s early casting saga, which might have led to a film spoken mostly in Japanese–including the intensive auditions that won the cast members their roles and made them legends
• the grueling, nearly catastrophic location shoot in Tunisia and the subsequent breakneck dash at Elstree Studios in London
• the who’s who of young film rebels who pitched in to help–including Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and Brian DePalma

But perhaps most exciting, and rarest of all, are the interviews conducted before and during production and immediately after the release of Star Wars–in which George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Sir Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, composer John Williams, effects masters Dennis Muren, Richard Edlund, and John Dykstra, Phil Tippett, Rick Baker, legendary production designer John Barry, and a host of others share their fascinating tales from the trenches and candid opinions of the film that would ultimately change their lives.

No matter how you view the spectrum of this thirty-year phenomenon, The Making of Star Wars stands as a crucial document–rich in fascination and revelation–of a genuine cinematic and cultural touchstone.

Is this what you mean?

Originally posted by General G
What a question to ask.

Why? We know from our history that troops go out to pillage and rape. I wonder what the Clones did on those thousands of planets they went to.

This is very good news

Justin Lee has done this with reasonable success in the past with members of the A Team and the cast of Grange Hill so i reckon this will be a good show
What he does is harrass stars of yesteryear to get together in one room for a reunion
i doubt Ford will play ball but i reckon Fisher,Hamill,Baker,Bulloch,Williams and Prowse will at least be up for it
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=447895&in_page_id=1773&ito=1490

More SW 30th stuff concerning a screening of ANH last night with key figures in its making present
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Panelists after the screening included:
Mark Hamill
Carrie Fisher
George Lucas
Gary Kurtz - Producer
Alan Ladd Jr. - Fox exec.
Ben Burtt - sound designer
John Dykstra - VFX sup
Richard Edlund - VFX sup/camera op.
Robert Blalack - VFX/opticals
Grant McCune - chief model maker
Richard Chew - editor
Paul Hirsch - editor
Les Dilley - art director
Ray West - sound re-recording mixer
Don MacDougall - sound re-recording mixer


http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20070424/117744114000.html

two pics from this
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/00032b0a.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/00033dh9.jpg

another link with a few comments on the night
http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/cl-et-cinefile20apr20,0,6308628.story?coll=cl-movies-features

more images from last nights after screening panel

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/070423a_022-p.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/070423a_221-p.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/070423a_293-p.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/070423a_453-p.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/070423a_603-p.jpg

nice to see Kurtz and Ladd there

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/070423a_315-p.jpg

im sure the Q/A will be up soon

The pics don't work.

anyone else?

They work fine with mine...Lucas is getting old...

They should refilm ANH with the current actors

HAyden as Luke?

Old Hamill/Fischer/Ford as their original characters.

Age Wars.

lol

Carrie Fischer is dead no?

No.

No...

Those Anniversary stamps up close
The winning stamp will be announced on May 25 during Star Wars Celebration IV in Los Angeles and will be honored with the issuance of a single stamp, which will be for sale later this summer.
Though im sure the sets will be available at sci fi fairs for those of us not in the US

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsamidala.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsanakinandobiduel.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsbobafett.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsc3p0.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsdarthmaul.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsemperor.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampshanandchewie.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsleiaandr2.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsluketwinsuns.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsmilfalcon.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsoldobiwan.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsstormies.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsvader.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsxwing.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsyoda.jpg

Is there a stamp with Dooku?

yeah and its probbably on your arse

more ways of making money

Yup.

Originally posted by queeq
No...

Really?!?!?!? Wow...

Originally posted by coolmovies
more ways of making money

What isn't?

Turn off your mobile advert posted before last weeks SW screening
http://www.filmwad.com/-star-wars-turn-off-your-cell-phones-ad-2288-p.html

My winner.http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampsstormies.jpg

Thought the actualy winner will be the Luke twin-suns or the Leia-R2 ones.

Originally posted by vintageSW77
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o60/cylob46/swstampshanandchewie.jpg

I like this one, but I could see how the Luke and two suns could get it.

Great cell phone ad...

So what's with the different sizes of the stamps? Some are very narrow...

Whats wrong with them being narrow?

Nothing. Just a bit surprised the stamps have different sizes.

Makes them more "unique."

haermm uniqueness...

Haha?

Does it now?

Yeah, I would say so.

There's a new batch out, I hear.

I really wish I could to the celebration.That would be so cool.Saw some pictures of some in my starwars Insider Mazine l ooks like fun!jm

Yeah, me too.

I didn't even know there was a celebration, where is it?

Sometime or another

And in someplace or another?

C4.

I think during the summer in some country!jm