Not remotely thrilled.If you were not thrilled by that; you have no soul.
I don't have a soul and am unthrillable, but I'm still looking forward to Mando 3 and slightly for Andor. I like that period of the canon, the few years around the Battle of Yavin and the fall of the Empire. The Jedi thing looks interesting.If you were not thrilled by that; you have no soul.
If you were not thrilled by that; you have no soul.
More about the Environmental Simulation Lab here:The “Star Wars” universe is full of memorable moments, but in the history of the franchise, there are few sequences as important as the final Death Star trench chase in “A New Hope.”
The newly released six-part Disney Plus streaming docuseries “Light & Magic” goes deep into the history of George Lucas’ San Francisco-based special effects studio Industrial Light & Magic, which was founded in 1975. The ending of the second episode explores the process behind the Death Star scene, in which the fate of the Rebel Alliance hangs on Luke Skywalker’s ability to speed his X-wing through a narrow trench and blast a thermal exhaust port that is only 2 meters wide.
In reality, the entire surface of the Death Star was a hand-built model that measured approximately 15 by 40 feet. Meticulous craftsmanship contributed to the verisimilitude, but the documentary reveals that the filmmaking techniques that made the scene feel so real are actually rooted outside the realm of special effects. It turns out that the entire sequence hinged on a model developed during an urban planning study at UC Berkeley in the early 1970s, which also happened to shape the future of San Francisco’s skyline.
“The Berkeley Experiment,” as it is referred to in the documentary, was funded by the National Science Foundation and led by urban planning professor Donald Appleyard at the school’s Environmental Simulation Lab. Completed in 1972, the project entailed building a small-scale model of Marin County and a computer-controlled stop-motion 16 mm camera system. The goal was to achieve a sense of realism as a model car traversed the miniature cityscape, in hopes that the technique could guide civic decision-making regarding construction choices.
“They wanted to do a perception study,” “Light & Magic” director Lawrence Kasdan told SFGATE. “They wanted to know if they showed film to people, and one of the films was totally artificial and miniaturized, had they successfully made it feel real? Was their physiological reaction different than when they saw actual footage from out of a car?”
One of the primary people behind the model was John Dykstra, who just a few years later went on to supervise the team behind the original “Star Wars.” Dykstra’s tenure at Industrial Light & Magic was short, but he would go on to work on dozens of blockbusters, from “Spider-Man 2” to “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.” It turned out that the techniques he brought from his time at Berkeley were incredibly influential to the future of Lucas’ studio.
yeah disney's abrupt shift in direction seems to have... stalled the franchise.https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-embrace-tv-disney-plus-stop-being-films-1849550177
Who knows?
The sad thing about SW fandom is many folk have never explored beyond the filums.
And there is so much more, though the novels are mostly unmemorable.
https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-embrace-tv-disney-plus-stop-being-films-1849550177
Who knows?
The sad thing about SW fandom is many folk have never explored beyond the filums.
And there is so much more, though the novels are mostly unmemorable.
James Earl Jones, aka Darth Vader, has retired at 91 years and is done with the entertainment industry.
Disney hired a Ukrainian company, Respeecher, to take 10,000 voice files of Jones to recreate his speech for future films.
They have already recreated for an example a young Luke Skywalker in the past.
Darth Vader lives on !
Moderators were appointed to deal with some horrific trolling. For example, at one point the full names and addresses of up to a dozen posters were displayed late on a Friday to intimidate them, and at the time nothing could be done about it until the magazine staff were next in the office on the Monday morning.
We also had the usual online personal harassment issues. Can't remember how many times I received sexually pestering PM's from men I only knew as (say) Satan's Hoof or LoveMadgickeMan. As there was nobody to report them to and no way to get them booted off, and no 'Ignore' function, I'd just decline to respond.
Even saying 'Get lost!' was engaging with them. We were powerless against these vicious idiots.
One particular troll, whom I will not name or otherwise identify, harassed women on here and even followed them to other boards. He was manipulative and persistent enough to compromise some of them.
By the time he demanded that I take a holiday abroad with him as I'd publicly promised (I'd done no such thing of course) I knew of his tactics. When he threatened to turn up and claim me in person I told him yeah, you do that, and Techy will punch you up the bracket.
One woman he'd chased to another board was so frightened when he told her he was on his way to visit, she posted on the board asking for help.
There's a lot more to tell about him but that's enough to give an idea about why we needed moderators. A very fine job they do too.
I don't think so...Was that last years news?