The HDRoom’s Dan Bradley was another tech-oriented journalist invited to Lucasfilm’s Blu-ray junket. The first part of his report covers a few basics we’ve heard about from the other sites and Lucasfilm themselves. Part two focuses on Matthew Wood and sound mixing. And part 3 takes on, of course, the deleted scenes, special features and Dennis Muren.
Here’s one interesting bit:
In response to my question, Kayleen answered “You’ll have to wait and see! The Holiday Special is a challenge, but look for some Easter Eggs. What’s a Star Wars release without a couple of Easter Eggs?” I read into that as something pertaining to, if not the entire Holiday Special is hidden on these discs. These Easter Eggs are also what LucasFilm is referring to when stating the leaked bonus features are “incomplete.”
An additional Blu-ray inner sleeve depicts a scene from Droids, the animated cartoon revolving around the further adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO. Does that mean an episode of Droids or maybe something from the Ewoks television show is hidden as an Easter Egg? We’ll have to wait and find out on September 16, 2011.
I’ve always thought that the Holiday Special – or the less tedious bits of it, anyway – would make an excellent Easter Egg.
As the legion of Star Wars accounts on Twitter grows, it’s getting harder to keep track of. It’s impossible to list everyone, but here are a few accounts that may be of interest.
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Marquee names
Carrie Fisher (@CarrieFFisher) Played Princess Leia in the original trilogy.
Anthony Daniels (@ADaniels3PO) Played C-3PO in all six movies.
Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) Played Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy.
Ewan McGregor (@mcgregor_ewan) Played Obi-wan Kenobi in the prequel trilogy.
Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars) Played Chewbacca in the original trilogy and ROTS.
Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) All -around badass; Played Mace Windu in the prequel trilogy.
Bonnie Piesse (@BonniePiesse) Played Beru Lars in AOTC and ROTS.
Ahmed Best (@ahmedbest) Played Jar Jar Binks in the prequels.
Warwick Davis (@WarwickADavis) Played Wicket W. Warrick in Return of the Jedi as well as several characters in The Phantom Menace.
Ray Park (@PARKYBOY74) Played Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace.
Richard LeParmentier (@AdmiralMotti) Played Admiral Motti in A New Hope.
Crew
Dave Filoni (@dave_filoni) Supervising director of The Clone Wars.
Seth Green (@sethgreen) Robot Chicken, upcoming comedy series.
Phil Tippett (@PhilTippett) VFX artist who now heads Tippet Studio; Did stop motion effects for ANH and ESB.
Matthew Wood (@matthewood) Skywalker Sound; Voice of General Grievous in Revenge of the Sith and The Clone Wars.
Voices
Matt Lanter (@MattLanter) Voice of Anakin Skywalker in The Clone Wars
James Arnold Taylor (@JATactor) Voice of Obi-Wan in The Clone Wars
Catherine Taber (@cattaber) Voice of Padme Amidala in The Clone Wars
Sam Witwer (@SamWitwer) Voice of Darth Maul on The Clone Wars, Galen Marek/Starkiller in The Force Unleashed.
Dee Bradley Baker (@deebradleybaker) Voice of The Clone Wars clonetroopers.
Phil LaMarr (@phillamarr) Voice of The Clone Wars’ Kit Fisto.
Meredith Salenger (@MeredthSalenger) voiced Barriss Offee in The Clone Wars.
Simon Pegg (@simonpegg) Voice of Dengar in The Clone Wars. Director/Actor, Shaun of the Dead, Scottie in Star Trek prequel/reboot.
Greg Proops (@GregProops) Voice of Beed Annodue in The Phantom Menace.
Peter Serafinowicz (@serafinowicz) Voice of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace.
There are a lot of characters and RPGers on Twitter – far too many for me to list here. Luckily, someone else has already done it! (Thanks to officefangirl86!)
Time for the finale of the Ryloth three-part story on The Clone Wars tonight! In “Liberty of Ryloth”, Mace Windu steps into the spotlight as he seeks to liberate the capital of Ryloth from the Seps – and to do so, he’s going to need the help of the Twi’lek freedom fighter, Cham Syndulla.
StarWars.com takes a peek at the plot. Is it Mace who should be called “The Negotiator”?
It’s Friday, and you know what that means… In tonight’s new episode, ‘The Gungan General,’ Anakin and Obi-Wan finally get that whole reluctant alleigance with the enemy episode out of the way, with Jar-Jar riding to the rescue. I think I’m pretty safe in saying that hijinks ensue.
Tonight’s episode is ‘Lair of Grievous,’ which sounds kinda like a Scooby Doo episode. I’m not sure what that makes Kit Fisto, but considering who was present at Grievous’ debut it’s probably at least a little appropriate.
Last week: I’m doing this earlier than usual, so ‘Cloak of Darkness’ isn’t up yet, but you’ll find it here when it does. In the meantime, watch the Takeuchi video!
Reaction to ‘Duel of the Droids’ was a bit less frazzled than its predecessor, though not everyone is drinking the Kool-Aid. (I, for one, have ceased even trying.) Still, there’s plenty to bask in for fans of the series, including the obligatory video commentary. (Screencap above is from .)
The real question? Is all the goodwill that Clone has built up going to be blown with this Friday’s Jar-Jar episode? Yousa can tell meesa on Saturday.
And finally, in more general TCW ware, the ForceCast sits down with Skywalker Sound’s David Acord (Rotta the Huttlet) and Matthew Wood (General Grievous.)
If you haven’t caught it yet, some kind soul has uploaded the Cartoon Network special onto Youtube. Part 1 above, the rest below! (Watch them before the copyright police do!) (more…)
The Maker talks about his television endeavours and what to expect from the new series. Also at MTV, Dave Filoni on swapping the opening crawl for a newsreel style opener.
The Skywalker Ranch press event report at Cinema Blend. (Poor George!)
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