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Make Your Own STAR WARS Movie?!?! Lucasfilms Will Help You Now!!

First!! by MonkeyManReturns	May 24th, 2007 08:25:53 AM
Whahoooo!
More importantly... by MonkeyManReturns	May 24th, 2007 08:27:54 AM
Cool gimmick idea...one that doesn't improve the movie experience...but is fun nonetheless...I'm off to find those home sex tapes I made with a certain young lady...play me the Darth Vader tune!
NERD ALERT!!! by SmashedRat	May 24th, 2007 08:28:24 AM
Now lets see what all you bitchin fools can come up with HERES YOUR BIG CHANCE POOPY PANTS!!!
and... by jimmy rabbitte	May 24th, 2007 08:34:33 AM
...ban all references to Jar Jar.
DerLanghaarige, you made me laugh. by beastie	May 24th, 2007 08:36:25 AM
no message.
why the hubbbub? by jedimindflayer	May 24th, 2007 08:38:35 AM
just turn in the 'phantom edit' of ep1, and an ewokless edit of jedi
really cool idea by Bloo	May 24th, 2007 08:43:51 AM
that is a really neat idea on LucasFilm's part and a nice way of honoring/helping/etc the fans. And not that anyone cares but Star Wars was the first film I ever saw. Not that I remember any of it as I was only a couple of months old but mom and dad went and saw it at a drive in and lil Everett went with them. It also happens to be on eof the first movies I rmemeber seeing on VHS, it and oddly enough Micheal Jackson's Thriller
Happy 30th Anniversary STAR WARS by TiNSeLToWN TeRRoR	May 24th, 2007 08:44:07 AM
"sigh"...the good ole days.
Thank you, Lucasfilms by CuervoJones	May 24th, 2007 08:52:11 AM
For all.
Will this allow me to hire Ahmed Best by Franklin T Marmoset	May 24th, 2007 08:58:40 AM
I can only pay him in beer and crisps, but I would love the opportunity to make a Jar Jar spin-off. They gave the fucking Ewoks their own films, so I don't see why the best character from the prequels shouldn't have a series of his own. Jar Jar was fucked over in episodes 2 and 3 (the man was keeping him down) - this could be a chance to rectify a terrible wrong done to a classic Star Wars character.
But will George Lucas call my film "silly"? by Spandau Belly	May 24th, 2007 09:10:11 AM
I don't think I could take being laughed at.
Star Wars Porn... by Frank Black	May 24th, 2007 09:11:49 AM
...would be about the only kind of SW movies I would make!
A Chad Vader Day Shift Manager cinema film anyone? by mrmgp	May 24th, 2007 09:19:08 AM
http://blamesociety.net/web/ch advader.htm
Biggs sounds like Ancorman,Ron Burgundy by brock landers baby	May 24th, 2007 09:23:25 AM
He does too.
Not that I'm much of an expert... by DocPazuzu	May 24th, 2007 09:26:17 AM
...on matters of editing film on computers, but why is this more revolutionary than the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of SW fans who have used SW footage from the films to make movies at home? I doubt very much that many of them will suddenly start doing it on the official website. I've seen tons of the fan films, and it's striking that the best ones (Troops and Duality) are about a decade old whereas most of the other stuff since then has been dross starring/written/directed/prod uced by pudgy midwestern fellows with goatees and hideous girlfriends.
My Idea by YakMalla	May 24th, 2007 09:31:27 AM
I'd like to re-work ep 1 a bit. What I think what people really wanted out of TPM was more attention paid to procedural matters in the imperial senate. And I'd love to include a scene where Jar Jar expresses ignorance about how to assist a woman in childbirth.
Speaking of Anniversaries by WriteFromLeft	May 24th, 2007 09:40:11 AM
...the good folks over at Chiller said something nice about Vincent Price's birthday this weekend. www.chillertv.com
Just give us the OOT in great DVD quality! by colivo	May 24th, 2007 09:44:58 AM
I so want to move on from SW, and wish ol Georgie boy would focus on those 'small, independent films' he always talks about. If Lucas ever gets around to fully restoring the OOT movies on DVD or HD-DVD, I will finally have my versions I love to watch, and won't have to care what goes on in a GFFA anymore
Soo besides promoting this editing software by Lour Reed luvs Frank Zappa	May 24th, 2007 09:57:24 AM
This story doesn't really do anything?
see braxtanfilm.com by theonecalledshoe	May 24th, 2007 10:04:15 AM
They have some good star wars stuff.
Happy birthday Star Wars by kwisatzhaderach	May 24th, 2007 10:09:44 AM
no amount of tinkering and lacklustre prequels can alter the fact that no other movie has created such a fantastic universe. Millenium Falcon, R2D2, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, hyperspace, Han Solo, Death Star - this movie had it all...
The Black Pearl is the new Millenium Falcon by kwisatzhaderach	May 24th, 2007 10:10:17 AM
apparently...
Yes kwisatzhaderach by The Mothman	May 24th, 2007 10:14:33 AM
Harry isn't going to live this one down for a while.
Yeah Bitches by LTChief	May 24th, 2007 10:22:29 AM
now maybe all you assholes that said you could've made a better movie can put your money where your mouth is
Those clips just go to show you.... by StubePT	May 24th, 2007 10:29:24 AM
One of the big reasons the first 3 movies worked so well was because of Marcia Lucas, the editor. Then, of course, George divorced her and made three more movies in some serious need of good editing.
Hasn't? by Bad Movie Year	May 24th, 2007 10:32:02 AM
It's could to see after years of Lucas fucking around with these films he has given us all the opportunity to have a go ourselves
They'll talk shit about this genius move, too. by Rise Above Haters	May 24th, 2007 11:05:23 AM
Just like every great thing he's ever done. It's because they have no vision. I see "DocPazuzu" has already started. Spider-man 3 WAS silly. Lame too.
Canteen Boy! by Masked Avenger	May 24th, 2007 11:11:22 AM
Something about that second scene with Luke and Biggs reminds me of the Canteen Boy sketch. "Oh Luke, you're so funny, make me laugh some more!" It looks like they almost kissed.
Prediction: Badass Jedi & Sith films. by ZeroCorpse	May 24th, 2007 11:32:53 AM
And I don't mean "badass" as a compliment. What I'm saying is that most of the people who gripe about Lucas' later work are the people who will try to make their "awesome" Star Wars movie, and it will have Jedi & Sith fighting all over the fucking place, with no decent back-stories, no peripheral characters worth a damn, no sense of joy or adventure, and not much more than Force-user violence. Face it: The whiners complain because what they want is "KILL BILL" with lightsabers, and what they got was something true to the Star Wars story. Just watch. It's all going to be Jedi versus Sith stuff, and they'll make the Sith look like cool anti-heroes, the Jedi look more like Shaolin Cops, and the rest of the galaxy dim in comparison. You will probably not find ONE film that completely ignores and excludes the Jedi or Sith. It will all be about looking badass and having attitude, and they'll all be completely missing the one thing that made Star Wars so popular: Heart.
Jedi Re-Edit by YakMalla	May 24th, 2007 11:53:41 AM
I'd emphasize how Salacious Crumb's Jedi training tipped the balance in the fight on Jabba's sail barge. Marquand really dropped the ball on that one.
The perfect marraige... by Milton Waddams	May 24th, 2007 12:13:44 PM
This is the perfect marraige of Star Wars, amatuer film making, and men that live with their mothers. Bravo!
Why is Ratner the judge on "On The Set"...?! by StarBlitzer	May 24th, 2007 12:16:36 PM
Does this bother anyone else?
Back on topic... by StarBlitzer	May 24th, 2007 12:17:19 PM
Sith Gotta Eat!!
Did someone say Re-Edits? by killduhbassud	May 24th, 2007 12:20:01 PM
Hey folks, thought you might like to know that re-edits already exist for Episodes I and II, and I'm not even referring to the bi-coastal "Phantom Edits". Episode I is barely an hour and fifteen minutes long, is almost completely Jar Jar-free, and even incorporates a tiny bit of the dvd's deleted scenes to good effect. The podrace was redone so well that it actually made me sad, reminding me of how powerful the original attack on the Death Star played out, with minimal music and hoopla. Sad because it genuinely gave me an idea of what could have been. Anyways, Episode II is not only an hour shorter than the theatrical release, it cuts out so much of the useless love story that Anakin almost (repeat, ALMOST) comes off as cool. Oh, and that C3PO head-switching thing in the 3rd act is completely gone. All in all, once I saw both of these I immediately wished these were the versions I'd seen in the theater; they're that good, with a minimun of artifacting or glitches, pretty impressive for a series of films with wall-to-wall music and an already clunky editing pace. If anybody's interested in getting the link to the re-edits (be prepared for a spot of download time; these are feature-length), then chime in here. No money involved, of course, this is just geek to geek.
Zerocorpse, I disagree by colivo	May 24th, 2007 12:45:31 PM
What was missing from the PT was not 'more jedi vs sith' but was the combination of humor and the sense of adventure that the OT nailed for SW & ESB, and parts of ROTJ. The PT didn't need a Han Solo specifically, but it needed just one human character who wasn't a jedi, or a queen, or a politician, just a normal guy that people could relate to and say, "Hey I could actually be like one of those characters in the movie." The PT needed one character to challenge the Jedi and their ways and say, "You guys are fucking up this war big time, and you are losing your Michael Jordan-like Jedi in the process because he is fucking mental case!" The PT was loaded with boring characters that nobody gave a shit about, and if you can't even root for a chracter for 2 hours, whats the fucking point? The only redeeming character in the PT was ObiWan Kenobi played by Ewan McGregor, and he is MIA in TPM to Jar Jar and QuiGon, and unfortunately second fiddle for most of ROTS too. AOTC is the only movie McGregor shines, but that is offsetted by Hayden Skystalker rolling around in the grass on Naboo with Pad-Tease Amidala.
Biggs & Luke = Homoerotic by Baron Karza	May 24th, 2007 12:46:54 PM
A little too longing..
Rise Above Haters by DocPazuzu	May 24th, 2007 12:48:53 PM
Dude, I love Star Wars. I just don't think this latest project is all that and a bag of chips.
Fan Films by bubcus	May 24th, 2007 12:52:06 PM
I briefly slapped a flash animation together earlier this year. It's not great, but I loved certain sequences in the Star Wars radio drama and wanted to see that visualized. It's nice to see Lucasfilm doing this for the creative souls that were made with the release of the original Star Wars. I'll be sure to check this out.
First, remove the 11' creature from that shot of by durhay	May 24th, 2007 12:58:13 PM
the sail barge. Next, fix Vader's arm gesture after has stopped talking. Finally, more of the "crazy face" droid.
How long before people realize PT is better than OT? by Some Dude	May 24th, 2007 01:11:07 PM
I was a fan of the OT for twenty years before TPM. By my second viewing of AOTC, I knew Lucas was going to exceed my expectations. ROTS confirmed this.
* How long 'til someone eats french fries in an X-Wing? by JDanielP	May 24th, 2007 01:12:05 PM
Sounds like a hoot! I love the idea.
"Good" fan films? by Durendal	May 24th, 2007 01:17:01 PM
It seems the only ones that are worth a damn are the funny ones or the really quick and simple ones. I've seen a couple where they put in a lot of effort...and they were utterly fucking terrible. There was one with that chick who sounded like she had a mouth full of marbles every time she talked. The other one was just horribly scripted and acted. I predict a deluge of unbearable shit coming out of this website with only the occasional golden corn nugget buried inside.
Harry needs to do this. Spend some bucks, too! by JDanielP	May 24th, 2007 01:18:46 PM
I want to see Harry piloting an X-Wing AND trying to dip his "freedom fries" in some ketchup...while getting blasted from a Tie-Fighter. And you know that always F*CK you at the fly-throO0ooOO00ooO!
Good fan films by Vadakin	May 24th, 2007 01:25:15 PM
T.R.O.O.P.S. RVD Reign of the Fallen I.M.P.S. (featuring Peter "Optimus Prime" Cullen) and many more...though most are indeed crap. Expect a hundred films featuring amateur saber-duelists fighting in a forest to the theme - Duel of the Fates :P
Fan Films by gwattsbdw	May 24th, 2007 01:38:36 PM
My favorite Fan Films are Troops, Chad Vader and Kill Vader. I'm kinda surprised Kill Vader never caught on more. Its a CG SW/Kill Bill /Lego crossover. Its on youtube.
cool by LeviDTinker	May 24th, 2007 01:52:12 PM
i think this is a pretty good idea,its great that lucas is willing to give people another way to play in his universe. i didnt know battlestar has been doing this for awhile either so i will have to check it out.
Happy Birthday SW by Veni Vidi Vici	May 24th, 2007 02:00:08 PM
in the first youtube video, Luke should have called the girl a bitch when she threw his electrobinoculars( i'm a geek) at him. as for the new SW.com idea, it's cool, i just hope they add the deleted scene with Darth Maul fighting Qui-Gon on the royal ship landing pad before they leave tatooine.
That Girl in the BIGGS scene... by Demode	May 24th, 2007 02:28:15 PM
That Girl in the Biggs/Luke scene apparently became a porn actress. Anyone know her name?
Demode by NNNOOO!!!	May 24th, 2007 02:33:07 PM
Koo Stark did do a soft-core movie called 'Emily', but she's better known for dating Prince Andrew in the '80s.
no one cares by dragon-lord	May 24th, 2007 03:02:13 PM
really...we don't.
Might be cool! by vampirepacman	May 24th, 2007 04:16:20 PM
Anyone have an opinion on this: http://www.talesofthenewrepubl ic.com/
i will match this silly star wars movies... by ludmir88	May 24th, 2007 04:23:20 PM
with my sillier homemade video story. That sound silly to you, fucking lucas?
Why Luke looks so gay? by ludmir88	May 24th, 2007 04:31:54 PM
silly movies!!!!! And I'm going to kill Jar Jar in a extended torture sequence!!!!
What happened to the fake Batman trailer? by skycrapper	May 24th, 2007 04:33:24 PM
We need to poke some more fun at AICN.
there is a teaser poster of the darknight!!! by ludmir88	May 24th, 2007 04:36:03 PM
but i don't know if the pic is fake or don't. OUTNOW.CH. you have to be a member. It's a german site.
cool news indeed by monorail77	May 24th, 2007 04:36:13 PM
there's not a whisper of this newly dsigned website launch on starwars.com itself, so I'd call this a scoop. And yay, we know about it even before thos elucky bastards at Celebration IV. I feel slightly cool, vastly offset by my nerdy excitement at the fun I'll be having with the new site.
Dark Knight silent trailer post deleted... by critter42c	May 24th, 2007 04:50:06 PM
Don't you have the balls to at least post "removed by request of WB" or "we got fooled again"? The post is still in the RSS feed, so take your sack in your hand and fess up, huh?
RE: Dark Knight silent trailer post deleted... by IAmLegolas	May 24th, 2007 04:55:17 PM
AICN got pwn3d
YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS! by lost.rules	May 24th, 2007 05:45:25 PM
That's what I would've said ten years ago.
May the crap be with us all by alienindisguise	May 24th, 2007 05:54:32 PM
Cuz this will be as bad as "On the Lot"
That second clip is cool by bamboogrove	May 24th, 2007 05:57:32 PM
I like hearing about all the shit the Empire was up to when ANH started.
Yeah, but how lame was it to put the other Biggs scene by WONKABAR	May 24th, 2007 07:03:48 PM
toward the end of the movie back into the film WITHOUT putting in his introduction? Yeah, people who grew up on the comic/radio version/storybook might have known who Biggs was, but most people not in that age-range when the '97 edition came out (like my mom) were like, "who the hell is that?" Dude, either put Biggs all the way back in or edit out all reference the character whatsoever, including "Biggs is right" Sure, more people know who Biggs is now, and Luke's mutterings at the begging are somewhat of an intro I guess. But, Jesus, a ten year old mistake is still a mistake IMO. Oh and as long as we're on the subject of editing and SW. That "alert my star-destroyer" stuff along w/ the shuttle take-off/fly-by/landing....Bri lliant! You know, that was such a gaping plot-hole that "bring my shuttle" line, and then out of nowhere Vader is on his ship! For 17 long years we waited and wondered how Vader got from Cloud-City to his destroyer...thank you Lucas & co. Thank you so much for clearing that up! I would hope on that on any future DVD-release however, that you shoot some additional material of Vader making his way from the hanger-bay to the bridge....I think would really help enhance the scene even further
IDEA!! by justin s	May 24th, 2007 07:22:58 PM
I am going to make a star wars film using only footage from the original film and other well knowns, like The Graduate or Aliens. then I'll post it all over the net and people will like my fan-made trailer. THEN, a week later, watch as Harry posts it thinking its a trailer for a new star wars film lucas has been making in secret.
IF you have the time... by LazarusRevival	May 24th, 2007 08:23:22 PM
Check out the Star Wars vid. I created. Make sure the URL is connected to view it of course http://youtube.com/wa tch?v=eAOBrlB6zFY
Tallboy....yeah, they did by WONKABAR	May 24th, 2007 09:24:46 PM
They screened it at Comic-Con last summer but it's been hard to find since then. Maybe they're tweaking it further or something. But it was even more ambitious...and just as funny, if not more so than the last. Especially the part with Pink confronting the Emperor and Vader on the Death-Star just before Luke gets there....good stuff.
Pink-5 link by WONKABAR	May 24th, 2007 09:30:50 PM
Sorry I forgot to post a spoiler-warning btw. Looks like they have all four up (ROP5 is in two parts) http://tinyurl.com/7nly4
So... is this the "BIG" breaking news from Lucasfilm?" by BennyL	May 24th, 2007 10:16:08 PM
http://tinyurl.com/yrt49s If this "make your own movie" and relaunch of the starwars site is the big announcement lucasfilm was going to make today as per that link and many other sites such as theforce.net, then does that mean definitely no KOTOR movie? I don't know if I should be overjoyed or in pain - such conflicting emotions; the path to the darkside it makes...
Mother of God...more SW fan films by deathbird	May 24th, 2007 11:46:03 PM
Bring 'em on folks, it'll just make me appreciate the prequels more.
most fan made SW films are by Doc_Strange	May 25th, 2007 12:32:54 AM
Made out to be comedies and are generally unfuny. Others are lightsaber duels made in forests and deserts with bad makeup and yes, bad acting. Only a few really stand out. I'd like to see those ones.
George Lucas... by Motoko Kusanagi	May 25th, 2007 01:15:08 AM
...sucks royal monkey dick. Thanks for ruining a great trilogy with a turd prequel-trilogy.
Gotta love that huge, cheesy 70's 'stache on Biggs by Darth_Gonz	May 25th, 2007 03:24:14 AM
All he needs now is a pair of bellbottoms and a woman in need of a "pool cleaning". BOM CHIKA WAH WOW!
When Lucas Said He Wanted To Create A New Mythology... by Pan_Krator	May 25th, 2007 05:57:32 AM
... he wasn't kidding. --- But I'm tired of the whole "Let's-Regurgitate-Star-Wars-F or-The-Nth-Time" schtick. Let's see some NEW, original space-opera film instead. (And let's see Lucas make those small independent films he talked about making, indeed!)
Freaking awesome!! by ATARI	May 25th, 2007 07:35:51 AM
I was there 30 years ago. Why Uncle George never added these scenes to the so-called special edition is beyond me. Should have called it the special effects edition. And Han shot first!!!!!
Ha Ha Ha, there's not a thing different on starwars.com by monorail77	May 25th, 2007 01:53:32 PM
Not a damn thing. Are they late? Is it a hoax? There's a sign that says "come back Sunday for a surprise" maybe that's it.

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