Friday Mar 10 2006

source: starwars.com

Hyperspace Horizon: Summer 2006 and Beyond




• The first looks at the forthcoming animated Star Wars series from Lucasfilm Animation. The 3-D digital series is in development right now at Skywalker Ranch, and soon the veil will be lifted on the secrecy surrounding the show.

• Go behind-the-scenes to follow the creation of the revolutionary next generation of Star Wars video games from LucasArts.

• For all future official events, Fan Club members will get perks not available to others, including early access, exclusive products, and more!

• Coming soon is a Hyperspace Leaderboard, where fans can compete head-to-head for fun and bragging rights... including determining the ultimate Star Wars trivia champion.

• A new collector-focused video series that explores the inner recesses of legendary and elusive Star Wars locales. Who knows what treasures await?

• Exclusive new videos, including glimpses into forthcoming Star Wars DVD releases and other rarities unearthed from the Lucasfilm archives.

• All new webstrip action continuing the saga, including the newly launched Evasive Action: Prey, set after Episodes III, and the ongoing Rookies series set during the classic trilogy.

• Exclusive products from StarWarsShop.com, including access to hot-sellers like the Sideshow Collectible figures.

• The growing archive of Variety stories -- which will soon go back to 1975. Read what the entertainment world was talking about when Star Wars first came out.

• Follow the daily movement your favorite Star Wars stars (like Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Harrison Ford) and get the latest industry insight into the future of Star Wars with full-article breaking coverage supplied by Variety -- not available to the general public anywhere on the web.

• Classic webcam moments are now being compiled into playable videos that allow you to relive some of the excitement of live production in an easily accessible format.

• All this and new issues of Star Wars Insider magazine.

TALKBACK ON THE MF BOARDS

...not that exciting.

"Leaderboard", "Webstrips".

The collector focused video series comes off as a MTV cribs type thing only called MTV nerds. The "forthcoming Star Wars DVD releases" bit is interesting.

Clone Wars 3-D is something I'm looking forward to. Clone Wars 3-D would most likely use Revenge of the Sith style i.e. character appearance, ships, clonetroopers, etc. Just think Aayla Secura and Grievous ride again.

My money's on O-OT DVDs, but I'm probably wrong.

Surely there's a few full-Saga boxed sets on the release slate?

All that stuff still doesn't give me incentive to renew my HS subscription. Any info on dvds and the tv show is going to pop up elsewhere anyways...

Yeah, has anyone heard the latest on this? I see they're (in New Zealand anyways) pouring out old release versions of Episode I, which I aint buying until they've fixed up Yoda...

You may see repackaging of current discs into a six-movie set, but it's unlikely there will be any new "special editions" until either HD-DVD or Blu-Ray takes hold of consumers. With the majority of televisions becoming HD-cpapable within the very near future, I can't see Lucas wanting to even begin a "definitive" set until he can present it in the absolute best format available.

Recall that Lucas didn't want to release any DVDs until all three prequel movies were released. There was bitching about South East ASIA was getting Episode I VCDs while everyone else were stuck with VHS tapes. Finally Lucas gave in because of "piracy".

I'm starting to getting stoked for Clone Wars 3-D. It will be almost like Revenge of the Sith - The Television Series, I suspect. Perhaps we will see all the cut Clone Wars montage planets in more detail. Perhaps even Master Vos.