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New Darth Vader Costume Revealed in upcoming DVDs
Jethro73 writes "Whether you love or hate the Special Edition only release, you should be excited to see the new Darth Vader costume on the upcoming Trilogy DVD set. Here are some more details on the upcoming DVD set."
Ah crap, now I'm stumped.
Do I make a clone of Jay Maynard's cool TRON costume or of Darth's outfit? Our annual Sci Fi convention is next month and I don't want to wear my Vulcan Ears for the 24th time.
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So eventually we will see what this story is talking about? Why don't we post the story when that actually happens?
Pity, that's the wrong time of the year to come out with this, it would have been a smash hit !
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From the yahoo article: "The first three "Star Wars" films debut for the first time in digital format on Sept. 21."
So any bets on when an image file is leaked?
Said in regards to a guy in a Darth Vader Costume. "And which button do you press when you want your parents to come pick you up?"
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Darth Vader makes his costume out of pajamas in order to win an amateur wrestling contest to win money to buy a car to impress a girl.
So there you go. Black pajamas with a motorcycle helmet.
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We can buy the Box Set of the originals (4-6), then in a few years we can buy 1-3, and THEN we can buy them all again (master set 1-6, plus bonus-never-before-seen-scenes!).
Yeah, right.
Alderaan shoots first.
Don't bother reading the articles.
Just in case Yahoo news gets slashdotted, I've typed a plaintext mirror:
Newsflash! In movie 3 of the Starwars Hexology, Darth Vader will be seen wearing something different! Fashion Moguls can get an avanced look at cutting edge fashion for "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..." by buying the DVD set.
George Lucas says:
Talk about stringing it out for money. Lucas is the master.
Another highlight:
SPOILER ALERT:
Of course, since Vader and Obi-Wan duke it out again in IV, the 'climactic showdown' will probably not end in the death of either character in III, unless Lucas has begun hiring script-writers from Star Trek TNG.
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They're going to make Darth Vader look like George Lucas??
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Then turn off Star Wars stories in your /. preferences. Geez, the amount of whining that goes on here about Star Wars is amazing.
Whatever happened to Star Trek?
*remembers Voyager, Insurrection and Nemesis*
Do you really want me to answer that?
I got good karma, so I'm gonna make this an annoying rant. What's the point of submitting a story for every damn little detail about ep III? What's next? A series of insightful articles on Sen. Padme hairdos? PUH-LEEZE.
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So this is the new vader costume? I'm skeptical.
a new suit would really interrupt the mood.
He announced that yonks ago... Like it was needed... New vader suit == twice as many vader toys to sell.
Send lawyers, guns, and money!
I just happened to be watching Attack of the Clones recently, and I noticed something. With the exception of Count Dooku and Mace Windu, most of the other actors look quite bored most of the time, and I can't figure out why.
One thing about the original is that people actually looked as if they were part of the movie. The only scene in Episode II where Obi-Wan is really emotional is when they are pursuing Dooku at the end of the movie.
It just appeared to be a series of storyboards and ideas instead of a cohesive story. The Clone War was cool, but somehow I wonder if it's really worth it to spend umpty millions to put 87 different kinds of laser blasting vehicles on the screen and vast horizons of rendered landscapes when the cantina scene in the original was more interesting.
There are no "Who's gonna fly it?" lines in the new trilogy.
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before I click on the article link...
There's no 'dangly parts' in spandex on that page... right?
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Alderaan shoots first.
Don't be ridiculous.
But the empire does have evidence (well hints, ok just hunches) that Alderaan maybe have (thought about vaguely) Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Oh and the Death Star? Thats totally not a WMD...
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If Lucas shows us a Vader suit in Episode 3 that we haven't seen before, then we must assume the lame Episode 4 suit was an upgrade. This "new" suit had better be a clunky piece o' crap, for the sake of continuity.
Episode III will be a musical
There will be a stirring piano solo accompanying a soundless lightsaber battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan, followed by a spectacular soaring performance of the theme from Star Wars with the entire cast of the film singing the new never-before-heard lyrics as a galactic chorale.
Darth Vader will then sing a solo baritone as the credits roll.
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Ok here is the backstory on the starships etc. It is covered in a few of the books that I read years ago before the movies beat any semblence of caring out of my system. The Empire is a dictatorship. By the time of Star Wars they have been in decline for many years due to the effects of being a dictatorship. Kind of like how it is still 1820 in North Korea.
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If Lucas reveals that Anakin is Darth Vader in Episode 3, then there is *NO* suprise that Vader is Luke's father in Empire Strikes Back.
"Luke... *I* am your father"
"Yeah Dad, I saw that back in Episode 3"
I can only hope that Lucas has Anakin fall into the lava pit in one scene and then this new figure, Darth Vader mysteriously appears at the end of Episode 3. But no, Lucas has already said "We're going to get to see Anakin put the helmet on."
Which means the CORRECT viewing order for future generations of Star Wars fans MUST be... 4, 5, 6, and then 1,2 and 3. NOT in chronological order.
Or in the words of Comic-book guy... "Worst continuity, Ever!"
How else can you explain Slashdot participating in hyping a new Darth Vader costume by linking to a news story that doesn't have a picture of it? Come on guys! Don't waste my time posting the story till they're showing us a photo!
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Making a new Star Wars film is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman. You've got to start positively, with a chase, and some mild fisticuffs, a little diplomacy... ... then as your climax nears, you can just let little drips of information come out, about what is going to come...
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If it's based on a Ralph McQuarrie design, I have faith. A lot of his unused concept art kicks ass.
you should be excited to see the new Darth Vader costume on the upcoming Trilogy DVD set.
Yeah, I really fucking would. But your link just goes to some pictureless article. Nice.
I know this may not be the most popular sentiment, but who really cares about how Vader will look like? What is important to me is whether we will actually see Natalie Portman naked and covered in grits.
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You can definitely see the progression of evil there in Anakin: the silver metallic optical lens, the ominous anti-Kenobi look, the Sith-like pinstriped dark silk material and proto-Imperial Regiment tie that could only have come at the cost of thousands of Jedi....kudos to the costume designers, they've really managed to capture the essence of evil in this new suit.
Ooohhh, you have to wait to see the new Darth Vader suit? Then what is that Yahoo picture in the story? Oh. It's George Lucas.
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Is it just me, or was there a disturbing lack of deleted scenes being mentioned in that article?
When I buy the trilogy on DVD, I want the section from ANH with Biggs on Tatooine. I want the bits of the expanded snow monster things in the base on Hoth, and the shots of Lando on the outside of the Millennium Falcon rescuing Luke in ESB. I want the escape to the Falcon from Jabba's palace and the scenes on the *other* command ship at the battle of Endor in ROTJ.
Don't tell me you don't have them, Lucas, because I've seen them for sale on bootleg VHS tapes. If you can restore the Jabba scene in ANH, you can do those too.
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It's menacing, and it will please your girlfriend. Drum roll please...
The shock goes from the audience not knowing (which wasn't really a shocker since the early 1980s anyways, since everyone knows), to Luke having to come to terms with the fact that his father is the man responsible for destroying Alderaan in episode 4, and also responsible for a great many other evils.
This coming to terms with how twisted Vader is and how close they are together is a major turning point for Skywalker's character.
But I'm sure you just want to nitpick and whine more.
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Since the prequels disappointed everyone, and since at this point people can roll-their-own movie on their PCs, why don't we start a 'GNU-SW' and re-do the prequels ourselves? Some changes I'd like to see...
1) More space battles. To me, this, not the creatures, is what makes Star Wars, well Star Wars. In Episode 1, there is more or less one and it was terrible. Yes, I know space battles today are 'easy' and the CG guys want to show off, but I want to be entertained, not impressed.
2) Spacecraft Continuity. Yeah, I know you're trying to show off how computers can make ships with complex geometry. But I like the good old Ralph McQuarrie ships. To me the grimy 'raw' look of the Rebels and the austere design of the Imperials was magic.
3) Less creatures. I mean, having aliens as background is cool, and introducing one or two key ones (e.g. Yoda & Jabba) worked, but to introduce a dozen or so and try to give them personalities just is too much to digest in one movie. Come to think of it, Jabba and Yoda worked better than any CGI creature I've seen to date...
4) Ralph McQuarrie. As much as anything, his artistic genius made Star Wars, well, Star Wars.
5) Story. You know, actually I don't have that big of a problem with the Episode I & II stories if you can strip away the execution. Seemed to me that there was a good foundation that was ruined by execution and stupid details.
Of course, whether a rag-tag Rebel-like team of internet hackers can do better remains to be seen...
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