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I would choose the Hikaru VF-1S myself. Jetfire... All the coolness of Roy and the hero of DYRL.

Not that interested in most of TNG. i would be interested in the sampler if it didn't have Farpoint. I'll wait and hope they do things like the Klingon anthology, etc.

Sounded anguished to me. Which sounds appropriate after being gimped into a quadruple amputee in a walking iron lung AND having lost his wife and child (as far as he knows to that point). Rage would come after.

I could have played for a long time before the CU, which is where I quit. I still just say it was the wrong setting. Should have been after Thrawn and before the NJO. can have the oddball Jedi going to Luke, etc.

That would have been funny

He's not taking notes.

I really don't mind it that much. I would probably lean on preferring it not there but it didn't bother me at all in a full viewing. The timing and execution was good, at least.

Has it been said if the beam adapter would come with the base VF-17S or if it would part of an FP upgrade?

I registered on the boards back when they first went up, posted one or two days and then never went back. Graphics wise, I was more than satisfied by SWO... in fact, I liked it's pre-CU charagen the best yet I think.

Sure, that you value a preferred cut more than the best quality you could have. That's enough to justify not buying but and I don't begrudge you that. Don't try to couch that as saying the PQ isn't still a generational leap by relying on third parties and generally exaggerating some of the nitpicks they have (outside of TPM's DNR, there are a few but they're trivial). Outside of my growing desire for extended special editions, this set couldn't have done more to fulfill my expectations. Picture and sound are great and befitting blu-ray. I think that if you had a decent setup and gave this set a chance, you could enjoy it, too. Is it the ultimate set

Yeah, unsubstantiated when I know I have a calibrated system with decent to mid-hi equipment and I'll have Ben-Hur soon enough and you're relying on third-hand hearsay to make you feel better for settling for an inferior release. I don't know what sort of setup you have other than your own admission of sub-par audio, but I really question both the veracity of your implication wrt the saga set and whether an ordinary setup would make much use of the difference. Your main contention is on the quality/age of the master yet, most of the reviews are raving about the quality. I know first hand that there is loads of high def detail in 5 of those 6 movies (and I'd argue for great amounts of detail in TPM even, though hampered by DNR that appears to be deliberate and could be just as likely to appear in a higher rez re-master). Uh, sure I can. If a better release of TPM comes out, I'll consider it. If special extended editions come out, I'll consider them. If they rehash the same release, there's no point. I'll take the pepsi challenge on 5 of the 6 movies in the Saga set vs Ben-Hur and on top of that, I'd bet the delta between those 5 and Ben-Hur is much less than that between TPM and your fan edit. Wait, isn't that exactly what you doing with a 720p fanedit? Or is it ok to settle because you didn't pay for it? Or your passion for the old cut overrides your passion for the highest quality available?

Indeed, especially as you assume my disagreement with your unsubstantiated opinion can't occur from any other factors.

Regardless, the discussion seems to be in universe.

Star Wars, ahem ANH didn't. I'd argue TESB, ROTJ, AOTC, and ROTS didn't either, so you're pretty much speaking about TPM alone.

Why? The Lars didn't do anything to piss Anakin off. There are a bunch of good reasons for Vader to feel the exact same way as Luke and after the death of his mother to feel like "there's nothing for me here now." Now if he thought his child with Padme had survived, yeah he'd probably turn over every rock in every corner of the galaxy, like the crawl for TESB says he has been doing. Don't pretend you're any less of a nerd.

The FP version mostly fixed all the QC issues and a few of the minor design issues (didn't tackle major issues like the locks, of course). Hopefully we won't see disintegrating joints on that one, that's for sure!

Oh dayum, who am I kidding, I won't be able to resist that. It's the popular ones that are ordered in quantities enough that it's possible, t hough. I don't expect to ever see the VF-11C since it's a cannon fodder and relatively obscure and not a "main character" mecha like the VF-11B.

I just went through the deleted scenes on my prequel DVDs. I think I want most/all of them included in Extended Special Editions along with the scenes from the Blu-ray. I think Padme's Senate scene in AOTC as well as the family scenes in AOTC and Birth of the Rebellion scenes are absolutely necessary. The only ones I think I DON'T want are the Greedo scene or the Plot to destroy the Jedi in Ep 3 (redundant to the scene when they hear Grevious has been destroyed). I'd probably most like them to digitally substitute some other CGI Jedi for Shaak-Ti on the Invisible Hand (or in the Jedi Temple, either way) but would like both scenes to be included to show more of Anakin's descent. Going back to the Sith Eyes, I think Anakin should have them from the moment he is 'dedicated' as Darth Vader by Darth Sidious for the rest of the movie, perhaps having them fade to normal when he sees Padme land, but resuming just before he yells "Liar!" and chokes her and remaining that way through the rest of the duel and movie.

That's one way to look at it. I just see it differently but probably can't divorce what I really know follows. Why? It's not Highlander. Remember, Vader is only meters away from Obi-wan, who he spent over a decade with as a student and 'brother' in arms and he only feels a strange tremor in the Force. He doesn't even know Luke at that point. Qui-gon didn't sense Anakin. He did a blood test on him and all but echoes Obi-wan's "WTF" when they get the results.

Same. I really hope for Vita to be the optional WiiU of the PS3/PS4

I've seen the argument about Lucas not having the sister/father planned out before and I even buy most of it since it seems to fit better than Lucas having every i dotted and t crossed, which clearly wasn't so given how much remained in flux up to the pre-production of TESB. Ben is definitely being evasive when Luke asks about his father. He looks VERY uncomfortable with the subject. Maybe Lucas was originally going to have Obi-wan kill Anakin like some have said, but he is taken aback and then changes the subject to talk about Luke's piloting. There's something there. It may well be hindsight and nostalgia, but his expression when he sees Luke and then looks back at Vader before letting Vader have at him has something there, too. WRT the droids, they see them like people see cars. Some people take great affection and name/nickname their cars and know all sorts of things about them. Other people don't give a crap about them and consider them mere utilities. Would you recognize your best friend's car from 20 years ago? Maybe. More likely you would think it was one in the same paint scheme and config and if you had a really sharp memory (and cared about such things), you might perceive details to know if it definitely was or wasn't your buddies car. If you were the utilitarian and non-sentimental type, you might forget about it entirely. Later on going through pictures, you'd go "oh yeah, that's why that seemed familiar" or could remain entirely oblivious. That is entirely subjective to the individual. were Hiding until the "time is right," no? How would they determine that? It seems Leia was told by her father to go to Obi-wan as the ultimate last resort, so with Vader on her ass she does. That set the time as right as the convergence of "fate" bringing everyone (Anakin/Vader, Luke, Leia, and Obi-wan - and the droids) together at the same time in the same place. Remember, from Obi-wan's experience "there's no such thing as luck." Presumably good and bad. That doesn't fit as an inconsistency at least WRT the trilogy much less saga. Even if Lucas didn't have Leia planned as the sister in 1977, it's in the exact same movie she's revealed as the sister. Obi-wan is "in the moment" and not thinking long term/big picture. He's watching the half trained boy impulsively fly off into a trap. Leia doesn't even have the benefit of being half trained at that point and would be 'starting over' with Yoda nearing death's door and Obi-wan already a ghost. We still don't know if Leia would even be able to perceive Obi-wan's ghost or not. In the ROTJ novelization, Owen is Obi-wan's brother. The hints of the mother have Leia remembering hiding in a trunk and people yelling or something like that, hinting the twins were split up and her mother survived at least to Leia being a toddler, presumably on Alderaan. I remember some discussion at the time of ROTS wondering if perhaps Padme would survive and even be on Alderaan when the Death Star was blown up, which could have been an interesting twist but also contradicts Leia's statement about her mother. I still don't really see it as a very big nit to pick. Look at the babies eyes in ROTS. One of them has it's eyes open and is attentive and it's not Luke, who's either screaming or sleeping.

Actually it does, doesn't it? IIRC, Luke is crying the whole time while infant Leia clearly has her eyes open and is looking at her mother....

My preference would be a show that followed Voyager and Nemesis in the original timeline. Dealing with the fallout of the Romulans, possibly new agitation through the wormhole, etc. I imagine they'll stay on the alternate kick, though. I can't see them gathering the whole ensemble, especially Chris Pine, etc for TV. A good idea I read somewhere was to use Cho and Quinto and do a new "Excelsior" series, probably with Quinto as Captain Spock.

Yeah. I always like the idea that Anakin drained out her mojo to stay alive, possibly subconsciously but perhaps deliberately. Maybe that will make it in a future edit. They could make that droid say anything in the subtitle and everyone's reaction would stay the same.

Love The Thing. Mostly indifferent to this project. My first impression is that it seems to be too contemporary and not "period enough" I'll probably wait it to stream and if I like it, I'll buy the BD.