THe Original Making of Star Wars on dvd? Cornflakes and VHS
09-18-04, 11:28 AM
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THe Original Making of Star Wars on dvd? Cornflakes and VHS
I thought for sure someone would get this as the free bonus disc for the dvd's this week. Many of you probably mailed away for the vhs back in the 90s after buying cereal. Just throwing in the hat saying put it out and I'll buy it.
09-18-04, 11:45 AM
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I hope someday that the FROM STAR WARS TO JEDI makes it to DVD in some form, maybe in the mega box set in the future. There is also that one short Documentary hosted by C3PO and R2.
09-18-04, 12:42 PM
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I wish they would release all 4 Star Wars documentaries. They could fit on 2 DVDs or 1 double sided DVD:
Star Wars: The Making of Star Wars - 1977
Star Wars: SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back - 1983
Star Wars: Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi - 1983
Star Wars: From Star Wars To Jedi: The Making of A Saga - 1983
The new one should be good but it's more interesting to me to see documentaries from when the films were new/fresh rather than a looking back retrospective type thing.
Star Wars: The Making of Star Wars - 1977
Star Wars: SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back - 1983
Star Wars: Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi - 1983
Star Wars: From Star Wars To Jedi: The Making of A Saga - 1983
The new one should be good but it's more interesting to me to see documentaries from when the films were new/fresh rather than a looking back retrospective type thing.
09-18-04, 12:52 PM
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Ahhh Classic Creatures ROTJ... isnt that the one that was on ABC or something back in 83? I remember seeing an hour or two documentary just on ROTJ back then and it was cool.
09-18-04, 12:57 PM
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I was hoping you would see these on bonus disc exclusive to retailers...best buy gets one circuit city gets one musicland gets one...so on and so on...like with the bond dvd.
09-18-04, 01:52 PM
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Originally posted by Cameron
I was hoping you would see these on bonus disc exclusive to retailers...best buy gets one circuit city gets one musicland gets one...so on and so on...like with the bond dvd.
I was hoping you would see these on bonus disc exclusive to retailers...best buy gets one circuit city gets one musicland gets one...so on and so on...like with the bond dvd.
09-18-04, 02:05 PM
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Originally posted by Rammsteinfan
Ahhh Classic Creatures ROTJ... isnt that the one that was on ABC or something back in 83? I remember seeing an hour or two documentary just on ROTJ back then and it was cool.
Ahhh Classic Creatures ROTJ... isnt that the one that was on ABC or something back in 83? I remember seeing an hour or two documentary just on ROTJ back then and it was cool.
The above three documentaries:
Making of Star Wars
SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
were all broadcast on CBS. Making of Star Wars was originally narrated by William Conrad of NFL Films fame, but was switched to another narrator when the doc was re-released in the mid-90's.
Interesting note: All three docs were written by Richard Shickel, the former critic for Time Magazine (along with Richard Corliss). Richard Shickel also wrote the three documentaries for the Indiana Jones films. (Great Stunts: Raiders, Sidekicks and Heroes: Temple of Doom, and the Last Crusade one).
From Star Wars to Jedi
was broadcast on PBS.
09-18-04, 03:12 PM
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The Making of Star Wars (as told by C3PO & R2D2) - 1977
SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back - 1981
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga - 1985
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi - 1986
These, as well as all the extras from both the VHS and the LD Def Ed are all floating around online.
SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back - 1981
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga - 1985
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi - 1986
These, as well as all the extras from both the VHS and the LD Def Ed are all floating around online.
09-18-04, 03:34 PM
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As long as they put the Engergizer Bunny Vs. Darth Vader commercial on the next re-release we are all good. Best commercial ever!
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09-18-04, 03:57 PM
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Yeah, I remember seeing the Empire documentary on TV. The part that always sticks with me (maybe because that's the only part I saw) is on how they did that "Luke flying through the broken window on Cloud City during the saber duel" stunt.
09-18-04, 04:01 PM
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There was a doc on PBS years ago where they showed blocking the speeder scene on Endor with a tiny camera and a scale model that was just phenomenal.
Was that From Star Wars to Jedi?
Was that From Star Wars to Jedi?
09-18-04, 04:18 PM
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Side Note: does anyone have the Heroes and Sidekicks: TOD special or the Nova TV special from 84? The latter had the making of Jedi and TOD on it and had a lot of footage not shown elsewhere.
09-18-04, 07:44 PM
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I thought From Star Wars to Jedi was the weakest of the making-of from the original trilogy. Too much emphasis was on ROTJ and a lot of cool behind-the-scenes stuff from the earlier docs were nowhere to be seen here.
Some of my favorite segments from the SPFX one was where it was demonstrated how the laser gun sound was created and the one where the light saber battle sound effects was being looped to the film. I remember seeing someone (Ben Burtt?) moving some sort of electrified metal rod in front of some speaker or something which gave it that electrified humming and whirring sound.
Some of my favorite segments from the SPFX one was where it was demonstrated how the laser gun sound was created and the one where the light saber battle sound effects was being looped to the film. I remember seeing someone (Ben Burtt?) moving some sort of electrified metal rod in front of some speaker or something which gave it that electrified humming and whirring sound.
10-04-04, 03:46 PM
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Originally posted by Mike Lowrey
Yeah, I remember seeing the Empire documentary on TV. The part that always sticks with me (maybe because that's the only part I saw) is on how they did that "Luke flying through the broken window on Cloud City during the saber duel" stunt.
Yeah, I remember seeing the Empire documentary on TV. The part that always sticks with me (maybe because that's the only part I saw) is on how they did that "Luke flying through the broken window on Cloud City during the saber duel" stunt.
Makes me long for the old days of filmmaking. Nowadays we get some sort of digital actor in a five million dollar computer special effect. Back then, some guy goes "hey, we could get one of those olympic dudes to do a back flip!"
10-05-04, 03:16 PM
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those documentaries rule, they have such a nostalgic feel to them. i only have the From SW to Jedi and the mailaway Making of SW on VHS. itching to get all of 'em on disc one day.
