Star Wars Uncut Project Complete

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Star Wars Uncut Project Complete

Posted by Soulskill on Monday January 23, 2012 @08:06AM from the she's-got-it-where-it-counts dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In 2009 we discussed the Star Wars Uncut Project, a crowd-sourced effort to re-create the entirety of Episode IV as series of 15-second clips filmed and submitted by fans. Well, it's done at last, and CmdrTaco has written his review of the two-hour film. He says, 'A great number of shots demonstrate technology well beyond what was available when the original Star Wars was made. Other shots are stylishly animated in CG. Others are rotoscoped in mediums from chalk to pencil to marker. There’s also a plethora of stop motion, claymation, and even some puppetry to go around. [A] few shots are only slightly modified from the originals, but those are the rarity, and generally done to pull off a specific joke. ... It's a glorious achievement.'"

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Early reviews by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2012-01-23 08:09 · Score: 5, Funny

Early reviewers say that the result is worse than the original, but much better than the Special Edition.

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1. Re:Early reviews by jd2112 · 2012-01-23 10:20 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Early reviewers say that the result is worse than the original, but much better than the Special Edition.
  So, Han and Greedo shoot at the same time?
  
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2. Re:Early reviews by funkatron · 2012-01-23 11:08 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I realize you were joking, but to be honest, it's a really cool idea that produced something completely and totally unwatchable.
  So it's art!
  
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Don't get attached...Lucas will just re-cut it by elrous0 · 2012-01-23 08:12 · Score: 4, Funny

Next edit will replace everything with bad CGI, have a crying Han Solo beg Greedo for his life, and feature an extended 3D sequence of an aged Jar Jar Binks dancing a jig and flipping off the camera.

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1. Re:Don't get attached...Lucas will just re-cut it by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · 2012-01-23 08:34 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  All while snorting mountains of cocaine off of dead hookers, because why not? Can't make it any worse...
  I always wondered what led to the creation of the Holiday Special.
  
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Just one question by Baloroth · 2012-01-23 08:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Does Han shoot first?

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1. Re:Just one question by root_42 · 2012-01-23 12:42 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Only on Slashdot this gets moderated informative... :)
  
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Re:Watched it this weekend by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-23 08:37 · Score: 5, Funny

What, you mean it's like the 2-hour film version of slashdot?
Who's this CmdrTaco guy... by MikeTheGreat · 2012-01-23 08:39 · Score: 4, Funny

...and why do his posts jump to the front page?
Man, how many more people is Slashdot going to auto-post (I mean, how many more people beyond Ian McAllister and this "CmdrTaco" )?
This is totally unfair
*ducks*runs* :)
Re:Cue Lawsuit From Lucasfilms... NOW! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-23 08:40 · Score: 1, Funny

Does Hans shoot first in this version?
*eye twitch*
The best joke.. by wbr1 · 2012-01-23 08:42 · Score: 5, Funny

At 6:33 there is a poster in the background:

JOIN STARFLEET
[starfleet logo]
We Don't Choke Minions

Hilarious

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I participated in this project by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-23 11:42 · Score: 3, Funny

And if you look closely at the background in my scene, you'll find a disk, a back flap, and a scorpion.