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Post by Action Ace on Nov 19, 2014 14:41:10 GMT -5
Is there even a way to watch the pre-Special Edition trilogy without owning a laserdisc player?  It came out in 2006. I would imagine Disney and Fox will get together and we'll see a new set next holiday season. |
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Post by The Captain on Nov 19, 2014 14:46:55 GMT -5
Surprised nobody's commented on the Jaxxon/Star Wars party variant cover of Star Wars #1 by John Tyler Christopher yet. Looks like this is yet another variant that I'll have to hunt down and buy...bastards!  Full story here... www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=56867Obviously it goes without saying that I'd LOVE to see Jaxxon re-appear in a Marvel Star Wars comic (and not just on the cover, as is the case here). As far as I know, Jaxxon is owned by Lucasfilm (and now Disney) -- I think I'm right in saying that any new characters Marvel created in their old Star Wars comic automatically became Lucasfilm property. It's reasonably well known how little George Lucas himself thought of Jaxxon as a character, but maybe with Lucas not 100% in control of Star Wars anymore, there is hope of seeing Jaxxon in a Star wars comic again in the future. Here's hoping. I also wonder, what with this new Star Wars comic book being set immediately after Star Wars IV: A New Hope, how they will fit in with the old Marvel SW comics? Will Marvel attempt to weave the new stories around and in-between the older material or will they just ignore it? I know that the old Marvel SW stuff is only considered semi-canon for the most part, so I'm guessing it'll be the latter. But I hope it's the former. This cover is too sweet! I will definitely be hunting this one down. |
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Post by Jesse on Nov 20, 2014 21:46:24 GMT -5
Is there even a way to watch the pre-Special Edition trilogy without owning a laserdisc player? It came out in 2006. I would imagine Disney and Fox will get together and we'll see a new set next holiday season. Those are the versions with the actor who played Jabba and Han shot first? I didn't know they existed on DVD. I haven't watched those versions in ages. |
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Post by Action Ace on Nov 20, 2014 22:38:37 GMT -5
It came out in 2006. I would imagine Disney and Fox will get together and we'll see a new set next holiday season. Those are the versions with the actor who played Jabba and Han shot first? I didn't know they existed on DVD. I haven't watched those versions in ages. Han shoots first, but there is no Jabba in Star Wars. |
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Post by Jesse on Nov 20, 2014 22:54:24 GMT -5
Han shoots first, but there is no Jabba in Star Wars. I thought this scene was from A New Hope.  |
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Post by Action Ace on Nov 20, 2014 22:57:19 GMT -5
Han shoots first, but there is no Jabba in Star Wars. I thought this scene was from A New Hope. It was cut from the final film. This is what the scene looked like from the Marvel Comics adaptation.  |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 20, 2014 23:10:27 GMT -5
Isn't back to Han shooting first in the newer versions?
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Post by Action Ace on Nov 20, 2014 23:19:33 GMT -5
Isn't back to Han shooting first in the newer versions? No. Greedo still fires first, but it's a much closer sequence (almost at the same time) in the newest cuts. |
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Post by Jesse on Nov 21, 2014 17:55:09 GMT -5
My favorite Richard Pryor sketch  |
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Post by badwolf on Nov 21, 2014 18:15:17 GMT -5
I never read the series regularly, but I had some occasional issues of the Marvel run (including the second and third movie adaptations). Does anyone remember those bagged 3-packs that you could sometimes find at toy stores or even in vending machines? I had one of 7-9 and it really confused me because even though Han and Chewie were there, the group appeared to include knock-offs of Luke, Leia and Kenobi (and I think a couple droids too?) Anyway, even though I wasn't heavily into it at the time, I hope to acquire the Marvel omnibuses when they come out. (The nostalgia is strong with this one.)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2014 0:02:25 GMT -5
F*** YEAH!
-M
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Post by Pharozonk on Nov 28, 2014 0:06:38 GMT -5
Hmm something about that just didn't feel Star Warsy to me...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2014 0:08:10 GMT -5
Hmm something about that just didn't feel Star Warsy to me... I think you are suffering from too much turkey or being in Texas affected your brain-to me that captured the feel of being in the theatre in 1977 or 1980 far more than anything in any of the prequel movies did! -M |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2014 0:13:47 GMT -5
Hearing Han's one line in the trailer sealed the deal for me too!
-M
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Post by Pharozonk on Nov 28, 2014 0:14:49 GMT -5
Hmm something about that just didn't feel Star Warsy to me... I think you are suffering from too much turkey or being in Texas affected your brain-to me that captured the feel of being in the theatre in 1977 or 1980 far more than anything in any of the prequel movies did! -M My Texas-bred insanity aside, I think that the original films were couched in the sci-fi aesthetic of the 70/80's that can't be repeated today due to the heavy use of CGI and modern filming techniques. Ultimately, nothing will really capture that original feeling in my opinion. |
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