'Star Wars' saga set for 3D release starting 2012

[Deberg_1990]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...92835d50e86a3a



Big news on the 3D front.

Sources indicate that George Lucas is set on rereleasing the "Star Wars" franchise in new 3D conversions beginning in 2012. Although 3D versions have been rumored for some time, Lucas purportedly was waiting until there were enough screens available to make the release a sizable event.

Fox, which released all six original "Star Wars" films, also would release the 3D versions.

Episode I, "The Phantom Menace," would be first out of star-dock during early 2012. After that, each film would be released in order at the same time in consecutive years, depending on how well the first rerelease does.

Each conversion takes at least a year to complete, with Lucas overseeing the process to make sure each is as perfect as possible. He has said that the "Avatar" experience convinced him that "Star Wars" is ready for the state-of-the-art 3D treatment.

Starting with "Phantom Menace," Lucasfilm would use several higher-end conversion houses to work on the project. By late winter or early spring in 2012, the exhibition industry should have all the 3D screens anyone could want for such a release.

At present, pics are limited to 2,000-2,500 3D locations owing to an insufficient installed base of projectors and screens. Movie theaters are adding 3D screens at a clip of 500 a month in the U.S. Foreign exhibitors also are pushing into 3D as quickly as possible now that financing for the installations is flowing.

Also pushing the timetable is a potential breakthrough in 3D TV technology. With Samsung penetrating the market with 50,000-plus 3D-equipped sets and Sony recently sending its version to market, the home-viewing experience could be primed for 3D DVD versions of the films by the time the new 3D theatrical releases have run their course.

Lucas purportedly is lining up the theatrical rereleases as a lead-in to the ultimate home-viewing experience. Beyond that, the property would launch to other 3D media.

In the meantime, Lucas plans a comprehensive Blu-ray Disc set of the six films next year, which would include upgraded picture and sound quality, new deleted scenes and special features.

[InChiefsHeaven]

I wish I could get the original un****ed version of Ep. 4,5 and 6. I don't need CGI dinosaur things running around Mos Eisley...

Watched the trilogy last week, and it just makes me hate George Lucas. I hope Disney can un**** this thing.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by InChiefsHell

I wish I could get the original un****ed version of Ep. 4,5 and 6. I don't need CGI dinosaur things running around Mos Eisley...

Watched the trilogy last week, and it just makes me hate George Lucas. I hope Disney can un**** this thing.

That's the only thing I care about, that Disney will give the fans back their childhood.

[JD10367]

I would not be surprised if they end up 3Ding "Star Wars" ("A New Hope") only. A new programming niche that IMAX is filling is "redoing older films for limited release". They did "Raiders of the Lost Ark" not too long ago. In two weeks, they're releasing "Top Gun" in 3D, for one week only. Later on this winter/spring, they're rereleasing "Jurassic Park" in 3D. (That one should look great.)

[Predarat]

Im fine without 2 and 3 but IV, V and VI need to be shown on the big screen dammit! Do them in 2013 and 2014 to wind up for the big realease of VII in 2015. ****ing assholes promised all six, the least they could do is the OT!

[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by Predarat

Im fine without 2 and 3 but IV, V and VI need to be shown on the big screen dammit! Do them in 2013 and 2014 to wind up for the big realease of VII in 2015. ****ing assholes promised all six, the least they could do is the OT!

Agreed. And, show them in their original form!!

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by JD10367

I would not be surprised if they end up 3Ding "Star Wars" ("A New Hope") only. A new programming niche that IMAX is filling is "redoing older films for limited release". They did "Raiders of the Lost Ark" not too long ago. In two weeks, they're releasing "Top Gun" in 3D, for one week only. Later on this winter/spring, they're rereleasing "Jurassic Park" in 3D. (That one should look great.)

Can you imagine all the ****ing acid droppers/mushroom heads flocking to see it and freaking out when that Star Destroyer comes onto the screen in the opening scene?

[okoye35chiefs]

for the love of god... two guys that know how to kill great franchises..

george lucas and scott *****

[kcfanXIII]

I saw Ep1 in 3d, and was really disappointed. for starters phantom menace is probably the worst out of all six movies, the best thing about it was the detail of the battle scene between the droids and gungans. the 3d conversion blurred all the back ground shit and actually took away from the movie. I would love to see the original trilogy in 3d, but i wasn't sure if i was going to see ep2 and ep3 in 3d. of course i probably would have broke down and went to see them, just cause star wars kicks ass on the big screen. the thing that concerns me is the term "reboot" being used. if disney wants to make eps 7,8, and 9 i'm reluctantly ok with that, but if they try to remake the original trilogy, i'm going to have a melt down.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by kcfanXIII

I saw Ep1 in 3d, and was really disappointed. for starters phantom menace is probably the worst out of all six movies, the best thing about it was the detail of the battle scene between the droids and gungans. the 3d conversion blurred all the back ground shit and actually took away from the movie. I would love to see the original trilogy in 3d, but i wasn't sure if i was going to see ep2 and ep3 in 3d. of course i probably would have broke down and went to see them, just cause star wars kicks ass on the big screen. the thing that concerns me is the term "reboot" being used. if disney wants to make eps 7,8, and 9 i'm reluctantly ok with that, but if they try to remake the original trilogy, i'm going to have a melt down.

I said when the original trilogy was released on DVD (not Blu-Ray, before then) that Lucas wasn't getting another dime from me until Eps. 4-6 were released in theatrical version and given a proper treatment (none of this non-anamorphic, bullshit he did for the DVD releases). And I've held true to that statement.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by kcfanXIII

I saw Ep1 in 3d, and was really disappointed. for starters phantom menace is probably the worst out of all six movies, the best thing about it was the detail of the battle scene between the droids and gungans. the 3d conversion blurred all the back ground shit and actually took away from the movie. I would love to see the original trilogy in 3d, but i wasn't sure if i was going to see ep2 and ep3 in 3d. of course i probably would have broke down and went to see them, just cause star wars kicks ass on the big screen. the thing that concerns me is the term "reboot" being used. if disney wants to make eps 7,8, and 9 i'm reluctantly ok with that, but if they try to remake the original trilogy, i'm going to have a melt down.

If they are going to do any re-booting, it needs to be on the pre-quels.

[kcfanXIII]

Originally Posted by InChiefsHell

If they are going to do any re-booting, it needs to be on the pre-quels.

I'll agree. they just seemed rushed. casting was terrible aside from ewan mcgregor, and the plot line wasn't very well thought out. don't even get me started on the dialogue...

[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by kcfanXIII

I'll agree. they just seemed rushed. casting was terrible aside from ewan mcgregor, and the plot line wasn't very well thought out. don't even get me started on the dialogue...

http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/

Long. Well worth it. Explains exactly why you hate the prequels. I didn't fully understand why until I watched this guy. He's a friggin' genius.

[InChiefsHeaven]

NSFW by the way...language especially.

[Hammock Parties]

Abrams spilling his guts about Star Wars.

http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/ind...-of-star-wars/

THAT FAMOUS BANTHA TRACK T-SHIRT (2006):

“When Damon Lindelof walked into my office for the first time and he was wearing not just a Star Wars shirt but an original Star Wars shirt — and I could tell it was his, not just some vintage purchase,” Abrams adds. “I immediately knew that we were long lost brothers. It was the first thing that made me say, ‘Okay I love this guy.’”



HIS FIRST STAR WARS MEMORY (2006):

“My first Star Wars memory was seeing the words ‘Star Wars‘ in Starlog Magazine and thinking it was a weird title,” Abrams recalls. “I remember seeing an early concept poster by Ralph McQuarrie for the movie. It stuck in my head even though I didn’t know what it was — but it looked important. My second memory is actually seeing it in the theater on opening day in Westwood at Avco Theater and never being the same again.”


WHY STAR WARS CONTINUES TO RESONATE (2006):

“It was absolutely the first film that struck a cord and that resonates to this day,” Abrams continues. “I think it’s because everyone relates to being stuck in your life and feeling like something extraordinary is just around the corner. To have something scary and tragic happen, like what happens to Luke’s aunt and uncle, is such an engaging story that could take place on a farm in the middle of the U.S. and be just as compelling. And the fact that he ends up being the key to preventing this galactic takeover is kind of an amazing wish fulfillment. I think this taps into a universal desire that we all have to find meaning and purpose that is larger than what we ever could have imagined.”


HOW STAR WARS HAS INFLUENCED HIM (2006):

“I don’t know how many times in developing stories I have referenced the archetypes of Star Wars,” Abrams says. “As a fan of Joseph Campbell and the use of myth in storytelling, you could argue that it is a classic paradigm but it is the common language among all of us because we are all so familiar with the Star Wars canon. It’s hard to remember breaking a story for an episode of a show, whether it was Lost, Alias or even Felicity and not feel like there was some way to reference the love triangle you felt in Episode IV or the struggle of good and evil that you have seen in all six of the films.”

“Star Wars is probably the most influential film of my generation,” Abrams adds. “It’s the personification of good and evil and the way it opened up the world to space adventure, the way Westerns had to our parents’ generations, left an indelible imprint. So, in a way, everything that any of us does is somehow directly or indirectly affected by the experience of seeing those first three films.”


ON SEEING REVENGE OF THE SITH (2006):

“I was probably most affected by the end of the film when we are returned to some of the sets on the ship that we see in the first Star Wars movie, Episode IV,” Abrams says. “I was surprised by how good it felt to be home. Given all of the scope and scale of everything that had come before, there was something incredibly satisfying and warm and fuzzy about being back in those white hallways that sort of rekindled the feeling you had when you saw the Stars Wars universe for the first time.”


ON THE STORY OF ANAKIN SKYWALKER (2006):

“Obviously, his fall was inevitable and you learn that from the early films,” Abrams says. “You know it’s going to happen and watching it happen is tragic. What’s fascinating to me is that I grew up in a time when my friends related to Luke and now, my kids relate to Anakin. There is an interesting social comment there — that when I grew up the hero was an optimistic young neophyte who becomes this hero and the new generation’s hero is a strong-willed, ambitious and ultimately vilified protagonist who is misled and, for reasons of ego and heartbreak, literally becomes the very villain that my generation fought against.”


WHERE HE’D LIKE TO SEE STAR WARS GO NEXT (2008):

“I feel like the world of Star Wars has gotten to be so vast, not just in terms of the various mediums that Star Wars occupies, but because of the visual possibilities that technology has allowed and Industrial Light & Magic is so remarkably capable at creating. My favorite thing about Star Wars is the ability to tell an incredibly personal, intimate, and emotional story against a backdrop of conflict and battle that’s planetary and massive. What I would love to see is a story about characters that I am desperately entertained by and definitely care about, and keep that story as focused as possible and make more of that than the pyrotechnics of it all which to me is what makes Star Wars so brilliant. If it’s a TV show, that’s terrific. If it’s animated I’m all for it. If it’s a radio show or a video game or an online experience — whatever it is I would love to discover in this vast universe some new characters that make me feel the way that Luke, Leia, and Han Solo did.”



STAR WARS CHARACTERS HE WISHES COULD HAVE A BIGGER STORY (2008):

“It’s funny how in a weird way sometimes by demystifying a character it takes away from some of the fun that you felt about that character. It takes the mystery out of it. Sometimes a character is more interesting when you don’t know everything about them. Even someone from my generation — and I’m ancient compared to so many of the Star Wars fans that are out there — for me the character of Darth Vader was always so compelling because you were putting together all these thing in your head and making all these assumptions that to get to know Anakin as much as we ultimately did, changes the way you consider Darth Vader. It’s crazy to me that my kids relate to Anakin; which to me is criminal because I grew up believing Vader is a bad guy. I related to Luke and Leia and Han Solo. You don’t relate to Vader! I still think it’s wrong to be on Anakin’s side. So I guess there’s no one character I can point to and say that I want to know more about him or her, it’s just that Star Wars is so vast it would be great to find characters that have that level of emotional intimacy.”


WHAT HE’D LIKE TO SEE STAR WARS DO ONLINE (2008):

“Star Wars used to have a very defined focus as to what it was and who the characters were, now it’s so vast that it encompasses so much more. It’s not unlike how Star Trek was when it first came out and you knew all the characters, but now when you ask about it you have different answers from different generations of fans. So the possibilities are endless even though so much of Star Wars has been explored in the novels and elsewhere. Online is the perfect place to have something like an interactive Senate where fans could represent different worlds and debate in character. I could see a giant Star Wars debate team tackle all the issues that the prequels dealt with and having characters from the movie moderate the discussion. ”


ON DOING A LOT IN THE SCI-FI GENRE (2008):

“I don’t ever look at genres of movies, but instead characters I’d like to see. There are so many genres that are already out there. If you want to go see a Western, or a ’70s period piece, it’s available. The reason behind almost anything I work on is because it’s not out there right now and I want to see it.”

[Hammock Parties]

I want to believe.