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Star Wars Films In 3D Due In 2012

Posted by timothy on from the jabba-in-surround-slime dept.

bowman9991 writes "Star Wars creator George Lucas is converting all six films from his iconic science fiction saga into 3D and will re-release them in theatres in 2012. 'Episode I: The Phantom Menace' will be released first."

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  1. Oh no. Not again. by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a very bad feeling about this.

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  2. 4th post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first 3 sucked

  3. Oh crap. by tacarat · · Score: 2, Funny

    So now Amidala's frozen nipples on Tatooine really will put somebody's eye out?

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    1. Re:Oh crap. by sithkhan · · Score: 3, Funny

      They will be counteracted by the hot grits in the pants.

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  4. Oh, no! by scotts13 · · Score: 5, Funny

    As if the prequel films didn't ALREADY cause massive headaches...

  5. Re:Oh no. Not again. by nmb3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, I don't know. It sounds somewhat promising.

    Maybe the plots and characters will actually have some depth in these new versions!

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  6. Adding depth by atomicstrawberry · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess Lucas got tired of people saying his films lack depth and are filled with flat, two-dimensional characters.

  7. Re:ugh! by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't that be Jar Jar Jar Binks now?

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  8. Phantom menace will be released first. by seeker_1us · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's logical. In 2d it sucked to the second power. Now it will suck to the third.

  9. Re:ugh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But I do want to see a 3D Carrie Fisher in her slave girl gold bikini.

  10. Re:Ya by daveime · · Score: 5, Funny

    It will never be a "passing fad" when the cinemas can charge DOUBLE for the privilege of watching it in 3D, and there are morons willing to pay it.

    Reminds me of post on Failbook a while back ...

    Person 1: I've just seen Avatar in 3D, it was awesome. I wish the whole world was 3D.
    Person 2: It is.

  11. Re:Oh no. Not again. by bennomatic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Star Wars isn't alone. Lord of the Rings has something like a dozen editions. Blade Runner has so many director's cuts, I've decided Ridley Scott must be schizophrenic. Even Memento has a version where it tells the story chronological order. I don't know why I bought three copies.

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  12. We can dream. by mark72005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the new editions of episodes 1-3 won't suck?

    1. Re:We can dream. by dsavi · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oink oink, flap flap.

    2. Re:We can dream. by Z34107 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe the new editions of episodes 1-3 won't suck?

      I heard the 3D release will give Jar-Jar's tired character more depth.

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    3. Re:We can dream. by J.J.+Dane · · Score: 3, Funny

      "I heard the 3D release will give Jar-Jar's tired character more depth."

      So would dumping him in the ocean somewhere in the first 5 minutes

    4. Re:We can dream. by mjwx · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe the new editions of episodes 1-3 won't suck?

      If they cut out all the scenes that suck...

      Shortest, Movie, Evar.

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    5. Re:We can dream. by Z34107 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Are you saying the 3D movies will have... deleted footage?!

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    6. Re:We can dream. by eggnoglatte · · Score: 2, Funny

      So his flopping tongue will stick out of the screen? Nice.

    7. Re:We can dream. by Linker3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I hear those episodes have to be watched with special glasses - one eyepiece is tinted full black and the other is...full black too. This apparently makes the whole viewing experience of these films much much better.

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    8. Re:We can dream. by Jeremy+Erwin · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, you're thinking of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which should only be viewed with Peril Sensitive Sunglasses.

    9. Re:We can dream. by maxwell+demon · · Score: 3, Funny

      They replaced Jar-Jar with Nar-Nar, because they figured .NET is more modern than Java.

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    10. Re:We can dream. by jedidiah · · Score: 2, Funny

      > So would dumping him in the ocean somewhere in the first 5 minutes

      He's an aquatic creature. There would be little point.

      To be effective, he needs to be sucked out an airlock...

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    11. Re:We can dream. by Leebert · · Score: 2, Funny

      So would dumping him in the ocean somewhere in the first 5 minutes

      You're forgetting that's where he came from... Meesa think yousa don't remember.

  13. Re:Ya by SteeldrivingJon · · Score: 5, Funny

    In theory, the CGI content of the prequels could be re-rendered for genuine 3D, with the two camera viewpoints. Scenes that are entirely CGI ought to look great.

    Then the 2D elements like the actors, and the 1D elements, like Hayden Christensen, could be composited in and, if necessary, plumped up with faux-3D.

    Which might have a somewhat better result than if the completed, final frames of the films are used as input to the simulated 3D process. Which is pretty much what I think will have to be done with the original three films.

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  14. Obligatory... by SuluSulu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Noooooooooooooooo!!!

  15. Good Timing.... by BJ_Covert_Action · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think this is the first article about 2012 I've read that actually makes the Mayan apocalypse predictions sound appealing. Here's hoping the calendar runs out before Lucas's patience does...

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  16. Fulfillment Mayan Prophesy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    At least now we know why the world is supposed to end in 2012.

  17. So... What? by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny

    Greedo now shoots YOU first?

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    1. Re:So... What? by azalin · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe Greedo could take a cute baby puppy as a hostage, but Han talks him out of it, because violence is wrong. Then they could sit down together and discuss apple pie recipes and interior design. Maybe the could add some ponies too. And rainbows and ...

      Does anybody know the Judge Dredd comic where a criminal jumps through a portal and lands in a pleasant forest from a certain Disney movie? Dredd is right behind him, so this guy takes Bambi as a hostage. Dredd just sprays both with bullets and upon leaving says something like "Hostage? In mega city one we eat those things."

  18. Re:Oh no. Not again. by Amarantine · · Score: 5, Funny

    but who do you hate more...the crackhead or the asshole dealer that will do anything to enable and string out the addict until there's nothing left?

    I think the correct SW line would be: who's more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?

  19. Re:Oh no. Not again. by daveime · · Score: 4, Funny

    William Shatner, is that, you ?

  20. Re:Its a TRAP! by Cazakatari · · Score: 2, Funny

    Parent was modded Insightful. I can't handle firepower of that magnitude.

  21. Re:Again? Seriously? by Cplus · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're taking this all too seriously. Everything's cool.

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  22. Re:Milked? by keeboo · · Score: 2, Funny

    SEE STAR WARS RELEASED AS ITS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE IN HOLODECK CINAMEGA! EXPERIENCE THE ACTION!

    Wait, that might actually be cool...

    Star Wars in a holodeck?
    Hmm.. yeah, at least you could punch Jar Jar in his face.

  23. Re:Oh no. Not again. by beav007 · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is not the line that you are looking for.

    *handwave*

  24. Re:Oh no. Not again. by Fembot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Probably kept forgetting where he put them!

  25. Re:Oh no. Not again. by mcneely.mike · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, yes I know you were being ironic.

    Oh no, let's not start the irony posts again!! AAAAUUUUUGGGGHHH!!!!!!

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  26. Re:Oh no. Not again. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You almost get the impression that Gene Simmons is tied in with this some how?!? He's the master when it comes to milking something for all its worth.

  27. Obi-Wan was right... by CFBMoo1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly milked from their wallets just a bit more."

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  28. Re:Fake 3D? by maxwell+demon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I saw Nightmare Before Christmas (filmed in 2D) in 3D. However, I can't comment on how good it was because I don't tend to be able to see the effect. It just doesn't work for me, instead it becomes blurry.

    Must have been the 3D goggles. They obviously did nothing.

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  29. Re:Oh no. Not again. by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes I am sure you would hate that, just like rain on your wedding day...

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  30. Re:Oh no. Not again. by rainmouse · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can just imagine the email to marketting now From : g.lucas@hotmail.com
    Subject : Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I have a great idea, we could re-release Star Wars!

    Hey guys I have another idea to follow up the 3d release for star wars, this time we could replace Chewbacca with CGI similar to Jar Jar Binx! Then we could creature future releases that replace other characters and the space scenes, remember we also have over a thousand hours of unseen footage left to dribble into future releases; also you know the bit where Leia strangles Jabba? That seems a bit cruel and violent, maybe we should super impose a blaster into Jabbas hand and have him shoot at her first so it seems more like a defensive strangling?

  31. Scene from Empire Strikes Back UPDATED by rlp · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Luke I am your father. Now I am standing closer. Now I am farther away. Now I am closer ..."

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